Saturday, January 8
Houston, Texas
4:00 pm
Tulsa
at
Houston
Tulsa vs. Houston Preview
1/6/2022 3:08:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Saturday, January 8, 2022 ~ 4:00 pm Central ~ Fertitta Center ~ Houston, Texas
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.
Live Audio: Listen Here
Live Video: The Tulsa-Houston game will be broadcast on ESPN+. TU fans can subscribe to ESPN+ to watch Golden Hurricane basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball this year. ESPN+ is offered at $6.99/month or $69.99/year. To subscribe, go to plus.espn.com. Fans will be able to access ESPN+ content only after they have subscribed.
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Rosters: Tulsa ~ Houston
2021-22 Season Stats: Tulsa ~ Houston
Tulsa Facebook: TulsaHurricane ~ TulsaWBasketball
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Tulsa Instagram: TulsaHurricaneAthletics ~ TulsaWBB
The Coaches
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State, 2002), 1st Year
Career Record: 11-1 (1st year)
Record at Tulsa: Same
Houston: Ronald Hughey (Limestone College, 2006), 8th Year
Record: 96-128 (8 years)
Record at Houston: same
Tulsa's Probable Starters
F 2 Temira Poindexter, 6-1, Fr-HS, Sapulpa, Okla., 12.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg
G 10 Maya Mayberry, 5-8, Sr-1L, Tulsa, Okla., 14.8 ppg, 1.9 rpg
G 11 Maddie Bittle, 5-8, Sr-3L, Bixby, Okla., 10.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg
G 12 Wyvette Mayberry, 5-7, So-1L, Tulsa, Okla., 12.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg
G 21 Rebecca Lescay, 5-8, Sr-4L, Plano, Texas, 10.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg
Houston's Probable Starters
G 10 Britney Onyeje, 5-9, Jr, Pflugerville, Texas, 8.8 ppg, 2.9 rpg
G 14 Laila Blair, 5-8, So, Houston, Texas, 12.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg
G 23 Julia Blackshell-Fair, 5-9, Gr, Fairfield, Calif., 3.6 ppg, 2.5 rpg
F 34 Kamryn Jones, 6-1, So, Magnolia, Texas, 2.8 ppg, 1.5 rpg
F 45 Fatou Diagne, Gr, Theis, Senegal, 3.9 ppg, 4.8 rpg
Facing Houston
- Houston has an 8-5 overall record, including a 66-61 win over Wichita State on Wednesday in their only conference contest
- Laila Blair has a team-best 12.5 points per game, while Bria Patterson adds 8.9 ppg, and both Britney Onyeje and Tayana Hill post 8.8 ppg
- Hill has a team-leading 8.5 rebounds per game and, along with Onyeje, have 23 steals apiece
- Dymond Gladney has a team-best 37 assists, while Fatou Diagne has 18 blocks
- Tulsa has an 18-11 lead in the all-time series with Houston, but the Cougars won both games a year ago
Great Start
- Tulsa had a 10-0 start, topping the previous best of 7-0 during the 2004-05 season.
- The 10-game win streak was the longest in school history, beating a nine-game streak during the 2005-06 campaign
In the Nation
- Tulsa ranks first in assist-turnover ratio (1.63), second in three-point field goal percentage (41.9), seventh in fewest turnovers (124), 14th in won-lost percentage (91.7), 20th in turnover margin (6.00), 25th in three-point field goals made (112), 28th in field goal percentage (45.8), 40th in scoring margin (15.7), 43rd in scoring offense (74.9), 50th in assists (202), 58th in free throw percentage (74.8), 98th in scoring defense (59.2), 98th in three-point field goals attempted (267), 106th in steals (108), 122nd in fewest fouls (186) and 138th in blocked shots (41) in the nation.
- Rebecca Lescay ranks 64th in assist-turnover ratio (2.17) and 106th in assists (50)
- Maya Mayberry ranks seventh in three-point field goal percentage (49.1), 82nd in three-point field goals made (28) and 175th in points per game (14.8)
- Wyvette Mayberry ranks 35th in assist-turnover ratio (2.44)
- Temira Poindexter ranks 43rd in blocked shots (23)
Leading the Way
- All five Tulsa starters average double-digit points, including Maya Mayberry with a team-best 14.8 points per game, while Wyvette Mayberry adds 12.6 ppg, Temira Poindexter has 12.1 ppg, and both Maddie Bittle and Rebecca Lescay post 10.0 ppg
- Bittle has a team-best 4.9 rebounds per game, while Poindexter and Delanie Crawford pull down 4.8 rpg
- Lescay has 50 assists, Bittle has 21 steals and Poindexter has 23 blocks
An Accurate Career Shooter
- Temira Poindexter ranks fifth (.496 = 56-113) in school history in field goal percentage
- Maya Mayberry ranks first (.434 = 75-173) in program history for three-point field goal percentage, while Temira Poindexter is third (.400 = 16-40)
- Temira Poindexter ranks first (.944 = 17-18) in free throw percentage in school history
Scoring
- Maya Mayberry ranks ninth in school history with a 14.4 points per game average
Lescay Among Tulsa's Top-10
- Rebecca Lescay ranks second in games played (123) on Tulsa's all-time list, and is fifth in steals (197), 10th in assists (273) and 19th in points (827)
Among the Freshmen
- Temira Poindexter is only 12 games into her career and already on the Tulsa Freshmen Single-Season Records list in multiple categories, including first in free throw percentage (.944), second in three-point field goal percentage (.400), and third in blocks (23) and field goal percentage (.496)
Protecting the Ball
- Tulsa set a school record low of five turnovers against FAU on Nov. 26, and then bested that with just four turnovers against Missouri S&T on Dec. 8
Defensive Rebounding
- Tulsa didn't allow an offensive rebound by Missouri S&T on Dec. 8
College Graduates
- Tulsa senior Rebecca Lescay earned her bachelor's degree in marketing in 2020 and her master's degree in business analytics in December 2021, 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 during the 2020-21 season
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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