Monday, November 15
Reynolds Center
12:00 pm
Tulsa
vs
Sam Houston
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Monday, November 15, 2021 ~ 12:00 pm Central ~ Donald W. Reynolds Center ~ Tulsa, Okla.
Game Notes: Tulsa
Radio: TU's games can be heard on 93.5 FM The Jet and free on the iHeart Radio App. Brandon Hart calls play-by-play.
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Rosters: Tulsa ~ Sam Houston
2021-22 Season Stats: Tulsa ~ Sam Houston
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The Coaches
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State, 2002), 1st Year
Career Record: 1-0 (1st year)
Record at Tulsa: Same
Sam Houston: Ravon Justice (USAO, 2004), 5th Year
Record: 79-66 (6 years)
Record at Sam Houston: 51-32 (5 years)
Tulsa's Probable Starters
G 5 Delanie Crawford, 5-10, Fr-HS, Piedmont, Okla., 7.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg
G 10 Maya Mayberry, 5-8, Sr-1L, Tulsa, Okla., 20.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg
G 11 Maddie Bittle, 5-8, Sr-3L, Bixby, Okla., 9.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg
G 12 Wyvette Mayberry, 5-7, So-1L, Tulsa, Okla., 7.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg
F 13 Jessika Evans, 6-0, So-1L, Norman, Okla., 3.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg
Sam Houston's Probable Starters
G 10 Faith Cook, 5-2, Sr, Baytown, Texas, 24.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg
F 11 Courtney Cleveland, 5-10, Sr, Arlington, Texas, 11.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg
G 12 Damaya Telemaque, 5-8, Jr, Houston, Texas, 10.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg
F 13 Kaylee Jefferson, 6-0, So, Sulphur Springs, Texas, 5.5 ppg
F 21 Madelyn Batista, 6-2, Jr, Orlando, Fla., 10.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg
Facing Sam Houston
- Sam Houston has a 1-1 mark on the season with a win over Wiley (86-62) and a loss at UT Arlington (72-54)
- Faith Cook averages a team-best 24.5 points per game, while Courtney Cleveland adds 11.5 ppg, and both Damaya Telemaque and Madellyn Batista post 10.0 ppg each
- Batista has a team-best 8.0 rebounds per game, while Cook has 10 assists, Telemaque has six steals and Batista has three blocks
- Tulsa won the only previous meeting with the Bearkats, a 91-71 decision in Tulsa during the 2007-08 season
Great Start
- Freshman forward Temira Poindexter began her collegiate career with a 23-point performance against Duquesne. She had eight field goals, including two three-pointers, while hitting all five of her free throw attempts.
- Poindexter also added five rebounds and two assists in 29 minutes
On the Roster
- TU returns eight letterwinners from last season, including four starters, and welcomed four newcomers
- The Golden Hurricane has one super senior (Rebecca Lescay), four seniors (Maddie Bittle, Elin Hrafnkelsdottir, Maya Mayberry and Madi Washington), three sophomores (Olivia Clayton, Jessika Evans and Wyvette Mayberry), and four freshmen (Delanie Crawford, Lexie Foutch, Alyssa Parmer and Temira Poindexter).
An Accurate Shot
- Maya Mayberry ranks second (.409 = 52-127) in program history for three-point field goal percentage.
She's Stealing!
- Rebecca Lescay ranks fifth on Tulsa's all-time steals list with 181
College Graduates
- Tulsa senior Rebecca Lescay earned her bachelor's degree in marketing in 2020 and is working towards her master's degree in business analytics, while classmate Madi Washington earned her degree in psychology in 2020 and is working on her MBA.
The Mayberry Connection
- Sisters Maya and Wyvette Mayberry are both in their second seasons at TU
- Their older sister, Taleya, also played at Tulsa (2009-13) and was an assistant coach for three season (2018-21)
- The sisters were Tulsa's top two scorers during the 2020-21 season as Maya averaged a team-high 14.3 points and Wyvette scored at a 12.3 clip.
- The pair scored 46.1 percent (493 of 1,068) of Tulsa's total points a year ago
Maddie Bittle
- According to an NCAA Division I women's basketball survey, Maddie Bittle is just one of 18 Native Americans playing collegiate basketball at the D1 level. Bittle is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation.
Tulsa Picked Ninth in The American Preseason Coaches' Poll
- In the American Athletic Conference coaches' poll, Tulsa was picked to finish ninth by the league's coaches
- The 2021-22 predicted order of finish was South Florida, UCF, Houston, Tulane, Temple, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Wichita State, Tulsa, SMU and Memphis
Tulsa in The American Championship
- Tulsa has a 4-7 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, and lost in the first round in 2020 and 2021
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 in 2006 (W, North Carolina State; L, DePaul) 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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