Tulsa Women Close Out Florida Road Trip at FAU Saturday

GAME 18:
TULSA (12-5, 2-2 AAC) vs. FLORIDA ATLANTIC (5-10, 0-4 AAC)
Saturday • Jan. 13, 2024 •2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT)
Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,000), Boca Raton, Fla.

RADIO: 93.5 The Jet
LIVE STATS: Click Here
TV: ESPN+
GAME NOTES: Tulsa I FAU

THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State '02), 3^rd year
Career Record: 46-29 (3 years)
School Record: same

FAU: Jennifer Sullivan (Memphis '05), 3^rd year
Career Record: 22-53 (3 years)
School Record: same

Tulsa's Probable Starters
2     F      Temira Poindexter, 6-1, Jr-2L, Sapulpa, Okla., 19.5 ppg, 5.1 rpg
5     G     Delanie Crawford, 5-11, Jr-2L, Piedmont, Okla., 17.6 ppg, 6.3 rpg
21   F      Hadley Periman, 6-2, So-1L, Tuttle, Okla., 2.5 ppg, 7.4 rpg
22   G     Mady Cartwright, 5-10, Fr-HS, Greenwood, Ark., 7.0 ppg, 2.8 rpg
35   G     Ahrray Young, 5-11, So-1L, Elk Grove, Calif., 9.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg

Florida Atlantic's Probable Starters
11   G     Mya Perry, 5-11, So., Reynoldsburg, Ohio, 12.4 ppg, 2.5 rpg
22   C      Dyllan Hanna, 6-2, So., Saint Augustine, Fla., 3.9 ppg, 5.3 rpg
23   G     Jada Moore, 5-11, Sr., Denver, Colo., 12.2 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.1 apg
24   G     Rose Caverly, 5-10, Gr., Brick, NJ, 3.7 ppg, 2.2 rpg
30   F      Janeta Rozentale, 6-0, Gr., Dobele, Latvia, 9.5 ppg, 9.3 rpg

Facing Florida Atlantic
•      This is the third meeting between Tulsa and Florida Atlantic.
•      The series is tied 1-1 with each team winning on the others' home court.
•      FAU won the first meeting, 91-86, on Feb. 8, 2014, when the two schools were members of Conference USA.
•      Tulsa evened the series in the 2021-22 season with a 70-68 win at FAU's Thanksgiving Tournament.

2-2 in AAC Play
•     Tulsa opened the American Athletic Conference season with a road win at Memphis (71-62) and home win over Tulane (72-54), before falling to Temple (58-48) at home and on the road to preseason AAC favorite South Florida (68-52).
•     The Hurricane won those two games by a 13.5 margin, while shooting .474 percent from the field and .381 from 3-point range.
•     In the two losses, Tulsa shot just 30 percent (30-100) from the field and 20.8 from 3-point range (10-48). The Hurricane had a season-low .280 field goal percentage against Temple and had its second sub-20% 3-point shooting night of the year at South Florida.

Finishing Non-Conference Play
•      Tulsa closed out the non-conference season on Dec. 20 with a 48-47 last second win over Southeastern Louisiana at the Maui Classic.
•      Tulsa finished the non-league campaign with a 10-3 record and a five-game winning streak.
•      In the Angie Nelp era, Tulsa has posted a 30-7 non-conference record in regular season play.
•      Tulsa has won 10 non-league regular season games in each of the last three years under Nelp.

Evans and Mathews Return
•     Senior Jessika Evans and sophomore Cam Mathews returned to the lineup for the Tulane game after missing the first part of the season with injuries.
•     Mathews has played in the last three games, while Evans saw also played at South Florida.
•    Matthews has averaged 11.7 minutes since her return … she has added six points, seven rebounds and three assists.
•      In two games, Evans has two points and four rebounds, all coming in the USF game.
•      Last year, Evans averaged 6.8 points and 5.1 rebounds in 17.8 minutes per game before being sidelined with a knee injury … as a true freshman, Mathews played 9.0 minutes per game and scored 48 points.

Going for 20 Points
•      Tulsa has had 17 20+ scoring games this year.
•      Temira Poindexter has nine 20+ scoring games, Delanie Crawford seven and Ahrray Young one. Poindexter and Crawford have combined for 16 20+ scoring performances this season, while Poindexter and Ahrray Young combined for one.
•      Among Poindexter and Crawford's 20+ games they each have one 30+ scoring game.
•      Tulsa is 5-0 when two players reach the 20-point mark… Poindexter and Crawford have four games where they each score 20+ points in the same game, including against Lindenwood, New Orleans, Clemson and Florida … Ahrray Young and Poindexter each had 20+ points vs. Tulane.

Blocks
•      On the season, Tulsa has 71 blocked shots as a team for an average of 4.2 per game through 17 contests.
•      The Hurricane has had eight games with 5+ blocks, including six blocks twice, seven blocks three times and a season-high nine blocks against Texas Southern.
•      Temira Poindexter leads the way with 25 blocks (1.5 bpg), followed by Hadley Periman with 17 (1.0 bpg) and Caranda Perea with 13 (0.8 bpg)

Poindexter Moving Up Career Lists Career Scoring Chart
•       Temira Poindexter ranks on the school's all-time top-10 lists for points (1,158) in eighth place, blocks (120) for fifth place field goals made (423) for 10^th place and 3-point field goals made (133) for 10^th place.
•       Poindexter averages 15.4 points in 75 career games.
•       Poindexter needs 143 more points to tie Lila Osceola (1,301 pts, 1996-00) for seventh place.
•       She became just the 12^th player in school history to reach the 1,000-point plateau.
•       She reached the 1,000-point mark by scoring 15 points at TCU on Dec. 1, which was her 66^th career game played … she became the second-fastest to reach 1,000 career points, behind Jillian Robbins (2003-07), who accomplished the feat in 63 games.
•       Poindexter needs seven more blocks to tie Chanel Johnson (127 blks, 2007-08) for fourth place.
•       She needs two more 3-pointers to tie Kadan Brady (135 3fgm, 2011-15) for ninth place and nine to tie Tatum Beer (142 3fgm, 2007-11) for eighth place.
•       With 423 career field goals made, Poindexter is 10^th on the all-time list and is three shy of tying Lila Osceola (426 fgm, 1996-00) for ninth place.

More on Poindexter
•    Temira Poindexter has now scored in double-digits in all 17 games this year and for the 62^nd time in 75 career games.
•    She has scored in double digits in her last 21 games dating back to last season.
•    Poindexter has scored in double digits in the first half of a game eight times this season –– 15 at Lindenwood, 16 vs. New Orleans, 18 vs. UAPB, 16 vs. #25 Mississippi State, 13 at TCU, 12 vs. UCA, 10 vs. Texas Tech and 17 vs. Tulane.
•    Poindexter had her ninth game of 20+ points this season and for the 24^th time in her career with 24 points against Tulane.
•    Poindexter had her sixth career double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds in the UCA game.

Crawford Shows the Way
•       Delanie Crawford has been consistent for the Hurricane this season … she is not only scoring 17.6 points per game to rank second on the roster, but the junior has done it efficiently.
•       Crawford has a .463 field goal percentage, .411 from three-point range and .812 from the charity stripe.
•       She is also second on the team for rebounds (107) for a 6.3 average and tied for first in assists (38) for a 2.2 average.
•       Crawford has 15 double-digit scoring games and leads Tulsa with three double-figure rebounding games and three double-doubles.
•       Crawford scored 20 of Tulsa's 48 points against SE Louisiana, and the most important ones came with 0:01 left in the game when she made 2-of-2 free throws for a 48-47 victory.

Atop the League
•       Temira Poindexter leads the American Athletic Conference in scoring with her 19.5 average.
•       With nine 20+ scoring games, Poindexter also leads the AAC in that category, while teammate Delanie Crawford's seven 20+ scoring games is second in the league.
•       Hadley Periman's four 10+ rebounding games ties for fourth-most in the AAC for games with 10+ rebounds.
•       Crawford's three double-doubles in tied for the fourth-most in the AAC.
•       Crawford is also ranked fourth in the league for both 3-point field goal percentage and free throw percentage.

Tulsa Women Close Out Florida Road Trip at FAU Saturday

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Players Mentioned

Mady Cartwright

Delanie Crawford

Jessika Evans

Cam Mathews

Caranda Perea

Hadley Periman

Temira Poindexter

Ahrray Young