Mununga records her 11th double-double of the season as the Bulls get their sixth win in their last eight games
Game Details
-/RV South Florida 54, Cincinnati 45
USF (18-7, 8-3 AAC), Cincinnati (10-14, 3-9 AAC)
Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
Tampa, Fla. | Yuengling Center
TAMPA (Feb. 16, 2022) — The University of South Florida women’s basketball team got 22 points and 15 rebounds from Bethy Mununga and 13 points from Elena Tsineke as the Bulls got back in the win column with a 54-45 victory over Cincinnati on Wednesday night in the Yuengling Center.
The win improves the Green and Gold to 18-7 overall and 8-3 in the American Athletic Conference, while the Bearcats fall to 10-14 on the year and 3-9 in The American.
With the score tied at 38-all at the end of three quarters, South Florida used a 14-1 fourth-quarter run to open up a tight affair and take an 11-point, 52-41 lead, on a layup by Elisa Pinzan with 2:29 left in the contest.
Cincinnati got the Bulls’ advantage down to seven points with just over 90 seconds left but that was as close as they got the rest of the night. South Florida shot 50 percent (5-for-10) from the field in the decisive fourth quarter en route to the win.
Maria Alvarez also chipped in with seven points while Sydni Harvey added six points.
Notable
- Wednesday’s starters for the Bulls were: G Elisa Pinzan, G Sydni Harvey, W Elena Tsineke, F Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu, and F Bethy Mununga … The Bulls are 9-3 with this lineup.
- South Florida’s win over Cincinnati improves its record in the all-time series to 23-17.
- With the win, the Bulls sweep the regular-season series with the Bearcats after defeating Cincinnati, 61-46, on Jan. 5 in the Queen City.
- Elena Tsineke’s 13 points against Cincinnati marks her 53rd career double-figure scoring game in her 72nd career game with the Bulls.
- Bethy Mununga recorded her 51st career double-figure rebounding game with her 15 rebounds against the Bearcats … In addition, her 22 points along with her 15 rebounds marks her 31st career double-double with the Bulls and her 11th of the season.
Up Next
Following its meeting with Cincinnati, South Florida will close out its three-game homestand on Feb. 22 against Wichita State at 7 p.m. (ESPN+) in the first of back-to-back games with the Shockers. The two programs will meet again on Feb. 24 at Wichita State (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET), before the Bulls head to Greenville, N.C. to butt heads with East Carolina on Feb. 27 at 1 p.m. (ESPN+).
South Florida closes out its regular season on March 2 at 7 p.m. against Houston.
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USF recorded its best season in program history during the 2020-21 campaign, all while navigating the unpredictable COVID-19 landscape. In doing so, the Bulls won their first-ever American Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament titles, and posted their highest ranking in the Associated Press Top25 poll – reaching as high as No. 12 – and made their ninth straight postseason appearance, and sixth NCAA appearance in the last 10 years.
USF has made 16 postseason tournament appearances and had seven NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez’s 21 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 nearly 400 career games. For his efforts on the sideline during the 2020-21 season, Fernandez was named a finalist for the WBCA and semifinalist for the Naismith National Coach of the Year Awards. He was also tabbed the 2021 American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.
The Bulls posted a 19-4 record and had five players, during the 2020-21 campaign, the Bulls had five players recognized by The American for impressive seasons, including Elisa Pinzan (Most Improved Player, All-Conference Second Team), Maria Alvarez (Co-Sixth Player of the Year), Bethy Mununga (All-Conference First Team), Elena Tsineke (All-Conference First Team), and Sydni Harvey (All-Conference Third Team).
In addition, Harvey was named the American Athletic Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player and to the All-Tournament Team, while Mununga and Tsineke were also All-Tournament selections.
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