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Tulsa Drops 60-37 Decision at Houston
2/25/2023 4:01:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Tulsa women's basketball team dropped a 60-37 decision to Houston on Saturday afternoon at the Fertitta Center in Houston, Texas. The Golden Hurricane fell to 16-12 on the season and 6-9 in American Athletic Conference play, while the Cougars moved to 12-15 overall and 9-5 in the league.
Temira Poindexter and Delanie Crawford led Tulsa with 10 points each, while Maya Mayberry contributed seven and Caroline Lyles had six. Hadley Periman had team-bests of eight rebounds and three assists and Poindexter had two steals.
Tulsa will return to action in the final regular season game of the season on Wednesday, March 1 against UCF beginning at 6:30 pm at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.
How it Happened
Tulsa jumped out to an 8-0 lead on a pair of three-pointers made by Temira Poindexter and a layup by Delanie Crawford at the 8:02 mark. TU then owned an 11-4 lead with 3:52 on the clock, but the Cougars went on a 6-0 run to make it a one-point game. Neither team scored in the final 2:17 off the clock as the Golden Hurricane owned an 11-10 lead at the end of the frame.
Bria Patterson scored a layup for Houston to start the second quarter, giving the Cougars their first lead of the game (12-11) at the 8:59 mark. Tulsa was held scoreless from the 3:52 mark of the first quarter to the 3:15 mark of the second quarter, spanning 10:37 off the clock, when Maddie Bittle hit two free throws. Fortunately for TU, Houston also struggled to shoot the ball and owned just a 14-13 lead at that time.
Caroline Lyles hit a big three with 50 seconds to play in the first 20 minutes, tying the game at 16-16, but Tiara Young put the Cougars up by two, 18-16, with a jumper with 28 seconds remaining and Houston took that advantage into halftime.
The Cougars climbed to a 10-point lead, 30-20, at the 7:05 mark of the third quarter. They then took a 13-point advantage four times in the frame, including a 44-31 lead with 10 minutes to play.
Houston outscored Tulsa, 16-6, in the final frame and owned a game-best 23 point advantage to end the contest.
Game Notes
- Tulsa now owns a 19-14 lead in the all-time series over Houston.
- Tulsa started the game hitting three of their first four attempts, but then went cold, making just 2 of their next 21 attempts. TU shot 26.7 percent in the first 10 minutes, 10 percent in the second quarter, 42.9 percent in the third and just 6.7 percent in the final frame. Overall Tulsa shot 22.2 percent from the field, 27.3 percent from three-point range and 63.6 percent from the line while Houston was 34.8 percent from the field, 26.7 percent from behind the arc and 66.7 percent from the line.
- Tulsa scored just five points in the second quarter, their second lowest point total in a quarter this season after having scored just four in the fourth quarter at Tulane.
- Temira Poindexter had her 25th double digit scoring game of the season and 43rd of her career, while Delanie Crawford scored double digits for the 18th time this season and 26th of her career.
- Tulsa's 37 points was a season low.
- Houston had a 53-32 lead in rebounds, a 15-9 lead in assists and a 7-5 edge in steals, while both teams had three blocks.
- Houston was led by Laila Blair with 13 points, while both Tatyana Hill and Tiara Young added 12 points. Hill pulled down 17 rebounds for a double-double.
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