The Bulls look to improve to 8-0 in the Yuengling Center while going for their 19th-straight win against Tulane.
TAMPA (Feb. 5, 2022) – The University of South Florida women’s basketball team returns to the Yuengling Center for a key American Athletic Conference game as it hosts Tulane on Sunday. Tipoff is slated for noon with the game being broadcast live on ESPNU.
The Bulls come into the game with the Green Wave looking for their season-long fifth-straight win, their eighth win in their last nine outings, and 12th in their last 14 games. USF has won 19 straight against Tulane.
The Bulls are also looking to improve to 29-19 all-time against Tulane.
Elena Tsineke leads three players in double-digits in the scoring column, netting 14.8 points per game, and is fourth in The American in scoring after her 11-point performance at Houston on Jan. 30 in the Bulls’ 55-35 win. Tsineke is joined by Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu (11.7 ppg) and Bethy Mununga (10.7 ppg), while Sydni Harvey (8.8 ppg) falls just shy of double figures. Elisa Pinzan is netting 8.4 points per game.
Mununga also leads The American and is eighth in the nation, averaging 11.8 rebounds per game, and is tops in the conference and sixth in the nation in total rebounds (247). Pinzan is first in the conference, 10th in the nation in assists per contest dishing out 6.1 per outing, and first in The American in total assists (122) which is also good enough for 14th in the nation. Pinzan is also just five assists shy of dishing out the 500th of her career.
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GAME 22 | SUN., FEB. 6 | 12 P.M. | TAMPA, FLA. | YUENGLING CENTER
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
TV/Online: ESPNU
Brenda VenLengen (PxP), Holly Warlick (Color)
Audio: Bulls Unlimited (iHeartRadio/GoUSFBulls.com)
Darek Sharp (PxP), Brigid Merenda (Color)
Live Stats: GoUSFBulls.com/StatBroadcast
Series: South Florida leads series, 28-19
Twitter Updates: @USFWBB
Tickets: (800) Go-Bulls; USFBullsTix.com
-/RV USF BULLS | 16-5, 6-1 AAC
Last Game: Jan. 30 at Houston, W, 55-35
Next Game: Feb. 9 vs. Temple, 7 p.m.
Head Coach: Jose Fernandez
Alma Mater: FIU, 1994
Career Record: 408-281 (22nd season)
at USF: Same
TULANE GREEN WAVE | 13-7, 4-4 AAC
Last Game: Feb. 2 vs. Tougaloo, W, 97-43
Next Game: Feb. 10 at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Head Coach: Lisa Stockton
Alma Mater: Wake Forest, 1986
Career Record: 616-334 (31st season)
at Tulane: 553-307 (28th season)
QUICK HITS
– USF is coming off a dominating 55-35 win at Houston … Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu, Elena Tsineke and Maria Alvarez all led the way with 11 points apiece while Bethy Mununga had eight points and 18 rebounds.
– South Florida is currently receiving votes in the USA Today/WBCA Coaches (31) Top 25 poll, three points out of 25th behind Mississippi (34).
SCOUTING TULANE
– Tulane enters its game with USF with a 13-7 record and a 4-4 mark in The American … The Green Wave are coming off a dominating 97-43 win over NAIA member Tougaloo on Wednesday night … Tulane has won two-straight and five of their last six.
– Baylor transfer Moon Ursin is one of four players averaging double figures for the Green Wave, leading the team in scoring, averaging 13.9 points per game … Dynah Jones and Arsula Clark are third and fourth, averaging 12.8 and 11.8 points per contest, respectively, while Krystal Freeman is fourth, netting 11.4 points per outing … Ursin also leads Tulane on the boards, grabbing 8.9 rebounds per game, followed by Freeman at 7.4 per outing.
THE SERIES AGAINST THE GREEN WAVE
– Sunday marks the 48th meeting between South Florida and Tulane, with the Bulls holding a 28-19 series lead, dating back to Feb. 3, 1992 … South Florida has won 19 straight and 22 of the last 23 games played … The Bulls and Green Wave met earlier this season with South Florida coming out on top, 75-62 in New Orleans.
UP NEXT FOR USF
– Following the game with Tulane, USF heads back on the road to the “City of Brotherly Love” where it will face Temple on Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. (ESPN+) before returning to the Yuengling Center for a major match up with Central Florida in the second game this season in the War on I-4 … Tipoff against the Knights is slated for 2 p.m. on ESPN2.
– The meeting with Central Florida will begin a four-game in six-game stretch that will be played in the Yuengling Center.
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USF recorded its best season in program history during the 2020-21 campaign, all while navigating the unpredictable COVID-19 landscape. In doing so, the Bulls won their first-ever American Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament titles, and posted their highest ranking in the Associated Press Top25 poll – reaching as high as No. 12 – and made their ninth straight postseason appearance, and sixth NCAA appearance in the last 10 years.
USF has made 16 postseason tournament appearances and had seven NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez’s 21 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 nearly 400 career games. For his efforts on the sideline during the 2020-21 season, 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.
The Bulls posted a 19-4 record and had five players, during the 2020-21 campaign, the Bulls had five players recognized by The American for impressive seasons, including Elisa Pinzan (Most Improved Player, All-Conference Second Team), Maria Alvarez (Co-Sixth Player of the Year), Bethy Mununga (All-Conference First Team), Elena Tsineke (All-Conference First Team), and Sydni Harvey (All-Conference Third Team).
In addition, Harvey was named the American Athletic Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player and to the All-Tournament Team, while Mununga and Tsineke were also All-Tournament selections.
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