The Bulls look for their sixth win in the last eight games and third straight AAC victory.
TAMPA (Jan. 28, 2020) – USF closes out the month of January with the second of two straight games as Houston visits the Yuengling Center on Wednesday. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m. The Bulls are looking for their sixth win in their last eight outings, and their eighth win in the last nine games against the Cougars.
GAME 21 | JAN. 29, 2020 | 7 P.M. | TAMPA, FLA. | YUENGLING CENTER | ADN
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
TV/Video: American Digital Network
Lincoln Rose (PxP), Angela Beck (Analyst), Kelly Burke (SL)
Audio: Bulls Unlimited 2 (iHeartRadio/GoUSFBulls.com)
Darek Sharp (PxP), Brigid Merenda (Analyst)
Live Stats: GoUSFBulls.com
Series: USF leads, 15-7
Twitter Updates: @USFWBB
Tickets: (800) Go-Bulls; USFBullsTix.com
USF BULLS | 12-8 (4-2, AAC)
Last Game: Jan. 25 vs. Tulane, W, 63-56
Next Game: Feb. 2 at Cincinnati, Noon
Head Coach: Jose Fernandez
Alma Mater: FIU, 1994
Career Record: 366-267 (20th season)
at USF: Same
HOUSTON COUGARS | 10-10 (3-3, AAC)
Last Game: Jan. 25 vs. Wichita State, W, 64-56
Next Game: Feb. 1 at Tulane, 3 p.m.
Head Coach: Ronald Hughey
Alma Mater: Limestone College, 2006
Career Record: 69-106 (Sixth season)
at Houston: Same
QUICK HITS
– Wednesday is the first of three home games that USF will play at the Yuengling Center over the next seven games … The Bulls will also play Temple (Feb. 2) and UConn (Feb. 16) at home during the stretch.
– USF is coming off a 63-56 win over Tulane on Jan. 25, handing the Green Wave their first AAC loss … Sydni Harvey had a game-high 16 points, while Elena Tsineke (14), Elisa Pinzan (12) and Kristyna Brabencova (11) all reached double figures.
– USF has three players – Elena Tsineke (11.5), Sydni Harvey (10.8) and Bethy Mununga (10.3) – averaging double-figure points, and three others netting 8.0 points per game or better.
TICKET & PROMOTION INFORMATION
– For ticket questions or to purchase tickets, please visit USFBullsTix.com or call 1-800-Go-Bulls … Single-game tickets are available; however; courtside seats are sold out for the 2019-20 season.
– The Bulls close out its short two-game stretch – and the month of January – with Houston on Wednesday at 7 p.m. … The game against the Cougars will be 80’s Throwback Night.
UP NEXT FOR USF
– Following their game against Houston on Wednesday (ADN), the Bulls will hit the road to face Cincinnati on Super Bowl Sunday at noon … That game can be seen live on ESPNU.
– USF will return home to the Yuengling Center on Feb. 9, for the second of two meetings against Temple (ESPNU) … Tip-off against the Owls is slated for 12 p.m.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE BULLS
– In just 15 collegiate games, Elena Tsineke has already made her presence felt for the Bulls after being cleared to play by the NCAA … Tsineke missed the first five games of the season after being ruled ineligible by the NCAA … Tsineke leads the team in scoring, averaging 11.5 points per game … She has scored double figures in 10 of the 15 games she has played in, including a career high 20-point effort at Temple on Jan. 16 … Tsineke was 7-for-15 (46.7 percent) from the field, including 4-for-7 (57.1 percent) from behind the arc, and a perfect 2-for-2 from the free-throw line … She also netted 19 points, twice, against Florida Gulf Coast on Nov. 29 in the Cancun Challenge and against Cincinnati in The American opener on Jan. 5 … She is shooting 41.1 percent (58-for-141) from the field, including 35.2 percent (25-for-71) from behind the arc, and 86.1 percent (31-for-36) from the free-throw line.
– Bethy Mununga comes into Wednesday’s game averaging just shy of a double-double in the 17 games she has played this season … She missed three games – Idaho, Mississippi State and UNLV – with a hamstring injury … Her 10.3 points per game and 9.9 rebounds per outing are third and first on the team, respectively, and her rebounds per game average is second in The American, through Jan. 26 … She has scored in double figures in 10 of the 17 games played, including career highs of 16 points at Baylor (Nov. 19), against Brown (Dec. 30) and Cincinnati (Jan. 3) … She’s shooting 49.3 percent (72-for-146) from the field on the year.
– Mununga has recorded a double-double in seven of the 17 games she has played in, and is third in The American, and 48th nationally in double-doubles through Jan. 26 … She has grabbed double-digit rebounds in 10 games this season.
– Sydni Harvey is starting to get back to her old self after missing the first 10 games of the season due to a leg injury … Harvey is second on the team in scoring, averaging 10.8 points per game, and has scored double figures in four of the last six games played, with 18 points against Cincinnati on Jan. 5, 20 points at Tulsa on Jan. 12, 19 points at Temple on Jan. 16, and 16 points against Tulane on Jan. 25 … She set a career high for three-point shots made in a game with six at Tulsa (6-for-7) on Jan. 16.
– Elisa Pinzan posted a career high tying 23-point effort against UCF on Jan. 19 … She shot 53.3 percent (8-for-15) from the field and 58.3 percent (7-for-12) from behind the three-point arc … She set career-highs with eight field goals and seven three-point shots made against the Knights … Pinzan also had a previous season-high 14 points against No. 2/2 Baylor on Nov. 19 on 5-for-14 (32.7 percent) shooting from the field, and 4-of-7 (57.1 percent) from behind the arc … Despite missing five games – Idaho, Mississippi State, UNLV, Brown and Cincinnati – due to an ankle injury, she continued to lead the team in assists per game, and is currently dishing out 4.9 per game … Pinzan has handed out six-or-more assists in five of the past six games – dating back to Alabama State on Dec. 6 – and in four-of-five since returning from her ankle injury at Tulsa on Jan. 19.
– Tamara Henshaw, second on the team in rebounding, comes into the Houston game with 823 career rebounds … She reached the 800-rebound plateau with her seven boards against Cincinnati on Jan. 5 … She is tied with Nalini Miller (2003-07) for seventh all-time at USF … Next up is Jessica Lawson (2007-10), in sixth on the all-time list with 863.
– Henshaw is 11th in the AAC in rebounds per game, grabbing 6.9 per outing, through Jan. 26.
– Kristyna Brabencova is averaging 8.1 points per game on the year and 3.9 rebounds per contest … She has scored double figures in eight games this season, and in five of her last seven, and seven of her last 11 … Her double-figure outing at Tulsa on Jan. 12, was a career-high 17 points performance on 6-for-9 shooting (66.7 percent), including 2-for-3 (66.7 percent) from long range, and a perfect 2-for-2 from the free-throw line.
SCOUTING HOUSTON
– Houston comes into its game at USF with a 10-10 overall record and a 3-3 mark in The American, following its 64-56 win over Wichita State on Saturday … The Cougars have won two of their last three games, but only three of their last six.
– The Cougars have four players averaging double figures in the scoring column, led by Dorian Branch and Tatyana Hill, netting 11.8 points per game apiece … Drymond Gladney and Julia Blackshell-Fair are averaging 11.5 and 10.8 points per game, respectively … Jasmyne Harris, who was netting 14.6 points per contest, left the team after five games … Hill also leads the team in rebounding, grabbing 6.4 boards per game.
THE SERIES AGAINST THE COUGARS
– Wednesday will mark the 23rd meeting between USF and Houston, with the Bulls holding a convincing 15-7 series lead, dating back to Jan. 26, 1997 … The Bulls have dominated the series, aside from a six-game stretch from the 2000-01 season and the 2004-05 campaign when the Cougars won six-straight … USF has won the last two games, and eight of the last nine.
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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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