Tulsa Women Go Back East for Thursday Matchup with East Carolina

GAME 22:
TULSA (16-5, 6-2 AAC) vs. EAST CAROLINA (11-8, 4-4 AAC)
Thursday • Feb. 1, 2024 • 5:00 p.m. (CT) / 6:00 p.m. (ET)
Greenville, N.C.

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GAME NOTES: Tulsa I East Carolina

THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State '02), 3^rd year
Career Record: 50-29 (3 years)
School Record: same

ECU: Kim McNeill (Richmond '00), 5^th year
Career Record: 62-109 (8 years)
School Record: 62-71 (5 years)

Tulsa's Probable Starters
1     G     Cam Mathews, 5-7, So-1L, Keller, Texas, 2.0 ppg, 2.4 rpg
2     F      Temira Poindexter, 6-1, Jr-2L, Sapulpa, Okla., 19.7ppg, 5.3 rpg
5     G     Delanie Crawford, 5-11, Jr-2L, Piedmont, Okla., 18.6 ppg, 6.0 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., 7.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg

East Carolina's Probable Starters
00   F      Taliyah Wyche, 6-3, Jr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 3.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg
2     F      Tatyana Wyche, 6-2, Jr., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 5.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg
3     G     Karina Gordon, 5-9, Fr., Hallandale Beach, Fla., 6.8 ppg, 1.5 rpg
12   G     Morgan Moseley, 5-11, Sr., Centreville, Md., 4.3 ppg, 2.3 rpg
22 G     Danae McNeal, 6-0, Gr., Swansea, S.C., 19.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg

Facing East Carolina
•      This is the 29^th meeting between Tulsa and East Carolina and the only meeting this year.
•      Tulsa leads the series 16-12 and has won the last four games, including a 55-47 road win last season.
•      Four of the meetings have been in conference tournaments, all in Conference USA, as each team has won two games.
•      Tulsa has a 7-6 record for games played in Greenville.

6-2 in AAC Play
•     Tulsa opened the American Athletic Conference season two straight wins, before falling twice to even the league record at 2-2.
•     The Hurricane open the week in a second-place tie with UAB, both with 6-2 record, and behind 7-1 North Texas.
•        Tulsa has won its last four AAC games, wins at FAU and Charlotte and home wins against Wichita State and Rice to move to 6-2 in league play.

A Closer Look into Tulsa's 6-2 AAC Record
•        In Tulsa's six AAC wins, the Hurricane has averaged 5.3 points (452), while holding the opposition to 63.0 points (378) for a 12.3-win margin.
•        Tulsa is shooting 45.2% from the field (161-356), 40.6% from 3-point range (63-155) and 71.3% from the free throw line (67-94).
•     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.

Nelp Reaches 50 Wins
•     Tulsa's Angie Nelp won her 50^th career game in her three seasons with a 65-55 win at
       Charlotte.
•     She now has a 50-29 record in her three years at Tulsa.
•     No previous Tulsa coach had reached 50 wins in their first three seasons … only three other
       Tulsa head coaches won more than 50 games in their careers.

Career 3-Point Shooters
•     Delanie Crawford and Temira Poindexter have combined for 287 career three-pointers
       made.
•     The duo has made 106 three-pointers this season.
•     In their careers, Crawford has made 144 to rank eighth on the school's all-time list, while
       Poindexter's 143 ranks ninth.

Evans, Perea Connect on Momentum-Changing 3-Pointers in Charlotte Win
•     In Tulsa's 65-55 road win at Charlotte, Tulsa had a number of players step-up in the victory,
       including Jessika Evans and Caranda Perea.
•     The senior duo each converted momentum-changing three-pointers.
•     After Charlotte took a 33-31 lead at the 7:08 mark in the third quarter, it was a short-lived
       lead, as Perea knocked down a 3-pointer for a 34-33 lead.
•      Evans' connected on a 3-pointer at the 6:12 mark of the fourth quarter to put Tulsa back ahead by eight points after Charlotte got as close as three points in the final seven minutes.

Fastbreak Points
•    Tulsa has two of the AAC's top-20 scorers with Temira Poindexter (19.7) and Delanie
      Crawford (18.6), 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 3-1 in AAC road games this season.
•    Tulsa is 12-1 when leading after the first quarter and 12-2 when leading at halftime.
•    The Hurricane is 6-0 when two players reach 20 points in the same game.
•    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 50-29 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 42-of-100 three-pointers for a .420 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 eight AAC games, Tulsa is shooting 36-percent (72-203) 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 21 games of scoring 20+ points this season.
•      Temira Poindexter has 11 20+ scoring games, Delanie Crawford 10 and Ahrray Young one. Poindexter and Crawford have combined for 20 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 11.
•       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 (1,239) in eighth place, blocks (125) for fifth place, field goals made (453) for sixth place and 3-point field goals made (143) for ninth place.
•       Poindexter averages 15.7 points in 79 career games.
•       Poindexter needs 62 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 two more blocks to tie for fourth place, nine 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 21 games this year and for the 66^th time in 78 career games.
•     She has scored in double digits in her last 25 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 18.6 points per game to rank second on the roster, but the junior has done it efficiently.
•       Crawford has a .465 field goal percentage, .424 from three-point range and .830 from the charity stripe.
•       In eight AAC games, Crawford has a team-high 20.5 scoring average, while shooting .442 from the field, .444 from behind the arc and .878 from the free throw line.
•       Overall, Crawford is also second on the team for rebounds (126) for a 6.0 average and leads Tulsa in assists with 53 for a 2.5 average.
•       Crawford has 19 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 hit 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 921 career points in 78 career games, needing 79 more points to become the 13^th player in school history and the second current Tulsa player to reach 1,000 career points.
•       She now ranks 19^th on the school's all-time scoring chart, needing eight more points to tie Kara Pongonis-Pasley (929 pts, 2002-06) for 18^th place.
•       Crawford is eighth on the school's career 3-point field goals made list with 144, just one more than teammate Temira Poindexter.

Among the League Leaders
•       Temira Poindexter and Delanie Crawford are second and third, respectively, in the American Athletic Conference for scoring with 19.7 and 18.6 averages.
•       With 11 20+ scoring games, Poindexter leads the AAC in that category, while teammate Delanie Crawford's 10 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 is tied for the seventh-most in the AAC.
•       Crawford is also ranked first in the league for free throw percentage (.830), second for 3-point field goal percentage (.424) and sixth for field goal percentage (.465).

From Start to Finish
•       In recent 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.
•       In the last three games – Wichita State, Rice and Charlotte – Tulsa has only trailed 1:18 which came at Charlotte.

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