The AAC regular-season champion Bulls and Knights to meet for the second time in three days.
TAMPA (March 3, 2021) – The No. 15-ranked University of South Florida women’s basketball team closes out the 2020-21 regular-season with the second of back-to-back games against UCF in the War On I-4 series. The Bulls will travel east on Interstate 4 to face the Knights on Thursday in Orlando. Tip-off in Addition Financial Arena is slated for 5 p.m. and can be seen nationally on ESPNU.
The Bulls (15-2, 13-1* American Athletic Conference) won their first conference regular-season title on Tuesday with their thrilling 65-62 win over the Knights in the Yuengling Center.
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* The American Athletic Conference declared a forfeit win for USF against Memphis for conference-standings purposes only as a result of the scheduled game from Jan. 17.
GAME 18 | THUR., MARCH 4 | 5 P.M. | ORLANDO, FLA. | ADDITION FINANCIAL ARENA | ESPNU
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
TV/Stream: ESPNU
Sam Gore (PxP), Christy Thomaskutty (Analyst)
Audio: Bulls Unlimited (iHeartRadio/GoUSFBulls.com)
Darek Sharp (PxP), Brigid Merenda (Analyst)
Live Stats: GoUSFBulls.com/StatBroadcast
Series: USF leads series, 29-13
Twitter Updates: @USFWBB
Tickets: (407) 823-1000
No. 15/14 USF BULLS | 15-2, 13-1* AAC
Last Game: March 2 vs. UCF (W, 65-62)
Next Game: March 9 at AAC Tournament, 3 p.m. ET
Head Coach: Jose Fernandez
Alma Mater: FIU, 1994
Career Record: 388-274 (21st season)
at USF: Same
UCF KNIGHTS | 13-3, 11-2 AAC
Last Game: March 2 at USF (L, 65-62)
Next Game: March 9 at AAC Tournament, 7 p.m. ET
Head Coach: Katie Abrahamson-Henderson
Alma Mater: Iowa, 1990
Career Record: 344-151 (15th season)
at UCF: 103-43 (Fifth season)
* The American Athletic Conference declared a forfeit win for USF against Memphis for conference-standings purposes only as a result of the scheduled game from Jan. 17. See page 8 for more details.
QUICK HITS
– No. 15/14 USF – the American Athletic Conference regular-season champs – closes out the regular season on Thursday when it travels east on Interstate 4 to face UCF in game two of the War On I-4 … Tip-off at Addition Financial Arena is at 5 p.m. (ESPNU).
– USF, who earned the No. 1 seed in the upcoming 2021 Air Force Reserve AAC Women’s Basketball Championship (March 8-11) look for their best 18-game start in program history (15-3, 2016-17).
– USF won its first conference regular-season title in program history with a thrilling 65-62 win over rival UCF on Tuesday … Elisa Pinzan scored a team-high 18 points while Elena Tsineke added 12 points and Bethy Mununga had 11 points and 13 rebounds.
– Elena Tsineke leads the Bulls in scoring, averaging 12.7 points per game … She is joined in double figures by Sydni Harvey (11.4) and Bethy Mununga (11.2) … Mununga leads in rebounding (12.6).
THE SERIES AGAINST THE KNIGHTS
– Thursday’s game marks the 43rd meeting between USF and UCF in the War on I-4, with the Bulls holding a 29-13 series lead, dating back to the inaugural meeting in January of 1973 … The series is tied 10-10 all-time in games played in Orlando.
– The Bulls have won 23 of the last 28 games over the Knights, however, snapped a four-game losing streak with their win over UCF on Tuesday.
UP NEXT FOR USF
– Following the regular season, the Bulls will head back to the Lone Star State for the 2021 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, March 8-11.
– By winning the AAC regular-season title, and earning the No. 1 seed in the upcoming conference tournament, USF will face the winner of the eight-nine game on March 9 at 3 p.m. ET in the tournament quarterfinals.
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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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