Tulsa Women Claim 65-55 Road Win at Charlotte

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Tulsa Women Claim 65-55 Road Win at Charlotte

1/27/2024 7:10:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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Nelp gets 50th career win as Hurricane head coach

CHARLOTTE, N.C. –– Delanie Crawford's 21 points led four Tulsa players in double-digits as the Golden Hurricane grabbed a 65-55 road win over the Charlotte 49ers Saturday afternoon at Halton Arena.

Tulsa improved to 16-5 and 6-2 in American Athletic Conference play, while Charlotte fell to 12-8 and 5-3. The victory gave Tulsa a 3-1 road record in league play and was the 50th win for Angie Nelp as the Golden Hurricane head coach, giving her a 50-29 mark.

Mady Cartwright, Caranda Perea and Temira Poindexter each added 10 points for the Hurricane. Tulsa had a strong performance on the boards as all 10 players grabbed at least two rebounds. Hadley Periman led the way with seven as the team had a 44-42 rebounding advantage over the 49ers.

Charlotte was led by Dazia Lawrence's 14 points and a double-double by Keanna Rembert with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

Tulsa opened the game on a 10-2 run and took a 20-11 lead after one period. Charlotte outscored the Hurricane in the second quarter 18-11, but Tulsa still kept the lead heading into halftime with a two-point lead at 31-29.

Charlotte scored the first four points of the second half for a 33-31 lead, its first since a 2-0 lead at the start of the game. However, the 49er lead did not last long as Perea knocked down a three-pointer from the corner to put Tulsa back ahead 34-33. From that point, Tulsa went on a 9-3 run for a seven-point lead at 43-36 with just under two minutes remaining in the quarter.

Tulsa entered the fourth period with a 45-39 lead. Jessika Evans knocked down a three-pointer to give Tulsa an eight-point lead at 52-44 with 6:12 to play and Crawford followed with a fastbreak layup to put the Hurricane ahead by 10. Charlotte cut its deficit down to eight points before Perea hit a big trey at the 3:42 mark to make it an 11-point game, 57-46.

The Hurricane made eight of their 12 free throws in the final three minutes to preserve the double-figure lead and victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED
IN THE FIRST QUARTER . . .
Tulsa went on a 10-0 run to make the score 10-2 on an Amira Brown layup after the 49ers scored the games' first basket

After a Charlotte timeout, Mady Cartwright scored her eighth point on a 3-pointer to make the score 13-2 at the 5:31 mark.

Tulsa took its largest lead of 14 points at 20-6 with 1:06 remaining, but the 49ers scored the final five points.

The period ended with the Hurricane holding a 20-11 lead.

Tulsa shot just 36% from the field on 8-of-22 while CLT was only 4-of-18 for 22% … Tulsa had a 19-9 edge on the boards in the first period.

IN THE SECOND QUARTER . . .
Charlotte began the quarter on a 5-0 run to make the score 20-16 as Tulsa was scoreless for the first 3:21 of the period.

Delanie Crawford's three-pointer ended Tulsa's drought to put the Hurricane ahead 23-16.

Crawford scored 10 straight points, the final three of the first quarter and the first seven of the second period.

The 49ers tied the score on a layup by Dasia Lawrence with 0:45 on the clock.
Caranda Perea's jumper from the corner at the 0:33 mark put Tulsa ahead 31-29 at the half.

Tulsa had 10 turnovers, while CLT had 10 points off those turnovers … the 49ers had 14 points in the paint to Tulsa's six in the quarter.

IN THE THIRD QUARTER . . .
CLT scored the first four points to take a its first lead, 33-31, since a 2-0 lead at the start of the game.

The 49ers lead only lasted 10-seconds as Perea knocked down a three-pointer from the corner to put Tulsa back ahead 34-33.

Tulsa led at the end of the period 45-39 as a late Charlotte field goal was taken away due to a shot chart violation.

IN THE FOURTH QUARTER . . .
Charlotte scored the first three points of the quarter before the Hurricane went on a 9-2 run to take a 54-44 lead at the 5:34 mark.

Perea's three-pointer from the top of the key put Tulsa ahead 57-46 with 3:42 left on the game clock.

Tulsa made 8-of-10 free throws in the final 3:03 to hold on for the 65-55 victory.

GAME NOTES
• Tulsa improved to 16-5 on the season and 6-2 in the American Athletic Conference.
• Tulsa is now 12-1 when leading after the first quarter.
• Tulsa led at halftime for the 14^th time this year and now stands at 12-2 in those games.
• The Hurricane is now 3-1 on the road in league play.
• Tulsa has won its last four games, two at home and two on the road.
• Tulsa is 3-0 when wearing red uniforms this year with wins against UAPB, Southeastern Louisiana and now Charlotte.
• Angie Nelp won her 50th career game as the Hurricane head coach, marking the fastest coach to reach 50 wins in Tulsa women's basketball history.
• Junior Delanie Crawford had her 19^th double-figure scoring game of the season and the 45^th of her career with 21 points … she had 10 of her points in the first half.
• It was Crawford's 10th 20+ scoring game of the season and the 11^th of her career.
• Crawford now has 921 career points.
• Freshman Mady Cartwright had her seventh double-digit scoring game of the season with 10 points and her third in the last four games.
• Junior Temira Poindexter scored in double-figures for the 21^st game this year and for the 66^th time in 79 career games with 10 points.
• Senior transfer Caranda Perea had her second double-figure scoring game of the season with 10 points … her first was in the fourth game of the year with 15 points.

Tulsa will be back on the road Thursday night, Feb. 1, at East Carolina with a tipoff time of 5 pm (CT)/6 pm (ET). 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+.