Saturday, December 7
Little Rock, Ark.
2:00 pm
Tulsa
at
Little Rock
Tulsa vs. Little Rock Preview
12/6/2019 10:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Saturday, December 7 ~ 2:00 pm Central ~ Jack Stephens Center ~ Little Rock, Ark.
Game Notes: Tulsa
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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 9th Year
Career Record: 255-239 (17 years)
Record at Tulsa: 108-146 (9 years)
Little Rock: Joe Foley (Central Arkansas, 1979), 17th Year
Career Record: 790-261 (32 years)
Record at LR: 334-180 (17 years)
Tulsa's Probable Starters
F 00 Kendrian Elliott, 6-2, Sr., Wichita, Kan., 17.6 ppg, 8.6 rpg
F 4 Addison Richards, 6-2, Sr., Bixby, Okla., 8.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg
G 10 Alexis Gaulden, 5-8, Sr., Broken Arrow, Okla., 8.9 ppg, 4.5 apg
G 11 Maddie Bittle, 5-8, So., Bixby, Okla., 6.9 ppg, 2.8 rpg
G 21 Rebecca Lescay, 5-8, Jr., Plano, Texas, 8.6 ppg, 2.3 rpg
Little Rock's Probable Starters
G 5 Tori Lasker, 5-7, Jr., Mayflower, Ark., 4.7 ppg, 2.6 rpg
G 12 Sydney Chastain, 5-7, Sr., Oklahoma City, Okla., 1.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg
G 23 Kyra Collier, 5-9, Sr., North Little Rock, Ark., 16.4 ppg, 4.9 rpg
F 32 Nicole Hemphill, 6-0, Fr., San Antonio, Texas, 2.7 ppg, 2.6 rpg
F 34 Angelique Francis, 5-11, Fr., Irving, Texas, 0.5 ppg, 0.8 rpg
In the Last Game
- Kendrian Elliott, Rebecca Lescay and Addison Richards all scored in double digits for Tulsa, but it wasn't enough as the Golden Hurricane dropped a 73-63 decision at Abilene Christian on Thursday night at Moody Coliseum in Abilene, Texas.
- Elliott and Lescay both had a team-best 16 points, while Richards added 14 points off a career-high three trey's. Elliott also had a team-leading seven rebounds, four assists and three steals in the contest.
- The Golden Hurricane was called for 22 fouls in the game, compared to the Wildcats six, and ACU had a 41-30 advantage in rebounds, including a 15-9 lead on the offensive end.
Facing Little Rock
- Little Rock is 1-6 on the season, with their only win coming against Central Arkansas (63-48)
- TU and LR have just one opponent in common so far this season - Western Kentucky. The Golden Hurricane dropped a 76-63 decision on a neutral court, while the Trojans dropped a 77-58 decision at WKU
- Two players average double-digit points for the Trojans in Kyra Collier (16.4) and Teal Battle (10.6)
- Former Tulsa player Krystan Vornes (2017) has a team-best 6.6 rebounds per game and four blocks, while Tori Lasker has 20 assists and Collier has 11 steals
- LR has a 10-3 lead in the all-time series with Tulsa, including a 63-53 decision last season in Tulsa ... It has been TU, however, that has won the last two meetings in Little Rock.
In the Nation
- Tulsa ranks 86th in turnovers forced (86) and 98th in turnover margin (2.57)
- Kendrian Elliott ranks 17th in double-doubles (4), 20th in field goal percentage (.623), 59th in points per game (17.9), 80th in rebounds per game (8.9), 91st in blocks per game (1.57), 93rd in field goals made (48), 95th in blocked shots (11)
- Alexis Gaulden ranks 44th in assists per game (5.0)
- NOTE: Above numbers through NCAA Rankings 12/4/19.
An Accurate Shot
- Kendrian Elliott ranks fifth (.503 = 246-489) among the school's-best field goal shooters
- Morgan Brady ranks eighth (.363 = 66-182) among the program's best three-point field goal shooters
- Maddie Bittle ranks among the best in free throw percentage, coming in at fourth with a 85.2-percent clip (23-27)
Double-Doubles and Blocks
- Kendrian Elliott has recorded 10 double-doubles in her career, including four this season, to rank fourth in school history
- Elliott also has 61 blocks, ranking eighth in school history
Knocking Down Three's and Getting Assists
- Alexis Gaulden has knocked down 151 three-pointers in her career, which ranks in fifth place on the school's all-time list
- Gaulden needs eight 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 270 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 game
Back-to-Back-to-Back
- Desiree Lewis and Kendrian Elliott have both had back-to-back-to-back double-doubles in their careers, making them the fifth and sixth player in school history to reach this milestone, respectively
- Lewis is just the third to do it in her freshman year, while Elliott achieved this as a senior
- Kendrian Elliott had back-to-back-to-back double-doubles to start the 2019-20 season against Stephen F. Austin (13p, 12r), Arkansas State (38p, 12r) and Oklahoma State (16p, 10r)
- Desiree Lewis hit back-to-back-to-back double-doubles against Wichita State (12p, 10r), Memphis (10p, 12r) and ECU (16p, 13r) in the 2018-19 season
- This feat has been accomplished just 16 times in school history
Mossman Has 255 Career Wins
- Matilda Mossman has collected 255 career victories
- She has 67 wins at Arkansas, 80 wins at Kansas State and currently 108 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
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
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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