Women Host UCA in First Game of Tulsa Doubleheader Tuesday

Tuesday, December 5

Reynolds Center

5:00 PM

Tulsa

Central Arkansas

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Women Host UCA in First Game of Tulsa Doubleheader Tuesday

12/3/2023 6:51:00 PM | Women's Basketball

GAME 9:
Tulsa (5-3) vs. Central Arkansas (5-3)
Tuesday • Dec. 5, 2023 • 5 PM
Donald W. Reynolds Center (8,355) • Tulsa, Okla.

RADIO: 93.5 The Jet
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TV: ESPN+
GAME NOTES: Tulsa I UCA

THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State '02), 3^rd year
Career Record: 39-27 (3 years)
School Record: same

UCA: Tony Kemper (Fort Hays State '01), 1^st year
Career Record: 84-93 (7 years)
School Record: 5-2 (1 year)

Tulsa Men vs. Illinois Chicago follows the women's game @ 7:30 PM

Tulsa's Probable Starters
0      G       Katia Gallegos, 5-7, Sr-1L, El Paso, Texas, 8.4 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 3.6 apg
2      F        Temira Poindexter, 6-1, Jr-2L, Sapulpa, Okla., 22.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg
5      G Delanie Crawford, 5-11, Jr-2L, Piedmont, Okla., 18.6 ppg, 6.3 rpg
22    G       Mady Cartwright, 5-10, Fr-HS, Greenwood, Ark., 6.1 ppg, 3.4 rpg
35    G       Ahrray Young, 5-11, So-1L, Elk Grove, Calif., 7.6 ppg, 2.0 rpg

Central Arkansas' Probable Starters
0     G     Jade Upshaw, 5-7, Jr., Sapulpa, Okla., 12.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg
3     G     Randrea Wright 5-7, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., 11.3 pp, 2.0 rpg
5     F      Bree Stephens, 6-0, Jr., Townesville, Australia, 5.9 ppg, 6.6 rpg
22   G     Leah Mafua, 5-10, Jr., Wellington, New Zealand, 11.5 ppg, 34.5 rpg
42 F Cheyenne Banks, 6-4, Jr., McLoud, Okla., 5.6 ppg, 6.3 rpg

Facing UCA
•   This is the fifth meeting between Tulsa and UCA.
• Tulsa leads the series 3-1, including a 95-51 win last year at the Reynolds Center.
• The only loss for Tulsa in the series was a nine-point road loss in 2009-10.

Up Next
• Tulsa continues a three-game homestand with the SEC's Florida Gators visiting Tulsa on Dec. 10 followed by Texas Southern on Dec. 15.
• After the homestand, Tulsa heads to the islands for two games at the Maui Invitational (Dec. 19-20) to close-out the non-conference season.

Poindexter Surpasses 1,000 Career Points
•       Temira Poindexter became just the 12^th player in school history to reach the 1,000-point plateau.
•       After scoring 15 points at TCU, Poindexter now has 1,004 points for a 15.2 average in 66 career games.
•       She ranks 12^th on the all-time scoring list, needing 68 more points to tie Erika Wakefield (1,072 pts, 2014-18) for 11^th place.
•       Another Hurricane player, Katia Gallegos has already reached the 1,000-point mark in her career with 1,079 points, including 967 in three seasons at UTEP and 112 points at Tulsa.

Crawford & Poindexter AAC Earn Player of the Week Honors
•    In the first three weeks of the season, Tulsa juniors Delanie Crawford and Temira Poindexter were named two of the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week selections.
•       Delanie Crawford earned all-conference accolades in the first week after averaging 21.7 points while shooting 57% from the field, 54%from 3-point range and 90% from the free throw line. She added 4.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists.
•       In an 89-80 opening road win at Lindenwood, Crawford scored 35 points for the second highest single-game point total in school history.
•       In the second week of the season, Crawford was named to the AAC weekly honor roll.
•       On Nov. 27, Poindexter earned the AAC Player of the Week award after totaling 26.0 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists while leading Tulsa to a 2-1 record at the Van Chancellor Classic.
•       Poindexter totaled 29 points against UAPB, 26 in a win over Clemson and 23 against 25^th-ranked Mississippi State.
•       It's the first weekly honor for both Crawford and Poindexter in their careers … Poindexter was named the Freshman of the Week eight times in 2021-22 and made the weekly honor roll six times last year.

Poindexter Near the Top in NCAA Stats
•       Temira Poindexter began the week ranked 8^th nationally for scoring with a 23.3 average after seven games … Iowa's Caitlin Clark led the nation with a 29.6 average.
•       This week, Poindexter ranked second in NCAA stats for points scored (163), third for field goals (63), fourth for field goal attempts (135) and ninth for three-point attempts.
•       With five 20+ scoring games this year, Poindexter now has 20 career games of 20 or more points.

Going for 30
•   Tulsa had a 30+ scorer in the first two games of the season.
•       In the opener, Delanie Crawford scored a career-high 35 points with a stat line of 10-of-18 FG, 2-of-4 3PT and 13-of-15 FT.
•    Crawford's 35 points is the second-most in school history behind 38 scored by Jillian Robbins (Feb. 19, 2005) and Kendrian Elliott (Nov. 9, 2019).
•       In Tulsa's second game, Temira Poindexter scored her career-high with 30 points with a stat line of 12-of-17 FG, 3-of-7 3PT and 3-of-3 FT.
•       In the two games, the Tulsa duo scored 115 points for an average of 57.5 points, whereas the team, as a whole, averaged 87.5 points in those two games.

Ahrray Returns
•       Ahrray Young was back in the lineup for the ORU game after missing the first three games and the final 10 contests a year ago due to injury.
•       She is averaging 7.6 points and 2.0 rebounds in her first five games back with a season-high of 12 points against UAPB and TCU
•       Young is shooting 59.3% from the field (16-27) in 15.1 minutes of playing time.
•       A year ago, Young averaged 8.6 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists while earning AAC all- freshman team honors.

All-Around Player
•       Delanie Crawford is not only scoring 18.6 points per game to rank second on the roster, but the junior has done it efficiently.
•       Crawford has a .495 field goal percentage, .417 from three-point range and .861 from the charity stripe.
•       Crawford is among the top-5 in The American for all three shooting categories – FG percentage (4^th), three-point percentage (5^th) and free throw percentage (4^th).
•       She is also second on the team for rebounding (6.3) and third for assists (2.3).

Gallegos Getting More Points
•       In the early going, Tulsa senior guard Katia Gallegos has shown her ability to score.
•       A year ago, in her first with the Hurricane, Gallegos averaged just 2.3 points, while shooting 23% from the field and 10% from behind the arc.
•       Gallegos scored just 45 points in 20 games a year ago, while after seven contests this year she has totaled 67 points for a 8.4 scoring average.
•       She has also averages 3.6 assists and 2.8 rebounds and is shooting 53% from the field.
•       Gallegos has four double-figure scoring games this year as compared to zero last season.
•       She has scored her Tulsa career-high of 18 points twice this year, coming against Lindenwood and UAPB.

Periman on the Boards
•       Sophomore Hadley Periman leads the Hurricane in rebounding after eight games with an 7.6 average, while that also ranks among the top-5 in the American Athletic Conference.
•       Periman has three 10+ rebounding games this year, bettering her previous career-high of nine rebounds last year against UCA.
•       Periman had a career-high 12 boards in the second game of the season vs. New Orleans, and a game later pulled down 10 boards vs. Northwestern State and had 11 rebounds against UAPB.

Oklahomans
•       Tulsa's 16-member roster includes eight Oklahomans.
•       Of the Oklahomans on the roster – two are seniors, four juniors, one sophomore and one freshman.

20 or More
•       Temira Poindexter has recorded 20 games with 20+ points, including one 30+ scoring contest … she has five of those 20+ games, including the 30-pointer, this year.
•       Delanie Crawford has five 20+ scoring games including one 30+ scoring contest … four of those 20+ games, including the 30-pointer, have come this season.