Wednesday, January 8
New Orleans, La.
7:00 pm
Tulsa
at
Tulane
Tulsa vs. Tulane Preview
1/8/2020 9:14:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Wednesday, January 8 ~ 7:00 pm Central ~ Devlin Fieldhouse ~ New Orleans, La.
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The Coaches
Tulsa: Matilda Mossman (Western Kentucky, 1979), 9th Year
Career Record: 257-243 (17 years)
Record at Tulsa: 110-150 (9 years)
Tulane: Lisa Stockton (Wake Forest, 1986), 27th Year
Career Record: 577-309 (30 years)
Record at Tulane: 514-282 (27 years)
Tulsa's Probable Starters
F 00 Kendrian Elliott, 6-2, Sr., Wichita, Kan., 16.2 ppg, 9.1 rpg
F 4 Addison Richards, 6-2, Sr., Bixby, Okla., 8.6 ppg, 2.5 rpg
G 10 Alexis Gaulden, 5-8, Sr., Broken Arrow, Okla., 7.5 ppg, 4.4 apg
G 11 Maddie Bittle, 5-8, So., Bixby, Okla., 6.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg
G 21 Rebecca Lescay, 5-8, Jr., Plano, Texas, 7.8 ppg, 2.9 rpg
Tulane's Probable Starters
G 00 Arsula Clark, 5-9, Jr., Miami, Fla., 12.4 ppg, 5.0 rpg
G 1 Kaila Anderson, 5-5, Jr., Kenner, La., 3.0 ppg, 1.6 rpg
G 12 Sierra Cheatham, 6-0, Jr., Houston, Texas, 5.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg
F 21 Irina Parau, 6-1, Fr., Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 6.6 ppg, 3.6 rpg
F 23 Krystal Freeman, 6-0, Jr., Pineville, La., 13.6 ppg, 7.7 rpg
In the Last Game
- Kendrian Elliott, Rebecca Lescay and Maddie Bittle all scored in double figures, but it wasn't enough as Tulsa dropped a 74-65 overtime decision to Temple
- Elliott recorded her seventh double-double of the season and 13th of her career as she finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Elliott, however, only played 28 minutes, including just eight in the second half and overtime, when her season average is 35, due to foul trouble. All of her points came in the first half, while she had seven rebounds at halftime.
- Lescay added 14 points, while Bittle scored 11, and Alexis Gaulden added eight points, eight assists and four steals
- The biggest shooting discrepancy came at the free throw line as Tulsa was 8-of-11 for 72-percent, while Temple was 16-of-27 for 59-percent, giving the Owls twice as many points at the line and nearly 2.5 times as many attempts.
Facing Tulane
- Tulane is 6-8 on the season, including a 1-0 mark in league play with their 61-56 win over Wichita State in their league opener
- Krystal Freeman and Arsula Clark are both averaging double-digit points for the Green Wave with 13.6 and 12.4 points per game, respectively
- Freeman also has a team-best 7.7 rebounds per game, Kaila Anderson has 45 assists, Clark has 22 steals and Mia Heide has 27 blocks
- Tulane has a 20-9 lead in the all-time series with Tulsa, but the Golden Hurricane earned a 72-67 win last season in Tulsa
In the Nation
- Tulsa ranks...
- 112 in steals (122)
- 126 in turnover margin (1.71)
- 131 in blocked shots (48)
- 131 in turnovers forced (17.64)
- 134 in steals per game (8.7)
- 143 in assists (188)
- 148 in blocked shots per game (3.4)
- Kendrian Elliott ranks...
- 16 in double-doubles (7)
- 18 in field goal percentage (.597)
- 40 in rebounds (128)
- 57 in blocked shots (24)
- 58 in rebounds per game (9.1)
- 66 in field goals made (89)
- 67 in blocked shots per game (1.71)
- 90 in points (227)
- 95 in minutes played (482:03)
- 109 in points per game (16.2)
- 116 in minutes played per game (34.43)
- 214 in free throw percentage (73.7)
- Alexis Gaulden ranks...
- 86 in assists per game (4.5)
- 91 in assists (58)
- 129 in steals (27)
- 131 in steals per game (2.08)
- Rebecca Lescay ranks...
- 207 in steals per game (1.86)
- NOTE: Above numbers through NCAA Rankings 1/5/20.
An Accurate Shot
- Kendrian Elliott ranks fifth (.506 = 279-551) among the school's-best field goal shooters
- Maddie Bittle ranks among the best in free throw percentage, coming in at third with a 87.9-percent clip (29-33)
Double-Doubles, Rebounds and Blocks
- Kendrian Elliott has recorded 13 double-doubles in her career, including seven this season, to rank fourth in school history
- Elliott has 576 rebounds, ranking eighth in school history
- Elliott has 73 blocks, ranking eighth in school history
Knocking Down Three's and Getting Assists
- Alexis Gaulden has knocked down 155 three-pointers in her career, which ranks in fifth place on the school's all-time list
- Gaulden needs four 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 296 for seventh place
2019-20 Single Season Marks
- Kendrian Elliott and Maddie Bittle have already earned their way onto the Tulsa Single-Season Leaders list this season
- Bittle ranks first in free throw percentage (.938)
- Kendrian Elliott ranks third in field goal percentage (.597), ninth in double-doubles (7) and 10th in points per game (16.2) \
- Seniors Stepping Up
- Kendrian Elliott and Addison Richards have really stepped up their game for their senior seasons
- Elliott entered the season averaging 6.8 points per game in her first three seasons combined, but this year is netting 16.2 points per game
- Elliott's 227 points this season is already her second-highest in her career with 15 regular season games to play
- Richards entered the season averaging 1.6 points per game in her first three seasons combined, but this year is netting 8.6 points per game
- Richards' 120 points this season is already more than her previous three years combined with 15 regular season games to play
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 257 Career Wins
- Matilda Mossman has collected 257 career victories
- She has 67 wins at Arkansas, 80 wins at Kansas State and 110 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.
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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