Kristyna Brabencova nets career high 18 points, Beatriz Jordao has 12 points and career high 14 rebounds in the rout over the Dolphins.
Game Details
RV/RV USF 84, Jacksonville 46
USF (1-0), Jacksonville (0-2)
Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020 | 4 p.m. | ESPN+
Tampa, Fla. | Yuengling Center
TAMPA (Nov. 28, 2020) – Kristyna Brabencova led all scorers with a career and game high 18 points, and Beatriz Jordao dropped in 12 points and grabbed a career high 14 rebounds as the USF women’s basketball team dominated Jacksonville to start the 2020-21 season presented by Tampa General Hospital.
Brabencova, a sophomore forward from Brno, Czech Republic, paced four players in double digits on the day as the Bulls won their seventh straight season opener, and their 14th win all-time over the Dolphins (14-0). Joining Brabencova and Jordao – a forward from Pombal, Portugal – in double figures were Sydni Harvey (Nashville, Tenn.) with 14 points and Elisa Pinzan (Murano, Italy) with 11 points.
The Bulls (1-0) jumped on Jacksonville (0-2) early and never looked back pouring in 28 points in the first quarter and heading into the locker room at the break, leading 49-25. After the Dolphins played USF even in the third quarter, at 15-all, the Bulls heated back up again, on both ends of the floor, ending the game scoring 20 of the 26 points scored in the final quarter en route to the win.
USF received balanced scoring with nine of the 12 players that saw the court finding the scoring column, while the Green and Gold assisted on 29 of their 32 field goals made. Defensively, the Bulls held Jacksonville to no more than 15 points in any quarter during the game.
Score By Quarters
1 2 3 4 F
USF 28 21 15 20 84
Jacksonville 12 13 15 6 46
Key Stats
54-30 – The Bulls outrebounded Jacksonville by a +24-rebounding margin, which included 18 offensive rebounds, leading to 15 second chance points.
16 – USF forced the Dolphins into 13 miscues on the night leading to 16 points off turnovers.
9 – Of the 12 players that saw time on Saturday against Jacksonville, nine found their way into the scoring column.
Notable
- Today’s starters for the Bulls were: G Elisa Pinzan, G Elena Tsineke (Thessaloniki, Greece), G Sydni Harvey, F Shae Leverett (Rincon, Ga.), and F Bethy Mununga (Zellik, Belgium) … The Bulls are 1-0 with this lineup.
- With its win over Jacksonville, USF improves to 14-0 in the all-time series against the Dolphins.
- USF improves to 32-17 all-time in season openers during its 49 lid lifters … In addition, the Bulls have won seven straight season openers, are 9-3 in their last 12 and 17-5 over the past 22 season openers.
- USF head coach Jose Fernandez is now 16-5 all-time in season openers since he started patrolling the sidelines for the Bulls during the 2000-01 campaign.
- The Bulls have won their last five straight season opening games at home and six of their last seven … The lone set back during that five-game home stretch was a 78-70 loss to No. 6/8 Maryland on Nov. 8, 2013.
- Kristyna Brabencova’s career high 18 points surpassed her previous best of 17 points at Tulsa on Jan. 12, 2019.
- Beatriz Jordao recorded 12 points and a career high 14 rebounds for her second career double-double, and first since her collegiate debut on Nov. 6, 2018 at Ohio State (W, 71-47), where she posted 17 points and 10 rebounds.
- In addition to her second career double-double, Jordao also tied her career high with four blocked shots, the fourth time in her career she has accomplished that.
- Elena Tsineke and Mihaela Lazic (Slavonski Brod, Croatia) accounted for 12 of the Bulls’ 29 assists … Tsineke dished out a career high seven dimes while Lazic’s five also marked a career-best.
Up Next
The Bulls return home, on Tuesday, Dec. 1, for the first of back-to-back home Top 10 games, as 2019 defending National Champion and No. 4/4 ranked Baylor visits the Yuengling Center for a marquee matchup. USF then faces No. 6/7 Mississippi State on Saturday, Dec. 5. Both games tip-off at 7 p.m.
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USF notched its ninth consecutive 19-win season and was poised for its ninth straight postseason appearance in 2019-20 before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the end of the college basketball season. The Bulls celebrated two all-conference honorees in Elena Tsineke and Elisa Pinzan. Tsineke was named the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, in addition to The American All-Freshman Team and Third Team All-Conference; while Pinzan was named a Third Team All-Conference selection.
USF has made 15 postseason tournament appearances and had six NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez’s 20 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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