Bethy Mununga records her seventh career double-double with 13 points and 15 rebounds.
Game Details
USF 56, Wichita State 50
USF (11-8, 3-2 in AAC), Wichita State (11-8, 3-3 in AAC)
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 | 7:30 p.m. ET | American Digital Network
Wichita, Kan. | Charles Koch Arena
WICHITA, Kan. (Jan. 22, 2020) – The University of South Florida women’s basketball team used a 17-7 run to close out Wichita State, as the Bulls rallied to a hard-fought, 56-50 win over the Shockers on Wednesday night. USF improved to 11-8 overall and 3-2 in The American, while Wichita State fell to 11-8 and 3-3 in the AAC. The win snapped the Green and Gold’s two-game losing streak.
Bethy Mununga (Zellik, Belgium) led the way for USF with 13 points and 15 rebounds, for her seventh double-double of her career. Kristyna Brabencova (Brno, Czech Republic) added 11 points, and Elisa Pinzan (Murrano, Italy) chipped in with nine points, along with seven assists and a career-high-tying five steals.
USF dominated in pretty much every statistical category, but found themselves trailing by as many as seven in the third quarter, a period that saw the Shockers close on a 19-7 run to take a 40-34 advantage into the fourth.
The Bulls came out in the final stanza and turned the tables on Wichita State, closing out the Shockers during a stretch that included a 17-1 run, to give USF its biggest lead of the contest, 54-44. The run was capped by a driving layup by Brabencova with just under two minutes left to put the game out of reach.
Score By Quarters
1 2 3 4 F
USF 17 10 7 22 56
Wichita State 14 7 19 10 50
Key Stats
17-7 – The Bulls closed out the win against Wichita State on a 17-7 run.
32-20 – USF controlled the paint against the Shockers, with a 12-point advantage in the lane.
7 – The Bulls held a 7-1 advantage in blocked shots over WSU.
Notable
- Today’s starters for the Bulls were: G Elisa Pinzan, G Elena Tsineke, F Beatriz Jordao, W Kristyna Brabencova and F Bethy Mununga … The Bulls are 1-0 with this lineup.
- With USF’s win, the Bulls even the all-time series at 2-2, and improve to 2-1 with both schools as members of the American Athletic Conference
- Tamara Henshaw grabbed five rebounds against Wichita State and is now just two rebounds shy of joining Nalini Miller (2003-07) in seventh all-time with 823.
- Henshaw played in her 120th career game on Wednesday at Wichita State … She is currently tied with Rachel Sheats (2003-07) and Porche Grant (2006-09, 10-11) for 11th all-time in school history.
Up Next
The Bulls return to the Yuengling Center to close out the month of January with two straight at home against Tulane, on Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. (BullsVision) and then Houston on Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. (ADN). Reserve your seats 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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