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 | ADN
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 120^th 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 Saturday 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.