Enna Pehadzic scores 16 points, Bethy Mununga has career-high 14 points and 11 rebounds in the win.
Game Details
25/RV USF 82, Howard 53
USF (3-0), Howard (1-2)
Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 | 7 p.m.
Tampa, Fla. | Yuengling Center
TAMPA (Nov. 12, 2019) – The University of South Florida women’s basketball team got 16 points from Enna Pehadzic (Horsens, Denmark) and a career high 14 points, along with 11 rebounds, from Bethy Mununga (Zellik, Belgium) as the Bulls dominated Howard University, 82-53, at the Yuengling Center on Tuesday night. The win improves USF to 3-0 on the year while the Bison drop to 1-2.
Joining Pehadzic and Mununga with double figures in the scoring column was Kristyna Brabencova (Brno, Czech Republic) with a career high 11 points and Maria Alvarez (Bal Harbour, Fla.) equaling her career best with 11.
In addition, the Bulls got 33 points from their bench, in the win, as nine of the 10 players that saw the court found their way into the scoring column.
USF, No. 25 in the most recent Associated Press Top 25 poll, led by just six at the end of the first quarter, however blew the game open with a 23-8 second quarter to take a 43-22 lead into the locker room at the break. Included in the second quarter was a 12-0 run that extended the USF lead from four points, 22-18 with just over eight minutes left in the half, to 16, 34-18, with 5:19 remaining before the break. The Bulls would not look back the rest of the way.
The Green and Gold extended its lead to as many as 31 points in the second half, equaling their season high.
USF shot 41.4 percent (29-for-70) from the field on the night, including an impressive 58.3 percent (7-for-12) in the fourth quarter, while holding Howard to just 28.8 percent (17-for-59) from the field.
Score By Quarters
1 2 3 4 F
USF 20 23 21 18 82
Texas 14 8 15 16 53
Key Stats
12-0 – Leading by just four in the second half, the Bulls put together a 12-0 run that extended their lead to 16 and putting the game out of reach for the Bison.
33 – USF got balanced scoring on the night with nine of the 10 players that played getting into the scoring column, however the Bulls received a big boost from their bench with 33 points.
38 – The Bulls controlled the inside game outscoring the Bison in the paint, 38-20.
21 – USF forced Howard into 21 turnovers on the night, the most by a Bulls’ opponent this season, which led to 13 points off the miscues.
Notable
- Tuesday night was the first meeting between Howard and USF.
- The Bulls begin the season 3-0 for the fourth straight year.
- The Bulls played their first game in the Top 25 since the Nov. 20, 2018 Associated Press (AP) and USA Today/WBCA Coaches polls when they were slotted at No. 17 in both … USF returned to the Top 25 this week, at No. 25, after defeating No. 15/15 Texas last week, 64-57 … The Green and Gold received nine points in the AP and five the Coaches poll.
Up Next
The Bulls will close out their four-game homestand on Friday with an 11 a.m. elementary school “field trip” matinee against VCU … USF then hits the road for the first time during the 2019-20 season when it travels to the Lone Star State to face defending national champion and second-ranked Baylor on Nov. 19 … Tip-off in Waco is 8 p.m. ET with the game airing on ESPN+ … The Green and Gold return to the Yuengling Center on Nov. 24 when they take on Saint Francis (Pa.) … Tip-off is slated for 2 p.m.
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USF notched its eighth consecutive 19-win season and eighth straight postseason appearance in 2018-19. The Bulls celebrated two all-conference honorees in Enna Pehadzic and Sydni Harvey.
USF has made 15 postseason tournament appearances and had six NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez’s 19 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.
