The Bulls look for their third straight win, and their fifth victory in the last seven games.
TAMPA (Jan. 10, 2020) – USF hits the road for just the fourth time this season, and the first time in conference play, as it travels to America’s Heartland to butt heads with Tulsa on Sunday at 6 p.m. ET (CBSSN). The Bulls look for their seventh straight over TU.
The game marks the first of two straight for USF away from the Yuengling Center. The Green and Gold will close out the back-to-back road tilts at Temple on Jan. 16 at 7 p.m.
GAME 16 | SUN., JAN. 12, 2020 | 6 P.M. ET | TULSA, OKLA. | DONALD W. REYNOLDS CENTER | CBSSN
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
TV/Video: CBS Sports Network
Alex Del Barrio (PxP), Leah Secondo (Analyst)
Audio: Bulls Unlimited 2 (iHeartRadio/GoUSFBulls.com)
Jay Recher (PxP)
Live Stats: GoUSFBulls.com
Series: USF leads, 6-0
Twitter Updates: @USFWBB
Tickets: (918) 631-4688; TulsaHurricane.com
USF BULLS | 9-6 (1-0, AAC)
Last Game: Jan. 5 vs. Cincinnati, W, 76-68
Next Game: Jan. 16 at Temple, 7 p.m.
Head Coach: Jose Fernandez
Alma Mater: FIU, 1994
Career Record: 363-265 (20th season)
at USF: Same
TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE | 5-10 (0-2, AAC)
Last Game: Jan. 8 at Tulane, L, 64-62 (ot)
Next Game: Jan. 15 at Wichita State, 7:30 p.m. ET
Head Coach: Matilda Mossman
Alma Mater: Western Kentucky, 1979
Career Record: 257-244 (16th Season)
at Tulsa: 110-151 (Ninth Season)
QUICK HITS
– USF comes into the Tulsa game looking for its first road win of the season, in what is just its third “true” road game of the season … The Bulls are 0-6 away from the Yuengling Center.
– USF is coming off a 76-68 win over Cincinnati on Jan. 5 in its AAC opener … Elena Tsineke led four players scoring in double digits with a career high-tying 19 points … Sydni Harvey had 18 points, Bethy Mununga 16 and Kristyna Brabencova 10.
– USF has two players – Elena Tsineke (12.8) and Bethy Mununga (11.3) – who are averaging double-figure points, and four others who are netting 7.4 points per game or better.
TICKET & PROMOTION INFORMATION
– For ticket questions or to purchase tickets, please visit USFBullsTix.com or call 1-800-GoBulls … Single-game tickets are available; however; courtside seats are sold out for the 2019-20 season.
– Following USF’s back-to-back road games, at Tulsa and at Temple (Jan. 16, 7 p.m. ESPN3), the Bulls will return to the Yuengling Center on Jan. 19 to face UCF for the first of two editions of the War on I-4 … Tip-off against the Knights is slated for 3 p.m. (ESPN2) … Fans in attendance will receive a Slime Rally Towel and Green Afros … In addition, family and friends of USF students can get discounted tickets for both the women’s and men’s (Feb. 1) War on I-4 basketball games … They can either get upper sideline seats for $10 or baseline seats for $7 … That is a discount of 50 percent off for the men’s ticket and 35 percent off for the women’s … The link to purchase these tickets can be found at https://usf.spinzo.com/?group=19FamilyFriendsWeekend … Additional information can be found on the link.
UP NEXT FOR USF
– After USF’s American Athletic Conference road opener against the Golden Hurricane, the Bulls will close out their back-to-back road tilts in the City of Brotherly Love when they take on Temple on Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. (ESPN3).
– The Bulls return to the Yuengling Center on Jan. 19, when they face UCF in the first of two editions of the War on I-4 … Tip-off against the Knights is slated for 3 p.m. (ESPN2).
A QUICK LOOK AT THE BULLS
– In just 10 games, Elena Tsineke has already 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 … A native of Greece, Tsineke leads the team in scoring, averaging 12.8 points per game … She has scored double figures in eight of the 10 games she has played, career-high 19-point efforts against Florida Gulf Coast on Nov. 29 in the Cancun Challenge and against Cincinnati in The American opener on Jan. 5 … She is shooting 42.0 percent (42-for-100) from the field, including 35.3 percent (18-for-51) from behind the arc, and 86.7 percent (26-for-30) from the free-throw line.
– Bethy Mununga comes into Sunday’s game averaging just shy of a double-double in the 12 games she has played this season … She missed the three games – Idaho, Mississippi State and UNLV – with a hamstring injury … Her 11.3 points per game and 9.7 rebounds per outing are second and first on the team, respectively, and her rebounds per game average is second in The American, through Jan. 9 … She has scored in double figures in eight of the 12 games played, including career-highs of 16 points at Baylor (Nov. 19), against Brown (Dec. 30) and Cincinnati (Jan. 3) … She’s shooting 54.3 percent (57-for-105) from the field on the year.
– Mununga has recorded a double-double in six of the 12 games she has played in … She is third in The American, and 37th in the nation, in double-doubles through Jan. 9 … She has grabbed double-digit rebounds in eight games this season.
– Elisa Pinzan had a 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 the last five games due to an ankle injury, she continues to lead the team in assists per game, dishing out 4.2 per outing.
– Tamara Henshaw, second on the Bulls in rebounding, comes into the game against Tulsa with 803 career rebounds, reaching the 800-rebound plateau with her seven boards against Cincinnati on Jan. 5 … She is now just 20 rebounds shy of joining Nalini Miller (2003-07) in seventh all-time with 823 … Henshaw is averaging 11.2 rebounds per game in her last six outings.
– Henshaw is eighth in The American in total rebounds with 117, and ninth in the AAC in rebounds per game, grabbing 7.8 per outing, through Jan. 9.
SCOUTING TULSA
– Tulsa comes into its game with USF with a 5-10 record following its 64-62 overtime loss at Tulane on Jan. 8 … It was TU’s second-straight overtime setback … The Golden Hurricane dropped their second straight game, and their eighth in their last 10 outings, with their loss to the Green Wave.
– Tulsa has just one player averaging in double figures in the scoring column, as Kendrian Elliott is netting 16.3 points per game on the year, in addition to her team-high 9.1 rebounds per contest … Addison Richards is second in scoring, averaging 8.1 points per outing.
THE SERIES AGAINST THE GOLDEN HURRICANE
– Sunday’s game marks the seventh meeting between USF and Tulsa with the Bulls holding a 6-0 series lead, dating back to the inaugural meeting in February of 2015 … USF is 3-0 all-time against the Golden Hurricane in Tulsa.
About USF Women’s Basketball
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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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