Golden Hurricane Women Welcome Mississippi Valley State on Thursday

Thursday, December 4

Tulsa, Okla.

6:30 p.m.

Tulsa

Mississippi Valley State

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Golden Hurricane Women Welcome Mississippi Valley State on Thursday

12/3/2025 8:30:00 AM | Women's Basketball

Game 08:
Tulsa (5-2) vs. Mississippi Valley State (1-4)
6:30 p.m. CT - Thursday, December 4, 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
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THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State '02), 5^th year
Career Record: 81-51
School Record: Same

Mississippi Valley State: Jason James, 1^st year
Career Record: 1-4
School Record: Same

Tulsa's Probable Starters
4          G         Abby Jegede, 5-10, RJr-TR, Toronto, Ontario, 11.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 1.1 apg
5          G         Alisha Peavy, 6-2, Fr-HS, San Antonio, Texas, 4.7 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 1.6 spg
17        F          Hannah Riddick, 6-1, RSr-TR, Calgary, Alberta, 14.4 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 2.2 apg
22        G         Mady Cartwright, 5-10, Jr-2L, Greenwood, Ark., 17.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.9 apg
33        G         Dora Toman, 6-0, Fr-HS, Budapest, Hungary, 7.0 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 3.1 apg

Mississippi Valley State's Probable Starters
3          G         Kylah McCullers, 5-7, Jr, Madison, Wisc., 7.8 ppg, 1.2 apg
5          G         Jaeda Murphy, 5-3, So, Chicago, Ill., 7.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 3.2 apg
7          G         Janiya Jones, 5-7, Sr, Olive Branch, Miss., 9.0 ppg, 2.4 rpg
12        C          Nairobi Lewis, 6-3, Gr, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, 4.4 ppg, 3.6 rpg
21        F          Ariel Jefferson, 5-9, Gr, Clarendon, Ark., 11.4 ppg, 5.8 rpg

Teddy Bear Toss and Ugly Christmas Sweater Giveaway

Tulsa's holiday game is this Thursday, December 4, against Mississippi Valley State at 6:30 p.m. in the Donald W. Reynolds Center.
Fans are encouraged to bring a new or gently used teddy bear or stuffed animal to toss onto the court at halftime. All donations will go to the Saint Francis Children's Hospital.
TU will also be giving away Tulsa-themed ugly Christmas sweaters.

Measuring up the Mississippi Valley State Devilettes

This will be the first-ever matchup between Tulsa and Mississippi Valley State.
The Devilettes are 1-4 entering Thursday's contest with their only win coming in a 72-68 decision at home over Lipscomb.
Ariel Jefferson leads MVSU with 11.4 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.
MVSU is under direction of 1st year head Coach Jason James.
Last year, the Golden Flashes went 21-12 overall and 12-6 in conference play, finishing in the MAC Semifinal.

Home Court Advantage

The Golden Hurricane have been deadly in the Donald W. Reynolds Center under fifth-year head coach Angie Nelp.
TU is 15-4 at home since the start of last season, 30-6 since 2023-24, 41-10 since 2022-23 and 49-15 since Nelp joined the program.
2025-26: Tulsa is perfect with a 4-0 home record so far.
2024-25: TU went 11-4 in the Reynolds Center, reaching the 10+ home win milestone for a third season in a row and fourth consecutive winning record.
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 during the WBIT.
2022-23: Tulsa went 11-4 and started the home slate 9-0.
2021-22: The Golden Hurricane enjoyed their first winning home record in three years at 8-5 under Nelp in her first season.
It's the first time since 2003-06 that TU has surpassed 10+ home wins in three consecutive seasons. Nelp is the only coach in program history to accomplish the feat.

Excelling at the Free Throw Line

Tulsa has done better than everybody in the American drawing fouls to get to the charity stripe and scoring at the line.
TU leads the league 18.43 free throws made and 25.14 free throw attempts per game, which also nationally ranks 10th and 12th, respectively.
Three TU players shoot .800 or better at the line, including Layla-J Cameron (1.000 (12/12)), Mady Cartwright (.897 (35-39)) and Abby Jegede (.800 (16-20).
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 Returns to the Court

Redshirt senior forward Hannah Riddick has dominated the court since returning to action, averaging 14.4 points and 8.8 rebounds in three games played.
Riddick, a former four-year letterwinner for Memphis, exited the 2024-25 season early last year with a season-ending leg injury on November 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.
Then, in her second game with TU, she had her best game ever with team-highs of 27 points and 18 boards -- both career-bests -- in the overtime Mayor's Cup win at Oral Roberts.
She had her second 20+ point game against Houston, finishing 9/15 from the field for 22 points.

Tulsa Freshmen Shine Through First Seven Games

Tulsa has cruised to five straight wins to start the year, thanks in part to significant contributions by three true freshmen, two of which have started every game.
Alisha Peavy (San Antonio, Texas) and Dora Toman (Budapest, Hungary) started in their first five collegiate contests for TU, with Peavy producing 4.7 points and 5.9 boards per game, while Toman (7.0 ppg/6.6 rpg/3.1 apg) has led Tulsa in assists, boards and blocks three times and points and steals once.
Haven Fisher, from Prior Lake, Minn., came off the bench twice to score 11 points against UNO and 14 points against Prairie View. She currently has 7.3 points per game off the bench in 17.2 minutes per contest.
Fisher even had a third-quarter buzzer-beater against Prairie View, helping TU win that game by 20 points (79-59).
Last Time Out: Tulsa Falls to Kent State and Houston at Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship in The Bahamas.
Tulsa dropped a pair of close games to Kent State (69-75) and Houston (61-66) at the Baha Mar Hoops Nassau tournament over Thanksgiving break.
The Golden Hurricane's comeback bid against the Golden Flashes came up short in the fourth quarter, trimming a 12-point deficit to just two at 63-61 with 2:45 left in the final stretch. Unfortunately, TU never gained control of the game as they dropped their first game of the year, six games into the season.
Mady Cartwright, however, had a career-high 28 points in the loss.
Two days later, TU fell in the consolation round to Houston. Tulsa's efforts in the paint yielded 40 points, but Houston's defense forced 23 turnovers, proving decisive in the contest.
Hannah Riddick led TU with 22 points and seven rebounds in the loss.

Nelp's Success

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 81-51 entering game No. 8 of her fifth season..
She needs 12 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 5-0 starts to a season.
Finally, Nelp is the only TU coach to have more than two consecutive winning seasons leading the Golden Hurricane.

Toman Named American Conference Freshman of the Week

After making an immediate impact in her first two collegiate games for the Golden Hurricane, Dora Toman has been selected as the first American Conference Freshman of the Week this season.
Toman finished week one as the league leader in blocks (5), blocks per game (2.5) and minutes per game (36.53).
She also led all conference freshmen in steals per game (2.5), total steals (5), assists per game (5.0) and total assists (10) through two games.
Toman also ended the week ranked second in rebounding among all conference freshmen behind Tulsa's Alisha Peavy, earning 9.0 boards per game.
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. Prior to that, she led Tulsa in the season-opening win against New Orleans with five assists and three blocks.

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.
Di Stefano (Italy), 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).

2025-26 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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