Sunday, December 21
Gainesville, Fla.
1:45 p.m.

Tulsa

at

Florida

Abby Jegede
Photo by: Anais Moua

Tulsa Women to Finish Non-Conference Season at Florida

12/20/2025 9:28:00 AM | Women's Basketball

Game 12:
Tulsa (7-4) vs. Florida (11-2)
1:45 p.m. CT - Sunday, December 21, 2025
Exactech Arena at Stephen C. O'Connell Center (10,151) • Gainesville, Fla.
 
RADIO: 1300 AM/93.5 FM The Patriot
LIVE STATS: Tulsa StatBroadcast
TV: ESPN+
GAME NOTES: Tulsa
GAME NOTES: Florida
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THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State '02), 5th year
Career Record: 83-53
School Record: Same
 
Florida: Kelly Rae Finley (Colorado State '08), 5th year
Career Record: 86-62
School Record: Same
 
Tulsa's Probable Starters
4          G         Abby Jegede, 5-10, RJr-TR, Toronto, Ontario, 8.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.1 spg
15        G         Jade Clack, 6-2, Jr-1L, Buda, Texas, 8.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.7 apg
17        F          Hannah Riddick, 6-1, RSr-TR, Calgary, Alberta, 12.1 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.8 apg
22        G         Mady Cartwright, 5-10, Jr-2L, Greenwood, Ark., 16.1 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.3 apg
33        G         Dora Toman, 6-0, Fr-HS, Budapest, Hungary, 8.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 3.0 apg
 
Florida's Probable Starters
8          F          Me'Arah O'Neal, 6-4, So, Houston, Texas, 14.3 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 1.8 bpg
9          G         Alexia Dizeko, 5-11, Gr, Sion, Switzerland, 5.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.6 apg
13        G         Laila Reynolds, 6-1, Jr, PG County, Md., 12.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.5 apg
14        F          Caterina Piatti, 6-4, Fr, Scandiano, Italy, 5.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg
23        G         Liv McGill, 5.9, So, Minneapolis, Minn., 26.1 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 5.8 apg, 4.1 spg


 
The Series with Florida
  • This will be just the third time Tulsa and Florida have squared off on the court.
  • The series is tied 1-1 with TU winning the last matchup in Tulsa 72-64 in 2023.
  • Sunday will be the first time Tulsa's played the Gators in Gainesville. The first two games were in Tulsa.
  • After taking down Florida in the 2023-24 non-conference slate, the Golden Hurricane went on to become regular-season American champs and finished with a 25-10 overall record.
  • The last two matchups with Florida:
    • 12/02/1983.....Tulsa, Okla............L, 52-70
    • 12/10/2023.....Tulsa, Okla............W, 72-64
 
Scouting the Florida Gators
  • Florida is 11-2 to start the year. The Gators are one of 48 teams to have 10+ wins so far this season.
  • The Gators' Liv McGill is a force to be reckoned with on offense. The 5-9 guard from Minneapolis leads the SEC in scoring (26.1), total points (287) and total field goal attempts (231).
  • The Gators are currently No. 52 (12/19) in the NET rankings. All of their wins have come against Q4 teams, with their best NET win coming against No. 127 Florida State at home.
  • Last year, Florida went 19-18 and 5-11 in the SEC, finishing in the WBIT semifinals.
 
Mady Cartwright a Scoring Leader in the American
  • Junior guard Mady Cartwright is second in the American Conference in points per game (16.09) through nearly seven weeks of the 2025-26 season.
  • She's scored in double-figures in all but two games, had two 20+ point performances and peaked with a career-high 28 points against Kent State in the Bahamas tournament.
  • Cartwright has led Tulsa in scoring in five of Tulsa's 11 games.
  • She had a career night to open the season, earning 26 points, and career-highs of nine field goals made, six 3-pointers and 5 steals against New Orleans.
  • So far, Cartwright is shooting 43.1% from the field (53/123), 36.4% from deep (24/66) and 87.0% from the free throw line (47-54).
 
Toman is a Two-Time American Freshman of the Week
  • Tulsa's Dora Toman, a true freshman out of Budapest, Hungary, has two American Freshman of the Week awards, tying Tulane's Mecailin Marshall for the most in the league through six weeks.
  • After making an immediate impact in her first two collegiate games for the Golden Hurricane, Dora Toman was selected as the first American Conference Freshman of the Week this season (Nov. 10).
  • Toman finished week one as the league leader in blocks (5) and blocks per game (2.5), while leading all conference freshmen in steals per game (2.5), total steals (5), assists per game (5.0) and total assists (10) through two wins to start the year.
  • In the Golden Hurricane's 79-59 win over Prairie View A&M, Toman led TU with 14 boards, five assists, three steals and two blocks.
  • She picked up her second American Freshman of the Week (Dec. 8) after averaged 15.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 5.0 steals and 4.0 assists in two starts against Mississippi Valley State and Creighton.
  • She didn't turn the ball over once and totaled eight assists, finishing with an efficient 8.0 assist-to-turnover ratio.
  • Toman had the best game of her young career against MVSU. She led the Golden Hurricane in nearly every statistical category, finishing with 22 points, nine boards, seven steals and five assists to help Tulsa set the single-game scoring record with 101 points.
 
A Golden Offense Backed by a Multi-Talented Defense
  • After 11 games, the Golden Hurricane are third in the American with 72.55 points per game with a high of 101 points against Mississippi Valley State and a low of 58 points at RV/#22 Oklahoma State.
  • TU's defense has made their presence known in every game so far. Currently, the Golden Hurricane lead the conference in blocking (4.18) while ranking second in rebounding defense (32.36) and defensive rebounds per game (27.09).
  • Hannah Riddick and Dora Toman have powered the defense with a combined 13.4 boards per game, while Toman is sixth in the American with two steals per contest.
 
Excelling at the Free Throw Line
  • Tulsa has done better than everybody in the American at drawing fouls to get to the charity stripe and scoring at the line.
  • TU leads the league with 16.73 free throws made and 22.18 free throw attempts per game, which also nationally ranks 17th and 33rd, respectively.
  • Three TU players shoot .800 or better at the line, including Layla-J Cameron (.955 (21/22)), Mady Cartwright (.870 (47-54)) and Abby Jegede (.818 (18-22).
  • Hannah Riddick and Cartwright each have a double-figure free throw performance at the line this season, with Riddick making 13 against Oral Roberts and Cartwright draining 11 versus Kent State.
 
Riddick and Duncan Return to the Court
  • Redshirt senior forward Hannah Riddick has succeeded on the court since returning to action, averaging 12.1 points and 7.4 rebounds in nine games.
  • Riddick, a former four-year letterwinner for Memphis, exited the 2024-25 season early last year with a season-ending injury on Nov. 13, 2024, against Ball State.
  • After transferring to Tulsa over the offseason, she returned to the court for the Golden Hurricane exactly one year removed from her injury last season - on November 13, 2025, against Houston Christian.
  • In her return, Riddick came off the bench and scored 12 points in the 75-67 win over Houston Christian to give TU its third win of the season.
  • Since returning, Riddick has had two double-doubles, four double-figure scoring games, including two 20+ point contests, and three double-digit rebounding games.
  • Riddick's led TU in boards four times, blocks three times and scoring and assists twice.
  • Redshirt senior Shamaryah Duncan saw her first action as a Golden Hurricane against MVSU, earning six points and two boards in 11 minutes.
  • Her last game was on March 21, 2024, in the WBIT first round when she played for North Texas. A medical decision led to redshirting all of last season and the first seven games of this season.
  • Duncan is one of 49 DI players to be playing in their 6th year of college hoops.
 
Tulsa Freshmen Shine Through First 11 Games
  • Tulsa has put together seven wins in 11 games thanks in part to significant contributions by three true freshmen, one of whom has started in every game.
  • Dora Toman (Budapest, Hungary) has started every game for TU, while Alisha Peavy (San Antonio, Texas) has starts in 10 of 11 games so far.
  • Peavy is producing 4.4 points and 5.5 boards per game, while Toman (8.5 ppg/6.0 rpg/3.0 apg) has led Tulsa in assists and boards five times, steals four times, blocks three times and points twice.
  • Haven Fisher, from Prior Lake, Minn., has scored in double-figures three times so far and currently has 6.8 points in 17.9 minutes per game off the bench.
  • Fisher even had a third-quarter buzzer-beater against Prairie View, helping TU win that game by 20 points (79-59).
  • Nelp's Success in the 918
  • 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 is currently 83-53 entering game No. 11 of her fifth season.
  • She needs 9 more wins to pass Kathy McConnell-Miller (1999-05) for the  second-most wins in program history.
  • No previous Tulsa coach has ever reached 80 wins in just their fifth season.
  • Only two other TU head coaches won more than 80 games in their careers.
  • 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.
  • She is the only coach to lead Tulsa to multiple 6-0 starts to a season.
  • Finally, Nelp is the only TU coach to have more than two consecutive winning seasons leading the Golden Hurricane.
 
Last Time Out: Tulsa Defeats UAPB 67-43 on Education Day
  • Tulsa defeated Arkansas-Pine Bluff 67-43 Thursday morning in front of 4,165 fans at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for the Golden Hurricane's annual Education Day game.
  • It was the third-most attended Tulsa women's basketball game in school history as junior forward Rylee Grays scored the team's 67th point at the buzzer to the delight of the young audience in the stands.
  • TU took down the Golden Lions with a 44-29 rebounding advantage and 36 points in the paint.
  • Tulsa's defense forced 18 turnovers, contributing to their decisive victory under the home lights.
  • Junior guard Jade Clack had her best game in a Golden Hurricane uniform, scoring a career-high 16 points off 7-of-8 made field goals in just her second start for TU.
  • Junior guard Mady Cartwright also finished in double-digits with 14 points and led Tulsa with three assists and three steals, while freshman guard Dora Toman led the floor with nine rebounds.
 
2025-26 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 $75. 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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