This week’s honor marks the third of the season for Tsineke and the fourth of her career.
TAMPA (March 2, 2023) – University of South Florida women’s basketball standout Elena Tsineke was recognized by the American Athletic Conference as the league’s final Player of the Week for 2022-23, the conference announced on Thursday. It marks Tsineke’s third Player of the Week honor of the season and the fourth of her career.
Tsineke helped the Bulls to a dominating 85-55 win at Cincinnati in their regular season finale on Wednesday.
The American Preseason Player of the Year, Tsineke scored 28 points against the Bearcats on 10-for-14 (71.4 percent) shooting from the field, 2-for-4 (50.0 percent) from behind the arc and a near-perfect 6-for-7 (85.7 percent) from the free-throw line.
She also shared team-high assist honors with five in a team-best 31 minutes of action.
Tsineke leads the team and is second in The American in scoring averaging 18.0 points per game on the year.
South Florida now heads to the American Athletic Conference Tournament, March 6-9, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The Bulls are the No. 1 seed in the tournament after winning their second regular-season championship in the last three years. They earned a bye into the quarterfinals, and will face the winner of Monday’s first-round game between ninth-seeded Temple and eighth-seeded Wichita State, on Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET. The game can be seen live on ESPN+ ($).
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South Florida recorded its 10th 20-win season during the 2021-22 campaign while playing in its sixth American Athletic Conference championship game in its nine years in the conference. The Bulls achieved their highest national ranking of the season when it checked in at No. 13 in the Nov. 30 Associated Press Top 25 Poll, and advanced to their seventh NCAA Tournament appearance in the last nine years.
USF has made 17 postseason tournament appearances and had eight NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez’s 22 seasons. The all-time winningest coach in program history, Fernandez has guided USF to 10 20-win seasons, two WNIT final four appearances, the 2009 WNIT championship, and has won over 400 career games. Fernandez was named a finalist for the WBCA and semifinalist for the Naismith National Coach of the Year Awards. He was also tabbed the 2021 American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year at the conclusion of the 2020-21 campaign.
In 2021-22, the Bulls had three players recognized by The American for impressive seasons, including Elena Tsineke (All-Conference First Team), Bethy Mununga (All-Conference Second Team) and Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu (All-Conference Second Team).
In addition, Tsineke and Mununga were named to the American Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team.
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