Tulsa vs. Memphis Preview

Wednesday, January 9 ~ 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).

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Game Notes: Tulsa

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Rosters: Tulsa ~ Memphis

2018-19 Season Stats: Tulsa ~ Memphis

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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 8th Year
Career Record: 246-223 (16 years)
Record at Tulsa: 99-130 (8 years)

Memphis: Melissa McFerrin (Missouri, 1983), 11th Year
Career Record: 219-231 (15 years)
Record at Memphis: 169-161 (11 years)

Tulsa's Probable Starters
G          10       Alexis Gaulden, 5-8, Jr., Broken Arrow, Okla., 13.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg
G          11       Maddie Bittle, 5-8, Fr., Bixby, Okla., 5.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg
G          21       Rebecca Lescay, 5-8, So., Plano, Texas, 4.6 ppg, 2.1 rpg
F          32       Desiree Lewis, 5-10, Fr., Converse, Texas, 5.6 ppg, 5.1 rpg
F          33       Crystal Polk, 6-2, Sr., Lawton, Okla., 13.6 ppg, 7.4 rpg

Memphis' Probable Starters
C          10       Camille Buckhanon, 6-2, Fr., Talladega, Ala., 1.8 ppg, 1.6 rpg
G          15       Taylor Barnes, 5-8, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., 9.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg
F          22       Kiana Coomber, 5-11, Jr., Fairbury, Ill., 4.6 ppg, 5.1 rpg
G          23       Jamirah Shutes, 5-6, Fr., Brownsville, Tenn., 13.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg
F          33       Alana Davis, 6-2, So., Augusta, Ga., 12.2 ppg, 8.9 rpg

In the Last Game

Kendrian Elliott came off the bench for a team-high 17 points to lead four players in double-figures in Tulsa's 63-49 victory over Wichita State
Crystal Polk and Desiree Lewis had double-doubles, while Alexis Gaulden had a double-digit scoring night. Polk had 16 points and 11 rebounds, Lewis 12 points and 10 boards, and Gaulden knocked down 14 points and had a team-high six assists.
The Hurricane had a season-high 19 offensive rebounds and a 38-34 edge over the Shockers in the final rebounding total. Tulsa also had the advantage for points in the paint, 38-to-30, and points off turnovers 29-to-10.

Facing Memphis

Memphis has a 5-9 overall record and lost their league opener to UCF
Jamirah Shutes and Alana Davis both average double-digit points with 13.8 and 12.2, respectively
Davis has a team-best 8.9 rebounds per game, Taylor Barnes has 52 assists and 19 steals, and Brianna Porter has 14 blocks
Tulsa and Memphis are tied in the overall series, 9-9, but the Tigers picked up both wins last season

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 .499 (274-549) field goal percentage in her career
Kendrian Elliott is in ninth place with a .482 (161-334) field goal percentage

Knocking Down Three's

Alexis Gaulden has knocked down 104 three-pointers in her career, which ranks ninth in school history
Gaulden needs 18 more to tie Carla Morrow (1998-2002) who has 122 in eighth place

Mossman Has 246 Career Wins

Matilda Mossman has collected 246 career victories
She has 67 wins at Arkansas, 80 wins at Kansas State and currently 99 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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