Tamara Henshaw nets a game-high 13 points; leads four players in double figures.
Game Details
USF 68, Memphis 47
USF (16-11, 8-5 in AAC), Memphis (13-14, 4-9 in AAC)
Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020 | 5 p.m. ET | ESPN3
Memphis, Tenn. | Elma Roane Fieldhouse
MEMPHIS (Feb. 22, 2020) – With the City of Memphis being known as the “Birthplace of Rock ‘n’ Roll, the only rocking and rolling that took place was by the University of South Florida women’s basketball team as the Bulls handed Memphis a convincing 68-47 loss at Elma Roane Fieldhouse Saturday afternoon. The win improves the Bulls to 16-11 overall and 8-5 in The American, while the Tigers fall to 13-14 overall and 4-9 in conference play.
USF led from wire-to-wire as it placed four players in double figures in the scoring column, led by Tamara Henshaw (Palm Coast, Fla.) with a game-high 13 points. Tennessee native Sydni Harvey (Nashville, Tenn.) and Bethy Mununga (Zellik, Belgium) added 12 points apiece, and Elisa Pinzan (Murano, Italy) chipped in with 11 points.
Shae Leverett (Rincon, Ga.) led the way on the glass with a game-high 10 rebounds.
The Green and Gold led 39-22 at the break, however the Tigers played USF even in the third, 18-18, in which Memphis cut the Bulls’ lead to 10 points, 47-37, with under five minutes left in the quarter. USF, however, put together a quick 8-0 run to push the game back to an 18-point advantage and put the Tigers away for good. The Bulls led by as many as 24 points midway through the fourth quarter.
USF shot 45.2 percent (28-for-62) from the field on the day while holding the Memphis to a dismal 22.2 percent (14-for-63) performance from the floor.
Score By Quarters
1 2 3 4 F
USF 23 16 18 11 68
Memphis 10 12 18 7 47
Notable
- Tonight’s starters for the Bulls were: G Elisa Pinzan, G Elena Tsineke (Thessaloniki, Greece), F Shae Leverett (Rincon, Ga.), W Sydni Harvey and F Cristina Bermejo (Sant Just Desvern, Spain) … The Bulls are 1-0 with this lineup.
- USF outrebounded Memphis, 40-37, which marks the 26th time in 27 games that the Bulls have outrebounded their opponent.
- Tamara Henshaw grabbed three rebounds against Memphis and now has 865 for her career … She surpassed Jessica Lawson (2007-10), who had 863 rebounds, for sixth 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 128th career game on Saturday against Memphis, and is in sole possession of seventh after surpassing Tiffany Conner (2009-13) and Jessica Dickson (2003-07) against UConn on Feb. 16 … She is currently two games shy of equaling Akila McDonald (2010-14) for sixth.
- Cristina Bermejo earned her first collegiate start on Saturday against Memphis … She recorded a career-high five assists and career-best 24 minutes, and tied her career-high for rebounds (5) and steals (2).
- Elisa Pinzan played a complete 40 minutes for the sixth time this season.
Up Next
Following their meeting with Memphis, the Bulls will close out February at home against East Carolina on Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. (ADN) and then SMU on Feb. 29 at 7 p.m. (BullsVision).
USF closes out the regular season on March 2 at 7 p.m., when it travels to Hartford to face UConn at the XL Center. The game can be seen live on ESPN2 as part of Big Monday.
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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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