Tulsa Ties School Record 7-0 Start with 86-53 Win over Missouri S&T

Wednesday, December 8

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6:30 pm

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Tulsa Ties School Record 7-0 Start with 86-53 Win over Missouri S&T

12/8/2021 9:01:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

FINAL BOOK I SEASON STATS

TULSA, Okla. –– Tulsa moved to 7-0 on the season Wednesday night with an 86-53 victory over the Missouri S&T Miners at the Donald W. Reynolds Center as four Golden Hurricane players scored in double digits. Temira Poindexter and Wyvette Mayberry shared the team-lead with 19 points, Jessika Evans added 12 and Delanie Crawford had 11.

The 7-0 start to the season ties the school record that was established in the 2004-05 season. Tulsa returns to the Reynolds Center this Sunday at 1 p.m. against Central Arkansas looking to set a new season-opening winning streak.

"I am so proud of our players for how hard they worked," Head Coach Angie Nelp said. "We were trying find our rhythm as a team and we had a few glitches but we stayed with it. Wyvette and Temira led our scoring with 19 each, but we had balanced scoring and a balanced attack. It was huge that we had 25 assists and only four turnovers so I'm proud of how we did on the offensive end and how we took care of the ball. We were also so excited to not allow an offensive rebound. Rebounding has been huge for us and I thought we showed some fight in the paint tonight."

The Hurricane, playing without leading scorer Maya Mayberry, shot 45 percent from the field and 31 percent from behind the arc. Tulsa had a season-high 25 assists, just three shy of the school record, a school record low four turnovers and outrebounded the Miners by 22 (43-21), while not allowing the Miners an offensive rebound.

All nine Tulsa players scored in the game as the Hurricane had a 24-2 edge in fast-break points, 34-18 advantage in the paint, 20-0 in second-chance points and 17-5 off turnovers.

Missouri S&T had a good shooting night, making 50 percent of its field goals and converting 35 percent from three-point range. The Miners were led by Jada Lindesmith's 14 points.

Tulsa scored the first four points of the second half to increase its 41-30 halftime lead to 15 points at 45-30. Missouri S&T cut the Hurricane lead to eight points, 45-27, at the 5:48 mark of the third quarter. Tulsa closed out the third period outscoring the Miners 15-7 in the final five minutes for a 60-44 score after three quarters.

The Hurricane pushed its lead to 20 points when Poindexter scored on a layup at the 8:15 mark of the fourth quarter and it was Mayberry's jumper that put the home team ahead by 25 points, 76-51, with 4:51 remaining in the game. Tulsa reached the 30-point margin at 83-53 with 1:37 left on a Lexie Foutch put-back layup.

Tulsa's largest lead of 33 points was the final score, 86-53, as Crawford made two free throws at the 0:30 mark to close out the scoring.

Tulsa jumped out to an 8-0 lead to start the game as four different Hurricane players scored in the early going, then MS&T scored the next four points. Tulsa extended its lead to 21-11 by scoring the final five points of the first quarter.

Maddie Bittle and Madi Washington had six and five points, respectively, to lead the Hurricane in the first quarter. Tulsa had a 12-0 advantage for fast-break points in the first 10 minutes.

The Hurricane took a 19-point lead when Mayberry knocked down a three-pointer at the 6:54 mark. Tulsa began the second quarter on a 13-2 run and led 34-15 with 5:27 remaining when Delanie Crawford scored on a jumper.

Tulsa led by 19 points for a total of four times in the second period before the Miners scored the final eight points of the first half, cutting Tulsa's lead at intermission to 41-30.

Mayberry led all first-half scorers with 12 points, while Poindexter led with six rebounds and Rebecca Lescay had a high of five assists in the first 20 minutes.

After Sunday's 1 p.m. game against UCA, Tulsa will hit the road for two games at the Georgia State Holiday Classic in Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 18-19. The Hurricane will return home for a mid-week game before the Christmas holiday in a 12 p.m. game against San Francisco on Wednesday, Dec. 22.