Sydni Harvey leads USF with a career-high 28 points as they defeat the Green Wave for the 15th consecutive time.
Game Details
No. 4 Seed USF 64, No. 5 Seed Tulane 50
USF (19-12), Tulane (13-17)
Saturday, March 7, 2020 | Noon | ESPN3
Uncasville, Conn. | Mohegan Sun Arena
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (March 7, 2020) – The University of South Florida women’s basketball team, seeded fourth in the American Athletic Conference Tournament, got a career-high 28 points from Sydni Harvey (Nashville, Tenn.) and 14 points from Elena Tsineke (Thessaloniki, Greece) as the Bulls advanced to their seventh straight AAC semifinal with a 64-50 win over fifth-seeded Tulane on Saturday at the Mohegan Sun Arena. The win improved USF to 19-12 on the year, while the Green Wave finish the season at 13-17.
In addition, the victory extended USF’s winning streak over Tulane to 15 straight games.
Along with Harvey and Tsineke in double figures in the scoring column, Bethy Mununga (Zellik, Belgium) and Shae Leverett (Rincon, Ga.) grabbed 14 and 11 rebounds, respectively.
The Bulls trailed at the end of the first quarter, 18-15, however came back in the second to outscore the Green Wave, 14-8, in the second period, to take a 29-26 advantage into the locker room at the half.
Tulane got the USF lead down to one point twice in the third quarter, but could not take advantage. The Bulls put distance between themselves and the Green Wave, extending their advantage to double figures, 51-41, for the first time in the contest on a driving layup by Harvey with just under two minutes left in the third.
Tulane did get the lead back to single digits in the fourth, but never posed a threat the rest of the contest.
Score By Quarters
1 2 3 4 F
USF 15 14 22 13 64
Tulane 18 8 19 5 50
Notable
- Today’s starters for the Bulls were: G Elisa Pinzan (Murano, Italy), G Elena Tsineke (Thessaloniki, Greece), F Shae Leverett (Rincon, Ga.), W Sydni Harvey and F Bethy Mununga … The Bulls are 4-3 with this lineup.
- USF outrebounded Tulane, 46-26, which marks the 29th time in 31 games that the Bulls have outrebounded their opponent.
- Tamara Henshaw grabbed eight rebounds Saturday against Tulane and now has 890 for her career … She is currently in sixth place on the school’s career rebounding list … Next up, in fifth place, is Maria Jespersen (2014-18) with 891 career rebounds.
- Henshaw played in her 132nd career game on Saturday against Tulane, and joined Shantia Grace (2005-09) in fourth … She is now two games from tying Maria Jespersen (2014-18) in third.
- Bethy Mununga grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds against the Huskies for her 17th double-figure rebounding performance of her USF career.
- Shae Leverett’s 11 rebounds marks her sixth double-figure rebounding game of the year and the 14th of her career.
- Sydni Harvey’s 28 points is her 12th double-figure performance of the season and the 30th of her career.
Up Next
The Bulls now face top-seeded UConn in the first semifinal game number on Sunday at 4 p.m. (ESPN3) with the winner advancing to The American championship game on Monday at 7 p.m. (ESPN2).
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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.
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