Tulsa Falters Late in 93-87 Loss at Oral Roberts

Saturday, November 18

Tulsa, Okla. (at ORU)

7:00 PM

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Tulsa Falters Late in 93-87 Loss at Oral Roberts

11/18/2023 10:47:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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TULSA, Okla. – The Tulsa women's basketball team entered the Mabee Center Saturday looking to protect the Mayor's Cup and move to 4-0 on the year, but a slow fourth quarter doomed the Golden Hurricane to a 93-87 setback to the cross-town rival Oral Roberts Golden Eagles.

The Hurricane falls to 3-1 in the first loss of the season, while ORU moves to 3-2 and takes the Mayor's Cup for the first time since the 2017-18 season.

Tulsa averaged 24.7 points per quarter and led 74-68 heading into the fourth period, where the Hurricane was held to 13 points while Oral Roberts' 25 points helped the Golden Eagles surge past TU late. ORU broke the 87-87 tie at 1:20 and ran away with the game from there.

Delanie Crawford put up a team-high 23 points for Tulsa, moving to four straight games with 20 or more points on the year. She shot 50 percent from the field (7-14), sank three shots from beyond the arch and went a perfect 6-for-6 at the free throw line.

"We put a lot on [Delanie Crawford]'s shoulders," said Head Coach Angie Nelp. She did a great job and came through. And Caranda Perea stepped up big time for us, especially in the first half in the scores she was able to give us. She's a great player and I'm so excited for her as she fits into our system more. We definitely needed her scoring, so I was so proud of the way she stepped up."

Perea shot perfectly from the field in the first half, landing seven shots, including a deep three, to lead the team in first-half scoring with 15 points. Other double-digit scorers were Temira Poindexter (15) and Katia Gallegos (10).

Crawford and Hadley Periman led Tulsa's defense with seven rebounds each, both securing two offensive boards and five defensive rebounds. Mady Cartwright stole the ball three times and Poindexter recorded three blocks.

HOW IT HAPPENED
IN THE FIRST QUARTER . . .
ORU scored the game's first two points before Tulsa used a 9-0 scoring run to take the lead. Delanie Crawford scored six of those early points to give TU the early advantage. Caranda Perea went 4-of-4 to help fuel the offense.

Tulsa held ORU to 31.6 percent (6-19) while shooting 66.7 percent (10-15).

IN THE SECOND QUARTER . . .
TU's biggest lead of the game came early in the second quarter at 27-15, a 12-point advantage. Though the Golden Eagles closed the gap and trailed by as few as two points at 38-36, the Hurricane maintained the lead the whole way, closing out the first half on top 47-44.

Both Caranda Perea and Delanie Crawford went 3-for-3 on field goals while Hadley Periman, Mady Cartwright and Amira Brown each came away with two rebounds.

IN THE THIRD QUARTER . . .
The Hurricane never gave up the lead in the third quarter as both teams fought through three tie scores in the period. Tulsa broke the deadlock at 66-66 with layups by Hadley Periman and Amira Brown and a three-pointer from Mady Cartwright to go up by seven.

Tulsa went 52.6 percent (10-19) from the field while holding Oral Roberts to 38.1 percent (8-21) to close out the quarter.

IN THE FOURTH QUARTER . . .
Layups from Temira Poindexter and Amira Brown along with another deep three from Mady Cartwright helped Tulsa to an 11-point lead at 81-70 with 6:41 on the clock. From there, Oral Roberts used a 23-6 scoring run to take its first lead of the game at 89-87 with just over a minute to play. The Golden Eagles clutched up on their four free throw attempts from there to seal the game away 93-87.

GAME NOTES
• Tulsa's four-game win streak against Oral Roberts came to an end with a 93-87 loss on the road Saturday … the overall series moves to 32-12 ORU.
• Junior Temira Poindexter had her 49^th career double-figure scoring game.
• Senior Caranda Perea tied her career-high of seven field goals and finished with 15 points, all in the first half.
• Senior Katia Gallegos had her third double-figure scoring game of the season and her third in her career with 10 points.
• The Tulsa bench produced 28 points on the night.
• As a team, the Hurricane set season-highs in field goals (34), field goal attempts (66), field goal percentage (51.5%), three-pointers (30), steals (9) and blocks (7).

Tulsa will travel to Katy, Texas, to compete in the Van Chancellor Classic, where the Hurricane will face Arkansas Pine-Bluff (1-2) Friday at 3:45 p.m., Clemson (3-1) Saturday at 6 p.m. and Mississippi State (4-0) Sunday at 5:30 p.m.