Elena Tsineke scores a game-high 21 points and Carla Brito adds 11 points and 10 rebounds in the win.
Game Details
RV/RV USF 66, TCU 59
USF (5-0), TCU (2-2)
Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022 | 2 p.m. ET | ESPN+
Fort Worth, Texas | Schollmaier Arena
FORT WORTH, Texas (Nov. 20, 2022) — The University of South Florida women’s basketball team got 21 points from Elena Tsineke, 11 points and 10 rebounds from Carla Brito and 10 points from Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu as the Bulls handed TCU a 66-59 loss at Schollmaier Arena in the Maggie Dixon Classic. The win is South Florida’s fifth-straight to start the season while the Horned Frogs pull even at 2-2.
After going into the half tied with the Horned Frogs at 27-all, and holding a slight four-point edge at the end of the third quarter, 49-45, the Bulls opened the game up in the fourth quarter extending their lead to as many as 13 points, 58-45, midway through the final stanza on the second of two back-to-back layups by Fankam Mendjiadeu.
TCU, however, battled its way back cutting the South Florida lead down to two points, 58-56, with just over a minute left in the contest. That was as close as the Horned Frogs got as the Bulls closed out the game on an 8-3 run.
Notable
- Sunday’s starters for the Bulls were: G Elena Tsineke, G Aerial Wilson, G Sammie Puisis, F Carla Brito and F Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu … The Bulls are 5-0 with this lineup.
- South Florida’s win over TCU improves the Bulls’ record against the Horned Frogs to 2-4 all-time … Sunday marked the first meeting between the two schools since March 4, 2005 (TCU W, 65-57).
- Elena Tsineke’s 21 points against the Horned Frogs mark her 62nd career double-figure scoring game in her 85th career game with the Bulls.
- Carla Brito tied her career-high with 19 rebounds.
Up Next
South Florida returns to the Yuengling Center on Tuesday night when it hosts New Hampshire at 7 p.m. (ESPN+).
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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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