Tulsa Women Host Temple Saturday Afternoon in AAC Matchup

GAME 16:
TULSA (12-3, 2-0 AAC) vs. TEMPLE (7-7, 1-1 AAC)
Saturday • Jan. 6, 2024 • 2:00 p.m. (CT)
Donald W. Reynolds Center (8,355)

RADIO: 93.5 The Jet
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TV: ESPN+
GAME NOTES: Tulsa I Temple

THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State '02), 3^rd year
Career Record: 46-27 (3 years)
School Record: same

Temple: Diane Richardson (Frostburg State '80), 2^nd year
Career Record: 98-91 (7 years)
School Record: 18-25 (2 years)

Tulsa's Probable Starters
2     F      Temira Poindexter, 6-1, Jr-2L, Sapulpa, Okla., 20.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg
5     G     Delanie Crawford, 5-11, Jr-2L, Piedmont, Okla., 17.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg
21   F      Hadley Periman, 6-2, So-1L, Tuttle, Okla., 2.3 ppg, 7.3 rpg
22   G     Mady Cartwright, 5-10, Fr-HS, Greenwood, Ark., 7.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg
35   G     Ahrray Young, 5-11, So-1L, Elk Grove, Calif., 9.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg

Temple's Probable Starters
2     G     Aleah Nelson, 5-6, 5^th, Baltimore, Md., 11.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 4.8 apg
12   G     Demi Washington, 5-10, Gr., Wake Forest, N.C., 6.1 ppg, 3.4 rpg
14   F      Ines Piper, 6-0, Sr., Paris, France, 7.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg
21   F      Rayne Tucker, 6-1, R-Sr., New Carrollton, Md. 9.8 ppg, 7.4 rpg
55   G     Tiarra East, 5-10, Jr., Louisville, Ky, 12.6 ppg, 3.9 rpg,

Facing Temple
•      This is the 15^th meeting between Tulsa and Temple.
•      Temple leads the series 10-4 including a 5-1 mark in Tulsa.
•      The Hurricane won last year's only meeting by a score of 69-57 in Philadelphia.
•      Tulsa's only win at home in the series came in the first meeting with a 75-67 victory on February 10, 2015.

Starting 2-0 in AAC Play
•     Tulsa has started the American Athletic Conference season with. 2-0 record with wins over
       Memphis and Tulane.
•     In its 10^th year as an AAC member, Tulsa is 2-0 in league play for only the fourth time…
       other 2-0 starts to the AAC season came in 2015-16, 2018-19 and last year (2022-23).
•      With a 71-62 win in the season opener, the Hurricane has now won its AAC opener in each of the last three seasons, including a 55-47 win over eventual AAC Champions East Carolina last year … all three of those games have been played on the road.

After 15 Games
•      In the last three seasons under Angie Nelp, Tulsa has reached at least 12 wins in each of those campaigns.
•      Tulsa is 12-3 after 15 games for the third straight season.

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.

Going for 20 Points
•      Tulsa has had 16 20+ scoring games this year.
•      Temira Poindexter has nine 20+ scoring games, Delanie Crawford six and Ahrray Young one. have combined for 14 20+ scoring performances this season, while Poindexter and Ahrray Young combined for one.
•      Among Poindexter and Crawford's 20+ games they each have one 30+ scoring game.
•      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.

Making It When You Have To
•       In Tulsa's trip to the Maui Classic, free throws late in both contests became critical to Tulsa wins over Texas Tech and SE Louisiana.
•       After leading by 17 points, Tulsa held off a furious Texas Tech rally by converting 10-of-12 free throws in the final 1:14 to claim a 66-58 victory.
•       A game later against SE Louisiana, Tulsa went to the line just six times, making four, but none were more important until the final 0:01 of the game when Delanie Crawford tied the game at 47 with her first make and her second gave Tulsa a 48-47 victory.

Blocks
•      Over the past seven games, Tulsa has shown their blocking ability as the Hurricane has averaged 6.0 blocks (42) in that stretch.
•      In the first eight games of the season, Tulsa averaged 3.4 blocked shots thus increasing its total by 2.6 over the last seven games.
•      Overall, Tulsa averages 4.6 blocks (69) through 15 games this year.
•      Temira Poindexter leads the way with 24 blocks (1.6 bpg), followed by Hadley Periman with 17 (1.1 bpg) and Caranda Perea with 12 (0.8 bpg)

A Familiar Face
•     Tulsa senior transfer Caranda Perea is very familiar with the Temple basketball program, spending the previous two seasons at Temple.
•     She began her collegiate career at George Washington in 2020-21 and spent the 2021-22 and 2022-23 campaigns with the Owls.
•    In the Tulsa game last year, Perea had four points, five rebounds and one block in 28 minutes in a starting role against the Hurricane.
•      Perea started 22 of 57 games as an Owl … last year, she averaged 5.0 points and 4.0 rebounds.

Poindexter Moves into 8^th Place on Career Scoring Chart
•       Temira Poindexter became just the 12^th player in school history to reach the 1,000-point plateau.
•       Poindexter now has 1,133 points for a 15.5 average in 73 career games.
•       Poindexter has now reached eighth place on the school's career scoring chart and is 168 points shy of tying Lila Osceola (1,301 pts, 1996-00) for seventh place.
•       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.
•       Another Hurricane player, Katia Gallegos has also reached the 1,000-point mark in her career with 1,100 points, including 967 in three seasons at UTEP and 133 points at Tulsa.

More on Poindexter
•     Temira Poindexter has now scored in double-digits in all 15 games this year and for the 60^th time in 73 career games.
•    She has scored in double digits in her last 19 games dating back to last season.
•    Poindexter has scored in double digits in the first half of a game eight 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 and 17 vs. Tulane.
•    Poindexter had her ninth game of 20+ points this season and for the 24^th time in her career with 24 points against Tulane.
•    Poindexter had her sixth career double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds in the UCA game,

Crawford Shows the Way
•       Delanie Crawford has been consistent through the first 15 games for the Hurricane … she is not only scoring 17.5 points per game to rank second on the roster, but the junior has done it efficiently.
•       Crawford has a .470 field goal percentage, .422 from three-point range and .820 from the charity stripe.
•       She is also second on the team for rebounds (97) for a 6.5 average and tied for second in assists (37) for a 2.5 average.
•       Crawford has 13 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.

Comebacks
•      In nine of Tulsa's 12 wins this year, Tulsa has trailed at one point or another in those games.
•      In three wins – UCA, Florida and Southeastern Louisiana, the Hurricane trailed late in the 4^th quarter.
•      Tulsa trailed in all these games at one point (with the largest deficits listed) – Lindenwood (2 pts, 3^rd QTR), Northwestern State (2 pts, 1^st QTR), UAPB (10 pts, 3^rd QTR), Clemson (12 pts, 2^nd QTR), UCA (8 pts, 3^rd QTR), Florida (6 pts, 4^th QTR), Texas Tech (2 pts, 1^st QTR), Southeastern Louisiana (10 pts, 3^rd QTR) and Memphis (9 pts, 2^nd QTR).
•      Against UCA, Tulsa trailed by 2 points at the 4:47 mark before Madi Cartwright hit a 3-pointer at the 4:05 mark to give Tulsa the lead for good.
•      In the Florida game, Temira Poindexter's two free throws at the 3:38 mark cut a one-point deficit to a tie game at 62-62, before Ahrray Young's layup at the 2:56 mark gave Tulsa the lead for good.
•      Against SE Louisiana, Tulsa trailed by 10 at the 7:48 mark of the third quarter, by four with 6:34 remaining and by one point with 0:04 on the clock … Delanie Crawford's two free throws with 0:01 left gave Tulsa a 48-47 win.

Tulsa Gets ACC, SEC and Big 12 Wins
•    This season Tulsa garnered non-conference wins over teams from the ACC (Clemson), SEC (Florida) and Big 12 (Texas Tech).
• The Hurricane claimed a 74-64 win over Clemson at the Van Chancellor Classic in Katy Texas, in a home game took down Florida 72-64 and in the opening game at the Maui Classic defeated an 11-0 Texas Tech team 66-58.
•    It marks the first time since the 2005-06 season that Tulsa had at least three wins over a school from those conferences, when Tulsa defeated SEC's Arkansas (66-64), Big 12's Oklahoma State (75-68) and ACC's Florida State (80-71) in three consecutive games.
•   The win over Florida was the first against an SEC team since an 80-73 win over Alabama on Dec. 1, 2018.
•    The last ACC win for Tulsa came against NC State 71-61 in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Tournament.
•    The last time Tulsa defeated a Big 12 school was Oklahoma State on Dec. 13, 2020.

The Only One
•      American Athletic Conference teams faced SEC teams nine times this season in the non-conference schedule
•      Tulsa's 72-64 win over Florida is the only win against an SEC team by an AAC team this year.

Atop the League
•       Temira Poindexter leads the American Athletic Conference in scoring with her 20.5 average.
•       With nine 20+ scoring games, Poindexter also leads the AAC in that category, while teammate Delanie Crawford's six 20+ scoring games is second in the league.
•       Hadley Periman's four 10+ rebounding games ties for third-most in the AAC for games with 10+ rebounds.
•       Crawford is also ranked in a third-place tie for fourth in the AAC for double-double games with three.

Periman on the Boards
•       Sophomore Hadley Periman came into her second season with zero double-figure rebounding games, and through 15 games this year she has grabbed double-digit rebounds in four games.
•       Her previous career-high of nine rebounds came last year against UCA.
•       She leads the Hurricane in rebounding with a 7.3 average, while that also ranks among the top-10 in the American Athletic Conference.
•       Periman has led Tulsa in rebounding in seven games this season.
•       She had a career-high 14 rebounds against Florida, while her previous career-high of 12 boards came in the second game of the season vs. New Orleans … a game later she pulled down 10 boards vs. Northwestern State and had 11 rebounds against UAPB.

Ahrray Returns
•       Ahrray Young was back in the lineup for the ORU game after missing the first three games and the final 10 contests a year ago due to injury.
•       In 12 games, Young is averaging 9.8 points and 3.9 rebounds since returning to the lineup.
•       Young had her first career 20-point game with 20 points against Tulane, as she converted 10-of-15 field goals.
•       She has had seven double-figure scoring games this season and 16 for her career.
•       As a starter in the last eight games, Young has averaged 11.5 points (92) in those games.
•       Young is shooting 52.0% from the field (52-100) in 23.9 minutes of playing time.
•       A year ago, Young averaged 8.6 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists while earning AAC all- freshman team honors.

Tulsa Women Host Temple Saturday Afternoon in AAC Matchup

Players Mentioned

Mady Cartwright

Delanie Crawford

Katia Gallegos

Caranda Perea

Hadley Periman

Temira Poindexter

Ahrray Young

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