Tulsa Women Travel to Rice for Saturday Game

GAME 20:
TULSA (17-6, 7-3 AAC) vs. RICE (13-9, 7-4 AAC)
Saturday • Feb. 10, 2024 • 5:00 p.m. (CT)
Tudor Fieldhouse (5,208) • Houston, Texas

RADIO: 93.5 The Jet
LIVE STATS: Click Here
TV: ESPN+
GAME NOTES: Tulsa I Rice I American Athletic Conference

THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State '02), 3^rd year
Career Record: 51-30 (3 years)
School Record: same

Rice: Lindsay Edmonds (Appalachian State '05), 3^rd year
Career Record: 50-31 (3 years)
School Record: same

Tulsa's Probable Starters
1     G     Cam Mathews, 5-7, So-1L, Keller, Texas, 1.9 ppg, 2.2 rpg
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., 19.0 ppg, 5.9 rpg
21   F      Hadley Periman, 6-2, So-1L, Tuttle, Okla., 2.8 ppg, 6.9 rpg
22   G     Mady Cartwright, 5-10, Fr-HS, Greenwood, Ark., 6.8 ppg, 2.7 rpg

Rice's Probable Starters
5     G     Destiny Jackson, 5-9, 5^th, Mansfield, Texas, 11.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg
11   G     Dominique Ennis, 5-9, So., Fort Erie, Niagara Falls, Ontario, 12.9 ppg, 2.8 rpg
20   G     Hailey Adams, 6-1, Fr-RS, San Antonio, Texas, 4.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg
32   G     Trinity Gooden, 5-10, Jr., Midwest City, Okla., 3.3 ppg, 1.4 rpg
33   C      Fatou Samb, 6-4, Sr., Houston, Texas, 3.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg

Facing Rice
•      This is the 40^th meeting between Tulsa and Rice and the second this season.
•      Rice leads the overall series 25-14, while Tulsa has won three of the last four meetings.
•      Tulsa captured a 70-65 home win earlier this season on Jan. 24, as Delanie Crawford's 26 points led Tulsa.

7-3 in AAC Play & Tied for The Lead
•     Tulsa has a 7-3 American Athletic Conference record and sits in a three-way tie for first place with North Texas and UAB
•     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 then rebounding against first-place North Texas last Saturday.
•        The last time Tulsa had been in a share for first place at this point of the season came in 2005-06 when the Hurricane finished 26-6 and winners of Conference USA.

A Closer Look into Tulsa's 7-3 AAC Record
•        In Tulsa's seven AAC wins, the Hurricane has averaged 75.8 points (531), while holding the opposition to 64.5points (452) for a 11.3-win margin.
•        Tulsa is shooting 44.4% from the field (187-421), 40% from 3-point range (76-190) and 69.2% from the free throw line (81-117).
•     In the three losses, Tulsa has shot just 31.8% (49-154) from the field, 19.4% from 3-point range (13-67) and 59.6% from the free throw line.
•     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.

Tulsa Takes Down Co-Leader North Texas
•      Delanie Crawford scored a game-high 31 points in leading Tulsa to a 79-74 come-from-behind victory over North Texas on Feb. 4.
•      Tulsa took a 44-37 lead into halftime, but North Texas rebounded to outscore the
        Hurricane 16-8 in the third period for a 53-52 lead heading into the final 10 minutes.
•      UNT went on a 14-5 run for the first 4:57 minutes of the fourth quarter for a 67-57 lead with 5:03 remaining in the contest.
•      Katia Gallegos' driving layup began a 22-7 run over the final 4:36 that led Tulsa to the victory.

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 51-30 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.

The Junior Duo Making History
•     Temira Poindexter and Delanie Crawford have made one formidable tandem for Tulsa.
•      The duo has combined to average 38.8 points for 55-percent of Tulsa's total points.
•      They have become the first pair of Tulsa players in the same season with multiple 30+ scoring games in school history, with two each.
•      They are also the second pair to score 400+ points in the same season … the others were Jillian Robbins (573) and Megan Moody (417) in 2005-06.
•      Poindexter and Crawford have combined for 24 20+ scoring games this season.
•      The tandem is totaling 54-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 28.6-percent of Tulsa's rebounds and 35-percent of Tulsa's assists.
•      The pair ranks first and third in the American Athletic Conference for scoring – Poindexter (19.8) ranks first and Crawford (19.0) is third.

Fastbreak Points
•    Tulsa has reached 17 wins for the third straight year, all under Angie Nelp … the previous two seasons Tulsa finished the season with 17 wins.
•    Tulsa is 12-2 when leading after the first quarter and 13-2 when leading at halftime.
•    The Hurricane is 7-0 when two players reach 20 points in the same game, including 6-0 when the two players are Delanie Crawford and Temira Poindexter.
•    In Angie Nelp's three seasons, Tulsa has knocked down double-digit three-pointers in 31 of
      81 games, including – nine in 2021-22, 15 in 2022-23 and seven this year.
•    With a 51-30 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 298 career three-pointers
       made.
•     The duo has made 117 three-pointers this season.
•     In their careers, Crawford has made 150 to rank eighth on the school's all-time list, while
       Poindexter's 148 treys 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 19.0 averages.
•       With 13 20+ scoring games, Poindexter leads the AAC in that category, while Crawford's 11 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 (.414), second for 3-poitners made (2.83) and ninth for field goal percentage (.454).
•       Poindexter is ranked fourth in the AAC for blocked shots (31).

Going for 20
•      Tulsa players have now combined for 25 games of scoring 20+ points this season.
•      Temira Poindexter has 13 20+ scoring games, Delanie Crawford 11 and Ahrray Young one. Poindexter and Crawford have combined for 24 of those 20+ scoring performances this season, while Poindexter and Ahrray Young combined for one.
•      Poindexter and Crawford each has two 30+ scoring games this year.
•      Tulsa is 7-0 when two players reach the 20-point mark… Poindexter and Crawford have six games where they each score 20+ points in the same game, including against Lindenwood, New Orleans, Clemson, Florida, Rice and North Texas … Ahrray Young and Poindexter each had 20+ points vs. Tulane.
•       Poindexter has recorded 28 career games with 20+ points and Crawford has 12.
•       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 (1,282) in eighth place, blocks (126) for fifth place, field goals made (470) for fifth place and 3-point field goals made (148) for ninth place.
•       Poindexter averages 15.8 points in 81 career games.
•       Poindexter needs 19 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, 123 field goals shy of fourth place and five three-pointers shy of seventh place.

More on Poindexter
•    Temira Poindexter has now scored in double-digits in all 23 games this year and for the 68^th time in 81 career games.
•    She has scored in double digits in her last 27 games dating back to last season.
•    Poindexter has 13 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).

Crawford Nets Another 30 Points, Approaching 1,000
•       Delanie Crawford has been consistent for the Hurricane this season … she is not only scoring 19.0 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 .454 field goal percentage, .414 from three-point range and .830 from the charity stripe.
•       She had her second 30+ scoring night with 31 points against North Texas (2/4/24).
•       Crawford is just 33 points shy of reaching 1,000 career points with 967 points.
•       In 10 AAC games, Crawford has a team-high 21.0 scoring average, while shooting .425 from the field, .420 from behind the arc and .868 from the free throw line.
•       Overall, Crawford is also second on the team for rebounds (136) for a 5.9 average and leads Tulsa in assists with 61 for a 2.7 average.
•       Crawford has 21 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 17^th on the school's all-time scoring chart, needing three points to tie Candice Brewer (2000-04) for 16^th place.
•       Crawford is eighth on the school's career 3-point field goals made list with 150, just two more than teammate Temira Poindexter.

Katia Returns to the Lineup in a Big Way
•       Tulsa senior guard Katia Gallegos started the first 13 games before missing the next nine contests with an injury.
•       She returned against North Texas and in Tulsa's fourth quarter comeback victory Gallegos scored seven points and had one assist, one steal and one rebound while playing 7:27 in the period … all seven of her points came in the final 4:36 with Tulsa trailing by 10 points.
•       This year Gallegos has shown her ability to score.
•       A year ago, in her first with the Hurricane, Gallegos averaged just 2.3 points, while shooting 23% from the field and 10% from behind the arc.
•       Gallegos scored just 45 points in 20 games a year ago, while this year she has totaled 95 points for a 6.8 scoring average in 14 games.
•       She also averages 2.7 assists, 3.4 rebounds and is shooting 49% from the field.
•       Gallegos has four double-figure scoring games this year as compared to zero last season.
•       She scored her Tulsa career-high of 18 points twice this year, coming against Lindenwood and UAPB.

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Players Mentioned

Mady Cartwright

Delanie Crawford

Katia Gallegos

Cam Mathews

Hadley Periman

Temira Poindexter

Ahrray Young