Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu and Sammie Puisis pour in 25 and 14 points, respectively in the win.
Game Details
RV/RV USF 70, Jacksonville 59
USF (3-0), Jacksonville (1-2)
Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022 | 1 p.m. | ESPN+
Tampa, Fla. | Yuengling Center
TAMPA (Nov. 13, 2022) — The University of South Florida women’s basketball team got 25 points and 10 rebounds from Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu and 14 points and a career-high tying nine rebounds from Florida State transfer and former McDonald’s High School All-American Sammie Puisis en route to a 70-59 win over Jacksonville on Sunday at the Yuengling Center.
The Bulls improve to 3-0 on the year while the Dolphins fall to 1-2 on the season.
Jacksonville led 11-9 after the first quarter but South Florida used a 22-9 second quarter to take a 31-20 lead into the locker room at the break, giving the Bulls the margin, they needed to pull out the victory.
South Florida shot 50 percent or better from the field in two of the four quarters, hitting 50 percent (6-for-12) of its shots in the second quarter and 53.3 percent from the floor in the fourth quarter (8-for-15). In addition, the Bulls dominated the paint outscoring the Dolphins, 36-14.
Carla Brito and Elena Tsineke each added seven points on the afternoon in the win.
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 3-0 with this lineup.
- South Florida improves its record in the series with Jacksonville to a commanding 16-0 and 12-0 against the Dolphins in Tampa.
- Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu’s 25 points and 10 rebounds mark her 34th career double-double and her ninth in a South Florida uniform.
- Fankam Mendjiadeu’s 25 points mark her 12th outing of 20 points or more and her fourth with the Bulls.
Up Next
South Florida closes out its four-game season-opening homestand on Wednesday at 7 p.m. when the Bulls host Alabama in the Yuengling Center.
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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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