Sunday, December 10
Reynolds Center
1:00 PM
Tulsa
vs
Florida
Photo by: Bill Powell
Tulsa Women Host SEC’s Florida Gators Sunday
12/8/2023 8:33:00 AM | Women's Basketball
GAME 10:
Tulsa (6-3) vs. Florida (6-2)
Sunday • Dec. 10, 2023 • 1 PM
Donald W. Reynolds Center (8,355) • Tulsa, Okla.
RADIO: 93.5 The Jet
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TV: ESPN+
GAME NOTES: Tulsa I Florida
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THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State '02), 3rd year
Career Record: 40-27 (3 years)
School Record: same
Florida: Kelly Rae Finley (Colorado State '08), 3rd year
Career Record: 46-28 (3 years)
School Record: same
Tulsa's Probable Starters
0 G Katia Gallegos, 5-7, Sr-1L, El Paso, Texas, 8.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 3.4 apg
2 F Temira Poindexter, 6-1, Jr-2L, Sapulpa, Okla., 22.2 ppg, 4.6 rpg
5 G Delanie Crawford, 5-11, Jr-2L, Piedmont, Okla., 17.2 ppg, 6.0 rpg
21 F Hadley Periman, 6-2, So-1L, Tuttle, Okla., 2.2 ppg, 7.2 rpg
35 G Ahrray Young, 5-11, So-1L, Elk Grove, Calif., 7.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg
Florida's Probable Starters
2 G Aliyah Matharu, 5-7, Sr., G, Washington, DC, 19.6 ppg, 3.0 rpg
13 G Laila Reynolds, 6-1, Fr., PG County, Md., 8.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg
23 G Leilani Correa, 6-0, Sr., Manchester, NJ, 13.6 ppg, 5.5rpg
24 C Ra Shaya Kyle, 6-6, Sr., Marion, Ind, 14.6 ppg, 9.8 rpg
25 F Faith Dut, 6-4, Sr., Vancouver, B.C., 4.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg
$1 Hot Dogs & Sodas
• Concessions will have $1 hot dogs and sodas for the Tulsa-Florida game.
• For $5, the first 1,000 fans can get a game ticket and brand-new designed Tulsa basketball T-shirt.
Facing Florida
• This is the second meeting between Tulsa and Florida.
• The first meeting came on Dec. 2, 1983, as the Gators captured a 70-52 win in Tulsa.
• Tulsa dropped the women's basketball program after the 1986-87 season before reinstituting it in 1996-97.
Up Next
• Tulsa completes a three-game homestand on Friday as Texas Southern visits the Reynolds Center for a 6:30 p.m. game.
• Tulsa then 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 12th player in school history to reach the 1,000-point plateau.
• Ashe reached the 1,000-point plateau by scoring 15 points at TCU, which was her 66th career game played.
• Poindexter now has 1,026 points for a 15.3 average in 67 career games.
• She ranks 12th on the all-time scoring list, needing 46 more points to tie Erika Wakefield (1,072 pts, 2014-18) for 11th place.
• Another Hurricane player, Katia Gallegos has already reached the 1,000-point mark in her career with 1,085 points, including 967 in three seasons at UTEP and 118 points at Tulsa.
Madi Knocks Down the Treys
• Trailing 56-54 against UCA, freshman Madi Cartwright scored her first points of the second half when her three-pointer at the 4:05 mark put Tulsa ahead 57-54.
• It was her next 3-point attempt at the 2:59 mark that put Tulsa ahead 60-56 as the Hurricane held on for a two-point 60-58 win.
• Cartwright finished the game with 12 points on 4-of-6 from the field, including 4-of-6 from three-point range.
• She leads Tulsa with a .447 three-point percentage, while making 17-of-38 … she has had four multiple three-point made games.
• Cartwright made a season-high 5-of-8 treys vs. Northwestern State, then her second-highest was 4-of-6 vs. UCA.
Coaching Connection
• The two coaches in today's game, Tulsa's Angle Nelp and Florida's Kelly Rae Finley, each played collegiately at Colorado State.
• Their paths did not cross while attending college.
• Nelp, formerly Gorton, played at CSU from 1998-2002 and ended her career with 1,397 points, while leading the Rams to three NCAA Tournament appearances.
• Finley followed Nelp at Colorado State … Finley began her career at Northwestern as a freshman in 2004-05 before transferring to Colorado State, playing for the Rams from 2005-08.
More on Poindexter
- Temira Poindexter has now scored in double-digits in all nine games this year and for the 54th time in 67 career games.
- Poindexter scored 12 first-half points against UCA, giving her double digits in the first half of a game six times this season.
- She scored –– 15 at Lindenwood, 16 vs. New Orleans, 18 vs. UAPB, 16 vs. #25 Mississippi State, 13 at TCU and 12 vs. UCA –– in the first half of those games this year.
- Poindexter had her sixth game of 20+ points this season and 21 for her career against UCA, while it was also her sixth career double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds.
Atop the League
• Temira Poindexter leads the American Athletic Conference in scoring with her 22.2 average.
• With six 20+ scoring games, Poindexter also leads the AAC in that category, while teammate Delanie Crawford's four 20+ scoring games is tied for second in the league.
• Hadley Periman's three 10+ rebounding games ties for the AAC lead with four other conference players.
Home, Road, Neutral
• Tulsa has played nine games so far this season, with three at home, three on the road and three neutral site games … here's a look at the comparative stats:
Site FG 3Pts FT REB Pts
Home .406 (72-177) .355 (27-76) .714 (40-56) 42.3 (127) 70.3 (211)
Road .449 (85-189) .250 (21-84) .660 (35-53) 39.0 (117) 75.3 (226)
Neutral .436 (82-188) .321 (27-84) .674 (31-46) 34.0 (102) 74.0 (222)
Totals .431 .307 .684 38.4 73.2
Poindexter Near the Top in NCAA Stats
• Temira Poindexter ranks 13th nationally for scoring with a 22.2 average after nine games … Iowa's Caitlin Clark leads the nation with a 29.0 average.
• Poindexter's 200 points ranks sixth in NCAA stats, while she ranks fifth for field goals (75), fourth for field goal attempts (165) and fifth for three-point attempts (73).
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 25th-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.
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All-Around Player
• Delanie Crawford is not only scoring 17.2 points per game to rank second on the roster, but the junior has done it efficiently.
• Crawford has a .486 field goal percentage, .423 from three-point range and .861 from the charity stripe.
• Crawford is among the top-6 in The American for all three shooting categories – FG percentage (3rd), three-point percentage (6th) and free throw percentage (3rd).
• She is also second on the team for rebounding (6.0) 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 nine contests this year she has totaled 73 points for an 8.1 scoring average.
• She also averages a team-high 3.4 assists, 3.0 rebounds and is shooting 51% 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.
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