Harvey’s Career High Earns AAC Freshman of the Week
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Jan. 21, 2019–USF women's basketball player
Sydni Harvey, a freshman from Nashville, Tenn., has been named the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week after leading the Bulls over Tulane (receiving votes) in a stunning 73-46 victory.
The freshman earned 25 points on 9-of-17 shooting from the field and three free throws. The point total led all scorers and set a career high for the freshman. Harvey also sunk 4-of-7 from beyond the arc, tying her career high for three pointers made. She also added a team-high four assists, and went a perfect 3-for-3 from the foul line. On the season, Harvey is the only player in The American shooting above 90 percent from the charity stripe at 90.8 for the season.
Harvey teamed up with
Enna Pehadzic, who scored a career-high 21 points, to combine for 46 Bulls' points. The scoring bulk is a needed boost for USF (11-7, 2-2 AAC) who is missing more than 50 points from five unavailable players. USF pulled off the improbable victory behind the duo's efforts alongside a double-double from
Shae Leverett (Rincon, Ga.).
Pehadzic was also named to the American Honor Roll for her contribution. Her career-high 21 points came from a career-highfive 3-pointers alongside grabbing eight rebounds and dishing out three assists.
Harvey and the Bulls return to action on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at the Yuengling Center against Memphis. USF will then travel to Dallas to take on SMU on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.
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USF notched its sixth consecutive 20-win season and fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance in 2017-18. It marked the ninth 20-win season in program history, with head coach Jose Fernandez at the helm for all nine. The Bulls posted 26 wins in 2017-18, just shy of the program record of 27 set in 2008-09 and 2014-15.
USF has made 14 postseason tournament appearances and had six NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez's 18 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 300 games.
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