TU Women Face Creighton on the Road

Sunday, December 7

Omaha, Neb.

1:00 p.m.

Tulsa

Creighton

Photo by: Anais Moua

TU Women Face Creighton on the Road

12/6/2025 7:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Game 09:
Tulsa (6-2) vs. Creighton (3-4)
1:00 p.m. CT - Sunday, December 7, 2025
DJ Sokol Arena (3,000) • Omaha, Neb.

RADIO: 1300 AM/93.5 FM The Patriot
LIVE STATS: Tulsa StatBroadcast
TV: ESPN+
GAME NOTES: Tulsa
GAME NOTES: Creighton
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THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State '02), 5^th year
Career Record: 82-51
School Record: Same

Creighton: Jim Flanery, 24^th year
Career Record: 456-279
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

Creighton's Probable Starters
2          G         Kennedy Townsend, 5-10, Sr, Kansas City, Mo., 10.9 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 3.3 apg
13        G         Allison Heathcock, 5-11, So, Edmond, Okla., 8.1 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.9 apg
24        G         Ava Zediker, 5-10, Fr, Des Moines, Iowa, 10.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 2.8 apg
35        C          Elizabeth Gentry, 6-3, So, Littleton, Colo., 7.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg
42        F          Grace Boffeli, 6-1, Gr, Eldridge, Iowa, 6.9 ppg, 8.7 rpg

The Series with Creighton

This will be the sixth meeting between Tulsa and Creighton.
Tulsa has the opportunity to get their first-ever win over Creighton as the Bluejays lead the series 5-0.
Last year, Creighton came to Tulsa and won 81-59. They were receiving votes in both national rankings at the time.
The last five matchups with Creighton:

            11/23/1984.....Omaha, Neb............L, 69-79
            02/04/1987.....Omaha, Neb............L, 48-85
            11/24/1999.....Tulsa, Okla..............L, 46-70
            11/25/2000.....Omaha, Neb............L, 47-82
            12/01/2024.....Tulsa, Okla..............L, 59-81

Scouting the Creighton Bluejays

Creighton is off to a 3-4 start to the year, with wins over Drake, Northern Arizona and St. John's.
The Bluejays are one spot behind the Golden Hurricane in the NET rankings at 126
Creighton has three players averaging over 10 points per game, with Ava Zediker leading the way with 11.6.
As a unit, Creighton leads a tough Big East Conference in free throw percentage (.800) and 3-point attempts per game (29.9).
Last year, the Bluejays went

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 with 17.63 free throws made and 24.00 free throw attempts per game, which also nationally ranks 13th and 19th, respectively.
Three TU players shoot .800 or better at the line, including Layla-J Cameron (.950 (19/20)), Mady Cartwright (.875 (35-40)) 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 and Duncan Return to the Court

Redshirt senior forward Hannah Riddick has succeeded on the court since returning to action, averaging 13.0 points and 8.2 rebounds in six 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.
Redshirt senior Shamaryah Duncan saw her first action as a Golden Hurricane against Mississippi Valley State, 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.

Tulsa Freshmen Shine Through First Eight Games

Tulsa has cruised to six wins in eight games 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 eight collegiate contests for TU, with Peavy producing 5.8 points and 5.8 boards per game, while Toman (8.9 ppg/6.9 rpg/3.4 apg) has led Tulsa in assists and boards four times, blocks three times and points and steals twice.
Haven Fisher, from Prior Lake, Minn., came off the bench twice to score in double-figures three times, most recently against Mississippi valley State with 13 points. She currently has 8.0 points per game off the bench in 18.3 minutes per contest.
Fisher even had a third-quarter buzzer-beater against Prairie View, helping TU win that game by 20 points (79-59).

Class of the Conference

Tulsa is leading the American Conference in multiple statistical categories.
For starters, junior guard Mady Cartwright leads the entire league in scoring with 17.00 points per game. The Greenwood, Ark., native has had double-figure scoring games in all but one contest and two 20+ point showings with a peak of 28 points against Kent State.
As a unit, Tulsa leads the American in scoring offense (76.6), field goal percentage (.431), free throws made (17.63), free throw attempts (24.00), defensive rebounding (28.00), rebounding margin (+9.0), blocking (4.60) per game as well as winning percentage (.750).

Last Time Out: Tulsa Sets Scoring Record En Route to 101-53 Win Over MVSU

Tulsa set a new single-game scoring record of 101 points, defeating Mississippi Valley State 101-53 in the Reynolds Center securing the 48-point win with a 54-25 rebounding advantage.
The 6-2 Golden Hurricane capitalized on turnovers, scoring 34 points off MVSU's mistakes.
The previous point record of 100 points in a 100-93 win by Tulsa against East Carolina (Jan. 31, 2017) stood for over seven years.
The record fell thanks in part to double-figure scoring performances from five different players, including a team-leading and career-high 22 points by freshman guard Dora Toman. She also led TU in nearly every category in the box score with nine rebounds and career-highs seven steals and five assists.

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 82-51 entering game No. 9 of her fifth season.
She needs 10 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 in Week 1

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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