Wednesday, January 24
Reynolds Center
6:30 PM
Tulsa
vs
Rice
Photo by: Bill Powell
Tulsa Women Host League-Leading Rice Wednesday
1/23/2024 12:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
GAME 20:
TULSA (14-5, 4-2 AAC) vs. RICE (11-6, 5-1 AAC)
Wednesday • Jan. 24, 2024 • 6:30 p.m. (CT)
Donald W. Reynolds Center (8,355), Tulsa, Okla.
RADIO: 93.5 The Jet
LIVE STATS: Click Here
TV: ESPN+
GAME NOTES: Tulsa I Rice
THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State '02), 3rd year
Career Record: 48-29 (3 years)
School Record: same
Rice: Lindsay Edmonds (Appalachian State '05), 3rd year
Career Record: 48-28 (3 years)
School Record: same
Tulsa's Probable Starters
2 F Temira Poindexter, 6-1, Jr-2L, Sapulpa, Okla., 19.4 ppg, 4.9 rpg
5 G Delanie Crawford, 5-11, Jr-2L, Piedmont, Okla., 18.1 ppg, 6.2 rpg
21 F Hadley Periman, 6-2, So-1L, Tuttle, Okla., 2.6 ppg, 7.3 rpg
22 G Mady Cartwright, 5-10, Fr-HS, Greenwood, Ark., 7.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg
35 G Ahrray Young, 5-11, So-1L, Elk Grove, Calif., 9.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg
Rice's Probable Starters
1 F Malia Fisher, 6-2, Jr., Dacula, Ga., 11.3 ppg, 7.2 rpg,
5 G Destiny Jackson, 5-9, 5th, Mansfield, Texas, 10.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg
11 G Dominique Ennis, 5-9, So., Fort Erie, Niagara Falls, Ontario, 13.6 ppg, 2.7 rpg
32 G Trinity Gooden, 5-10, Jr., Midwest City, Okla., 3.2 ppg, 1.1 rpg
44 C Shelby Hayes, 6-2, So., Cedar Park, Texas, 5.8 ppg, 4.0 rpg
Facing Rice
• This is the 39th meeting between Tulsa and Rice
• Rice leads the overall series 25-13, while the Hurricane holds a 12-7 record in games played in Tulsa, including a C-USA First Round Tournament game at the Tulsa Convention Center.
• The last meeting came in the 2013-14 season as Rice grabbed a 75-59 win in Tulsa.
• Tulsa won the previous two games in the series.
• Rice has an overall 11-6 record and shares first place in the AAC with a 5-1 league mark.
4-2 in AAC Play
• Tulsa opened the American Athletic Conference season two straight wins, before falling twice to even the league record at 2-2.
• Tulsa has won its last two AAC games, wins at FAU and a home win against Wichita State, to move to 4-2 in league play.
• In the three wins, Tulsa has averaged 74.7 points, while holding the opposition to 62.7 points for a 12-point win margin … the Hurricane is shooting 45.3% from the field (81-179), 40.9% from 3-point range (34-83) and 70.9% from the free throw line (22-31).
• 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.
Last Time Out
• In Tulsa's last outing, the Hurricane scored a season-high with a 93-70 win over Wichita State.
• Tulsa made a season-high 14 three-pointers, going 14-of-30 for 46.7 percent.
• Temira Poindexter had a career-high 31 points, while junior transfer Amira Brown had her
career-high and first double-digit game with 19 points.
• Sophomore Ahrray Young had her second career double-double and first of the season
with 18 points and career-high 12 rebounds.
• Tulsa scored 30 points in the first quarter for the most points in a quarter this season and the first time since scoring 33 points in the 4th quarter vs. UCF last year on March 1, 2023
• Tulsa's 56 first-half points is one shy of the school record 57 points set against Langston on Jan. 3, 2013.
On Target
• In the last two games, Tulsa has combined for 27-of-58 three-pointers for a .465 percentage.
• Tulsa set season-highs for made three-point field goals in the back-to-back games – 13 at FAU (1-13-24) and 14 vs. Wichita State (1-20-24).
• In six AAC games, Tulsa is shooting 36-percent (58-161) from three-point range, improving from 30.4 percent (104-341) in 13 non-conference games.
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.
20-Point Games
• Tulsa players have combined for 19 20+ scoring games this season.
• Temira Poindexter has 10 20+ scoring games, Delanie Crawford eight and Ahrray Young one. Poindexter and Crawford have combined for 18 20+ scoring performances this season, while Poindexter and Ahrray Young combined for one.
• Poindexter has two 30+ scoring games and Crawford one among their 20+ games.
• 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.
• Poindexter has recorded 25 career games with 20+ points and Crawford has nine.
• Ahrray Young is the only other Hurricane player with a 20+ scoring game in a Tulsa uniform … she had 20 this year vs. Tulane.
Poindexter Moving Up Career Lists
• Temira Poindexter ranks on the school's all-time top-10 lists for points (1,207) in eighth place, blocks (122) for fifth place, field goals made (441) for seventh place and 3-point field goals made (142) for eighth place.
• Poindexter averages 15.7 points in 77 career games.
• Poindexter needs 94 more points to tie Lila Osceola (1,301 pts, 1996-00) for seventh place.
• She became just the 12th 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 66th 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 five more blocks to tie Chanel Johnson (127 blks, 2007-08) for fourth place.
More on Poindexter
• Temira Poindexter has now scored in double-digits in all 19 games this year and for the 64th time in 77 career games.
• She has scored in double digits in her last 23 games dating back to last season.
• Poindexter has 10 games with 20+ points this season and 25 times in her career.
• She had her second 30+ scoring game of the season and her career with 31 against Wichita State, after scoring 30 in the second game of the year against New Orleans.
• Poindexter has scored in double digits in the first half of a game nine 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, 17 vs. Tulane and 11 at FAU.
• Poindexter had her sixth career double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds in the UCA game (12/5/23).
Consistent Crawford
• Delanie Crawford has been consistent for the Hurricane this season … she is not only scoring 18.1 points per game to rank second on the roster, but the junior has done it efficiently.
• Crawford has a .461 field goal percentage, .413 from three-point range and .805 from the charity stripe.
• She is also second on the team for rebounds (114) for a 6.0 average and leads Tulsa in assists with 50 for a 2.6 average.
• Crawford has 17 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.
• For her career, Crawford now has 874 career points in 76 career games, needing 126 more points to become the 13th place in school history and second current Tulsa player to reach 1,000 career points.
• She needs just one point to move into a 20th place tie with Maya Mayberry (875 pts, 2020-23) on the school's all-time scoring chart.
Atop the League
• Temira Poindexter leads the American Athletic Conference in scoring with her 20.1 average.
• With 10 20+ scoring games, Poindexter also leads the AAC in that category, while teammate Delanie Crawford's eight 20+ scoring games is second in the league.
• Hadley Periman's four 10+ rebounding games ties for sixth-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.
Blocks
• On the season, Tulsa has 77 blocked shots as a team for an average of 4.1 per game through 19 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 27 blocks (1.4 bpg), followed by Hadley Periman with 17 (0.9 bpg) and Caranda Perea with 15 (0.8 bpg)
From Start to Finish
• In Tulsa's win over Wichita State the Hurricane scored its first points at the 9:46 mark of the first quarter.
• It marked the fourth time this year that Tulsa had led from start to finish in the 19 games.
• Tulsa also never trailed against New Orleans, Texas Southern and Tulane.
TULSA (14-5, 4-2 AAC) vs. RICE (11-6, 5-1 AAC)
Wednesday • Jan. 24, 2024 • 6:30 p.m. (CT)
Donald W. Reynolds Center (8,355), Tulsa, Okla.
RADIO: 93.5 The Jet
LIVE STATS: Click Here
TV: ESPN+
GAME NOTES: Tulsa I Rice
THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State '02), 3rd year
Career Record: 48-29 (3 years)
School Record: same
Rice: Lindsay Edmonds (Appalachian State '05), 3rd year
Career Record: 48-28 (3 years)
School Record: same
Tulsa's Probable Starters
2 F Temira Poindexter, 6-1, Jr-2L, Sapulpa, Okla., 19.4 ppg, 4.9 rpg
5 G Delanie Crawford, 5-11, Jr-2L, Piedmont, Okla., 18.1 ppg, 6.2 rpg
21 F Hadley Periman, 6-2, So-1L, Tuttle, Okla., 2.6 ppg, 7.3 rpg
22 G Mady Cartwright, 5-10, Fr-HS, Greenwood, Ark., 7.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg
35 G Ahrray Young, 5-11, So-1L, Elk Grove, Calif., 9.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg
Rice's Probable Starters
1 F Malia Fisher, 6-2, Jr., Dacula, Ga., 11.3 ppg, 7.2 rpg,
5 G Destiny Jackson, 5-9, 5th, Mansfield, Texas, 10.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg
11 G Dominique Ennis, 5-9, So., Fort Erie, Niagara Falls, Ontario, 13.6 ppg, 2.7 rpg
32 G Trinity Gooden, 5-10, Jr., Midwest City, Okla., 3.2 ppg, 1.1 rpg
44 C Shelby Hayes, 6-2, So., Cedar Park, Texas, 5.8 ppg, 4.0 rpg
Facing Rice
• This is the 39th meeting between Tulsa and Rice
• Rice leads the overall series 25-13, while the Hurricane holds a 12-7 record in games played in Tulsa, including a C-USA First Round Tournament game at the Tulsa Convention Center.
• The last meeting came in the 2013-14 season as Rice grabbed a 75-59 win in Tulsa.
• Tulsa won the previous two games in the series.
• Rice has an overall 11-6 record and shares first place in the AAC with a 5-1 league mark.
4-2 in AAC Play
• Tulsa opened the American Athletic Conference season two straight wins, before falling twice to even the league record at 2-2.
• Tulsa has won its last two AAC games, wins at FAU and a home win against Wichita State, to move to 4-2 in league play.
• In the three wins, Tulsa has averaged 74.7 points, while holding the opposition to 62.7 points for a 12-point win margin … the Hurricane is shooting 45.3% from the field (81-179), 40.9% from 3-point range (34-83) and 70.9% from the free throw line (22-31).
• 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.
Last Time Out
• In Tulsa's last outing, the Hurricane scored a season-high with a 93-70 win over Wichita State.
• Tulsa made a season-high 14 three-pointers, going 14-of-30 for 46.7 percent.
• Temira Poindexter had a career-high 31 points, while junior transfer Amira Brown had her
career-high and first double-digit game with 19 points.
• Sophomore Ahrray Young had her second career double-double and first of the season
with 18 points and career-high 12 rebounds.
• Tulsa scored 30 points in the first quarter for the most points in a quarter this season and the first time since scoring 33 points in the 4th quarter vs. UCF last year on March 1, 2023
• Tulsa's 56 first-half points is one shy of the school record 57 points set against Langston on Jan. 3, 2013.
On Target
• In the last two games, Tulsa has combined for 27-of-58 three-pointers for a .465 percentage.
• Tulsa set season-highs for made three-point field goals in the back-to-back games – 13 at FAU (1-13-24) and 14 vs. Wichita State (1-20-24).
• In six AAC games, Tulsa is shooting 36-percent (58-161) from three-point range, improving from 30.4 percent (104-341) in 13 non-conference games.
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.
20-Point Games
• Tulsa players have combined for 19 20+ scoring games this season.
• Temira Poindexter has 10 20+ scoring games, Delanie Crawford eight and Ahrray Young one. Poindexter and Crawford have combined for 18 20+ scoring performances this season, while Poindexter and Ahrray Young combined for one.
• Poindexter has two 30+ scoring games and Crawford one among their 20+ games.
• 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.
• Poindexter has recorded 25 career games with 20+ points and Crawford has nine.
• Ahrray Young is the only other Hurricane player with a 20+ scoring game in a Tulsa uniform … she had 20 this year vs. Tulane.
Poindexter Moving Up Career Lists
• Temira Poindexter ranks on the school's all-time top-10 lists for points (1,207) in eighth place, blocks (122) for fifth place, field goals made (441) for seventh place and 3-point field goals made (142) for eighth place.
• Poindexter averages 15.7 points in 77 career games.
• Poindexter needs 94 more points to tie Lila Osceola (1,301 pts, 1996-00) for seventh place.
• She became just the 12th 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 66th 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 five more blocks to tie Chanel Johnson (127 blks, 2007-08) for fourth place.
More on Poindexter
• Temira Poindexter has now scored in double-digits in all 19 games this year and for the 64th time in 77 career games.
• She has scored in double digits in her last 23 games dating back to last season.
• Poindexter has 10 games with 20+ points this season and 25 times in her career.
• She had her second 30+ scoring game of the season and her career with 31 against Wichita State, after scoring 30 in the second game of the year against New Orleans.
• Poindexter has scored in double digits in the first half of a game nine 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, 17 vs. Tulane and 11 at FAU.
• Poindexter had her sixth career double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds in the UCA game (12/5/23).
Consistent Crawford
• Delanie Crawford has been consistent for the Hurricane this season … she is not only scoring 18.1 points per game to rank second on the roster, but the junior has done it efficiently.
• Crawford has a .461 field goal percentage, .413 from three-point range and .805 from the charity stripe.
• She is also second on the team for rebounds (114) for a 6.0 average and leads Tulsa in assists with 50 for a 2.6 average.
• Crawford has 17 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.
• For her career, Crawford now has 874 career points in 76 career games, needing 126 more points to become the 13th place in school history and second current Tulsa player to reach 1,000 career points.
• She needs just one point to move into a 20th place tie with Maya Mayberry (875 pts, 2020-23) on the school's all-time scoring chart.
Atop the League
• Temira Poindexter leads the American Athletic Conference in scoring with her 20.1 average.
• With 10 20+ scoring games, Poindexter also leads the AAC in that category, while teammate Delanie Crawford's eight 20+ scoring games is second in the league.
• Hadley Periman's four 10+ rebounding games ties for sixth-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.
Blocks
• On the season, Tulsa has 77 blocked shots as a team for an average of 4.1 per game through 19 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 27 blocks (1.4 bpg), followed by Hadley Periman with 17 (0.9 bpg) and Caranda Perea with 15 (0.8 bpg)
From Start to Finish
• In Tulsa's win over Wichita State the Hurricane scored its first points at the 9:46 mark of the first quarter.
• It marked the fourth time this year that Tulsa had led from start to finish in the 19 games.
• Tulsa also never trailed against New Orleans, Texas Southern and Tulane.
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