Tulsa Earns 81-72 Victory Over Florida Atlantic

Saturday, January 13

Boca Raton, Fla.

1:00 PM

Tulsa

13-5,3-2AAC

Florida Atlantic

5-11,0-5AAC

Tulsa

Fla. Atlantic

Photo by: Najja Price

Tulsa Earns 81-72 Victory Over Florida Atlantic

1/13/2024 4:39:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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BOCA RATON, Fla. — Four Tulsa women's basketball players scored in double-figures to push the Golden Hurricane to an 81-72 win over the Florida Atlantic Owls Saturday in Boca Raton. TU improved to 13-5 and 3-2 in American Athletic Conference play, while the Owls dropped to 5-11 and 0-5 in league action.

Tulsa's double-digit scorers were Delanie Crawford, who led with 25 points, Temira Poindexter with 18 points, Ahrray Young with 14 points and Mady Cartwright with 10 points.

"I'm very proud of the way our girls played today," said Head Coach Angie Nelp. "I thought we did a great job defensively down the stretch and got stops when we needed to. I felt like we did a great job of holding [Jada Moore] to fewer points in the second half We made them try to score in different ways. Really proud of how our defense closed out in the fourth quarter."

FAU's Jada Moore led the Owls with 18 points, 15 of which came in the first half.

Fueling TU's defense was Jessika Evans, who recorded a career-high five steals and one block to go with four defensive boards. For a third consecutive game, Hadley Periman led Tulsa in rebounds (6), pulling down three on offense and three on defense.

Poindexter has now scored in double digits in the first half of a game nine times this season, with 11 coming in the first half.

HOW IT HAPPENED
IN THE FIRST QUARTER . . .
Tulsa scored first off a three-pointer from Hadley Periman. TU used a 6-0 scoring run to lead by as many as 11 points at 17-6 before closing out the quarter 17-12. Periman would record three rebounds in the frame.

IN THE SECOND QUARTER . . .
TU started out the second quarter with a 7-0 run to take a 29-16 lead with five minutes to go. The Owls would turn the tide, using an 8-0 scoring run of their own to cut their deficit to three as Tulsa ended the first half on top 35-32. Temira Poindexter and Amira Brown each tallied five points while Jessika Evans recorded three steals in the period.

Despite the Hurricane holding the lead, FAU was winning the rebound battle 24-21 and was shooting 7 percent better (40%) from the field entering the break.

IN THE THIRD QUARTER . . .
Neither team led by more than five points in a competitive quarter that featured eight lead changes and five tie scores. Both teams featured a perfect shooter in the frame as Delanie Crawford went 4-of-4 for 11 points and FAU's Janeta Rozentale shot 6-for-6 for 12 points. Tulsa led 57-55 heading into the final quarter.

IN THE FOURTH QUARTER . . .
Tulsa never trailed in a quarter that the Hurricane dominated wire to wire, shooting 61.5 percent (8-13) to Florida Atlantic's 40 percent (4-10). TU's biggest lead of the game came at the 5:34 mark when the scoreboard read 73-58. Though the Owls were able to close the gap to within 9 points, the Hurricane was able to keep them at bay as Delanie Crawford drained another 11 points in the final period.

GAME NOTES
• Tulsa improved to 13-5 on the season and 3-2 in the American Athletic Conference.
• The win snapped a 2-game losing streak and gave Tulsa a 2-1 road record in AAC games.
• Tulsa led at halftime for the 11th time this year and now stands at 9-2 in those games.
• Tulsa made a season-high 13 three-pointers, going 13-of-28 for 46.4 percent … it was the fifth game this year that Tulsa has made double-digit three-pointers.
• Tulsa had four double-figures scorers for just the third time this season.
• Junior Delanie Crawford had her 16th double-figure scoring game of the season and the 42nd of her career with 25 points.
• It was Crawford's eighth 20+ scoring game of the year and ninth career 20+ scoring game.
• Junior Temira Poindexter has now scored in double-figures in all 18 games this year and for the 63rd time in 76 career games.
• Senior Jessika Evans had a career-high five steals and added a season-high five rebounds in just her third game played this season.
• Poindexter moved up two spots on the school's career field goals made list from 10th into eighth place with 430 career made field goals.
• Sophomore Ahrray Young has her eighth double-figure scoring game and freshman Mady Cartwright had her fifth double-digit scoring game of the year
• Crawford now has 855 points in 75 career games.
• Sophomore Hadley Periman has now led Tulsa in rebounding in nine games this year, including the last three games.
• Senior Jessica Evans had a career-high five steals.

Tulsa returns home to host Wichita State (5-11, 1-3 AAC) at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, in the Donald W. Reynolds Center.

All TU women's basketball games can be heard on 93.5 FM The Jet Radio. All home and away American Athletic Conference games can be viewed on ESPN+.