Tulsa Women Travel to Face Charlotte on Saturday

GAME 21:
TULSA (15-5, 5-2 AAC) vs. CHARLOTTE (12-7, 5-2 AAC)
Saturday • Jan. 27, 2024 • 3:00 p.m. (CT) / 4:00 p.m. (ET)
Donald W. Reynolds Center (8,355), Tulsa, Okla.

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

THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State '02), 3^rd year
Career Record: 49-29 (3 years)
School Record: same

Charlotte: Cara Consuegra (Iowa '01), 13^th year
Career Record: 227-165 (13 years)
School Record: same

Tulsa's Probable Starters
2     F      Temira Poindexter, 6-1, Jr-2L, Sapulpa, Okla., 20.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg
5     G     Delanie Crawford, 5-11, Jr-2L, Piedmont, Okla., 18.5 ppg, 6.1 rpg
21   F      Hadley Periman, 6-2, So-1L, Tuttle, Okla., 2.7 ppg, 7.0 rpg
22   G     Mady Cartwright, 5-10, Fr-HS, Greenwood, Ark., 7.1 ppg, 2.7 rpg
35   G     Ahrray Young, 5-11, So-1L, Elk Grove, Calif., 9.8 ppg, 4.1 rpg

Charlotte's Probable Starters
10   G     Dazia Lawrence, 5-8, R-Jr., Greenville, N.C., 17.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg
13   F      Tracey Hueston, 6-2, Sr., Roanoke, Va., 13.3 ppg, 4.8 rpg
20   G     Jacee Busick, 6-1, Sr., Kernersville, N.C., 6.4 ppg, 4.8 rpg
23   G     Olivia Porter, 5-8, So., Chapel Hill, N.C., 5.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg
31   F      Keanna Rembert, 6-2, R-So., Raleigh, N.C., 7.2 ppg, 5.0 rpg

Facing Charlotte
•      This is the third meeting between Tulsa and Charlotte and the first as members of the American Athletic Conference.
•      The series is tied 1-1.
•      Charlotte won the first game 85-65 in a neutral site game at the SPC/Aeropostale Classic in Jersey City, N.J., in the 2006-07 season.
•      Tulsa captured a 68-57 victory in Conference USA play on March 5, 2014, at the Reynolds Center,

5-2 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 three AAC games, wins at FAU and home wins against Wichita State and league co-leader Rice to move to 5-2 in league play.
•        In the five wins, Tulsa has averaged 77.4points, while holding the opposition to 64.6 points for a 12.8-win margin … the Hurricane is shooting 46.7% from the field (139-298), 43.2% from 3-point range (54-125) and 70.5% from the free throw line (55-78).
•     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.

Fastbreak Points
•    Tulsa has two of the AAC's top-20 scorers with Temira Poindexter (20.2) and Delanie
      Crawford (18.5), ranking first and fourth.
•    The tandem, as juniors, are already ranked among the school's top-20 for scoring –
      Poindexter is ranked 8^th and Crawford 19^th.
•    Tulsa is 11-1 when leading after the first quarter and 11-2 when leading at halftime.
•    The Hurricane is 6-0 when two players reach 20 points in the same game.
•    After 20 games, Tulsa stands with a 15-5 overall record for the second straight season.
•    In Angie Nelp's three seasons, Tulsa has knocked down double-digit three-pointers in 30 of
      78 games, including – nine in 2021-22, 15 in 2022-23 and six this year.
•     With a 49-29 coaching record, Angie Nelp has won the most games of any Tulsa coach in their first three seasons.

On Target
•    In the last three games, Tulsa has combined for 33-of-70 three-pointers for a .471 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 the third game, Tulsa made 6-of-12 from behind the arc, which was 2.5 less made than the season average (8.5) and 14 less attempted than the season average (26.0) coming into the game.
•    In seven AAC games, Tulsa is shooting 37-percent (64-173) from three-point range, improving from 30.4 percent (104-341) in 13 non-conference games.

Going for 20
•      Tulsa players have now combined for 20 games of scoring 20+ points this season.
•      Temira Poindexter has 11 20+ scoring games, Delanie Crawford nine and Ahrray Young one. Poindexter and Crawford have combined for 19 of those 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 6-0 when two players reach the 20-point mark… Poindexter and Crawford have five games where they each score 20+ points in the same game, including against Lindenwood, New Orleans, Clemson, Florida and Rice … Ahrray Young and Poindexter each had 20+ points vs. Tulane.
•       Poindexter has recorded 26 career games with 20+ points and Crawford has 10.
•       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 (1,229) in eighth place, blocks (122) for fifth place, field goals made (450) for sixth place and 3-point field goals made (143) for eighth place.
•       Poindexter averages 15.8 points in 78 career games.
•       Poindexter needs 72 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 five more blocks to tie for fourth place, 12 field goals shy of fifth place and 10 three-pointers shy of seventh place.

More on Poindexter
•    Temira Poindexter has now scored in double-digits in all 20 games this year and for the 65^th time in 78 career games.
•    She has scored in double digits in her last 24 games dating back to last season.
•    Poindexter has 11 games with 20+ points this season and 26 times in her career.
•    She had her second 30+ scoring game of the season and her career with 31 against Wichita State (1/20), 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 18.5 points per game to rank second on the roster, but the junior has done it efficiently.
•       Crawford has a .462 field goal percentage, .427 from three-point range and .822 from the charity stripe.
•       She is also second on the team for rebounds (121) for a 6.1 average and leads Tulsa in assists with 52 for a 2.6 average.
•       Crawford has 18 double-digit scoring games and leads Tulsa with three double-figure rebounding games and three double-doubles.
•       Against Rice with the score tied 65-65, Crawford hie four straight free throws in the final 0:29 to help secure the win for the Hurricane.
•       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 900 career points in 77 career games, needing 100 more points to become the 13^th place in school history and second current Tulsa player to reach 1,000 career points.
•       She now ranks 19^th on the school's all-time scoring chart, needing 29 more points to tie Kara Pongonis-Pasley (929 pts, 2002-06) for 18^th place.

Atop the League
•       Temira Poindexter leads the American Athletic Conference in scoring with her 20.2 average, while Delanie Crawford is the league's fourth-leading scorer.
•       With 11 20+ scoring games, Poindexter also leads the AAC in that category, while teammate Delanie Crawford's nine 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, and seventh for field goal percentage.

From Start to Finish
•       In Tulsa's last two wins over Wichita State and Rice, Tulsa never trailed in the game.
•       Tulsa has never trailed in five games this year ––New Orleans, Texas Southern, Tulane, Wichita State and Rice.
•       In the win over Wichita State, the Hurricane scored its first points at the 9:46 mark of the first quarter and led for 39:46.
•       Against Rice, Tulsa had the lead for 37:05 as the game was tied three times, but Rice was never able to take a lead.

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Players Mentioned

Mady Cartwright

Delanie Crawford

Hadley Periman

Temira Poindexter

Ahrray Young