Tulsa Trio Score in Double Figures in 64-50 Win Over Cincinnati

Wednesday, February 1

Reynolds Center

6:30 pm

Tulsa

16-6,6-3AAC

Cincinnati

7-14,0-8AAC

Cincinnati

Tulsa

Tulsa Trio Score in Double Figures in 64-50 Win Over Cincinnati

2/1/2023 8:45:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Temira Poindexter, Caroline Lyles and Delanie Crawford all scored in double figures to give Tulsa a 64-50 win over Cincinnati on Wednesday night at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. The Golden Hurricane moved to 16-6 on the season and 6-3 in American Athletic Conference play, while the Bearcats fell to 7-14 overall and 0-8 in the league.

"Caroline was just amazing and did what we see her do every single day in practice," Head Coach Angie Nelp said. "I was really proud of our team and the way our bench came in and the production we had from them on both the defensive and offensive ends of the floor. I am just really proud of our team win today."

Poindexter had a team-best 22 points, while Lyles added a career-high 14 and Crawford scored 13. Hadley Periman contributed seven points, and a team-leading eight rebounds, three assists and two blocks.

Tulsa was without three of their top six scorers in the contest, including Maddie Bittle (11.1 ppg), Ahrray Young (8.6 ppg) and Jessika Evans (6.8 ppg).

The Golden Hurricane will return to action on Tuesday, February 7 at SMU beginning at 7:00 pm in Dallas, Texas.

How it Happened
Cincinnati jumped out to an 11-5 lead with 5:54 on the clock in the first frame as TU was 2-of-8 from the field to begin the game. The Bearcats then had a first quarter best seven-point advantage (18-11) with 3:10 on the clock and owned a 20-16 lead at the end of the frame.

Tulsa battled back in the second quarter, taking a 23-22 lead on a layup from Katelyn Levings with 7:26 on the clock and never looked back. The Golden Hurricane climbed to their own seven-point advantage, 31-24, at the 2:16 mark and took a nine-point lead, 36-27, into halftime.

A layup by Katia Gallegos to begin the third quarter gave Tulsa their first double-digit lead, 38-27, of the contest. Cincinnati cut it to seven twice in the quarter, but the Golden Hurricane had an 11-point advantage (51-40) with 10 minutes to play.

Temira Poindexter recorded a layup with just 21 seconds ticked off the clock in the final frame, but neither team scored for the next 3:21 off the clock when Lyles hit a long field goal to put TU up 55-40 with 6:18 left in the contest. The two teams nearly paced each other the rest of the way, with UC having a 10-9 scoring edge to end the contest with TU earning the 14-point victory.

Game Notes

This was the 15^th meeting between Tulsa and Cincinnati … the series now stands at 8-7 in favor of Cincinnati
Tulsa led at halftime for the 15^th time this season.
Cincinnati's seven points in the second quarter was the 12^th time this season that Tulsa held the opposition to under 10 points in a quarter.
Delanie Crawford had her 14^th double-digit scoring game of the season and 22^nd of her career.
Sophomore Temira Poindexter had her 21^st double-figure scoring game of the season and the 39^th of her career.
It marked Poindexter's 17^th straight double-digit scoring game.
Freshman Caroline Lyles had a season-high 14 points, breaking her previous high of 10 points against Northwestern State.
Lyles connected on a new career-high 3-of-4 three-pointers.
It was Poindexter's ninth 20+ scoring game of the season and 14^th of her career.
Poindexter has scored over 20 points in six of nine AAC games this year.
Hadley Periman made just her fourth three-pointer of the season (10 attempts) and the first since the Northwestern State game (12-19-22).