Tulsa vs. North Texas in the WNIT First Round

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Thursday, March 17, 2022 ~ 7:00 pm Central ~ The Super Pit ~ Denton, Texas

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The Coaches
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State, 2002), 1st Year
Career Record: 16-10 (1^st year)
Record at Tulsa: Same

North Texas: Jalie Mitchell (North Texas, 2002), 7th Year
Record: 100-106 (7 years)
Record at North Texas: same

Tulsa's Probable Starters
F          2          Temira Poindexter, 6-1, Fr-HS, Sapulpa, Okla., 11.8 ppg, 4.7 rpg
G         10        Maya Mayberry, 5-8, Sr-1L, Tulsa, Okla., 11.8 ppg, 2.1 rpg
G         11        Maddie Bittle, 5-8, Sr-3L, Bixby, Okla., 10.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg
G         12        Wyvette Mayberry, 5-7, So-1L, Tulsa, Okla., 13.9 ppg, 4.0 rpg
G         21        Rebecca Lescay, 5-8, Sr-4L, Plano, Texas, 10.0 ppg, 4.6 rpg

North Texas' Probable Starters
G         0          Quincy Noble, 5-10, Jr., McKinney, Texas, 14.3 ppg, 4.1 rpg
G         4          Jazion Jackson, 5-9, Jr., Dallas, Texas, 9.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg
F          21        Jaylen Mallard, 6-2, Jr., Little Rock, Ark., 7.1 ppg, 4.9 rpg
G         22        Aly Gamez, 5-6, Gr., Irving, Texas, 11.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg
F          41        Madison Townley, 6-0, Gr., Duncanville, Texas, 6.2 ppg, 7.6 rpg

Facing North Texas

North Texas has a 17-12 overall record and posted a 10-7 mark in Conference USA, advancing to the semifinals before falling to eventual C-USA Champion Charlotte.
Quincy Noble has a team-best 14.3 points per game, while Aly Gamez adds 11.3 ppg
Madison Townley has a team-leading 7.6 rebounds per game, while Jazion Jackson has 83 assists, and Noble has 39 steals and 19 blocks
Tulsa has a 7-1 lead in the all-time series with North Texas, but it was the Mean Green that earned a 66-43 win in the last meeting dating back to the 2017-18 season

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

Tulsa Players Earn American Athletic Conference Honors

Freshman Temira Poindexter was named the AAC Freshman of the Year after averaging 11.8 points and 4.7 rebounds … she was named the AAC Player of the Week a league record eight times during the season
Poindexter and fellow freshman Delanie Crawford were named to the AAC's all-freshmen team … Crawford averages 7.1 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.0 assists
Sophomore Wyvette Mayberry earned second-team all-AAC honors while leading Tulsa in scoring with 13.9 points

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's American Athletic Conference Championship Records

Tulsa set eight new American Athletic Conference tournament records this season, including 174 combined points (88 Tulsa, 86 Wichita State); 67 combined field goals (34 Tulsa, 33 Wichita State); .511 combined field goal percentage (46.6 Tulsa, 56.9 Wichita State); 20 combined three-point field goals made (12 Tulsa, 8 Wichita State); 34 three-point field goals attempted (Tulsa); 10 assists by Wyvette Mayberry vs. Wichita State (tying Erika Wakefield's mark in 2018); 48 combined assists (29 Tulsa; 19 Wichita State); six steals by Rebecca Lescay vs. Wichita State.

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

Most Wins Since

Tulsa's 16 wins is 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, this was Tulsa's third-most wins… Tulsa won 18 in 2014-15 and 17 games in 2012-13

Leading the Way

Five Tulsa players average double-digit points, including Wyvette Mayberry with a team-best 13.9 points per game, as well as Temira Poindexter (11.8), Maya Mayberry (11.8), Maddie Bittle (10.5) and Rebecca Lescay (10.0)
Poindexter has a team-best 4.7 rebounds per game and 49 blocks, while Lescay has 97 assists and 49 steals.

In the Nation

Tulsa ranks third in the nation in fewest turnovers (319), 13th in turnovers per game (12.3), 16th in assist-turnover ratio (1.25), 18th in three-point field goal percentage (35.9), 18th in three-point field goals made per game (8.5), 44th in turnover margin (3.88), 45th in assists per game (15.3), 51st in three-point field goals made (221), 61st in free throw percentage (74.9), 64th in fewest fouls (424), 98th in scoring offense (68.5), 100th in three-point field goals attempted (616), 103rd in field goal percentage (41.7), 110th in steals per game (8.6), 111th in scoring margin (4.8), 123rd in won-lost percentage (61.5), 127th in assists (398) and 127th in blocked shots per game (3.5).
Maddie Bittle ranks 178th in steals per game (1.81)
Rebecca Lescay ranks 161st in assist-turnover ratio (1.45), 149th in steals per game (1.88) and 159th in assists per game (3.7)
Maya Mayberry ranks 72nd in three-point field goal percentage (37.1) and 87th in three-point field goals made per game (2.19)
Wyvette Mayberry ranks 192nd in free throw percentage (75.9) and 244th in points per game (13.9)
Temira Poindexter ranks 39th in blocked shots per game (1.88) and 52nd in blocked shots (49)

An Accurate Career Shooter

Maya Mayberry ranks second (.388 = 93-240) in program history for three-point field goal percentage

Lescay Among Tulsa's Top-10

Rebecca Lescay ranks first in games played (137) on Tulsa's all-time list, and is fourth in steals (228), eighth in assists (320) and 14th in points (966)

Among the Freshmen

Temira Poindexter is on the Tulsa Freshmen Single-Season Records list, ranking first in blocks (49), fourth in free throw percentage (.796) and fifth in field goals made (115)

Single Season Records

Wyvette Mayberry's 43.5 three-point field goal percentage is the second-best in a single season by any individual player, while Maddie Bittle's 41.1 percent is seventh best
Temira Poindexter's 49 blocks rank 10th in program history for a single season

Oklahomans

Tulsa's 11-member roster includes eight Oklahomans
The breakdown includes four freshmen, two sophomores and two seniors
The Oklahomans average 59.1 of Tulsa's 68.5 points and 24.1 rebounds per game

Three or More

Tulsa has had at least three players score in doubles-figures in 23 of 26 games and has a 15-8 record in those games
In the third game of the year, Tulsa had a season-high six players score in double digits in a 79-54 win over Florida A&M … Tulsa had five double-figure scorers in an 80-68 win over Memphis
Tulsa has had 12 games of four double-digit scorers and has an 8-4 record in those games

Team Rebounding

Tulsa doesn't have a rebounder with an average of five rebounds per game, but the Hurricane has six players each averaging over four rebounds per game
The leader of the group is freshman Temira Poindexter with 4.7 boards followed by senior Rebecca Lescay with 4.6 rebounds

Leading the AAC

As a team, the Hurricane leads the American Athletic Conference in four statistical categories. Tulsa leads in Field Goal % – .417 (654-1569); 3-Point FG % – .359 (221-616); 3-Point FG Made – 8.50 (221) and Assist/Turnover Ratio – 1.25 (398/319).

Out of the Ordinary

Tulsa has been among the nation's leaders for three-point field goal percentage most of the season.
The Hurricane had eight 40 percent plus shooting games from 3-point range in the first 17 games, but then Tulsa recorded six-straight games (and the only ones of the season) under 30-percent from behind the arc.
In the first 17 games of the season, Tulsa shot 40.2 percent (146-363), but in the next six contests shot just 25.1 percent from 3-point range (40-159).
TU bounced back against #23 UCF and shot 42.3 percent from three-point range, was 35.3 percent against both Wichita State and UCF in The American Championship

The Sisters Mayberry

Sisters Maya and Wyvette Mayberry are both in their second seasons at TU
The pair are just one of three Division I sisters that play for the same team and both average over 10.0 ppg (the other pairs are at Purdue-Fort Wayne and Fresno State)
Wyvette averages 13.9 points and Maya 11.8 points to rank 1-2. The sisters were also 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 last season and 33.4 percent (595 of 1,780) of the points during the 2021-22 campaign
In their two seasons, the sisters have combined to lead Tulsa in scoring 29 times and assists in 23 games
Their older sister, Taleya, also played at Tulsa (2009-13) and was an assistant coach for three seasons (2018-21)

Maddie 'B' Has Hit Her Stride

Maddie Bittle has hit her stride in the last 17 games, posting double digits in 13 contests
She has averaged 12.4 points (212) with a career-high 22 points at Memphis, while also averaging 4.1 rebounds (70) and 2.0 assists (34).
Bittle has shot .486 (72-of-148) from the field and .453 (34-of-75) from 3-point range in the last 17 games
In her nine previous games, Bittle shot just .383 (23-of-60) from the field and .250 (5-of-20) from 3-point range for the season.
On the season, Bittle is knocking down 45.7 percent of her field goals and 41.1 percent from behind the arc.

Freshmen Tandem

The tandem of true freshmen Temira Poindexter and Delanie Crawford have combined to average 18.9 points and 8.8 rebounds per game.
The 6'1" forward Poindexter averages 11.8 points and 4.7 rebounds, while the 5'10" guard Crawford averages 7.1 points and 4.1 boards.
The duo has combined for 24 double-figure scoring games … Poindexter with 17 and Crawford with seven.
Poindexter had season-highs of 23 points, 10 rebounds, six blocks and seven assists, while Crawford's season-highs reached 15 points, eight rebounds and five assists.

Top Freshman

Freshman Temira Poindexter earned the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year honor for a reason
The 6'1" Poindexter has done a little bit of everything for the Hurricane this year while averaging 11.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.9 blocks and 1.2 steals per game.
She is shooting 43.1 percent from the field, 33.0 from 3-point range and 79.6 from the free throw line.
Poindexter is second in The American in blocked shots with 49 for a 1.88 average and had a career-high six against Cincinnati
Poindexter has named the AAC's Freshman of the Week a league-record eight times.
Poindexter's father, Ray, was a member of Tulsa's men's basketball NCAA Tournament teams in 1994-95 and 1995-96 … at 6'11", he averaged 6.5 points and 5.6 rebounds in his two seasons.

Common Factor

In two AAC losses this season to Houston, a 13-point road loss (80-67) and a 65-64 home loss, there was a common factor ... Tulsa was without one of its starters in each game due to injury
The Hurricane was without Maya Mayberry in the road game and at home was without Mayberry's younger sister, Wyvette ... both were averaging over 14 points at the time of the games.

Defensive Rebounding

Tulsa didn't allow an offensive rebound by Missouri S&T on Dec. 8
Tulsa had 24 defensive rebounds in the game and added 19 offensive boards.

Road Wins

Tulsa has posted five road wins this year – Oral Roberts, Florida Atlantic, Georgia State, Memphis and Wichita State – and has just four road losses.
The five wins is the most road victories for a Tulsa team since the 2015-16 season when the Hurricane captured six road wins … the most road wins for Tulsa before that was a year earlier with seven in 2014-15.

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
Tulsa also had just five turnovers against Wichita State on Feb. 27

The Most 3's

Tulsa set a new school record high of 39 three-point field goal attempts against Wichita State (2-6-22)
The previous best was 34 attempts against No. 1 UConn (1-17-17)

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 Madi Washington earned her degree in psychology in 2020 and is working on her MBA, and Maya Mayberry earned her degree in organizational studies in December 2021 and is working on her MBA.

A Native American

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.

Maddie's Big Threes on the Road

Maddie Bittle has hit some big three-pointers in her senior season, but perhaps none more important than a couple treys in the final minutes of two Tulsa AAC road wins.
On the road at Wichita State and the game tied at 56-56 with 2:08 to play, Bittle's three-pointer put the Hurricane up for good in a seven-point victory.
In an earlier road game at Memphis, Bittle knocked down a trey with 0:12 remaining to break a 67-67 tie and propel the Hurricane to a 72-69 victory.

Double Digit Wins (Times Two)

In Angie Nelp's first season as the Hurricane head coach, Tulsa reached double-digit wins in the first 10 games of the season.
Tulsa didn't reach double-digit wins in either of the past two seasons, winning just five games in a 19-game schedule a year ago and nine wins in 2019-20.
TU has 11 double-digit wins among Tulsa's 16 victories this season. TU had just nine double-figure wins in the previous three seasons combined.

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