Wednesday, February 20
Cincinnati, Ohio
6:00 pm
Tulsa
at
Cincinnati
Tulsa vs. Cincinnati Preview
2/18/2019 11:07:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Wednesday, February 20 ~ 6:00 pm Central ~ Fifth Third Arena ~ Cincinnati, Ohio
Game Notes: Tulsa
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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 8th Year
Career Record: 250-229 (16 years)
Record at Tulsa: 103-136 (8 years)
Cincinnati: Michelle Clark-Heard (Western Kentucky, 1990), 1st Year
Career Record: 194-88 (9 years)
Record at Cincinnati: 16-9 (1 year)
Tulsa's Probable Starters
G 10 Alexis Gaulden, 5-8, Jr., Broken Arrow, Okla., 12.4 ppg, 4.5 rpg
G 21 Rebecca Lescay, 5-8, So., Plano, Texas, 6.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg
G 22 Morgan Brady, 5-7, So., Hensley, Ark., 8.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg
F 32 Desiree Lewis, 5-10, Fr., Converse, Texas, 6.1 ppg, 5.7 rpg
F 33 Crystal Polk, 6-2, Sr., Lawton, Okla., 12.9 ppg, 7.4 rpg
Cincinnati's Probable Starters
F 4 Angel Rizor, 6-0, Jr., Zebulon, N.C., 8.5 ppg, 6.2 rpg
G 11 Sam Rodgers, 5-10, Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio, 8.4 ppg, 3.6 rpg
G 12 Antoinette Miller, 5-6, Jr., Detroit, Mich., 12.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg
F 23 Iimar'i Thomas, 5-10, So., Oakland, Calif., 13.6 ppg, 7.2 rpg
F 25 Chelsea Warren, 5-9, Sr., Red Oak, Texas, 1.4 ppg, 1.9 rpg
In the Last Game
- Tulsa led for over 25 minutes, but USF outscored Tulsa, 16-2, in the fourth quarter to earn a 59-48 win
- Kendrian Elliott earned her sixth career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds, while Alexis Gaulden added a team-high 11 points and six assists.
- Desiree Lewis and Crystal Polk both tallied six points in the game, while Morgan Brady posted five.
- Tulsa shot just 8-percent in the fourth quarter after shooting 40-percent in the first three frames.
- TU ended the game shooting 34-percent from the field, 45-pecent from behind the arc, and 14-percent from the free throw line, while the Bulls shot 38-percent from the field, 23-percent from three-point range and 68-percent from the free throw line.
Facing Cincinnati
- Cincinnati has a 16-9 overall record, including an 8-4 mark in league play
- The Bearcats are led by Iimar'i Thomas and Antoinette Miller with 13.6 and 12.5 points per game, respectively
- Thomas also has a team-high 7.2 rebounds per game and 28 blocks, while Miller has 139 assists and 51 steals
- TU has a 5-4 lead in the all-time series, but it was UC that picked up a 70-50 win earlier this season in Tulsa
Good Start
- Tulsa's 9-7 start (now 11-13) marked the first winning record after 16 games since starting 9-7 in the 2013-14 season
- TU started 3-0 in league play. The last time they started out 3-0 was during the 2007-08 season.
- The Golden Hurricane already has eight wins at home this season. The last time Tulsa had six or more wins at home in a season was during the 2013-14 season when TU had nine victories in the Reynolds Center.
- TU reached 10-wins with seven regular season games remaining, which equaled the win total for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons
Back-to-Back-to-Back
- 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.
An Accurate Shot
- Crystal Polk is in fifth place with a .495 (322-651) field goal percentage in her career
- Kendrian Elliott is in 10th place with a .472 (178-377) field goal percentage in her career
Knocking Down Three's
- Alexis Gaulden has knocked down 129 three-pointers in her career, which ranks eighth in school history
- Gaulden needs three more to tie Kasie Pittman (1996-2000) who has 132 in seventh place
Mossman Has 250 Career Wins
- Matilda Mossman has collected 250 career victories
- She has 67 wins at Arkansas, 80 wins at Kansas State and currently 103 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
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
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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