Tulsa Women's Basketball to Host New Orleans in Season Opener

Wednesday, November 5

Tulsa, Okla.

6:30 p.m.

Tulsa

New Orleans

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Tulsa Women's Basketball to Host New Orleans in Season Opener

11/4/2025 9:18:00 PM | Women's Basketball

GAME 01:
Tulsa (0-0) vs. New Orleans (0-1)
6:30 p.m. CT - Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Donald W. Reynolds Center (8,355) • Tulsa, Okla.

RADIO: 1300 AM/93.5 FM The Patriot
LIVE STATS: Tulsa StatBroadcast
TV: ESPN+
GAME NOTES: Tulsa
GAME NOTES: New Orleans
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THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State '02), 5^th year
Career Record: 76-49
School Record: Same

New Orleans: Trelanne Powell (Columbus State '04), 3^rd year
Career Record: 112-76
School Record: 16-44

Tulsa's Probable Starters
4          G         Abby Jegede, 5-10, RJr-TR, Toronto, Ontario
5          G         Alisha Peavy, 6-2, Fr-HS, San Antonio, Texas
15        G         Jade Clack, 6-1, Jr-1L, Buda, Texas
17        F          Hannah Riddick, 6-1, RSr-TR, Calgary, Alberta
22        G         Mady Cartwright, 5-10, Jr-2L, Greenwood, Ark.

Wichita State's Probable Starters
1          F          Shanihya Brown, 6-3, Sr, Miami, Fla., 11.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 2.0 apg
14        F          Chenai Mushore, 6-4, Sr, West Sussex, England, 2.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg
21        G         Aaliyah Ellis, 5-9, Gr, Cibolo, Texas, 4.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg
23        F          Trinity Bane,6-0, Jr, Pharr, Texas, 2.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg
33        G         Jayla Kimbrough, 5-9, RSr, Decatur, Ga., 3.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg

Tulsa in Season Openers

The Golden Hurricane women begin their 41st season on Wednesday against New Orleans.
TU is 16-24 all-time in season-opening games and 4-0 under fifth-year head coach Angie Nelp, who's led the Golden Hurricane to wins over Duquesne (77-62) in 2021, Alcorn State (82-33) in 2022 and Lindenwood (89-80) in 2023 and Arkansas-Pine Bluff (63-60) in 2024.
Tulsa has won its last five season openers and six of its last seven.

Facing the New Orleans Privateers

This will be the fifth all-time meeting between Tulsa and New Orleans and the first time Tulsa's played UNO in a season-opener.
TU leads the series 4-1 with wins in 1997, 2014 and 2023. Tulsa won the 2023 game 86-81 en route to a 25-win season.
New Orleans started their season on Monday at #22 Oklahoma State, losing 109-48 in Stillwater.
Last season, the Privateers went 5-24 overall and 5-15 in Southland Conference action, finishing with a 293 NET ranking out of 362 teams.
UNO has six newcomers on their team, including two Division I transfers, one NAIA transfer and three JUCO transfers.
Last time out, Shanihya Brown led all scorers with 11 points against the ranked Cowgirls. She averaged 2.7 points in 12.1 minutes off the bench in 27 games last year for the Privateers.

Nelp is Third-Winningest Coach in Program History

Head Coach Angie Nelp earned her 73rd win for the Golden Hurricane at UAB (2/22) in a 72-68 overtime comeback thriller, surpassing Charlene Thomas-Swinson's (2005-11) 72 wins for third on the all-time TU coach wins list.
Nelp won her 70th contest with the Hurricane in a 56-42 home win over Wichita State (2/1).
She is currently 76-49 after completing her fourth season.
No previous Tulsa coach had reached 70 wins in just their fourth season.
Only three other TU head coaches won more than 70 games in their careers.
Nelp needs 16 more to pass Kathy McConnell-Miller's (1999-05) 91 wins for second.
Nelp is the only coach in program history to earn 10+ home wins in three straight seasons.
Nelp is also the only coach to lead Tulsa to three postseasons.

Mady Cartwright Poised for Big Junior Season

Returning guard Mady Cartwright is expected to make a big leap in 2025-26 as the American Confernece head coaches have tabbed her a second team preseason all-conference player.
From Greenwood, Ark., Cartwright ended her sophomore season last year on a high note, scoring 10 or more points in the final seven games of the year to help push the Golden Hurricane to their third postseason in the last four seasons.
After starting in all 32 contests, Cartwright finished with averages of 10.5 points (336), 3.6 rebounds (116), 1.9 assists (61) and 1.5 steals (47) in 27.0 minutes per game.
Overall, Cartwright had 17 double-figure scoring games, including two 20+ point efforts, one double-figure rebounding contest and one double-double. She led Tulsa in steals for 10 games, assists in six contests, scoring on four occasions, and rebounds and blocks twice.

Teresa Seppala Nationally Recognized

Coming off a stellar junior season at Siena, senior Teresa Seppala was named to the 2025 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award Preseason Watch list. She is the second Golden Hurricane hooper to represent Tulsa on the watch list after Delanie Crawford made the list ahead of last season.
A guard from Tampere, Finland, Seppala appeared and started in 28 games last year for the Saints. She led the team with 16.7 points per game as well as 1.7 steals per outing, while averaging 6.2 rebounds per contest, marking the third consecutive year averaging that mark or better over the course of a season.
She set the Siena single-season free throw percentage record at 92.6% which ranked sixth nationally and scored in double-figures in 25 games, including nine with 20+ points and one over 30. She would end the year with two double-doubles.
As the first Finnish player to ever play for the Golden Hurricane, Seppala holds career averages of 13.7 points (1,189), 6.4 boards (558) and 1.7 assists (145) per game, while shooting 44.5% from the field, 37.8% from beyond the arc and 83.3% at the line in 74 starts spanning 87 total games played. She was a two-time MAAC First Team All-Conference choice, three-time MAAC player of the Week, a two-time MAAC All-Academic selection and made one appearance on the NCAA Lineup of the Week.

An International Take on Golden Hurricane Basketball

Tulsa's 2025-26 squad features seven international student-athletes on the 15-player roster.
No Angie Nelp team has ever had more than one player from outside the United States. She's also only had two international players in total before this season (Iceland's Elin Hrafnkelsdottir in 2021-22 and Spain's Queen Ikhiuwu in 2023-24).
This year, Layla-J Cameron (Gold Coast, Australia), Laura Di Stefano (Rome Italy), Abby Jegede (Toronto, Canada), Gina Nikola Pirjak (Jezera, Croatia), Hannah Riddick (Calgary, Alberta), Teresa Seppala (Tampere, Finland) and Dora Toman (Budapest, Hungary) are all set to don the Royal Blue and Old Gold for the first time this season.
Seppala (Finland), Pirjak (Croatia) and Toman (Hungary) are the first players from their respective countries to play for the Golden Hurricane women's basketball team.

On the Roster

TU returns one starter and three of 12 letterwinners from last year.
Mady Cartwright is the lone returning starter, while returning letterwinner Jade Clack and squad member Brynn Eshoo are back for their second seasons at TU.
The three returners accounted for 21.72% of TU's minutes (1,401/6,450) and 22.8% of its points (492/2,158) last year.
The Golden Hurricane coaching staff hit the transfer portal and secured seven transfer players over the offseason. They are Layla-J Cameron (Dodge City Community College), Laura Di Stefano (Salt Lake Community College), Shamaryah Duncan (North Texas), RyLee Grays (Virginia), Abby Jegede (Northeastern), Hannah Riddick (Memphis) and Teresa Seppala (Siena).
The five true freshman this year are Haven Fisher (Prior Lake, Minn.), Josie Megehee (Shawnee, Okla.), Gina Nikola Pirjak (Jezera, Croatia), Alisha Peavy (San Antonio, Texas) and Dora Toman (Budapest, Hungary).

2025 TICKETS
Single-game tickets are now on sale for $13 per ticket per game for ages 4 and older and can be purchased in advance at TulsaHurricane.com or at the entrance. Season tickets also start at just $77. Season ticket members will receive 1 (one) ALL-IN-1 pass that will be good for all 2025 TU Women's Basketball regular-season home games in the Donald W. Reynolds Center. No refunds for canceled games due to weather-related or any other cause. CLICK HERE to start the process of ordering tickets or call 918-631-4688.

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