Tulsa Captures 69-57 Win at Temple, Moves to 5-0 in The American

Tuesday, January 17

Philadelphia, Pa.

6:00 pm

Tulsa

15-3,5-0AAC

Temple

7-10,2-3AAC

Tulsa

Temple

Photo by: Bill Powell

Tulsa Captures 69-57 Win at Temple, Moves to 5-0 in The American

1/17/2023 8:02:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Four Tulsa players scored in double figures to lead the Golden Hurricane to a 69-57 win over Temple on Tuesday night at The Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pa. The Golden Hurricane moved to 15-3 on the season and 5-0 in American Athletic Conference play, while the Owls fell to 7-10 overall and 2-3 in the league.

"I felt like we got some really good defensive stops in a row and that allowed us to get out offensively," Head Coach Angie Nelp said. "There is no quit inside of this team and they fight no matter what the score is. Today was a great team effort overall as the defensive stops and assists were critical, and we played really well together."

Maddie Bittle had a team-best 13 points, while Delanie Crawford had 12, and both Temira Poindexter and Ahrray Young added 10.

Tulsa will return to action on Saturday, January 21 against Tulane beginning at 2:00 pm at Fogelman Arena in New Orleans, La.

How it Happened
Tulsa jumped out to a 12-4 lead at the 5:05 mark of the first quarter with Maya Mayberry scoring six of those points in the early going. The Golden Hurricane climbed to a first quarter best 20-point advantage (24-4) at the end of the frame. The four points were the fewest allowed by the Golden Hurricane in a quarter this season as they held the Owls to just 10 percent from the field, while shooting 60 percent.

Tulsa struggled to shoot the ball in the early part of the second frame, hitting just 25 percent of their attempts from the field and going 0-of-4 from behind the arc, but Maddie Bittle hit back-to-back threes to put the Hurricane up 36-12, with 2:59 remaining in the frame. Tulsa led by 24 three times throughout the second quarter, including a 41-17 advantage at the end of the frame.

Tulsa missed their first six shot attempts and had five turnovers to start the third quarter, but Temira Poindexter drained a three at the 5:32 mark to end the Hurricane's scoring drought. Temple owned an 18-12 scoring edge in the third frame, but Tulsa maintained an 18-point lead, 53-35.

Temple's Tarriyonna Gary came out on fire in the final stanza, hitting four treys in the first 4:46 off the clock, but Tulsa was able to counter, maintaining a 19-point advantage with just over five minutes to play in the contest.

Temple chipped away at their deficit, pulling to within 12, 69-57, with 0:44 to play, the closest the game had been since Tulsa had a 16-4 lead with 3:22 on the clock in the first quarter. Neither team would score in the final 44 seconds for the final score.

Game Notes

With today's win, Tulsa snapped a three-game winning streak in the series by the Owls. The Golden Hurricane is now 3-4 against Temple in Philadelphia.
This was Tulsa's first game in The Liacouras Center as all the previous games at Temple were played in McGonigle Hall.
Maddie Bittle had a team-best 13 points, while Delanie Crawford had 12, and both Temira Poindexter and Ahrray Young added 10.
Crawford and Young both had a team-best secen rebounds, while Crawford also had six assists, Young had two steals and Poindexter and Hadley Periman both had two blocks.
Maya Mayberry and Maddie Bittle both had two three pointers. Mayberry passed Tatum Beer (2007-11) for sixth place on Tulsa's all-time three-point field goals made list, while Bittle is tied with Beer. Mayberry has 143 trey's after the contest, while Bittle has 142.
Temira Poindexter had two blocks in the contest, moving into seventh place on Tulsa's all-time blocks list with 83 career blocks. Poindexter moved past Tiffani Couisnard (2008-13) and is now tied with Teka Brooks (2006-10).
Tulsa held the Owls to the fewest points allowed in a quarter by the Hurricane this season with just four in the first frame.
Tulsa shot 60% from the field, while Temple was just 10% in the first 10 minutes.
Maya Mayberry made the second three-point attempted by Tulsa in the contest, but then the Golden Hurricane missed their next eight attempts. Maddie Bittle ended their three-point scoring woes at the 3:38 mark of the second quarter.
Tulsa scored 40+ points in the first half for the eighth time in 18 games this season.
Maddie Bittle scored 11 points by halftime, marking the fourth time she reached double figures in the first 20 minutes.
Temple's 17 first half points tied for the second fewest allowed by Tulsa this season. Lindenwood (12-4-22) had just 15 points in the first half, while Alcorn State (11-7-22) also had 17 in the first 20 minutes.
Tulsa shot 45.8 percent from the field, 30.8 percent from behind the arc and 70 percent from the line, while Temple shot 27.4 percent from the field, 29.2 percent from three-point range and 83.3 percent from the line.
Tulsa had a 32-20 lead in points in the paint, while Temple had a 20-15 edge in points off the bench.
Tulsa had a 46-37 lead in rebounds, a 20-15 lead in assists and a 6-1 advantage in blocks, while Temple had a 12-4 lead in steals.