Tampa, Fla. – Jan. 29, 2025 – Redshirt senior guard Romi Levy put up a season-high 21 points in South Florida women’s Basketballs (14-8, 7-2), 75-63, win against UTSA (17-3, 8-1) in the Yuengling Center on Wednesday Night. The Bulls ended the Roadrunner’s 10-game winning streak and handed the visitors their first league loss and third defeat of the season.
Graduate guard Sammie Puisis (16 points) connected on a pair of 3-pointers, which marked her 17 game of the season with two or more triples. Junior forward Carla Brito stuffed the stat sheet with 14 points, nine rebounds, six assists, along with a single steal and block. Senior forward L’or Mputu led all glass crashers with 10 rebounds and three blocks, which is her seventh double-digit rebounding performance of the year and second game of the season with three or more blocks. Graduate guard Mama Dembele dished out a season-high 11 assists (20th game of three or more assists this season.
UTSA was led by Cheyenne Rowe with 15 points, four rebounds and a single steal.
HOW THE GAME WAS DECIDED
The game featured six ties and four lead changes. The Bulls grabbed their largest lead of night late in the fourth quarter. A layup from Levy gave USF its first double-digit lead of the night with 3:35 left, 69-58. Then with 58 tickets left, Brito extended South Florida’s lead to 14 points as the squad held on for the Victory.
NOTABLE NUMBERS
- The Bulls ended the Roadrunner’s 10-game winning streak and handed the visitors their first league loss and third defeat of the season.
- Puisis (16 points) connected on a pair of 3-pointers, which marked her 17 game of the season with two or more triples.
- Puisis collected her 17th game this season (60th career-game) in double-digit points.
- Brito stuffed the stat sheet with 14 points, nine rebounds, and six assists, along with a single steal and block.
- Mputu led all glass crashers with 10 rebounds and three blocks, which is her seventh double-digit rebounding performance of the year and second game of the season with three or more blocks.
- Mama Dembele dished out a season-high 11 assists (20th game of three or more assists this season.
- Levy (Season-best 21 points) collared the 11th 20- or more points game of her career.
- South Florida is 11-2 at home this season.
- USF dished out a season-best 24 assists on 32 made buckets.
UP NEXT
South Florida welcomes North Texas to the Yuengling Center on Saturday, Feb. 1. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. and the action will stream live on ESPN+.
TICKETS
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ABOUT SOUTH FLORIDA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
South Florida women’s basketball has made 18 postseason tournament appearances and had nine NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez’s 25 seasons. The all-time winningest coach in program history, Fernandez has guided the Bulls to 11 20-win seasons, two WNIT final four appearances, the 2008-09 WNIT championship, has won over 450 career games, and is the all-time wins leader in the American Athletic Conference.
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