Tulsa Women Cruise to 82-45 Win over Texas Southern

Friday, December 15

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Tulsa Women Cruise to 82-45 Win over Texas Southern

12/15/2023 9:16:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

GAME STATS I SEASON STATS I PRESS CONFERENCE I HIGHLIGHTS

TULSA, Okla. –– The Tulsa women cruised to an 82-45 victory over the Texas Southern Lady Tigers Friday night in front of 1,153 fans at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.

Ahrray Young led all scorers with 15 points, followed by 14 from Temira Poindexter and Mady Cartwright and 13 from Delanie Crawford.

Tulsa shot 50 percent from the field and 38.5 percent from behind the arc, while limiting the visitors to under 25 percent overall and 13 percent from three-point range. The Hurricane had a 51-to-39 advantage in rebounding and also a 42-to-20 edge for points in the paint.

Tulsa had 33 points from the bench, led by Cartwright's 14 while fellow freshman Elise Hill added a season-high nine points.

"I'm really proud of our of our team today," said Head Coach Angie Nelp. "It was so much fun to be able to have a total team effort on the floor. Really proud of our defense for holding them to 22% from the field. That was huge for us to be able to get out in transition. We were able to keep the pace and keep it at a high tempo, especially in that second quarter. You know, in that second quarter stretch where we kind of went on our run it was because we were able to hold them defensively and rebound the ball and push tempo."

The Hurricane had a 15-point lead after one quarter and expanded its lead to 33 points at halftime, 52-19. Tulsa outscored the Lady Tigers 23-8 in the first 10 minutes and 29-11 in the second period.

After Texas Southern outscored Tulsa 15-13 in the third period, the Hurricane turned the tables in the fourth with a 17-to-11 scoring advantage. Tulsa had its largest lead of 42 points when Cartwright scored on a driving layup for a 76-34 lead with 6:12 remaining in the contest. Tulsa kept its lead above 35 points for until the final buzzer.

HOW IT HAPPENED
IN THE FIRST QUARTER . . .
Tulsa scored the first six points on three-pointers from Temira Poindexter and Ahrray Young.

In the first 5:12 of the game, the Hurricane shot 75% from the field and was a perfect 3-of-3 from behind the arc to take a 15-5 lead at the first media timeout.

Back-to-back layups by Young put the Hurricane ahead 23-8 at the end the first quarter.

Tulsa finished the first 10 minutes by shooting 63% from the field and 50% from three-point range, while holding Texas Southern to 16% from the field and made just 1-of-9 treys for the quarter.

Young led the way with nine first period points followed by Poindexter's eight.

IN THE SECOND QUARTER . . .
It took Tulsa 3:02 into the second quarter to score its first points of the period coming on Young's third consecutive basket.

After scoring five points in the first five minutes for a 28-14 lead at the 4:48 mark, the Hurricane went on a 22-5 run to close out the first half with a 52-19 halftime lead.

Tulsa finished the first half nailing 55.6% from the field (20-of-36), 58.3% from three-point range (7-of-12) and was 5-of-5 from the charity stripe.

The Lady Tigers converted just 21% from the field and only seven percent on 1-of-14 from behind the arc.

IN THE THIRD QUARTER . . .
The first five-plus minutes of the third quarter were even with each team scoring eight points as the Hurricane led 60-27 at the 4:16 media timeout.

Tulsa had its largest lead of the quarter, 37 points, at 58-21 with 7:19 left in the period.

Texas Southern outscored Tulsa in the quarter 15-13 as the period ended with Tulsa leading 65-34.

IN THE FOURTH QUARTER . . .
Tulsa began the quarter on an 11-0 run to take its largest lead at 76-34 with 6:12 remaining on the game clock.

Tulsa kept its lead above 35 points for until the final buzzer.

GAME NOTES
• Tulsa moved to 8-3 on the season and 5-0 at home.
• This was the fifth meeting between Tulsa and Texas Southern, as the series now stands at 4-1 in favor of the Hurricane.
• In her eighth game back after recovering from a 2023 knee injury, Ahrray Young had her fourth double-figure scoring game of the campaign with a season-high 16 points.
• With 14 points, Temira Poindexter has now reached double-digits in all 11 games this year and for the 56^th time in 69 career games.
• This was the fifth game for freshman Mady Cartwright to make at least three 3-pointers in a single contest … she finished the game 4-of-8 from behind the arc.
• Delanie Crawford had her ninth double-figure scoring game of the season and the 35^th of her career.
• The 14 points for Cartwright was her third double-figure scoring game of the season.
• Freshman Elise Hill had a season-high of 9 points, beating her previous-high of six points.

Tulsa travels to the Hawaiian Islands for the Maui Classic, as Tulsa plays Texas Tech on Tuesday, Dec. 19, before facing Southeastern Louisiana on Wednesday, Dec. 20. All TU women's basketball games can be heard on 93.5 FM The Jet Radio. All home and away American Athletic Conference games can be viewed on ESPN+.