Crawford has Career Day to Push Tulsa to 89-80 Season-Opening Win Over Lindenwood

Monday, November 6

St. Charles, Mo.

6:00 PM

Tulsa

1-0,0-0AAC

Lindenwood

0-1,0-0OVC

Tulsa

Lindenwood

Crawford has Career Day to Push Tulsa to 89-80 Season-Opening Win Over Lindenwood

11/6/2023 9:49:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Delanie Crawford led a trio of Hurricane women—who combined for 81 points in the Tulsa women's basketball team's 89-80 season-opening win over the Lindenwood Lions—with a career-high 35 points, the second-most all-time in a game for TU behind Jillian Robbins' 38 points against Nevada in 2005 and Kendrian Elliott's 38 points versus Arkansas State in 2019.

Temira Poindexter (28 points) and Katia Gallegos (18 points) contributed 46 points during the game. With Crawford, the group went 27-46 shooting for a field goal percentage of 58.7%.

"[Delanie Crawford] embodies everything our team is about," said Head Coach Angie Nelp. "I'm just so proud of this whole team. Credit to Delanie, we do want to talk about her and her courage on the floor and the things she does for us. Everybody sees the points, but she does so much more on the floor. On defense she gets the ball to other players and distributes it very well."

"I thought the key to getting off to a great start was our defense. We were able to get stops and get the ball in our hands to open up the floor for our players."

Tulsa's home opener will tip-off Friday, Nov. 10, at 11 a.m., in the Donald W. Reynolds Center. The Hurricane will take on the New Orleans Privateers (0-0).

How it Happened
Delanie Crawford went 5-5 from the field, including 2-2 from beyond the arch to open the first quarter. All scoring in the first quarter came from Crawford, Temira Poindexter and Katie Gallegos, who combined for 25 points. Tulsa led by as many as 16 points at 18-2 before the Lions closed the gap to 25-19 to end the quarter.

Tulsa's scoring slowed down in the second quarter, putting up only five field goals and going 50% from the free throw line (7-14). Lindenwood took its first lead of the game at 39-38 and held the lead for only 1:18 until the Hurricane ended the first half on top 42-41. Tulsa and Lindenwood battled through eight lead changes in the second quarter.

Crawford opened up the second half with a 17-point performance in the third period, scoring all of TU's points from the 6:55 mark through the end of the quarter. She also went 9-9 from the charity line. Tulsa broke the 51-51 deadlock at 6:55 in the third quarter with a pair of free throws by Crawford. From there, the Hurricane maintained the lead the rest of the way, cruising to an 89-80 finish to grab the first win of the year.

Game Notes

This was the 2^nd meeting between Tulsa and Lindenwood … the series now stands at 2-0 Tulsa.
Katia Gallegos, Temira Poindexter and Delanie Crawford scored all of Tulsa's points through the first three quarters.
Caranda Perea led the Hurricane with three offensive rebounds while Delanie Crawford led TU with seven defensive boards … Madi Cartwright finished second on the team in total rebounds (8).
Delanie Crawford led all TU players with a career-high 13 free throws made, missing only two.
Temira Poindexter led the floor with six assists.