Carla Brito pours in a career-high 26 points and grabs 10 rebounds in the win.
Game Details
RV/RV USF 75, New Hampshire 57
USF (6-0), New Hampshire (2-4)
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022 | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
Tampa, Fla. | Yuengling Center
TAMPA (Nov. 22, 2022) — The University of South Florida women’s basketball team got a career-high 26 points and 10 rebounds from Carla Brito and 15 points and 12 rebounds from Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu as the Bulls defeated New Hampshire, 75-57, for their sixth-straight win to start the season. It marks South Florida’s first 6-0 start since the 2016-17 campaign when the Bulls started the season 8-0, the best start in program history. The Wildcats fall to 2-4 on the year.
Sammie Puisis joined Brito and Fankam Mendjiadeu in scoring double figures with 11 points.
Brito and Fankam Mendjiadeu continued their hot shooting from the field against New Hampshire. The tandem, who came into the contest shooting 75 percent and 52.8 percent from the floor, respectively, shot a combined 65.4 percent. On the night, Brito hit on 62.5 percent (10-for-16) of her shots while Fankam Mendjiadeu shot at a 70 percent (7-for-10) clip.
South Florida led at the break 36-26 and extended its lead to 18 points, 53-35, with three minutes left in the third quarter on two free throws by Daniela Gonzalez. The Bulls didn’t look back for the remainder of the night.
In the fourth quarter the Green and Gold pushed its lead to as many as 22 points, 71-49, with just over 90 seconds left in the contest on a Gonzalez three.
Notable
- Tuesday’s starters for the Bulls were: G Janette Aarnio, G Aerial Wilson, G Sammie Puisis, F Carla Brito and F Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu … The Bulls are 1-0 with this lineup.
- South Florida’s win over New Hampshire improves the Bulls’ record against the Wildcats to 4-0 all-time.
- Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu’s 15 points and 12 rebounds mark her 35th career double-double and her 10th in a South Florida uniform.
- Fankam Mendjiadeu’s 15 points mark her 13th outing of 20 points or more and her fifth with the Bulls.
- Carla Brito’s 26 points mark a new career-high surpassing her previous career best of 14 set against Morehead State on Nov. 7.
- Brito’s 26 points and 10 rebounds mark her second career double-double and her second straight after recording 11 points and 10 rebounds at TCU on Nov. 20 … Her 10 boards also equal her career-high.
- Brito also got after it on the defensive end of the floor setting a new career-high in steals with three.
- Daniela Gonzalez’s seven points is a new career-high and her five rebounds equal a career-best.
- Janette Aarnio made her first career start tonight against New Hampshire.
Up Next
South Florida hits the road for five-straight games beginning on Friday at the Gulf Coast Showcase at Ft. Myers’ Hertz Arena. The Bulls will meet Georgia Tech on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and then either Michigan or Air Force on Saturday. Sunday’s game will be against either Baylor, Belmont, Buffalo or Villanova.
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South Florida recorded its 10th 20-win season during the 2021-22 campaign while playing in its sixth American Athletic Conference championship game in its nine years in the conference. The Bulls achieved their highest national ranking of the season when it checked in at No. 13 in the Nov. 30 Associated Press Top 25 Poll, and advanced to their seventh NCAA Tournament appearance in the last nine years.
USF has made 17 postseason tournament appearances and had eight NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez’s 22 seasons. The all-time winningest coach in program history, Fernandez has guided USF to 10 20-win seasons, two WNIT final four appearances, the 2009 WNIT championship, and has won over 400 career games. 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 at the conclusion of the 2020-21 campaign.
In 2021-22, the Bulls had three players recognized by The American for impressive seasons, including Elena Tsineke (All-Conference First Team), Bethy Mununga (All-Conference Second Team) and Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu (All-Conference Second Team).
In addition, Tsineke and Mununga were named to the American Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team.
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