Tulsa Women on the Road to Face AAC Preseason Favorite South Florida Wednesday

GAME 17:
TULSA (12-4, 2-1 AAC) vs. SOUTH FLORIDA (10-6, 2-1 AAC)
Wednesday • Jan. 10, 2024 • 7:00 p.m. (ET) / 6:00 p.m. (CT)
Yuengling Center (10,411), Tampa, Fla.

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

THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State '02), 3^rd year
Career Record: 46-28 (3 years)
School Record: same

USF: Jose' Fernandez (FIU '94), 24^th year
Career Record: 453-298 (24 years)
School Record: same

Tulsa's Probable Starters
2     F      Temira Poindexter, 6-1, Jr-2L, Sapulpa, Okla., 20.1 ppg, 5.1rpg
5     G     Delanie Crawford, 5-11, Jr-2L, Piedmont, Okla., 17.1 ppg, 6.4 rpg
11   F      Caranda Perea, 6-2, Sr-TR, Altoona, Pa., 3.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg
21   F      Hadley Periman, 6-2, So-1L, Tuttle, Okla., 2.4 ppg, 7.4 rpg
22   G     Mady Cartwright, 5-10, Fr-HS, Greenwood, Ark., 7.3 ppg, 2.9 rpg

South Florida's Probable Starters
5     G     Vittoria Blasigh, 5-9, Fr., Udine, Italy, 13.9 ppg, 2.4 rpg
22   G     Aerial Wilson, 5-10, R-Sr., Dundes, Ontario, 1.7 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 4.2 apg
23   F      Romi Levy, 6-3, R-Jr., Herzliya, Israel, 10.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg
24   F      Evelien Schipholt, 6-2, Sr., The Hague, Netherlands, 7.4 ppg, 7.5 rpg
55   F      Carla Brito, 5-11, So., Las Palmas, Spain, 9.1 ppg, 6.8 rpg

Facing South Florida
•      This is the 13^th meeting between Tulsa and South Florida.
•      Tulsa will be looking for its first win in the series as USF holds a 12-0 series advantage.
•      USF has identical 6-0 records at home and on the road in the series.
•      The closest game in the series was a 3-point USF home win, 66-63, on Jan. 19, 2021.
•      In both meetings last year South Florida was ranked in the top-25.

2-1 in AAC Play
•     Tulsa opened the American Athletic Conference season with a road win at Memphis (71-62) and home win over Tulane (72-54), before falling to Temple (58-48) at home.
•     The Hurricane won those two games by a 13.5 margin, while shooting .474 percent from the field and .381 from 3-point range.
•     In Tulsa's 10-point loss against Temple, the Hurricane had a season-low .280 field goal percentage and shot .240 from 3-point range.

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.

Missing
•     In Tulsa's last outing, the Hurricane dropped a 58-48 home game to Temple.
•     The Hurricane was without two starting guards as Katia Gallegos was sidelined for the third game with an injury and Ahrray Young was out with an illness.
•     Between them, the guard tandem average 16.6 points, 7.4 rebounds and 4.5 assists this year.
•     The duo has also combined for a .502 field goal percentage.
•     In Tulsa's first two AAC games, Young averaged 15.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists
       before missing Tulsa's third league contest.

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 eight games, Tulsa has shown their blocking ability as the Hurricane has averaged 5.5 blocks (44) in that stretch.
•      In the first eight games of the season, Tulsa averaged 3.4 blocked shots thus increasing its total by 2.1 over the last eight games.
•      Overall, Tulsa averages 4.4 blocks (71) through 16 games this year.
•      Temira Poindexter leads the way with 25 blocks (1.6 bpg), followed by Hadley Periman with 17 (1.1 bpg) and Caranda Perea with 13 (0.8 bpg)

Poindexter Moving Up Career Lists Career Scoring Chart
•       Temira Poindexter ranks on the school's all-time top-10 lists for points (1,148) in eighth place, blocks (120) for fifth place and 3-point field goals made (133) for 10^th place.
•       Poindexter averages 15.5 points in 74 career games.
•       Poindexter needs 153 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 seven more blocks to tie Chanel Johnson (127 blks, 2007-08) for fourth place.
•       She needs two more 3-pointers to tie Kadan Brady (135 3fgm, 2011-15) for ninth place and nine to tie Tatum Beer (142 3fgm, 2007-11) for eighth place.
•       With 419 career field goals made, Poindexter is just two field goals shy of tying Megan Moody (431 fgm, 2002-06) for 10^th place.

More on Poindexter
•    Temira Poindexter has now scored in double-digits in all 16 games this year and for the 61^st time in 74 career games.
•    She has scored in double digits in her last 20 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 16 games for the Hurricane … she is not only scoring 17.1 points per game to rank second on the roster, but the junior has done it efficiently.
•       Crawford has a .460 field goal percentage, .412 from three-point range and .820 from the charity stripe.
•       She is also second on the team for rebounds (102) for a 6.4 average and tied for first in assists (37) for a 2.3 average.
•       Crawford has 14 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.

Tulsa Women on the Road to Face AAC Preseason Favorite South Florida Wednesday

Players Mentioned

Mady Cartwright

Delanie Crawford

Katia Gallegos

Caranda Perea

Hadley Periman

Temira Poindexter

Ahrray Young

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