Tulsa Women Host First-Place North Texas Sunday

GAME 23:
TULSA (16-6, 6-3 AAC) vs. NORTH TEXAS (17-4, 7-2 AAC)
Saturday • Feb. 4, 2024 • 2:00 p.m. (CT)
Donald W. Reynolds Center (8,3550, Tulsa, Okla.

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

THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State '02), 3^rd year
Career Record: 50-30 (3 years)
School Record: same

North Texas: Jason Burton (Austin College '07), 1^st year
Career Record: 188-94 (10 years)
School Record: 17-4 (1 year)

Tulsa's Probable Starters
2     F      Temira Poindexter, 6-1, Jr-2L, Sapulpa, Okla., 19.8 ppg, 5.2 rpg
5     G     Delanie Crawford, 5-11, Jr-2L, Piedmont, Okla., 18.5 ppg, 5.9 rpg
11   F      Caranda Perea, 6-2, Sr-TR, Altoona, Pa., 3.0 ppg, 2.1 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., 6.9 ppg, 2.7 rpg

North Texas' Probable Starters
2     G     Ereauna Hardaway, 5-8, So., Jonesboro, Ark., 3.0 ppg, 2.4 rpg
4     G     Jaaucklyn Moore, 5-8, Sr., Round Rock, Texas, 10.2 ppg, 3.2 rpg
10   F      DesiRay Kernal, 6-0, Gr., Newton, Kan., 16.3 ppg, 7.9 rpg
20   G     Shamaryah Duncan, 5-11, Sr., Waco, Texas, 6.0 ppg, 2.9 rpg
24   F      Tommisha Lampkin, 6-2, Sr., Mansfield, Texas, 14.7 ppg, 7.2 rpg

Facing North Texas
•      This is the 10^th meeting in the series.
•      Tulsa leads the series 8-1 as the Hurricane won the first seven meetings and the last meeting as well.
•      The last meeting came in the 2022 WNIT First Round when the Hurricane claimed a 75-62 victory.
•      Tulsa is 3-0 at home, 4-1 in Denton and 1-0 at a neutral site.

6-3 in AAC Play
•     Tulsa has a 6-3 American Athletic Conference record and sits in a second-place tie with Rice and Temple, sitting one game behind the 7-2 North Texas Mean Green and UAB Blazers.
•     The Hurricane opened the AAC season two straight wins, before falling twice to even the league record at 2-2.
•        Tulsa won four straight AAC games with wins at FAU and Charlotte and home wins against Wichita State and Rice, before losing at ECU on Thursday.

A Closer Look into Tulsa's 6-3 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 three losses, Tulsa has shot just 31.8-percent (49-154) from the field and 19.4 from 3-point range (13-67). The Hurricane had a season-low .280 field goal percentage against Temple and had its third sub-20% 3-point shooting night of the year at East Carolina.

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 50-30 record in her three years at Tulsa.
•     No previous Tulsa coach had reached 50 wins in their first three seasons … only three otherTulsa head coaches won more than 50 games in their careers.

The Junior Duo
•     Temira Poindexter and Delanie Crawford have made one formidable tandem for Tulsa.
•      The duo has combined to average 38.3 points for 55-percent of Tulsa's total points.
•      They have combined for 22 20+ scoring games this season.
•      The tandem is totaling 53-percent of Tulsa's field goals made, 61-percent of the team's treys and 59-percent from the free throw line.
•      The have also combined for 28-percent of Tulsa's rebounds and 35-percent of Tulsa's assists.
•      The pair ranked first and third in the American Athletic Conference for scoring – Poindexter (19.8) ranks first and Crawford (18.5) is third.
•      As juniors, they are each ranked among the school's top-20 for scoring – Poindexter is eighth and Crawford 18^th.

Fastbreak Points
•    Tulsa is 12-2 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
      80 games, including – nine in 2021-22, 15 in 2022-23 and six this year.
•    With a 50-30 coaching record, Angie Nelp has won the most games of any Tulsa coach in their first three seasons.

Career 3-Point Shooters
•     Delanie Crawford and Temira Poindexter have combined for 290 career three-pointers made.
•     The duo has made 109 three-pointers this season.
•     In their careers, Crawford has made 146 to rank eighth on the school's all-time list, while Poindexter's 144 ranks ninth.

Among the League Leaders
•       Temira Poindexter and Delanie Crawford are first and third, respectively, in the American Athletic Conference for scoring with 19.8 and 18.5 averages.
•       With 12 20+ scoring games, Poindexter leads the AAC in that category, while Crawford's 10 20+ scoring games is second in the league.
•       Hadley Periman's four 10+ rebounding games ties for seventh-most in the AAC for games with 10+ rebounds.
•       Crawford's three double-doubles is tied for the sixth-most in the AAC.
•       Crawford is ranked second in the league for free throw percentage (.830), second for 3-point field goal percentage (.415) and seventh for field goal percentage (.456).
•       Poindexter is ranked fourth in the AAC for blocked shots (31).

Going for 20
•      Tulsa players have now combined for 23 games of scoring 20+ points this season.
•      Temira Poindexter has 12 20+ scoring games, Delanie Crawford 10 and Ahrray Young one. Poindexter and Crawford have combined for 22 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 27 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 (1,262) in eighth place, blocks (126) for fifth place, field goals made (463) for fifth place and 3-point field goals made (144) for ninth place.
•       Poindexter averages 15.8 points in 80 career games.
•       Poindexter needs 39 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 one more block to tie for fourth place, 130 field goals shy of fourth place and nine three-pointers shy of seventh place.

More on Poindexter
•    Temira Poindexter has now scored in double-digits in all 22 games this year and for the 67^th time in 80 career games.
•    She has scored in double digits in her last 26 games dating back to last season.
•    Poindexter has 12 games with 20+ points this season and 27 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 10 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, 11 at FAU and 11 at East Carolina.
•    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 18.5 points per game to rank second on the roster and third in the American Athletic Conference, but the junior has done it efficiently.
•       Crawford has a .456 field goal percentage, .415 from three-point range and .830 from the charity stripe.
•       In nine AAC games, Crawford has a team-high 19.9 scoring average, while shooting .425 from the field, .423 from behind the arc and .872 from the free throw line.
•       Overall, Crawford is also second on the team for rebounds (130) for a 5.9 average and leads Tulsa in assists with 54 for a 2.5 average.
•       Crawford has 20 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 936 career points in 79 career games, needing 64 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 18^th on the school's all-time scoring chart, needing one more point to tie Mariah Turner (937 pts, 2011-15) for 17^th place and 39 points to tie Candie Brewer (2000-04) for 16^th place.
•       Crawford is eighth on the school's career 3-point field goals made list with 146, just two more than teammate Temira Poindexter.

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Players Mentioned

Mady Cartwright

Delanie Crawford

Caranda Perea

Hadley Periman

Temira Poindexter

Ahrray Young