Tampa, Fla. – Jan. 10, 2024 – South Florida women’s basketball (11-6, 4-0 AAC) closes out their two-game road trip against North Texas (11-5, 3-1 AAC) at the Super Pit in Denton, Texas on Saturday, Jan. 11. Tipoff is slated for 3 p.m. EST and the action will stream live on ESPN+.
SETTING THE STAGE
The Bulls are on the hunt for their seventh straight victory, and their fifth consecutive victory in league play. The Mean Green have won four of their last five games before falling at Tulane on Wednesday.
THE SOUTH FLORIDA-NORTH TEXAS SERIES
Saturday is the 3rd meeting between the two squads and the series is tied 1-1. The last clash was a 65-61 UNT win in Tampa, Fla. (Jan. 20, 2024).
BEST OF THE BULLS
The Bulls are led by graduate guard Sammie Puisis (15.8 ppg.). Puisis is ranked 4th in the nation with 55 total 3-pointers made and 6th in 3FG Made Per Game (3.24 3FGM). Junior forward Carla Brito holds a team-best 7.2 rebound average. (8th in the American). Graduate guard Mama Dembele is USF’s top assister with 5.1 apg. (87 total assists ranked 17th nationally). In the latest NCAA Nitty Gritties Report, South Florida is ranked 15th NET SOS and 57th in the NET.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Over the last four seasons, USF has gone 59-4 (.935) when scoring at least 65 points. That is tied for the seventh-best record in DI in such games over that time frame (since 2021-22). Romi Levy has recorded multiple steals off the bench in four consecutive games. The only USF player with a longer streak since 1999-00 (as far as we have for this) was Aiya Shepard in 1999-00. This year is the third time since 2020-21 that USF has started 4-0 in conference play. No other AAC team has done so more than once in that span. Sammie Puisis and Purdue Fort Wayne’s Lauren Ross are still the only two DI players with 50+ made threes and a free-throw percentage of at least 90.0%. Against Temple, Carla Brito became just the second USF player in the last 25 seasons to record at least 10 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and zero turnovers in a single game. (against Temple) The other to do so was Courtney Williams on November 25, 2015 against Butler.
TICKETS
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ABOUT SOUTH FLORIDA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
South Florida women’s basketball has made 18 postseason tournament appearances and had nine NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez’s 25 seasons. The all-time winningest coach in program history, Fernandez has guided the Bulls to 11 20-win seasons, two WNIT final four appearances, the 2008-09 WNIT championship, has won over 450 career games, and is the all-time wins leader in the American Athletic Conference.
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