Game Details
No. 14/15 USF 67, Tulsa 46
USF (11-1, *9-0 AAC), Tulsa (5-9, 4-9 AAC)
Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021 | 4 p.m. | ESPN+
Tampa, Fla. | Yuengling Center
 
* The American has declared a forfeit win for USF against Memphis for conference-standings purposes only as a result of the scheduled game from Jan. 17 that was not played. The teams' overall records are not affected.
 
TAMPA (AP) (Feb. 13, 2021) — Bethy Mununga had 19 points and 15 rebounds and No. 14/15 South Florida played its first game in a month, beating Tulsa 67-46 on Saturday.

USF (11-1, *9-0 AAC), which hasn't played since Jan. 13 due to COVID-19 issues within the program, won its program-best 10th straight game including eight by double digits.

Sydni Harvey made four 3-pointers and scored 14 points for the Bulls. Elisa Pinzan had 13 points and matched a career best with six steals. The pair each had seven of the Bulls' 19 assists. Mihaela Lazic added a career-high 10 points.

Wyvette Mayberry scored 18 points off the bench to lead Tulsa (5-9, 4-9 AAC), which is winless against the Bulls (0-9). The Golden Hurricane missed 14 of 15 from long range and finished 18-of-62 shooting (29%) from the floor.

Mununga had 13 points and 10 rebounds in the first half as USF closed on a 10-0 run for 33-20 halftime advantage. The Bulls held a double-digit lead the rest of the way.
USF hosts Cincinnati on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

USF athletics communications contributed to this story.

Key Stats
6.7% – The Bulls didn't seem to have any rust in terms of defending the three-point arc against Tulsa. USF, who came into the game second in the nation in three-point field goal percentage defense, allowing the opposition to hit just 20.3 percent of their shots from long range, held the Golden Hurricane to just 6.7 percent from three.

Notable

• USF played its first game since Jan. 13 at Tulane, a stretch of 31 days without a game.
• The win over Tulsa improves USF's record in the all-time series against the Golden Hurricane to 9-0, and 4-0 all-time in games played in Tampa.
• USF's win marked its 10^th- straight victory setting a new program record for consecutive wins … The Bulls surpassed their previous best of nine straight wins set during the 2008-09 and 1972-73 campaigns. 
• USF's win over the Golden Hurricane also marks its ninth straight conference victory, which sets a new program record for consecutive conference wins. 
• The Bulls' 11-1 start marks just the third time during the Jose Fernandez coaching era (since the 2000-01 season) that the Bulls have won at least 11 games through their first 12 outings … They also accomplished the feat during the 2016-17 (13-1) and 2008-09 (13-1) campaigns, under Fernandez.
• Bethy Mununga's game-highs of 19 points and 15 rebounds marked her 14th career double-double and the sixth of the season.  
• Despite no blocked shots against Tulsa, Shae Leverett continues to move up the school's career blocked shot and rebounding charts this season … She currently has 93 rejections for her career, which ties Courtney Williams (2012-16) in seventh place on the school's career list … She is now just seven blocks shy of becoming the seventh player in program history to reject at least 100 shots.
• Also, Leverett continues to move up the school's career rebounding chart … Against Tulsa, Leverett's six rebounds give her 597, 17th place on the school's all-time rebounding list … She is just one board shy of becoming the 17th player in program history to grab 600 career rebounds.
• Mihaela Lazic earned her first career start on Saturday against Tulane, and took full advantage, netting a career-high 10 points … She surpassed her previous best of six against Jacksonville on Nov. 28 in the season-opener.

Up Next
Following the Tulsa game, USF returns to the Yuengling Center on Feb. 17, when the Bulls face Cincinnati in the second of two-straight games at home. The contest is rescheduled from the postponed game on Jan. 30. Tipoff against the Bearcats is slated for 7 p.m. with the game being streamed live on ESPN+.
 
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 USF notched its ninth consecutive 19-win season and was poised for its ninth straight postseason appearance in 2019-20 before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the end of the college basketball season. The Bulls celebrated two all-conference honorees in Elena Tsineke and Elisa Pinzan. Tsineke was named the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, in addition to The American All-Freshman Team and Third Team All-Conference; while Pinzan was named a Third Team All-Conference selection.
 
USF has made 15 postseason tournament appearances and had six NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez's 20 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.