Elisa Pinzan leads three players in double figures with 18 points; Bethy Mununga with a career-high 17 boards.
Game Details
USF 53, Tulane 43
USF (15-9, 7-3 in AAC), Tulane (12-12, 7-4 in AAC)
Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 | 8 p.m. ET | ESPN3
New Orleans, La. | Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse
NEW ORLEANS (Feb. 13, 2020) – The University of South Florida women’s basketball team picked up a much-needed American Athletic Conference road win on Thursday night, defeating Tulane, 53-43 at Fogleman Arena. The win, the Bulls’ 14th straight against the Green Wave, improves USF to 15-9 overall and 7-3 in The American. Tulane falls to 12-12 and 7-4 in the AAC.
Elisa Pinzan (Murano, Italy) poured in a game-high 18 points, and Elena Tsineke (Thessaloniki, Greece) and Bethy Mununga (Zellik, Belgium) each added 11 points in the win. Mununga also hauled down a career-high 17 rebounds – including seven on the offensive glass – for her eighth career double-double. Tsineke had a career-best five assists.
The Green Wave led 7-0 to start the game, however the Bulls used a 10-2 run to take the lead for good. USF shot 35.8 percent from the field in the win and held Tulane to just 29.5 percent from the floor, including a dismal 9.1 percent from behind the three-point arc.
Score By Quarters
1 2 3 4 F
USF 17 9 12 15 53
Tulane 11 9 12 11 43
Notable
- Tonight’s starters for the Bulls were: G Elisa Pinzan (Murano, Italy), G Elena Tsineke, F Shae Leverett (Rincon, Ga.), W Sydni Harvey and F Bethy Mununga … The Bulls are 2-0 with this lineup.
- With its win at Tulane on Thursday, USF improves to 23-19 in the all-time series against the Green Wave … The win also marked the Bulls’ 14thconsecutive win in the series
- USF outrebounded its opponent, 46-34, for the 23rd time in 24 games this season.
- Tamara Henshaw grabbed three rebounds against Tulane and now has 853 for her career … She is currently seventh all-time in school history.
- Henshaw played in her 125th career game on Thursday against Tulane … She joins Tiffany Conner (2009-13) and Jessica Dickson (2003-07) in seventh all-time in school history in games played, and is currently five shy of equaling Akila McDonald (2010-14) for seventh.
- Bethy Mununga’s career-high 17 rebounds marked her 11th career double-figure rebounding performance … In addition, it was her eighth career double-double in the Green and Gold and her first since Jan. 22 when she had 13 points and a, then, career-best 15 rebounds at Wichita State.
Up Next
Following Tulane, the Bulls return to the Yuengling Center on Sunday, when they welcome No. 5 UConn (ESPN3/SNY) for its final time as a member of The American. Game time is at 2 p.m. USF will look to set a new women’s basketball home attendance record, surpassing the current mark of 6,659 set against the Huskies on Jan. 6, 2018. Get your tickets at USFBullsTix.com.
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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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