Women's Hoops Ready for Home Rematch with North Texas

GAME 25:
Tulsa (12-12, 6-6 AAC) vs. North Texas (18-7, 10-3 AAC)
2:00 p.m. CT - Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025
Donald W. Reynolds Center (8,355) • Tulsa, Okla.

RADIO: 1300 AM/93.5 FM The Patriot
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GAME NOTES: Tulsa
GAME NOTES: North Texas
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THE COACHES:
Tulsa: Angie Nelp (Colorado State '02), 4^th year
Career Record: 71-46
School Record: Same

North Texas: Jason Burton (Austin '07), 2^nd year
Career Record: 212-106
School Record: 41-16

Tulsa's Probable Starters
2          G         Kristol Ayson, 5-8, Sr-TR, Tacoma, Wash., 6.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 2.4 apg
5          G         Delanie Crawford, 5-11, Sr-3L, Piedmont, Okla., 17.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg
7          G         Paige Bradley, 5-10, RJr-TR, Dallas, Texas, 8.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.8 apg
21        G/F      Hadley Periman, 6-2, Jr-2L, Tuttle, Okla., 8.3 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 2.1 apg
22        G         Mady Cartwright, 5-10, So-1L, Greenwood, Ark., 9.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg

North Texas' Probable Starters
2          G         Ereauna Hardaway, 5-8, Jr, Jonesboro, Ark., 10.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg. 3.0 apg
3          G         Desiree Wooten, 5-8, So, Dallas, Texas, 11.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.6 apg
4          G         Jaaucklyn Moore, 5-8, Sr, Round Rock, Texas, 9.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg
24        F          Tommisha Lampkin, 6-2, Sr, Mansfield, Texas, 16.2 ppg, 9.6 rpg
35        F          Aniyah Johnson, 6-2, Sr, Killeen, Texas, 4.7 ppg, 5.8 rpg

The Series with North Texas

Saturday's matchup in Tulsa will be the 12th meeting between Tulsa and North Texas.
Despite dropping the previous game 84-78 earlier this season on New Year's Day, Tulsa remains in control of the series at 9-2. Delanie Crawford and Elise Hill each had 22 points that day.
The Golden Hurricane won the first seven games of the series and won last year's home game in a 79-74 decision.
TU is 4-0 when hosting the Mean Green.
The past five matchups with North Texas:

            01/01/2025.....Denton, Texas..........L, 78-84
            02/04/2024.....Tulsa, Okla..............W, 79-74
            03/17/2022.....Denton, Texas.........W, 75-62
            12/02/2017.....Denton, Texas..........L, 43-66
            12/03/2016.....Tulsa, Okla..............W, 63-58

Are the Green Still Mean?

North Texas is in third place in American Athletic Conference standings with a 10-3 league record to go with an 18-7 overall mark.
UNT won its last two games, including a 40-point win over Memphis and a 69-64 victory over Tulane.
The Mean Green's losses came in close contests, including against Tulane (62-65), South Florida (58-65) and UTSA (52-54).
North Texas was picked to finish second in the league in the AAC Coaches Preseason poll.
Entering Saturday's contest, North Texas leads the conference in free throw attempts per game (16.54), free throws made per game (14.80) and scoring offense (69.9).
Tommisha Lampkin, a Preseason AAC Player of the Year, has been lights out for the Mean Green, ranking first for double-doubles (12), field goal percentage (.556), free throw attempts (100), rebounds (176) and boards per game (9.6). She averages 16.2 ppg, 9.6 rpg and 1.0 spg.

Home Court Advantage

The Hurricane has been deadly in the Donald W. Reynolds Center under fourth-year head coach Angie Nelp.
TU is 24-5 at home since the start of last season, 35-9 since 2022-23 and 43-14 since Nelp joined the program.
2024-25: TU is 9-3 at home so far this season.
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 in the WBIT.
2022-23: Tulsa went 11-4 and started the home slate 9-0.
2021-22: The Hurricane enjoyed its first winning home record in three years at 8-5 under Nelp in her first season.

Dynamic Crawford Can Do It All

All-American senior guard Delanie Crawford continues to be a scoring leader in the AAC with her 17.25 points-per-game mark, the second-best effort in the league.
The multi-level scorer has earned double-digit points in all but three games, peaking with 36 against East Carolina (12/29) in the conference opener, the most scored by an AAC player in a game this year.
She enjoyed her 24th career 20+ scoring game with 24 points at East Carolina.
This season, Crawford is averaging 6.1 FG, 2.8 3PT and 2.3 FT per game.
She's shooting .391 from the field (147-376), .344 in threes (66-192) and .871 at the charity stripe (54-62) - currently the 11th-best single-season average in team history.
Crawford is also first in the AAC for field goal attempts (376) and 3-point attempts (192), second for total points (414), points per game (17.3) total treys (66), third for field goals (147) and threes per game (2.75).
Her 192 total 3-point attempts are the fourth-most in Division I.
She has also been one of Tulsa's most prominent rebounders and assisters. Crawford is second on the team with 126 total rebounds, ranking only behind teammate Hadley Periman (8.4 rpg) with a 5.3 average per game.
Crawford also has the second-most assists on the team with 52 (2.2 apg).
She earned her first AAC Weekly Honorable Mention nod this season after earning a double-double with 25 points and 13 rebounds vs. Chicago State. She picked up her second one after averaging 21.5 points across the two West Palm Beach Classic games (Montana and Tennessee), including tying her then-season-high of 26 points in the win over Montana (12/20).
Crawford dropped 36 points on East Carolina (12/29) on a 14-20 clip from the field, 3-7 from three and 5-5 at the line, earning her second career AAC Player of the Week award and first of the season.
Crawford's led Tulsa in scoring 15 times this season and paced the Hurricane in steals seven times, rebounds and assists six times.

Periman Scores, Boards and Blocks

Junior guard/forward Hadley Periman's game has grown tremendously, averaging 3.0 ppg/7.2 rpg/1.6 apg a year ago to 8.3 ppg/8.4 rpg/2.1 apg today.
Despite missing three nonconference games with injury, Periman is still the Hurricane's top rebounder with 176 boards, the league's seventh-highest total to go with the fifth-best average (8.4) this season.
She has 563 career rebounds with a career rate of 6.55 per game, marking the eighth-best average among all active players in the AAC.
Only two players in the league - ECU's Amiya Joyner (822) and South Florida's Carla Brito (597) have more career boards than Periman.
Periman also blocks the ball better than everyone in the conference this season with a league-highs of 39 rejections at 1.86 per contest.
She ranks sixth in TU history with 120 career rejections.
Her 17 rebounds against FAU (1/15) is tied for the third-most in a game by an AAC player so far this season.
Periman has led TU in rebounding 14 times, all in the last 17 games. She's also led the Hurricane in blocking in 18 games this season.
She has six double-doubles this season, including a 12-point, 11 board game last week at Charlotte (2/5).
Tulsa is 5-1 when Periman records a double-double.
Six double-doubles ties for the fifth-most among all AAC players this season.
Periman came within two assists shy of a triple-double against Charlotte (1/8), finishing with 16 points, 15 boards, eight assists, three assists and two blocks, leading TU in the latter four categories.
She needs one more double-double to enter the Hurricane's top-10 single season double-double chart.

Tidbits on the TCU Transfer Paige Bradley

Redshirt junior Paige Bradley, an offseason transfer from TCU, has made an immediate impact for the Hurricane with 19 starts in 20 games played.
She came to Tulsa with only three double-digit scoring games in her career. She has seven this season.
Bradley is fourth on TU for rebounds (89) and third for boards per contest (4.5).
Bradley averages 8.1 points, the Hurricane's fifth-best mark.
Bradley had her first double-figure scoring game for Tulsa against Marshall (11/23) in the WBCA Showcase. She also brought down a career-high 10 rebounds, helping her achieve her first career double-double.
The Hurricane is 7-4 when Bradley records three or more field goals.
Bradley took home her first career AAC Weekly Honorable Mention after averaging 16.0 points and 8.0 boards in wins over San Jose State (12/10) and Kansas City (12/15).
She missed four conference games for TU for a medical decision and returned to action last week against Charlotte (2/5).
Bradley hit a perfect 4-for-4 clip from 3-point land against ECU (2/8) for Tulsa's fourth-ever perfect 3-point shooting game with a minimum of four attempts.

Rolling Hill Continues to Succeed on the Floor

Sophomore guard Elise Hill has scored in double-figures in 13 of 22 games played this season and in 15 of her last 25 games for the Hurricane dating back to the end of her freshman season last year.
She has scored 10 points once this year, 12 points on four occasions, 13 points against Marshall (11/23), 14 against Memphis (1/25), 15 against the league's toughest defense in UTSA (1/4), 16 against FAU (1/15), 18 against Grambling (12/5), 20 at home against Wichita State (2/1) and a career-best 22 at North Texas (1/1).
Hill called her own number in the waning seconds of the season-opener against UAPB, sinking the game-winning 3-pointer with less than a second to go to seal the 63-60 win.
She went 8-of-14 with six treys for 22 points vs. UNT. It was the seventh-most threes in a game by a TU player.
Hill had another strong 3-point game against Wichita State (2/1), going 5-13 from deep.
She has also recorded 5+ assists four times this year.
Hill also thrives on defense, using her quickness and speed to steal the ball 31 times this season.
Hill stole the ball from ECU (12/29) eight times for Tulsa's second-highest effort in team history, spanning both nonconference and conference play.
She grabbed her first career AAC Weekly Honorable Mention award after she scored a team-leading 18 points with five assists and six rebounds in the win over Grambling (12/5).
Hill has led Tulsa in steals seven times and points and assists six times.
She's missed the last two games for Tulsa on a medical decision.

Nelp Surpasses 70 Career Wins

Head Coach Angie Nelp won her 70th contest with the Hurricane in a 56-42 home win over Wichita State (2/1).
She is currently 71-46 after 24 games in her fourth season.
No previous Tulsa coach had reached 70 wins in just their fourth season.
Only three other Tulsa head coaches won more than 70 games in their careers.
Nelp needs two wins to pass Charlene Thomas-Swinson's (2005-11) 72 wins for third on the all-time TU coach wins list.

Cartwright the Swiss Army Knife

Mady Cartwright, a sophomore guard, shines on both offense and defense for the Hurricane.
She is one of two players to start every game this season (Crawford).
Cartwright is fifth in the American Athletic Conference with a .730 free throw percentage (73-100).
Cartwright shot a perfect 8-8 game at the line against Marshall (11/23) for TU's 14th all-time perfect free throw game of over eight attempts.
She has reached double-digit scoring in 10 games this season.
On offense, Cartwright leads the team for free throws (73) and free throw attempts (100) and ranks third for points (218) and scoring average (9.1).
On the defensive end, Cartwright is third on the team for steals (32) and total boards (98) and fourth for rebounds per game (4.1).
Cartwright had her first career double-double against San Jose State (12/10) with 12 points and 10 rebounds against the Spartans.
She had her first 20+ point game against Charlotte (1/8) with 21 points.
Tulsa is 6-3 this season when Cartwright steals the ball two or more times in a game and 7-3 when assisting on three or more field goals.

Ayson Adds Speed and Versatility

Kristol Ayson, a senior transfer from Jacksonville State and Arizona Western, has played in all 24 games with two starts in the last two games.
She leads the Hurricane in assists with 57 (2.4 apg).
Ayson has hit three or more assists in 13 games, with a season-best of five assists against San Jose State (12/10).
Tulsa is 8-5 when she records three or more assists in a game.
She had a 13-point game against Oral Roberts, 14 points against Rice (1/25) and a season-high 15 points in her first start for the Hurricane against Charlotte (2/5).
Ayson's scored in double-figures in three of the last four games.
She's second on TU with 35 steals at 1.5 per contest.
Ayson has led TU in assists and steals six times and points twice this year.
She came to Tulsa after leading Jax State with 8.1 points, 1.7 assists and 1.1 steals per game while securing 3.7 rebounds in 26.1 minutes per contest.
At Arizona Western, a junior college, Ayson recorded three double-doubles and 34 double-digits scoring games across two seasons. She was an NJCAA All-American Honorable Mention as a sophomore.

We Share Because We Care

Tulsa has been a top three assisting team in the AAC for the past month (1/14).
Currently the Hurricane is third for assists per game at 14.54 with no single player averaging more than 2.4 per contest.
TU has assisted 349 of 582 field goals this season at a rate of 60%.
As a team, Tulsa has five games with 20+ assists and nine games with 18+ assists.
The Hurricane's 25 assists against Kansas City (12/15) is the most by an AAC team in a single game.
Tulsa is 4-1 when recording 20 or more assists.

Hurricane Defense is Surging

Over the past seven games, the Tulsa defense has stood as The American's second-highest scoring defense.
TU has held opponents to a 59.57 scoring average over that span, including holding the then-top scoring offense in Memphis (70.8 ppg) to just 57 points.
Last week, Tulsa held Charlotte (2/5) to just 53 points. Before that, the Hurricane held Wichita State to 42 points, a season-low by a TU opponent.
In two of three losses over the last seven games, Tulsa's defense still managed to keep Rice and UTSA under 65 points.

Home, Road, Neutral

Tulsa has played 24 games with 12 at home, eight on the road and four neutral site games … here's a look at the comparative stats:

Site                  FG                                3Pts                 FT                    REB                  Pts
Home (12)       .403 (303-751)             .299 (90-301) .681 (145-213) 41.3 (496)       70.1 (841)
Road (8)          .401 (192-479)             .381 (77-202) .627 (69-110) 35.8 (286)       66.3 (530)
Neutral (4)      .360 (87-242)             .243 (27-111) .703 (52-74)    34.5 (138)       63.3 (253)
Totals (24)       .395 (582-1472)          .316 (194-614) .670 (266-397) 38.3 (920)       67.7 (1624)
Opp. Totals     .380 (568-1493)          .320 (148-463) .671 (294-438) 40.8 (979)       65.8 (1578)

Fun Facts About Player Names

Tulsa is one of two teams in the country (Sacramento State) to have four players with a last name that starts with the letter "A": Tobi Ademuwagon, Brooklyn Alexander, Kennedi Alexander and Kristol Ayson.
TU is also the only team in the country with over half the roster having last names starting in the letter A-C range. This list includes Tobi Ademuwagon, Brooklyn Alexander, Kennedi Alexander, Kristol Ayson, Paige Bradley, Mady Cartwright, Jade Clack and Delanie Crawford.

Players Moving up TU Single Season Charts

Senior Delanie Crawford's 17.3 points per game is currently 10th on Tulsa's single season points-per-game list.
Crawford's 66 3-pointers is currently eighth. She holds the current record at 99, which she set last season.
Crawford's .871 season free throw percentage currently rests at No. 11.
Junior Hadley Periman has six double-doubles this season and needs one more to tie Ashley Clark (2012-16) for the 10th-most double-doubles in a season. Clark had seven in 2014-15.

Crawford and Periman Climbing the Career Charts

Delanie Crawford through 116 career games in four seasons with the Hurricane stars in multiple top 10 career charts in program history.
She ranks first in three-pointers made with 250, passing Kelsee Grovey's (2012-16) record 233 made threes against UTSA (1/22)
Crawford ranks third in career points (1,609), needing 134 to pass Taleya Mayberry's (2009-13) 1,742 points for second on the all-time TU points chart.
Crawford is also sixth in field goals made with 553, just 16 shy of Temira Poindexter's (2021-24) 569 made baskets.
Crawford is also ninth in free throw percentage (.814) and free throws made (253).
Finally, Crawford is ninth all-time in assists with 292. She needs 30 more to pass Alexis Gaulden's (2016-20) 321 assists for eighth.
Junior Hadley Periman has played 86 games for Tulsa. She ranks sixth in TU history with 120 blocks, tying Megan Moody (2002-06).

Going for 20

Tulsa players have combined for 12 20+ point scoring efforts this year.
Delanie Crawford currently has eight under her belt with Elise Hill owning two and Mady Cartwright and Hadley Periman each having one.
Tulsa is 7-4 when a player scores over 20 points.
There's been one game where two players scored over 20 in the same game: North Texas (1/1) with Delanie Crawford and Elise Hill each scoring 22.
Crawford has recorded 24 20+ scoring games while Hill has reached the mark twice and Cartwright and Periman each have one so far in their careers.

Going for 30

Tulsa has had a 30+ scorer once this season.
Delanie Crawford collected a career-high 36 points against ECU (12/29) off 14-20 FG, 3-7 3PT and 5-5 FT. It was her fourth career 30+ scoring game.
36 points was the third-most scored in a game by a TU player. No other AAC player has scored more in a game this season

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