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Top-Seeded and No. 20-Ranked USF Ready to Battle Tulane in AAC Semis

March 10, 2021

FORT WORTH, Texas (March 9, 2021) – The No. 20-ranked, and top-seeded, University of South Florida women's basketball team returns to the Dickies Arena hardwood on Wednesday when it faces the No. 4-seed Tulane in the American Athletic Conference semifinals. Tip-off is slated for 5:30 p.m. ET and the game can be seen live on ESPN+.
 
The Bulls, who advance to their eighth-straight AAC semifinal, defeated ninth-seeded Wichita State, 48-44, on Tuesday in the quarterfinals. The Green Wave defeated Temple, 83-73, to advance to the semis.
 
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The Bulls won their first conference regular-season title on March 2, with their thrilling 65-62 win over UCF in the Yuengling Center.
 
Wednesday's meeting will be the third of the season between the two schools with USF handing Tulane a 72-53 loss on Jan. 13 in New Orleans, then defeated the Green Wave, 78-69, on March 20. The Bulls have won 17-straight games against Tulane.
 
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GAME 20 | WED., MARCH 10 | 5:30 P.M. ET | ESPN+
AAC TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS | FORT WORTH, TEXAS | DICKIES ARENA
 
Watch Live | Listen Live | Live Stats
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
TV/Stream: ESPN+                                       
Sam Gore (PxP), Christy Thomaskutty (Analyst)
Audio: Bulls Unlimited (iHeartRadio/GoUSFBulls.com)
Darek Sharp (PxP)
Live Stats: GoUSFBulls.com/StatBroadcast
Series: USF leads series, 26-19
Twitter Updates: @USFWBB
 
(1) No. 20/18 USF BULLS | 16-3
Last Game: March 9 vs. Wichita State (W, 48-42)
Next Game: March 11 at AAC Final (if necessary), 10 p.m. ET
Head Coach: Jose Fernandez
Alma Mater: FIU, 1994
Career Record: 389-275 (21st season)
at USF: Same
 
(4) TULANE GREEN WAVE | 17-7
Last Game: March 9 vs. Temple (W, 83-73)
Next Game: March 11 at AAC Final (if necessary), 10 p.m. ET
Head Coach: Lisa Stockton
Alma Mater: Wake Forest, 1986
Career Record: 602-325 (30th season)
at Tulane: 539-298 (27th season)
 
QUICK HITS
- Top-seeded and No. 20/18 USF - the American Athletic Conference regular-season champs - faces fourth-seeded Tulane in the semifinals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament on Wednesday ... Tip-off is slated for 5:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+). 
 
- The Bulls are 13-7 all-time in the event.
 
- USF, which is taking part in its eighth-straight AAC Tournament semifinal, looks to improve to 17-3 just the second time in program history ... They accomplished the feat during the 2016-17 season.
 
- USF won a dogfight on Tuesday, pulling out a 48-44 victory over ninth-seeded Wichita State to advance to the semifinals ... Sydni Harvey scored 14 points and Elena Tsineke had 12 points in the win ... Bethy Mununga grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds.
 
- Elena Tsineke leads the Bulls in scoring, averaging 12.8 points per game ... She is joined in double figures by Sydni Harvey (11.3) and Bethy Mununga (10.7) ... Mununga leads in rebounding (12.8).
 
THE SERIES AGAINST TULANE
Wednesday marks the 46th meeting between USF and Tulane, with the Bulls holding a 26-19 series lead, dating back to Feb. 3, 1992 ... USF has won 17 straight and 20 of the last 21 games played ... The two schools have met in the American Athletic Conference Tournament the past two seasons with the Bulls coming out on top.
 
UP NEXT FOR USF
The winner of the USF-Tulane semifinal game on Wednesday will face the winner of the semifinal between third-seeded Houston and the two-seed UCF in the American Athletic Conference Championship game on Thursday at 10 p.m. on ESPNU.
 
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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.