Addison Richards Records First Career Double-Double in 65-58 Win Over SMU

Saturday, February 15

Reynolds Center

2:00 pm

Tulsa

7-18,2-10AAC

SMU

10-14,4-8AAC

SMU

Tulsa

Addison Richards Records First Career Double-Double in 65-58 Win Over SMU

2/15/2020 4:22:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Addison Richards recorded her first career double-double with 25 points and 13 rebounds, setting new career-bests in both categories, to lead Tulsa to a 65-58 win over SMU on Saturday afternoon at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. The Golden Hurricane moved to 7-18 on the season and 2-10 in American Athletic Conference play, snapping a five-game losing streak, while the Mustangs fell to 10-14 overall and 4-8 in the league.

It was Richards' ninth double-digit scoring game on the season and the first double-figure rebounding game of her career.

"Addison was really good," Head Coach Matilda Mossman said. "Just the way she shot it in the first half gave her a lot of confidence, but the 13 rebounds she had was also key. It is great when these things happen for seniors when they've invested all their time and energy at Tulsa."

Destiny Johnson added a career-best 16 points, while KK Rodriguez posted seven points and Kendrian Elliott registered six. Both Rodriguez and Elliott pulled down six rebounds, Elliott had five assists, and Johnson had three steals.

"Destiny converted turnovers into points," Mossman said. "She is a spark for us and gives us some speed. We've talked about the game slowing down for her and it has helped her make better decisions."

Tulsa shot a solid 43.3-percent from the field, 33-percent from behind the arc and 64-percent from the free throw line, while SMU was held to just 30-percent from the field, 20-percent from three-point range and 68-percent from the line.

Both teams pulled down 44 rebounds, while Tulsa had a 16-8 lead in assists, and the SMU had a 4-2 edge in blocks and an 8-5 lead in steals.

The Golden Hurricane owned an 11-6 lead with 4:22 on the clock in the first quarter, but the teams were tied 15-15 at the end of the frame. Richards had over half of TU's points with eight, and had five of the eight Hurricane rebounds in the first 10 minutes.

Tulsa climbed to a seven-point lead, 28-21, with 2:40 on the clock in the second quarter and took a nine-point advantage, 35-26, into the locker room at halftime. By halftime, Richards had tied her career-high of 19 points and recorded a new career-best with eight rebounds.

SMU started the third quarter with a 7-0 to cut their deficit to two (35-33) at the 8:06 mark, but a 6-0 run by the Golden Hurricane made it an eight-point game (41-33) with 5:44 remaining in the frame. TU went up by double-digits on a pair of free throws made by Destiny Johnson with 3:28 on the clock (43-33), but the Mustangs cut the difference in half to trail 47-42 with one quarter to play.

SMU pulled to within three, 49-46, at the 8:41 mark, and then again with 4:43 to play (53-50), but that is as close as they would get as TU claimed the

The Mustangs were led by a trio of players in double figures, including 16 points by Amber Bacon, 13 from Johnasia Cash and 10 scored by Kayla White. Cash had a team-best 15 rebounds, while Reagan Bradley recorded 10 boards.

Tulsa will return to action on Wednesday, February 19 at ECU beginning at 6:00 pm Central in Greenville, N.C.