Hurricane Women at North Texas for New Year's Day

GAME 14:
Tulsa (7-6, 1-0 AAC) vs. North Texas (9-4, 1-0 AAC)
4:00 p.m. CT - Wednesday, January 1, 2025
The Super Pit (10,500) • Denton, Texas

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GAME NOTES: Tulsa
GAME NOTES: North Texas
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THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State '02), 4^th year
Career Record: 66-40
School Record: Same

North Texas: Jason Burton (Austin '07), 2nd year
Career Record: 203-103
School Record: 32-13

Tulsa's Probable Starters
5          G         Delanie Crawford, 5-11, Sr-3L, Piedmont, Okla., 18.8 ppg, 5.7 rpg
7          G         Paige Bradley, 5-10, RJr-TR, Dallas, Texas, 7.9 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 1.7 apg
21        G/F      Hadley Periman, 6-2, Jr-2L, Tuttle, Okla., 7.0 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 1.8 apg
22        G         Mady Cartwright, 5-10, So-1L, Greenwood, Ark., 9.2 ppg, 4.8 rpg
24        G         Elise Hill, 5-7, So-1L, Tulsa, Okla., 9.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.2 apg

North Texas' Probable Starters
2          G         Ereauna Hardaway, 5-8, Jr, Jonesboro, Ark., 10.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.5 apg
3          G         Desiree Wooten, 5-8, So, Dallas, Texas, 11.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.0 apg
12        G         Kyla Deck, 5-9, Jr, Frisco, Texas, 11.2 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.0 apg
24        F          Tommisha Lampkin, 6-2, Sr, Mansfield, Texas, 16.8 ppg, 9.3 rpg
35        F          Aniyah Johnson, 6-2, Sr, Killeen, Texas, 3.2 ppg, 3.5 rpg

The Series with North Texas

New Year's Day marks the 11th meeting between Tulsa and North Texas ... TU leads the series dominates the series 9-1 and is 4-1 when taking on the Mean Green in Denton.
The Hurricane won last year's matchup 79-74 in Tulsa to overtake North Texas for first place in The American standings.
The past five matchups with UNT:

            02/04/2024.....Tulsa, Okla..............W, 79-74
            03/17/2022.....Denton, Texas.........W, 75-62
            12/02/2017.....Denton, Texas..........L, 43-66
            12/03/2016.....Tulsa, Okla..............W, 63-58
            02/22/2014.....Tulsa, Okla..............W, 63-43

Just How Mean are the Green?

Tulsa and North Texas will meet for a New Year's Day game at the Super Pit in Denton.
UNT went 8-4 in their nonconference schedule and 5-1 at home.
The Mean Green took down Wichita State on the road Sunday for their first conference win of the season.
They were voted to finish second in the AAC Preseason Coaches' Poll.
Four players average double-digit scoring this season with AAC Co-Preseason Player of the Year Tommisha Lampkin leading the way with 16.8 points per game. She leads the league with seven double-doubles with a 9.3 boards-per-contest mark, the second-highest in the AAC.
North Texas knows how to get to the free throw line, ranking first in The American for free throws made (16.31) and free throw attempts (23.54) per game.

Dynamic Crawford Leads the Way

It's no surprise that All-American senior guard Delanie Crawford has been one of Tulsa's most prominent scorers, rebounders and assisters.
The multi-level scorer has earned double-digit points in all but one game, peaking with 36 against East Carolina (12/29).
She enjoyed her 20th career 20+ scoring game and fourth 30+ contest last time out against ECU (12/29) in the conference opener.
This season, Crawford is averaging 18.8 points off 6.7 FG, 2.7 3PT and 2.7 FT per game.
She's shooting .412 from the field (87-211), .315 in threes (35-111) and .897 at the charity stripe (35-39).
Crawford leads the AAC for total points (244), field goal attempts (211), three-point attempts (111) and free throw percentage (.897), ranks second for points per game (18.8) and field goals made (87), third for 3-pointers per game (2.69) and fourth for total triples (35).
She leads Tulsa with 74 total rebounds so far and ranks behind teammate hadley Periman (7.2 rpg) with a 5.7 average per game.
Crawford also has the third-most assists on the team with 27 (2.1 apg). Only Elise Hill (28, 2.2 apg) and Kristol Ayson (31, 2.4 apg) assist mor this year.
She earned her first AAC Weekly Honorable Mention nod after earning a double-double with 25 points and 13 rebounds vs Chicago State. She picked up her second one after averaging 21.5 points across the two West Palm Beach Classic games (Montana and Tennessee), including tying her season-high of 26 points in the win over Montana (12/20).
Last time out, Crawford dropped 36 points on East Carolina (12/29) on a 14-20 clip from the field, 3-7 from three and 5-5 at the line, earning her second career AAC Player of the Week award and first of the season.
Crawford's led Tulsa in scoring 10 times this season and paced the Hurricane in rebounds four times and assists and steals three times.

Hill Sees All-Around Success

Sophomore guard Elise Hill has scored in double-figures in seven of 13 games this season and in nine of her last 16 games for the Hurricane dating back to the end of her freshman season last year.
She has scored exactly 12 points four times this year, 13 points against Marshall (11/23), a season-high 18 points against Grambling (12/5) and 11 points against Kansas City (12/15).
Tulsa is 2-2 when Hill records five or more field goals in a game.
Hill called her own number in the waning seconds of the season-opener against UAPB, sinking the game-winning three-pointer with less than a second to go to seal the 63-60 win.
She has also recorded 5+ assists in three of the last six games.
Hill also thrives on defense, using her quickness and speed to steal the ball 24 times this season for the league's sixth-best average of 1.85 per game.
Hill grabbed her first career AAC Weekly Honorable Mention award after she scored a team-leading 18 points, while adding five assists and six rebounds in the win over Grambling (12/5).
Hill has led Tulsa in assists four times and scoring twice.

Tidbits on the TCU Transfer Paige Bradley

Redshirt junior Paige Bradley, an offseason transfer from TCU, has made an immediate impact for the Hurricane with 12 starts in 13 games played.
She came to Tulsa with only three double-digit scoring games in her career. She already has four this season.
Bradley is third on TU in rebounds (63) and boards per contest (4.8).
She averages 7.9 points, the Hurricane's fourth-best mark.
Bradley had her first double-figure scoring game for Tulsa against Marshall (11/23) in the WBCA Showcase.
She also brought down a career-high 10 rebounds against Marshall (11/23), helping her achieve her first double-double.
The Hurricane is 6-2 when Bradley records three or more field goals.
Bradley took home her first career AAC Weekly Honorable Mention after averaging 16 points and eight boards in wins over San Jose State (12/10) and Kansas City (12/15).

Cartwright the Swiss Army Knife

Mady Cartwright, a sophomore guard, shines on both offense and defense for the Hurricane.
She is one of three players to start every game this season, along with Delanie Crawford and Elise Hill.
Cartwright is ninth in the American Athletic Conference with a .692 free throw percentage (36-52).
Cartwright shot a perfect 8-8 game at the line against Marshall (11/23) for TU's 14th all-time perfect free throw game of over eight attempts.
She has reached double-digit scoring in six of the last nine games.
On offense, Cartwright leads the team for free throws (36) and ranks third for points (120) and scoring average (9.2).
On the defensive end, Cartwright is fourth on the team for steals (1.2 for 15 steals), total boards (62), rebounds per game (4.8).
Cartwright had her first career double-double against San Jose State (12/10) with 12 points and 10 rebounds against the Spartans.
Tulsa is 4-0 this season when Cartwright steals the ball two or more times in a game and 3-1 when assisting on three or more field goals.

Nelp Over Halfway to Century Mark in Wins.

Tulsa's Angie Nelp won her 60th career game in her four seasons with a 63-60 win against Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the 2024-25 season opener on Nov. 6, 2024.
She is currently 66-40 13 games into her fourth season.
No previous Tulsa coach had reached 50 wins in their first three seasons … only three other Tulsa head coaches won more than 60 games in their careers.

Periman on the Blocks and Boards

After missing the first two games of the season and the Chicago State game (11/27) with injury, junior guard/forward Hadley Periman is still the Hurricane's top rebounder with 72 boards at a 7.2 rate per game.
She has 459 career rebounds with a career rate of 6.1 per game, marking the 10th-best average among all active players in the AAC.
Only two players in the league - ECU's Amiya Joyner (728) and South Florida's Carla Brito (505) have more career boards than Periman.
Periman also blocks the ball well with 18 blocks this year at a league-high 1.8 average. She's had three blocks against four teams so far.
She ranks seventh in program history with 97 career rejections.
Periman has led TU in rebounding four times, all in the last six games.
She had a 20-point, 11-board game against Kansas City (12/15) for her first career double-double.

Ayson Adds Veteran Experience to Tulsa

Kristol Ayson, a senior transfer from Jacksonville State and Arizona Western, has seen action in all 13 games for the Hurricane, averaging 22.7 minutes per game off the bench.
She's second on TU with 22 steals at 1.7 per contest.
She also leads the Hurricane in assists with 31 total for 2.4 per game.
Ayson has hit three or more assists in seven games, with a season-best five assists against San Jose State (12/10).
Tulsa is 5-2 when she records three or more assists in a game.
She had a 13-point game against Oral Roberts for her first double-figure scoring game with the Hurricane.
Ayson has led TU in steals five times and assists three times this year.
She came to Tulsa after leading Jax State with 8.1 points, 1.7 assists and 1.1 steals per game while securing 3.7 rebounds in 26.1 minutes per contest.
At Arizona Western, a junior college, Ayson recorded three double-doubles and 34 double-digits scoring games across two seasons. She was an NJCAA All-American Honorable Mention as a sophomore after averaging 14.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game.

Defense Finds Ways to Slow Down Opponents

The Hurricane has excelled at turning opponents over and stealing the ball this season, ranking second in the American Athletic Conference with 135 steals at 10.38 per game, led by Elise Hill's 24 (1.8 spg) and Kristol Ayson's 22 steals (1.7 spg).
Hill stole the ball eight times against East Carolina (12/29) helping TU come away with 21 as a team. TU forced 34 Pirate turnovers for the most errors committed by an AAC team so far this season.
Tulsa has outstolen opponents 135-103 on the year.
The Hurricane is 4-2 when recording double-digit steals as a team. They peaked with 21 against ECU (12/29).
Tulsa is handling the ball better than opponents through the first 13 games of the season with a positive turnover margin per game (+2.2), the second-highest among all AAC teams.
Opposing teams have struggled to shoot the ball against Tulsa. The Hurricane's defense is fifth in the AAC for blocks per game (3.69) and field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to .392 shooting on the year

Deadly Free Throw Shooters

Tulsa has been effective at the line, thanks in part to two of the AAC's top free throw shooters in Delanie Crawford and Mady Cartwright.
Crawford leads the league at .897 after shooting 35-39 with Cartwright at ninth at a 36-52 clip for a .692 mark. Cartwright has made her way to the line the most out of all TU players as she has gotten stronger at drawing fouls from the opponent.
Cartwright has had four perfect games from the stripe, including a 4-4 mark in the season-opener against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11/6), a 2-2 clip vs. Oral Roberts (11/17), an impressive 8-8 tally against Marshall (11/23) for Tulsa's 14th-ever perfect free throw game when making over eight free throws and a 4-4 contest against Chicago State (11/27).
She had a 6-10 contest against #18/16 Tennessee (12/21).
Crawford had an 8-9 game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11/6) and 5-5 contests against Georgia (11/21) and East Carolina (12/29).
Crawford is one of four players in the league shooting above 80% in free throws after averaging 2.7 free throws made per game.
Paige Bradley is 17-22 (.773) in free throws at 1.3 per contest ... she is outside the threshold of 2.5 FT per game required to be ranked in the league.
Tulsa ranks sixth in the conference with a team free throw mark of .686.
TU shot its 19th perfect free throw game in program history against Chicago State (11/27), going 10-10 from the line … it's TU's third time ever having a perfect free throw game with over 10 attempts (10-10 vs. Hawaii (2-27-03); 12-12 vs. Nevada (3-8-03).
The Hurricane went 10-14 in free throws in the fourth quarter to outscore Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11/6) 15-5 in the final period to complete a 17-point comeback victory, the largest in school history.

Home Court Advantage

The Hurricane has been deadly in the Donald W. Reynolds Center under fourth-year head coach Angie Nelp.
TU is 20-4 at home since the start of last season, 31-8 since 2022-23 and 39-13 since Nelp joined the program.
2024-25: TU is 5-2 at home so far this season.
2023-24: The Hurricane enjoyed their winningest home record in program history, going 15-2 under the lights of the Reynolds Center, including 2-1 in postseason play in the WBIT.
2022-23: Tulsa went 11-4 and started the home slate 9-0.
2021-22: The Hurricane enjoyed its first winning home record in three years at 8-5 under Nelp in her first season.

Crawford and Periman Climbing the Career Charts

Delanie Crawford through 105 career games in four seasons with the Hurricane stars in multiple top 10 career charts in program history.
She ranks third in three-pointers made with 219 ... she has a chance to set the team record this season as she is just three treys behind Kara Pongonis-Paslay's (2002-06) 222 and 14 behind Kelsee Grovey's (2012-16) 233.
Crawford is sixth for career points (1,439) and field goals made (493).
Crawford is also 10th for free throws (234) and free throw percentage (.809).
Junior Hadley Periman has played 75 games for Tulsa. She ranks seventh in TU history with 99 blocks, passing Kendrian Elliott's (2016-20) 94 rejections against #18/16 Tennessee (12/21).

Going for 20

Tulsa players have combined for five games of scoring 20+ points this season.
Delanie Crawford currently has four under her belt, and Hadley Periman has one.
Tulsa is 4-1 when a player scores over 20 points.
Crawford has recorded 20 20+ scoring games while Periman has one so far.

Going for 30

Tulsa has had a 30+ scorer once this year.
Last time out, Delanie Crawford collected a career-high 36 points against ECU (12/29) off 14-20 FG, 3-7 3PT and 5-5 FT. It was her fourth career 30+ scoring game and first of this season.
36 points was the third-most scored in a game by a TU player and second all-time in conference games.

Fun Facts About Player Names

Tulsa is one of two teams in the country (Sacramento State) to have four players with a last name that starts with the letter "A": Tobi Ademuwagon, Brooklyn Alexander, Kennedi Alexander and Kristol Ayson.
TU is also the only team in the country with over half the roster having last names starting in the A-C letter range. This list includes Tobi Ademuwagon, Brooklyn Alexander, Kennedi Alexander, Kristol Ayson, Paige Bradley, Mady Cartwright, Jade Clack and Delanie Crawford.

Hurricane Women at North Texas for New Year's Day

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Brooklyn Alexander

Kennedi Alexander

Kristol Ayson

Paige Bradley

Mady Cartwright

Jade Clack

Delanie Crawford

Elise Hill

Hadley Periman

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Jade Clack

Delanie Crawford

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