Tulsa vs. Oral Roberts Preview

Sunday, November 20

Reynolds Center

1:00 pm

Tulsa

Oral Roberts

Tulsa vs. Oral Roberts Preview

11/17/2022 12:12:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Tulsa vs. Oral Roberts Preview

Sunday, November 20, 2022 ~ 1:00 pm Central ~ Donald W. Reynolds Center ~ Tulsa, Okla.

PARKING: Due to the Route 66 Marathon there are some street closures around the TU campus. Fans are encouraged to park in the Reynolds Lot (enter off 8^th or 11^th Streets) or the Harvard Lot (enter off Harvard near 7^th Street). For a list of street closures, click here!

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 ~ Oral Roberts

2022-23 Season Stats: Tulsa ~ Oral Roberts

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The Coaches
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State, 2002), 2nd Year
Career Record: 19-12 (2nd year)
Record at Tulsa: Same

Oral Roberts: Kelsi Musick (Cameron, 2002), 1st Year
Record: 259-129 (14 years)
Record at ORU: 0-4 (1 year)

Tulsa's Probable Starters
G         0          Katia Gallegos, 5-7, Jr-TR, El Paso, Texas, 2.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg
F          2          Temira Poindexter, 6-1, So-1L, Sapulpa, Okla., 18.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg
G         10        Maya Mayberry, 5-8, Sr-2L, Tulsa, Okla., 14.0 ppg, 2.7 rpg
G         11        Maddie Bittle, 5-10, Sr-4L, Bixby, Okla., 9.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg
F          20        Katelyn Levings, 6-3, Jr-TR, Oklahoma City, Okla., 8.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg

Oral Roberts' Probable Starters
G         2          Hannah Cooper, 5-7, Sr., El Paso, Texas, 21.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg
G         11        Ariel Walker, 5-6, Gr., Ozark, Ark., 11.0 ppg, 0.5 rpg
G         14        Delaney Nix, 5-8, Gr., Tahlequah, Okla., 9.5 ppg, 1.0 rpg
F          22        Ruthie Udoumoh, 6-1, Jr., Broken Arrow, Okla., 11.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg
F          32        Tirzah Moore, 6-0, So., Oklahoma City, Okla., 13.3 ppg, 11.8 rpg

Facing Oral Roberts

Oral Roberts has a 0-4 mark this season, with losses to #15 Oklahoma (105-94), UNLV (100-84), Oklahoma State (103-66) and Wichita State (89-67)
Four players average double-digit points, including Hannah Cooper (21.8), Tirzah Moore (13.3), Ruthie Udoumoh (11.3) and Ariel Walker (11.0)
Moore also posts double-digit rebounds with 11.8 and has a team-high 10 blocks, while Cooper has team-bests of 17 assists and eight steals
Oral Roberts has a 31-11 lead in the all-time series ... in the last 23 games, ORU has just a 12-11 advantage ... TU has won the last three meetings.

Nation's Top 50

Tulsa ranks among the nation's top 50 in ... defensive rebounds per game (9th - 36.0), field goal percentage defense (10th - 26.5), three-point field goal attempts per game (12th - 89.0), three-pointers per game (15th - 10.0), three-point percentage defense (33rd - 20.0), assists per game (40th - 18.7), blocked shots per game (48th - 5.3), rebounds per game (48th - 45.67)
Katelyn Levings ranks in ... blocks (30th - 6)
Maya Mayberry ranks in ... three pointers made (26th - 9) and three pointers per game (38th - 3.00)
Temira Poindexter ranks in ... points (42nd - 56) and field goals made (44th - 21)

On the Roster

Tulsa returns seven players from last year's 17-11 and WNIT team, including three starters, while welcoming seven newcomers to this season's roster.
The Golden Hurricane has two super seniors (Maddie Bittle and Maya Mayberry), three juniors (Jessika Evans, Katia Gallegos and Katelyn Levings), four sophomores (Delanie Crawford, Lexie Foutch, Alyssa Parmer and Temira Poindexter) and five freshmen (Caroline Lyles, Cam Mathews, Hadley Periman, Chloe Williams and Ahrray Young)

Oklahomans

Tulsa's 14 member roster includes nine Oklahomans
The breakdown includes one freshman, four sophomores, two juniors and two seniors

Three Players Tabbed to Preseason Team

Temira Poindexter, Maddie Bittle and Maya Mayberry were named to the preseason all-conference teams, as announced by the league office. Poindexter was a first team selection, while Bittle and Mayberry were second team honorees.

Tulsa Picked Fourth in The American Preseason Coaches' Poll

In the American Athletic Conference coaches' poll, Tulsa was picked to finish fourth by the league's coaches.
The 2022-23 predicted order of finish was South Florida, Houston, SMU, Tulsa, Tulane and Memphis (tied for fifth), Temple, UCF, Cincinnati, Wichita State and East Carolina.

That's A Lot

Maddie Bittle has played in 101 career games at TU. 139 games is the school record held by Rebecca Lescay (2017-22) and 120 games will get her in the top 10.
Katia Gallegos is nearing the 1,000 point mark as she has 969 career points

An Accurate Career Shooter

Maya Mayberry ranks second (.398 = 107-269) in program history for three-point field goal percentage
Maddie Bittle ranks ninth (.821 = 115-140) in program history for free throw percentage

In Tulsa's Top-10

Maddie Bittle ranks ninth in three-point field goals made in school history with 124.
Temira Poindexter ranks ninth in blocked shots in school history with 54

Most Wins Since

Tulsa's 17 wins during the 2021-22 campaign was the most in eight years, since posting an 18-14 record in the 2014-15 season
In that year, Tulsa also made the WNIT, winning one of two games
In the last 16 seasons, the 17 wins ties the second-most wins… Tulsa won 18 in 2014-15 and 17 games in 2012-13

Her Freshman Season

Temira Poindexter concluded the 2021-22 season with five marks on the Tulsa Freshmen Single-Season Records list, ranking first in blocks (52), second in field goals made (131), third in scoring (344), fourth in scoring average (12.3) and fourth in free throw percentage (.796).

Tulsa in The American Championship

In eight years, Tulsa has a 5-8 mark in The American Championship
TU earned wins in the first round in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022
The Golden Hurricane lost matches in the quarterfinals in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022, and lost in the first round in 2020 and 2021

Tulsa in the Postseason

Tulsa has made six postseason appearances
TU earned WNIT bids in 2004, 2005, 2015 and 2022
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), 2015 (W, Missouri State; L, Eastern Michigan) and 2022 (W, North Texas; L, Wyoming)
The Hurricane has a 3-6 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.