Final Stats PDF | HTML | 2008-09 Season Stats  1 2 F Grambling 33 29 62 USF 60 66 126 GoUSFBulls.com Multimedia Post Game Video: Jose Fernandez | Janae Stokes Live Chat Transcript Stat Comparison USF Grambling Points 126 62 FG Made-Attempted 46-78 20-74 FG Percentage 59.0% 27.0% 3 FG Made-Attempted 14-30 5-17 3 FG Percentage 46.7% 29.4% FT Made-Attempted 20-30 17-31 FT Percentage 66.7% 54.8% Rebounds 61 42 Turnovers 16 21 USF Stat Leaders   GU Stat Leaders Stokes 39 Points Dobbins/Fleming 14 Grant 13 Rebounds Three Players 6 Sepulveda 7 Assists Dobbins 5 Grace/Sanders 2 Steals Johnson 3 Lawson 2 Blocks Brown/Fleming 1

TAMPA, Fla. ? The University of South Florida women's basketball team turned in a record setting performance tonight en route to its fifth straight win in a 126-62 victory over Grambling State at the Sun Dome.

The win improves USF to 9-1 on the year which marks just the fifth time in school history that it has won nine games in its first 10 outings.

Janae Stokes led four players in double figures with 39 points, including 25 points in the second half. Jazmine Sepulveda scored 17 points, and Shantia Grace and Alexis Givands each added 14 points in the win. Porche Grant grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds.

It was very fitting that Stokes had the type of performance that she had tonight with former Tampa  Bay Buccaneers greats Jimmie Giles and Doug Williams - a  Super Bowl Most Valuable Player - sitting in the stands. Stokes had her own MVP performance as her 39 points marked the third most scored in Division I this season (Grace holds the Division I season high with 44 scored against Coppin State on Nov. 23). In addition, Stokes shot 13-18 from the field, including 11-14 from behind the three-point arc on the night. Her 11 treys are the most made in a Division I game this season. 

The Bulls, who came into the game averaging 87.9 points per game which was second in the nation behind BIG EAST foe Connecticut (92.4), made no doubt early that they were in control scoring six points in the in the first minute of the game and forcing the Lady Tigers to use one of their five timeouts.

Grambling (2-6) would cut the lead to five points (8-3), but USF would blow the game open running out to a 60-33 lead at the intermission.

After shooting 53.7 percent (22-41) it didn't look like the Bulls could shoot any better in the second half. USF, however, would hit 64.9 percent (24-37) of their shots in the second half and finished the contest shooting 59 percent (46-78) from the floor.

The Bulls would hit the century mark ? for the third time this season, which is the first time in school history that they accomplished the feat ? when Grant hit the first of two free throws with 9:36 left in the game to give USF a 100-52 lead. Ironically, prior to Grant's free throw attempts, Ashley Sanders, who hit two free throws with the Bulls sitting on 99 points in each of their previous two games this season hitting 100 points (100 against Central Connecticut and 103 against Stetson) had her third opportunity but missed both from the charity stripe.

In the end, the Bulls' 126 points turned out to be the most scored in a Division I game this season, while also setting a new school mark surpassing their previous best of 124 originally set against Morris Brown on Nov. 30, 2002.

In addition to USF's accomplishments tonight on the hardwood, head coach Jose Fernandez mow moves to within three games of becoming the school's all-time leader  in career wins  for a basketball coach in school history. His current record is 125-124 and needs just three victories to surpass former men's coach Bobby Paschal as the Bulls' all-time winningest coach. Paschal ended his career with 127 wins in 10 seasons (286 games)

Rachele Dobbins and Secrette Anderson each scored 14 points for Grambling in the loss.

The Bulls will get back to work on Saturday, Dec. 20 against Northern Arizona at Noon in the Sun Dome. For ticket information call 1-800-GoBulls.

Post Game Notes
? USF is 9-1 on the year for just the fifth time in school history.
? The Bulls have won five straight for the first time since last year when they tallied eight consecutive wins.
? USF's 126 points are the most scored in Division I this year.
? USF's 64-point margin of victory is the third largest this season.
? Janae Stokes scored a career high 39 points ... Her 39 points is the third most scored in Division I this year ... Teammate Shantia Grace holds the Division I season high for this season with 44 vs. Coppin State on Nov. 23.
? Stokes' 39 points is tied for the second most scored in a single game in school history.
? Stokes' 14 treys attempted are tied for the second most in school history.
? Stokes was 13-18 from the field and 11-14 from three-point range ... Her 11 treys is the most made in the nation this season.
? Stokes' 78.6 percent shooting from behind the three-point arc (11-14) is the third best single game three-point percentage in school history with a minimum of five made in a game.
? USF scored 60 points in both halves of a game for the first time in school history netting 60 in the first half (tied for the sixth most in a half and the most ever scored in the first half of a game) and 66 in the second half (the third most in a half) ... It was the first time that the Bulls scored 60 points in a half since netting 68 in the second half against Puerto Rico Mayaguez in the first round of the San Juan Shootout on Dec. 19, 2005, exactly two years and 364 days.
? Jazmine Sepulveda tied her career high with seven assists.