Sydni Harvey scores 16 points; Bethy Mununga grabs game-high 12 rebounds
Game Details
No. 5/4 UConn 80, USF 39
USF (18-12, 10-6 in AAC), UConn (26-3, 16-0 in AAC)
Monday, March 2, 2020 | 7 p.m. | ESPN2
Hartford, Conn. | XL Center
HARTFORD, Conn. (March 2, 2020) (AP) – Sydni Harvey scored 16 points to lead the University of South Florida women’s basketball team as it closed out the 2019-20 regular season with a 80-39 loss to No. 5/4 UConn on Monday night at the XL Center. The Bulls fell to 18-12 on the year and 10-6 in The American. The Huskies, the American Athletic Conference regular season champions, improved to 26-3 overall and finished the regular season 16-0 in league play.
With the regular season in the rearview mirror, the Bulls will be the No. 4 seed in the upcoming AAC Tournament at the Mohegan Sun Hotel Arena in Uncasville, Conn., March 6-9. USF earned a bye to the tournament quarterfinals by virtue of its top-four finish, and will face the winner of the first-round game between the five seed and 12 seed, on Saturday at noon.
In addition to Harvey, the sophomore guard from Nashville, Elena Tsineke (Thessaloniki, Greece) added eight points and, while Bethy Mununga (Zellik, Belgium) grabbed 12 rebounds.
The Huskies had the game in control from the opening tip, shooting 47.6 percent (30-for-53) from the field and holding the Bulls to a season low 26.3 percent (15-of-57) from the floor.
Score By Quarters
1 2 3 4 F
USF 8 6 12 13 39
UConn 26 27 12 15 80
Notable
- Tonight’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 3-3 with this lineup.
- Tamara Henshaw grabbed five rebounds tonight against UConn and now has 882 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 131st career game on Monday against UConn, and surpassed Akila McDonald (2010-14) into a tie with Alisia Jenkins (2012-16) in fifth on USF’s all-time games played list … She is now one game shy of joining Shantia Grace (2005-09) in fourth, and three from tying Maria Jespersen (2014-18) in third.
- Bethy Mununga grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds against the Huskies for her 16th double-figure rebounding performance of her USF career.
- Sydni Harvey’s 16 points is her 11th double-figure performance of the season and the 29th of her career.
Up Next
The Bulls return to Tampa before heading back to the Constitution State on Wednesday for the 2020 AAC Women’s Basketball Tournament at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., March 6-9. Tournament pairings and the tournament bracket will be released Monday night.
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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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