The Bulls look for their seventh win in the last 10 games when the Owls visit the Yuengling Center.
TAMPA (Feb. 7, 2020) – USF returns to the Yuengling Center on Sunday to face Temple, in the first of two games that the Bulls will play at home over their next five outings. Tip-off is slated for noon and can be seen live on ESPNU. Sunday’s game will also be Autism Awareness Day.
GAME 23 | FEB. 9, 2020 | NOON | TAMPA, FLA. | YUENGLING CENTER | ESPNU
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
TV/Video: ESPNU
Tiffany Greene (PxP), Andrea Lloyd (Analyst)
Audio: Bulls Unlimited (iHeartRadio/GoUSFBulls.com)
Darek Sharp (PxP), Brigid Merenda (Analyst)
Live Stats: GoUSFBulls.com
Series: USF leads series, 12-3
Twitter Updates: @USFWBB
Tickets: (800) Go-Bulls; USFBullsTix.com
USF BULLS | 13-9 (5-3, AAC)
Last Game: Feb. 2 at Cincinnati, W, 74-45
Next Game: Feb. 13 at Tulane,8 p.m.
Head Coach: Jose Fernandez
Alma Mater: FIU, 1994
Career Record: 367-268 (20th season)
at USF: Same
TEMPLE OWLS | 13-9 (5-4, AAC)
Last Game: Feb. 5 vs. Wichita State, L, 85-75
Next Game: Feb. 15 vs. Houston, 2 p.m.
Head Coach: Tonya Cardoza
Alma Mater: Virginia, 1991
Career Record: 224-156 (12th Season)
at Temple: Same
QUICK HITS
– The Bulls come into the game with the Owls looking for their fourth win in the last five games and their seventh victory in their last 10 games … USF looks to split the season series with Temple.
– USF is coming off a tough 60-55 loss at Cincinnati on Feb. 2 … The setback snapped the Bulls’ three-game winning streak … Elisa Pinzan scored a game-high 19 points while Elena Tsineke and Sydni Harvey added 11 and 10 points, respectively.
– USF has two players – Elena Tsineke (11.9) and Sydni Harvey (11.1) – averaging double-figure points, and four others netting 7.8 points per game or better on the year.
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.
– Sunday’s game against Temple will be Autism Awareness Day in association with Autism Speaks, the autism awareness group co-founded by USF men’s assistant basketball coach Tom Herrion … There will be a quiet room for autistic children and a postgame layup line with Rocky, USF’s mascot … In addition, members of the coaching staff will be wearing Autism Speaks pins and the players will be wearing Autism Speaks shooting shirts prior to the game.
UP NEXT FOR USF
– Following their game against Temple, USF will hit the road and head to the “Big Easy” to face Tulane on Feb. 13 (ESPN3) … Tip-off is slated for 8 p.m. ET.
– The Bulls return to the Yuengling Center on Feb. 16, when they welcome No. 4 UConn (ESPN3/SNY) for its final time as a member of The American … Game time is at 2 p.m.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE BULLS
– In just 17 collegiate games, Elena Tsineke has 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 11.9 points per game … She has scored double figures in 12 of the 17 games she has played in, including career high 20-point efforts at Temple on Jan. 16 and against Houston on Jan. 29 … 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, against the Owls, and 9-for-19 (47.4 percent) from the field against the Cougars … 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 41.9 percent (67-for-160) from the field, including 34.7 percent (26-for-75) from behind the arc, and 86.5 percent (32-for-37) from the free-throw line.
– Bethy Mununga comes into Sunday’s game averaging just shy of a double-double in the 19 games she has played this season … She missed three games – Idaho, Mississippi State and UNLV – with a hamstring injury … Her 9.8 points per game and 9.6 rebounds per outing are third and first on the team, respectively, and her rebounds per game average is second in The American, through Feb. 6 … She has scored in double figures in 11 of the 19 games she has played in, including career highs of 16 points at Baylor (Nov. 19), against Brown (Dec. 30) and Cincinnati (Jan. 3) … She’s shooting 49.4 percent (77-for-156) from the field on the year.
– Mununga has recorded a double-double in seven of the 19 games she has played in … 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 11.1 points per game, and has scored double figures in five of the last seven games played … 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 4.8 per game … Pinzan has handed out six or more assists in five of the past eight games – dating back to Alabama State on Dec. 6 – and in four-of-seven since returning from her ankle injury at Tulsa on Jan. 19.
– Tamara Henshaw, second on the team in rebounding, comes into the Temple game with 845 career rebounds, following her 11-rebound effort at Cincinnati on Feb. 2 … It was her second consecutive double-figure rebound game … She reached the 800-rebound plateau with her seven boards against Cincinnati on Jan. 5 … Against Houston, Henshaw moved past Nalini Miller (2003-07) into seventh all-time at USF … Next up is Jessica Lawson (2007-10), in sixth on the all-time list with 863.
– Henshaw is 10th in the AAC in rebounds per game, grabbing 7.2 per outing, through Feb. 6.
SCOUTING TEMPLE
– Temple comes into its game with USF with a 13-9 overall record and a 5-4 mark in The American, following its 85-75 loss to Wichita State on Feb. 5 … The loss was just the Owls’ third in their last 10 games.
– Mia Davis leads Temple in both scoring and rebounding, netting 19.5 points and grabbing 10.9 rebounds per game this season … She is second in The American in scoring, and tops in the AAC in rebounding, and is the only player in the league averaging a double-double, through games of Feb. 6 … Ashley Jones is second on the team in scoring, netting 16.0 points per game, and Marissa Mackins third, averaging 14.0 points per contest.
THE SERIES AGAINST THE OWLS
– Sunday’s game marks the 16th meeting between USF and Temple with the Bulls holding a 12-3 series lead, dating back to the inaugural meeting in January of 2014 … USF is 4-1 all-time against the Owls in Tampa.
– The two schools met on Jan. 16 in Philadelphia, with Temple handing the Bulls a tough 69-66 loss … USF got a career-high 20 points from Elena Tsineke and Sydni Harvey finished in double figures for the third straight outing scoring 19 points.
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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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