Friday, January 4
Reynolds Center
7:00 pm
Tulsa
vs
Wichita State
Tulsa vs. Wichita State Preview
1/3/2019 9:30:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Friday, January 4 ~ 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: Dads & Daughters Night - We invite all dads and daughters out for our conference opener! Theatre Tulsa will be performing Beauty and the Beast at halftime. Free Youth Tickets - Children get in free with the purchase of an adult ticket. TU Students can also bring one of their parents to this game for free!
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.
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Rosters: Tulsa ~ Wichita State
2018-19 Season Stats: Tulsa ~ Wichita State
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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 8th Year
Career Record: 245-223 (16 years)
Record at Tulsa: 98-130 (8 years)
Wichita State: Keitha Adams (Southwestern, 1989), 2nd Year
Career Record: 432-269 (22 years)
Record at Wichita State: 21-23 (2 years)
Tulsa's Probable Starters
G 10 Alexis Gaulden, 5-8, Jr., Broken Arrow, Okla., 13.1 ppg, 3.7 rpg
G 11 Maddie Bittle, 5-8, Fr., Bixby, Okla., 5.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg
G 21 Rebecca Lescay, 5-8, So., Plano, Texas, 5.0 ppg, 2.2 rpg
F 32 Desiree Lewis, 5-10, Fr., Converse, Texas, 5.2 ppg, 4.7 rpg
F 33 Crystal Polk, 6-2, Sr., Lawton, Okla., 13.5 ppg, 7.1 rpg
Wichita State's Probable Starters
F 11 Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage, 6-2, Sr., Santa Fe, N.M., 8.9 ppg, 6.5 rpg
G 12 Carla Bermaud, 5-11, Fr., Angers, France, 9.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg
F 13 Raven Prince, 6-1, Jr., Oklahoma City, Okla., 6.0 ppg, 4.6 rpg
G 15 Jaida Hampton, 5-10, Fr., Lansing, Mich., 8.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg
G 23 Seraphine Bastin, 5-8, Fr., Dinant, Belgium, 7.0 ppg, 2.7 rpg
In the Last Game
- Tulsa jumped out to a 20-point lead in the first quarter and cruised to a 66-45 victory over UTEP in the final non-conference game for the Golden Hurricane
- Tulsa snapped a 15-game losing streak against their former league foe from the two schools' membership in Conference USA. Tulsa's last win against UTEP came in the 2005-06 season.
- Alexis Gaulden led the way for Tulsa with 21 points, followed by Kendrian Elliott's season-high of 12 points and 10 by Desiree Lewis.
- The Hurricane finished the game shooting over 40-percent from both the field (42.3) and three-point range (41.2), while the Miners shot just 32.7 percent from the field and 28.6-percent from behind the arc.
Facing Wichita State
- Wichita State has a 7-6 overall record
- Carla Bremaud has a team-high 9.1 points per game, while Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage adds 8.9 ppg and Jaida Hampton has 8.3 ppg
- Lozada-Cabbage pulls down a team-best 6.5 rebounds per game and has 12 blocks, while Seraphine Bastin has 49 assists and 23 steals
- The Shockers have a 16-2 lead in the all-time series, but the two teams split last year with each team winning on the opponent home court
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 .498 (267-536) field goal percentage in her career
- Kendrian Elliott is in 10th place with a .474 (155-327) field goal percentage
Knocking Down Three's
- Alexis Gaulden has knocked down 101 three-pointers in her career, which ranks 10th in school history
- Gaulden needs two more to tie Kara Vaughan (2007-11) who has 103 in ninth place
Mossman Has 245 Career Wins
- Matilda Mossman has collected 245 career victories
- She has 67 wins at Arkansas, 80 wins at Kansas State and currently 98 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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