Tulsa Closes Home Season with 61-49 Win Over Wichita State

Sunday, February 27

Reynolds Center

1:00 pm

Tulsa

15-8,5-7AAC

Wichita State

13-15,4-11AAC

Wichita St.

Tulsa

Photo by: Bill Powell

Tulsa Closes Home Season with 61-49 Win Over Wichita State

2/27/2022 3:23:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOX SCORE

TULSA, Okla. –– Tulsa used a strong fourth quarter to capture its first season sweep of the Wichita State Shockers in school history with a 61-49 Sunday afternoon on Senior Day at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.

Sophomore Wyvette Mayberry led the way with 15 points and seniors Maddie Bittle and Rebecca Lescay added 12 and 10 points, respectively. Freshman Temira Poindexter had a team-high six assists and Jessika Evans led the Hurricane with four steals.

Tulsa improved to 15-8 overall and 5-7 in American Athletic Conference play, while Wichita State fell to 13-15 and 4-11 in league action.

Wichita State scored the first four points of the final period to take a 45-44 lead, but the Hurricane put on the clamps defensively in outscoring the Shockers 17-6 to close out the game with the 12-point victory.

Tulsa forced 22 Shocker turnovers and scored 22 points off those takeaways, while also outscoring the visitors 22-16 in the paint and 11-3 for fast-break points. WSU shot 37-percent from the field, while Tulsa shot just 34-percent while taking 13 more shots.

Maya Mayberry hit two straight treys to start the second half for a 10-point Hurricane lead at 32-22. The Shockers trimmed its lead and took a one-point advantage, 36-35, at the 4:32 mark of the third quarter. Bittle scored Tulsa's next five points to retake the lead, 40-36, at the 3:27 mark. Tulsa held a six-point lead at the end of three quarters 44-38.

The Shockers took its fourth quarter one-point lead at the 7:22 mark before the Hurricane went on its scoring run. Lescay's driving layup at the 7:04 mark began Tulsa's 17-6 run to finish the contest.

Wichita State jumped out to a 5-0 start before Tulsa got on the board after the first two minutes elapsed. Tulsa took a 9-7 lead at the 5:02 mark on a Delanie Crawford three-pointer to start a 12-2 run to take a 18-9 lead.

The Hurricane held on to an 18-12 lead after the first period behind Crawford's seven points.

The second quarter wasn't as kind to the Hurricane scoring only eight points but went into halftime with a 26-22 lead. The two teams combined for just seven points in the final seven minutes of the period.

Tulsa led for 14:34 of the first half and shot 41-percent from the field, but just 18-percent on 3-of-16 from three-point range.

Tulsa will close out the regular season Wednesday in Orlando, Fla., against the No. 25-ranked and league-leading UCF Knights. Game time is 5 p.m. (CT) and can be seen on ESPN+ and heard on 93.5 FM The Jet Radio.