Five Tulsa Players Score in Double Figures to Claim 83-80 Win Over Texas Southern

Thursday, December 22

Houston, Texas

2:00 pm

Tulsa

10-3

Texas Southern

0-10

Tulsa

Texas Southern

Five Tulsa Players Score in Double Figures to Claim 83-80 Win Over Texas Southern

12/22/2022 4:20:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

GAME STATS

Five Tulsa players scored in double figures to give the Golden Hurricane an 83-80 win over Texas Southern on Thursday afternoon at H&PE Arena in Houston, Texas. TU moved to 10-3 on the season, while the Tigers fell to 0-10 overall.

Tulsa had five players in double figures for the second-straight game. TU was led by Maya Mayberry with 22 points, while Maddie Bittle had 19, Ahrray Young posted 18, Temira Poindexter added 11 and Delanie Crawford 11. Poindexter and Young both had a double-double as each player had 10 rebounds.

Tulsa never really had control of the game until taking a double-digit lead in the final three minutes of the contest. The pesky Tigers led after the first period and only trailed by one at the intermission.

"It wasn't the prettiest of games and some games this time of the year can be that way, but I was so proud of our team in the way they stayed together and battled when things didn't flow as well as we wanted. We knocked down some pretty critical three's in the second half with Maddie B, Maya and Ahrray," said Tulsa head coach Angie Nelp. "Texas Southern was really hungry to start today. They hadn't played in quite a few days so they had long prep time for us. This program will get turned around with a first year head coach. They do a great job and they're aggressive."

Mayberry had her third 20+ scoring game of the season, 12 in the first half and 10 in the second half, including two big treys in the fourth quarter.

"Maya was huge. Those three's she hit were unbelievable, and that's the thing with Maya it's not surprising to anyone else who's in the gym with her. I'm so happy for her to get those points that she knew we desperately needed, and what I love about her and this team is just their will to win. They want to do whatever it takes on the floor to get the win," added Nelp.

Tulsa will return to action on Friday, December 30 at East Carolina to begin American Athletic Conference play.

How it Happened
Tulsa got out to an 11-6 lead with 5:27 on the clock in the first quarter, but the Tigers battled back and tied it at 11-11 with 4:50 to play in the frame. The two teams had four more lead changes and three tied scores before Texas Southern had a 20-19 advantage at the end of the frame.

TU climbed to a seven-point lead, 32-25, at the 5:56 mark for the biggest lead of the first half by either team, but the Tigers narrowed that advantage to just one point, 35-34, at halftime.

There were another four lead changes and two tied scores in the third quarter, with Tulsa owning another one-point advantage at the end of the frame, 54-53, as both teams had 19 points in the quarter.

Tulsa had a game-best 14-point lead, 79-65, with 2:08 left in the contest, but TSU outscored TU 15-4, and had a missed a three-pointer with no time on the clock that would have forced overtime.

Game Notes

Tulsa had five players in double figures for the second-straight game. TU was led by Maya Mayberry with 22 points, while Maddie Bittle had 19, Ahrray Young posted 18, Temira Poindexter added 11 and Delanie Crawford 11.
A different player led TU in scoring in each quarter, including six points by Temira Poindexter in the first quarter, eight by Maya Mayberry in the second, six by Maddie Bittle in the third and Ahrray Young and Bittle with nine each in the fourth.
This was the fourth meeting between Tulsa and Texas Southern and the first since Nov. 25, 2014.
Before today's game, Tulsa was 0-3 on the year when trailing after the first quarter … Tulsa trailed 20-19 after the 1st period today.
Tulsa scored over 80 points for the 6th time this season, all coming in victories.
Tulsa ends the non-conference schedule with a 10-3 record, marking only the second time in school history that Tulsa had posted 10 wins in its early non-conference season games as Tulsa posted a 10-1 record last year … when including postseason tournament play Tulsa went 10-3 in 2005-06 and 11-2 last year.
It was the 5th time this year that Tulsa did not score 20+ points in each of the first two quarters of the game.
For the 8th time this season Tulsa had four players score in double-figures, and the 4th time Tulsa had five double-figure scorers.
All five starters scored in double-figures for Tulsa.
Tulsa made 10 3-pointers today, marking the 8th time this season that Tulsa has converted double-figure 3-pointers.
Tulsa had its 8th game with at least 45 rebounds, finishing with 47 boards.
This was the first game of the season that Tulsa had two players foul out.
Tulsa had two players with double-doubles today – Temira Poindexter with 11 points and 10 rebounds and Ahrray Young with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
Poindexter had her second double-double of the season and the 4th of her career, while Young had her first career double-double.
Maya Mayberry had her 8th double-figure scoring game of the season and her 4th straight … it is her 40th career double-figure scoring game … she reached double-digit points in the first half with 12.
Mayberry had her second straight 20+ scoring game with 22 points for her third 20+ scoring of the season.
Delanie Crawford had her 5th career game with 5 or more assists in 40 career games, and the 3rd time this season … she ended with six assists.
Crawford had her 8th double-figure scoring game of the season and her 5th straight … it is also her 16th career double-digit scoring game.
Temira Poindexter had her 12th double-figure scoring game of the season and the 30th in her two-year career.
Maddie Bittle had her 6th double-figure scoring game of the season and the 33rd of her career.
Bittle had a season-high 19 points, bettering her best of 14 points in three previous games.
Ahrray Young had her 8th double-digit scoring game as a true freshman.
Young set a new season-high of 18 points, bettering the 16 she scored at Long Beach State, while also setting a new high with 10 rebounds.