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USF Women Start Two-Game Home Stand on Saturday with Tulane

January 24, 2020

TAMPA (Jan. 24, 2020) – USF returns home to close out the month of January with two straight games, beginning on Saturday against Tulane (BullsVision). Tip-off is at 2 p.m. The Bulls are looking for their fifth win in the last seven games, and their 13th straight against Tulane.
 
GAME 20 | JAN. 25 2020 | 2 P.M. | TAMPA, FLA. | YUENGLING CENTER | BULLSVISION
 
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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
TV/Video: BullsVision                                  
Jim Louk (PxP)
Audio: Bulls Unlimited (iHeartRadio/GoUSFBulls.com)
Darek Sharpe (PxP), Brigid Merenda (Analyst)
Live Stats: GoUSFBulls.com
Series: USF leads, 21-19
Twitter Updates: @USFWBB
Tickets: (800) Go-Bulls; USFBullsTix.com
 
USF BULLS | 11-8 (3-2, AAC)
Last Game: Jan. 22 at Wichita State, W, 56-50
Next Game: Jan. 29 vs. Houston, 7 p.m.
Head Coach: Jose Fernandez
Alma Mater: FIU, 1994
Career Record: 365-267 (20th season)
at USF: Same
 
TULANE GREEN WAVE | 11-5 (6-0, AAC)
Last Game: Jan. 22 vs. UCF, W, 60-59
Next Game: Jan. 29 at Tulsa, 7 p.m.
Head Coach: Lisa Stockton
Alma Mater: Wake Forest, 1986
Career Record: 582-309 (29th season)
at Tulane: 519-246 (26th season)
 
QUICK HITS
- After playing five of the last eight on the road, Saturday marks the first of two straight at home that USF will play to close out January ... In addition to Tulane, Houston will also visit Tampa on Jan. 29. 
 
- USF is coming off a tough 56-50 win at Wichita State on Wednesday ... Bethy Mununga led the way with 13 points and 15 rebounds, and Kristyna Brabencova added 11 points ... Elisa Pinzan had nine points, seven assists and a career-high-tying five steals.
 
- USF has three players - Elena Tsineke (11.8), Bethy Mununga (10.8) and Sydni Harvey (10.2) - averaging double-figure points, and three others netting 7.9 points per game or better.
 
TICKET & PROMOTION INFORMATION
- For ticket questions or to purchase tickets, please visit USFBullsTix.com or call 1-800-Go-Bulls ... Single-game tickets are available; however; courtside seats are sold out for the 2019-20 season.
 
- The Bulls return to the Yuengling Center for two straight games, beginning on Saturday when they host Tulane at 2 p.m. ... USF will close out its short two-game stretch – and the month of January – with Houston on Jan. 29 at 7 p.m.
 
- The game against the Green Wave will mark the Bulls' annual "We Back Pat" game to raise awareness for Alzheimer's Disease ... In addition, the game against the Cougars will be 80's Throwback Night.
 
UP NEXT FOR USF
Following their game against Tulane on Saturday (BullsVision), the Bulls will close out the month of January at home with Houston on Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. (ADN).
 
A QUICK LOOK AT THE BULLS
- In just 14 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 ... Tsineke leads the team in scoring, averaging 11.3 points per game ... She has scored double figures in nine of the 14 games she has played in, including a career high 20-point effort at Temple on Jan. 16 ... Tsineke was 7-for-15 (46.7 percent) from the field, including 4-for-7 (57.1 percent) from behind the arc, and a perfect 2-for-2 from the free-throw line ... She also netted 19 points, twice, against Florida Gulf Coast on Nov. 29 in the Cancun Challenge and against Cincinnati in The American opener on Jan. 5 ... She is shooting 40.3 percent (52-for-129) from the field, including 35.4 percent (23-for-65) from behind the arc, and 86.1 percent (31-for-36) from the free-throw line.
 
- Bethy Mununga comes into Saturday's game averaging just shy of a double-double in the 16 games she has played this season ... She missed three games - Idaho, Mississippi State and UNLV - with a hamstring injury ... Her 10.8 points per game and 9.9 rebounds per outing are second and first on the team, respectively, and her rebounds-per-game average is second in The American, through Jan. 23 … She has scored in double figures in 10 of the 16 games played, including career highs of 16 points at Baylor (Nov. 19), against Brown (Dec. 30) and Cincinnati (Jan. 3) … She's shooting 51.1 percent (71-for-139) from the field on the year.
 
- Mununga has recorded a double-double in seven of the 16 games she has played in, and is third in The American, and 41st nationally in double-doubles through Jan. 23 ... She has grabbed double-digit rebounds in nine games this season.
 
- Sydni Harvey is starting to get back to her old self after missing the first 10 games of the season due to a leg injury ... Harvey is third on the team in scoring, averaging 10.2 points per game, and has scored double figures in three of the last five games played, with 18 points against Cincinnati on Jan. 5, 20 points at Tulsa on Jan. 12 and 19 points at Temple on Jan. 16 ... She set a career high for three-point shots made in a game with six at Tulsa (6-for-7) on Jan. 16.
 
- Elisa Pinzan posted a career high tying 23-point effort against UCF on Jan. 19 ... She shot 53.3 percent (8-for-15) from the field and 58.3 percent (7-for-12) from behind the three-point arc ... She set career-highs with eight field goals and seven three-point shots made against the Knights ... Pinzan also had a previous 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 five games - Idaho, Mississippi State, UNLV, Brown and Cincinnati - due to an ankle injury, she continued to lead the team in assists per game, and is currently dishing out 4.9 per outing ... Pinzan handed out seven assists in four of the past five games played - dating back to Alabama State on Dec. 6 - and in two of the last three since returning from her ankle injury at Tulsa on Jan. 19 
 
- Tamara Henshaw, second on the team in rebounding, comes into the Tulane game with 821 career rebounds ... She reached the 800-rebound plateau with her seven boards against Cincinnati on Jan. 5 ... She is now just two rebounds shy of joining Nalini Miller (2003-07) in seventh all-time at USF with 823.
 
- Henshaw is 11th in the AAC in rebounds per game, grabbing 7.1 per outing, through Jan. 23.
 
- Kristyna Brabencova is averaging 7.9 points per game on the year and 3.9 rebounds per contest ... She has scored double figures in seven games this season, and in four of her last six, and six of her last 10 ... Her double-figure outing at Tulsa on Jan. 12, was a career-high 17 points performance on 6-for-9 shooting (66.7 percent), including 2-for-3 (66.7 percent) from long range, and a perfect 2-for-2 from the free-throw line.
 
SCOUTING TULANE
- Tulane comes into its game with USF with an 11-8 overall record, and a perfect 6-0 mark in The American, following its 60-59 win over UCF on Jan. 22 ... The Green Wave has won its last seven games, after starting the season 4-8.
 
- The Green Wave has two players averaging in double figures in the scoring column, in Krystal Freeman and Arsula Clark, netting 14.6 and 12.6 points per game, respectively ... In addition, Tulane has four players averaging 5.3 points per game or better ... Freeman is also grabbing a team high 7.4 rebounds per game.
 
THE SERIES AGAINST THE GREEN WAVE
- Saturday will mark the 41st meeting between USF and Tulane, with the Bulls holding a slight 21-19 series lead, dating back to Feb. 3, 1992 ... USF has won 12 straight, and 15 of the last 16  games played ... The Bulls, however, are just 10-11 at home against the Green Wave.
 
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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.