Tulsa vs. Oral Roberts Preview

Thursday, November 21

Reynolds Center

7:00 pm

Tulsa

Oral Roberts

Tulsa vs. Oral Roberts Preview

11/20/2019 11:30:00 AM | Women's Basketball

Thursday, November 21 ~ 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:
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Game Notes: Tulsa

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Rosters: Tulsa ~ Oral Roberts

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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 9th Year
Career Record: 253-236 (17 years)
Record at Tulsa: 106-143 (9 years)

ORU: Misti Cussen (Southern Nazarene, 1993), 8th Year
Career Record: 112-108 (9 years)
Record at 0RU: Same

Tulsa's Probable Starters
F          00       Kendrian Elliott, 6-2, Sr., Wichita, Kan., 22.3 ppg, 11.3 rpg
G          10       Alexis Gaulden, 5-8, Sr., Broken Arrow, Okla., 8.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg
G          11       Maddie Bittle, 5-8, So., Bixby, Okla., 5.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg
G          22       Morgan Brady, 5-7, Jr., Little Rock, Ark., 10.7 ppg, 5.3 rpg
F          32       Desiree Lewis, 5-10, So., Converse, Texas, 2.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg

Oral Roberts' Probable Starters
G          21       Rylie Torrey, 5-11, Sr., Locust Grove, Okla., 15.8 pg, 3.0 rpg
G          23       Macy Gore, 5-7, Fr., Taloga, Okla., 4.4 ppg, 2.2 rpg
C          24       Montserrat Brotons, 6-4, Sr., Cocentaina, Spain, 6.2 ppg, 7.4 rpg
G          32       Sarah Garvie, 5-8, Sr., Burlington, Okla., 9.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg
G          33       Keni Jo Lippe, 5-9, Jr., Adair, Okla., 18.6 ppg, 7.6 rpg

In the Last Game

Oklahoma State was too much for Tulsa in the second half as the Cowgirls claimed a 78-48 victory in front of 1,487 fans at the Donald W. Reynolds Center
Tulsa led by as many as 11 points in the first half, but its 8-point halftime lead quickly dissolved as OSU was dominant in the final 30 minutes, out-scoring the Hurricane 47-9.
Kendrian Elliott had her 3rd double-double in as many games with 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Hurricane, while Alexis Gaulden added 11 points, all coming in the first half. Tulsa shot 36-percent in the first half and just 10-percent in the second, while the Cowgirls knocked down 32-percent in the first 30 minutes and in the second half was 18-of-37 for 49-percent from the field.

Facing Oral Roberts

Oral Roberts is 3-2 on the season, but is coming off a 109-69 loss to Kansas State
Keni Jo Lippe has a team-best 18.6 points per game, while Rylie Torrey also posts double-digit points with 15.8 ppg
Lippe also has a team-leading 7.6 rebounds per game and 10 steals, while Macy Gore has 17 assists and Montserrat Brotons has six blocks
Oral Roberts has a 31-9 lead in the all-time series, but it was the Golden Hurricane that captured a 76-68 win last season at ORU

An Accurate Shot

Kendrian Elliott ranks ninth (.488 = 216-443) among the school's-best field goal shooters
Morgan Brady ranks sixth (.367 = 61-166) 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 nine double-doubles in her career, including three this season, to rank eighth in school history
Elliott also has 54 blocks, ranking eighth in school history

Knocking Down Three's and Getting Assists

Alexis Gaulden has knocked down 146 three-pointers in her career, which ranks in fifth place on the school's all-time list
Gaulden needs 13 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 249 for ninth 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 253 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.