Monday, December 17
Reynolds Center
7:00 pm
Tulsa
vs
Little Rock
Tulsa vs. Little Rock Preview
12/14/2018 10:22:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Monday, December 17 ~ 7:00 pm Central ~ Donald W. Reynolds Center ~ Tulsa, Okla.
Tickets: Single game tickets are $5 general admission and season passes are $50. Tickets can be purchased ONLINE, at the Reynolds Center ticket office or by calling 918.631.GoTU (4688).
Promotions: Toy Drive - Donate a toy and receive a TU Holiday Beanie. All foster families are invited out for $3 tickets.
Game Notes: Tulsa
Radio: TU's games can be heard on 93.5 FM The Jet, KWTU 88.7 FM HD2, free on the iHeart Radio App and online at TulsaHurricane.com. Brandon Hart calls play-by-play.
Video: Watch Live on TulsaHurricane.com
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Rosters: Tulsa ~ Little Rock
2018-19 Season Stats: Tulsa ~ Little Rock
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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 8th Year
Career Record: 244-221 (16 years)
Record at Tulsa: 97-128 (8 years)
Little Rock: Joe Foley (Central Arkansas, 1979), 16th Year
Career Record: 770-250 (31 years)
Record at Little Rock: 314-169 (16 years)
Tulsa's Probable Starters
G 10 Alexis Gaulden, 5-8, Jr., Broken Arrow, Okla., 13.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg
G 11 Maddie Bittle, 5-8, Fr., Bixby, Okla., 6.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg
G 22 Morgan Brady, 5-7, So., Hensley, Ark., 9.1 ppg, 2.5 rpg
F 32 Desiree Lewis, 5-10, Fr., Converse, Texas, 3.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg
F 33 Crystal Polk, 6-2, Sr., Lawton, Okla., 13.3 ppg, 7.3 rpg
Little Rock's Probable Starters
F 00 Ronjanae DeGray, 6-0, Sr., Odessa, Texas, 10.4 ppg, 4.4 rpg
G 3 Terrion Moore, 5-8, So., Kansas City, Kan., 0.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg
G 12 Sydney Chastain, 5-7, Jr., Oklahoma City, Okla., 4.9 ppg, 3.0 rpg
G 23 Kyra Collier, 5-9, Jr., North Little Rock, Ark., 13.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg
F 30 Raeyana DeGray, 5-11, Sr,. Odessa, Texas, 5.3 ppg, 4.4 rpg
In the Last Game
- Morgan Brady, Alexis Gaulden and Crystal Polk all scored in double figures, but it wasn't enough as Tulsa dropped a 73-60 decision to Arkansas State on Sunday afternoon at First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro, Ark.
- Brady had a team-leading 18 points, all of which came from behind the arc with six three-pointers, while Gaulden added 17
- Polk tallied her sixth career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds in 22 minutes of play. Polk missed 14:29 off the clock as she had to get stitches after taking an elbow to the face, but she was able to return to the court late in the fourth quarter.
- Tulsa was called for 31 fouls in the contest, compared to Arkansas State's 13, sending ASU to the free throw line 36 times for 24 points, while TU shot just 3-of-7 from the charity stripe
- Tulsa had a 48-43 lead in rebounds, a 15-11 advantage in assists and a 5-2 edge in blocks, while Arkansas State had a 15-12 lead in steals
Facing Little Rock
- Little Rock is 2-6 on the season
- The Trojans won their first two games of the season, but have dropped the last six straight contests
- Kyra Collier and Ronjanae DeGray both average double-digit points with 13.0 ppg and 10.4 ppg, respectively
- LR has a 9-3 lead in the all-time series with TU, but the Golden Hurricane earned a 74-61 win last year in Arkansas
Perfect in Tulsa
- Tulsa is 4-0 in the city of Tulsa this year
- TU has won all three home games, and picked up a win at Oral Roberts
Twelve 2018 Postseason Teams Highlight 2018-19 Schedule
- TU will take on 12 postseason teams from the 2017-18 season this year
- NCAA Tournament teams include American, Arizona State, Belmont, Little Rock, UConn and USF
- WNIT teams include Alabama, Cincinnati, Houston, Saint Louis, Stephen F. Austin and UCF
An Accurate Shot
- Crystal Polk is in fifth place with a .504 (252-500) field goal percentage in her career
- Kendrian Elliott is in 10th place with a .473 (151-319) field goal percentage
Knocking Down Three's
- Alexis Gaulden has knocked down 97 three-pointers in her career, which ranks 10th in school history
- Gaulden needs six more to tie Kara Vaughan (2007-11) who has 103 in ninth place
Mossman Has 244 Career Wins
- Matilda Mossman has collected 244 career victories
- She has 67 wins at Arkansas, 80 wins at Kansas State and currently 97 wins at TU
- Mossman has the most wins by a TU women's basketball coach
Freshmen Made Marks
- Morgan Brady and Rebecca Lescay concluded their freshmen season's on the Tulsa Freshman Single-Season Records list
- Brady ranked second in free throw percentage (.824)
- Lescay ranked fifth in games played (31)
Tulsa Picked 12th in The American Preseason Coaches' Poll
- In the American Athletic Conference coaches' poll, Tulsa was picked to finish 12th by the league's coaches
- Tulsa finished tied for 11th in the league in 2017-18
The 2019 American Athletic Conference Championship
- The American Athletic Conference and Mohegan Sun Arena have agreed to a multi-year agreement for Mohegan Sun to host the Conference's Women's Basketball Championship through 2020
- The 2019 championship will mark the sixth consecutive year the tournament has been played at the Uncasville, Conn. arena
- The 2019 tournament is set for March 8-11
Tulsa in The American Championship
- TU has a 3-4 mark in American Athletic Conference Championship play
- TU earned wins in the first round of the 2016, 2017 and 2018 tournaments
- The Golden Hurricane lost matches in the quarterfinals in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018
Tulsa in Postseason
- Tulsa has made five postseason appearances
- TU earned WNIT bids in 2004, 2005 and 2015
- The Hurricane played in the NCAA Tournament in 2006 and 2013
- Tulsa lost in the first round in 2004 (Memphis), 2005 (Texas A&M) and 2013 (Stanford), but went 1-1 (W, North Carolina State; L, DePaul) in 2006 and 2015 (W, Missouri State; L, Eastern Michigan)
- The Hurricane has a 2-5 overall mark in postseason play
A Hurricane in Tulsa?
- The Origination of The University of Tulsa nickname - Golden Hurricane - was created in 1922. A new football coach, Howard Archer came to town and inherited a slew of nicknames dating back to 1895. In the past, Tulsa had been named "Kendallites," "Presbyterians," "Tigers," "Orange and Black," "Tulsans," and of course, "Yellow Jackets." The team started working out in the fall with a new nickname "Yellow Jackets" which was apparently due to the fact that the team was wearing new black and yellow uniforms. The team opened the season and it was apparent that Tulsa was going to have a great year, and trying to seize some publicity for his team, Archer wanted to find a new nickname quickly. After a remark was made in practice one day about "roaring through opponents," and because of their new jersey colors, he thought of "Golden Tornadoes." But a check showed that Georgia Tech already had chosen that tag in 1917. From the tornado, he evolved meteorologically to the hurricane. A few days before the team left for a game against Texas A&M, Archer asked the squad to vote on the name, and thus "Golden Hurricane" was born.
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