Bulls look for their fourth straight win as they travel to Fifth Third Arena to face the Bearcats.
TAMPA (Dec. 21, 2020) – The University of South Florida women’s basketball team returns to the hardwood on Tuesday afternoon when it battles Cincinnati in Fifth Third Arena. Tip-off is slated for 2 p.m. and the game can be seen live on ESPN+.
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GAME SIX | TUE., DEC. 22 | 2 P.M. | CINCINNATI, OHIO | FIFTH THIRD ARENA
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
TV/Video: ESPN+ ($)
Matt Noonan (PxP), Betsy Ross (Analyst)
Audio: Bulls Unlimited (iHeartRadio/GoUSFBulls.com)
Darek Sharp (PxP), Brigid Merenda (Analyst)
Live Stats: GoUSFBulls.com/StatBroadcast
Series: USF leads series, 19-17
Twitter Updates: @USFWBB
No. 20/24 USF BULLS | 4-1, 1-0 AAC
Last Game: Dec. 19 vs. Houston (Postponed)
Next Game: Dec. 30 at Tulsa, 7 p.m. ET
Head Coach: Jose Fernandez
Alma Mater: FIU, 1994
Career Record: 377-273 (21st season)
at USF: Same
CINCINNATI BEARCATS | 1-4, 0-1 AAC
Last Game: Dec. 20 vs. East Carolina (L, 74-67)
Next Game: Dec. 30 at SMU, 2 p.m.
Head Coach: Michelle Clark-Heard
Alma Mater: Western Kentucky, 1990
Career Record: 225-105 (11th Season)
at Cincinnati: 47-25 (Third Season)
QUICK HITS
– No. 20/24 USF gets back to work when it faces Cincinnati on Tuesday in Fifth Third Arena … Tip-off is slated for 2 p.m. (ESPN+) … The Bulls’ previous game against Houston, on Dec. 19, was postponed due to COVID-19 issues within the Cougars’ program.
– USF jumped three spots in the Associated Press Top 25 poll on Monday, to No. 20, tied with Texas … The Bulls are No. 24 in last week’s USA Today/WBCA coaches poll (new coaches poll will be released on Dec. 22).
– USF’s last game was a hard-fought 65-58 win at Memphis in the AAC opener for both schools on Dec. 13 … Elisa Pinzan scored 19 points and led a total of four players in double figures, including Elena Tsineke (14), Sydni Harvey (12) and Beatriz Jordao (10).
– Elena Tsineke (10.6) and Sydni Harvey (10.0) have taken over as USF’s top two scoring leaders … The duo is part of a group of six players that are averaging seven points per game or more.
THE SERIES AGAINST THE BEARCATS
– Tuesday’s game marks the 37th meeting between USF and Cincinnati with the Bulls leading the all-time series, 19-17 … USF has won 12 of the last 15 games, and are 17-7 in the last 24 meetings against the Bearcats.
– The Bearcats leads the all-time series, 8-7, in games played at Cincinnati.
UP NEXT FOR USF
– Following Tuesday’s game at Cincinnati, the Bulls close out the calendar year at Tulsa on Dec. 30 (7 p.m., ESPN+).
– USF returns home to the Yuengling Center for back-to-back home games, beginning with East Carolina on Saturday, Jan. 2 at 4 p.m. (ESPN+) … The Bulls will close out the short two-game home stretch on Wednesday, Jan. 5 when they play host to Wichita State at 7 p.m. (ESPN+).
About USF Women’s Basketball
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USF notched its ninth consecutive 19-win season and was poised for its ninth straight postseason appearance in 2019-20 before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the end of the college basketball season. The Bulls celebrated two all-conference honorees in Elena Tsineke and Elisa Pinzan. Tsineke was named the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, in addition to The American All-Freshman Team and Third Team All-Conference; while Pinzan was named a Third Team All-Conference selection.
USF has made 15 postseason tournament appearances and had six NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez’s 20 seasons. The all-time winningest coach in program history, Fernandez has guided USF to nine 20-win seasons, two WNIT final four appearances, the 2009 WNIT championship and won more than 350 games.
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