Wednesday, November 13
Reynolds Center
7:00 pm
Tulsa
vs
Oklahoma State
Tulsa vs. Oklahoma State Preview
11/12/2019 10:04:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Wednesday, November 13 ~ 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:
GHC & TULA Night - TU Letterwinners are invited back for free tickets and a pregame social in the President's Suite. RSVP to jmp5431@utulsa.edu.
Greek Night - It is also Greek Night so be sure to rep your letters to take part in contests throughout the night.
Game Notes: Tulsa
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Rosters: Tulsa ~ Oklahoma State
2019-20 Season Stats: Tulsa ~ Oklahoma State
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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 9th Year
Career Record: 253-235 (17 years)
Record at Tulsa: 106-142 (9 years)
OSU: Jim Littell (Southwestern College, 1977), 10th Year
Career Record: 163-96 (10 years)
Record at 0SU: Same
Tulsa's Probable Starters
F 00 Kendrian Elliott, 6-2, Sr., Wichita, Kan., 25.5 ppg, 12.0 rpg
G 10 Alexis Gaulden, 5-8, Sr., Broken Arrow, Okla., 5.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg
G 11 Maddie Bittle, 5-8, So., Bixby, Okla., 4.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg
G 22 Morgan Brady, 5-7, Jr., Little Rock, Ark., 14.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg
F 32 Desiree Lewis, 5-10, So., Converse, Texas, 3.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg
Oklahoma State's Probable Starters
F 1 Kassidy De Lapp, 6-3, So., El Dorado Hills, Calif., 1.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg
F 4 Natasha Mack, 6-4, Jr., Lufkin, Texas, 13.5 ppg, 10.5 rpg
F 12 Vivian Gray, 6-1, Jr., Argyle, Texas, 18.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg
G 21 Ja'Mee Asberry, 5-5, So., Tulsa, Okla., 6.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg
G 23 Lauren Fields, 5-9, Fr., Shawnee, Okla., 7.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg
In the Last Game
- Kendrian Elliott scored a career-high 38 points to lead Tulsa to a 79-77 win over Arkansas State
- Elliott's 38 points tied the school record for points in a game set by Jillian Robbins against Nevada on February 19, 2005, and her 16 field goals made is a school record, topping Robbins and Ashley Clark who both had 14 field goals made in a contest.
- Morgan Brady added 16 points, while Addison Richards scored nine and KK Rodriguez posted seven for TU.
- Elliott pulled down 12 rebounds for her eighth career double-double to rank 10th in school history, while her two blocks moves her into ninth place in school history, and Alexis Gaulden's eight assists moves her into 10th place in that category.
Facing Oklahoma State
- Oklahoma State is 2-0 on the season with wins over Idaho (62-47) and Lamar (74-53)
- Vivian Gray has a team-leading 18.5 points per game, while Natasha Mack adds 13.5 ppg
- Mack averages a double-double as she also pulls down 10.5 rebounds per game
- Ja'Mee Asberry has 11 assists and four steals, while Mack has eight blocks
- OSU has a 15-5 lead in the all-time series, but the two teams have not met since the 2005-06 season when the Golden Hurricane earned a 75-68 win in Stillwater. TU has won the last three meetings.
An Accurate Shot
- Kendrian Elliott ranks sixth (.491 = 211-430) among the school's-best field goal shooters
- Morgan Brady ranks fourth (.373 = 60-161) among the program's best three-point field goal shooters
- Maddie Bittle ranks among the best in free throw percentage, coming in at ninth with a 82.4-percent clip (14-17)
Double-Doubles and Blocks
- Kendrian Elliott has recorded eight double-doubles in her career, including two this season, to rank 10th in school history
- Elliott also has 52 blocks, ranking ninth in school history
Knocking Down Three's and Getting Assists
- Alexis Gaulden has knocked down 143 three-pointers in her career, which ranks in fifth place on the school's all-time list
- Gaulden needs 16 more to tie current assistant coach Taleya Mayberry (2009-13), who is in fourth place with 159 three-pointers made
- Gaulden also ranks among the schools' top 10 in assists with 246 for 10th place
Record-Setting Game
- Kendrian Elliott registered 38 points against Arkansas State (11-9-19), which tied the school record for points in a game set by Jillian Robbins against Nevada on February 19, 2005.
- Elliott's 16 field goals made in the game was a school record, topping Robbins and Ashley Clark who both had 14 field goals made in a contest.
Thirteen 2019 Postseason Teams Highlight 2019-20 Schedule
- TU will take on 13 postseason teams from the 2018-19 season, including NCAA Tournament teams Abilene Christian, Little Rock, Marquette, UCF and UConn, and WNIT teams Arkansas, Cincinnati, Houston, Loyola Marymount, Stephen F. Austin, Stetson, USF and Western Kentucky.
- Additionally, 23 teams posted double-digit wins last season, including nine teams with 20-or-more victories.
2018-19 Single Season Marks
- Morgan Brady and Alexis Gaulden earned their way onto the Tulsa Single-Season Leaders list a year ago
- Brady ranked seventh in three-point field goal percentage on the year, shooting at a 39.2-percent clip
- Gaulden ranked third with 142 assists and fifth with 63 three-pointers made
Freshmen Made Marks Last Year
- Maddie Bittle shot 82.4-percent from the free throw line, making her the second-best freshman free throw shooter in school history (tying Morgan Brady) a year ago
- Desiree Lewis played in 31 games, ranking third, had 163 rebounds, ranking fourth, and shot a .450 field goal percentage, ranking fifth, among the programs' freshmen
Back-to-Back-to-Back as a Freshman
- Desiree Lewis hit back-to-back-to-back double-doubles against Wichita State (12p, 10r), Memphis (10p, 12r) and ECU (16p, 13r)
- Lewis is just the sixth player in school history to reach this milestone, and just the third to do it in her freshman year, but it marks the 16th time it has happened
Mossman Has 252 Career Wins
- Matilda Mossman has collected 253 career victories
- She has 67 wins at Arkansas, 80 wins at Kansas State and currently 106 wins at TU
- Mossman has the most wins by a TU women's basketball coach
- Mossman earned her 100th career win at TU in a 46-39 win over Memphis on January 9, 2019
Tulsa Picked 10th in The American Preseason Coaches' Poll
- In the American Athletic Conference coaches' poll, Tulsa was picked to finish 10th by the league's coaches
- A year ago, TU ended the year ranked seventh in the league standings, a five-place jump from the predicted 12th-place finish
- The 2019-20 predicted order of finish is UConn, USF, UCF, Cincinnati, Houston, Temple, Tulane, Memphis, Wichita State, Tulsa, ECU and SMU
Tulsa in The American Championship
- Tulsa has a 4-5 mark in The American Championship
- TU earned wins in the first round in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019
- The Golden Hurricane lost matches in the quarterfinals in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019
The 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 2020 championship will mark the seventh consecutive year the tournament has been played at the Uncasville, Conn. arena
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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