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No. 24 USF Looks to Get back on the Court at Tulane on Wednesday

January 11, 2022

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TAMPA (Jan. 11, 2022) – The University of South Florida women's basketball team looks to get back on the hardwood on Wednesday as the Bulls travel to New Orleans to face Tulane at Fogelman Arena. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. ET with the game airing on ESPN+.
 
South Florida had its second game in the past three postponed on Sunday when there were COVID-19 concerns within the Wichita State program. The Bulls' original conference opener against Memphis, scheduled for Jan. 2 at the Yuengling Center, was postponed due to health and safety protocols within the South Florida program.
 
The Bulls, ranked 24^th in this week's Associated Press and USA Today/WBCA Coaches top-25 polls, looks for their seventh win in their last eight games, and 19th-straight against the Green Wave.
 
Elena Tsineke leads two players in double-digits in the scoring column, netting 13.9 points per game, and is sixth in The American in scoring. Sydni Harvey is also averaging double digits, scoring 11.2 points per outing.  
 
Bethy Mununga (9.9 ppg), Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu (9.7 ppg), and Elisa Pinzan (9.7 ppg) are all just shy of averaging double-figure points per game.
 
Mununga also leads The American, and is seventh in the nation, averaging 11.8 rebounds per game, and is tops in the conference and third in the nation in total rebounds (177), while Pinzan leads the conference, and 13^th in the nation in assists per contest dishing out 5.9 per outing and is first in total assists (83) which is good enough for ninth in the nation.
 
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GAME 16 | WED., JAN. 12 | 7 P.M. ET | NEW ORLEANS, LA. | FOGELMAN ARENA
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
TV/Online: ESPN+ ($)                                    
Jack Benjamin (PxP), Tiffany Aidoo (Color)
Audio: Bulls Unlimited 2 (iHeartRadio/GoUSFBulls.com)
Darek Sharp (PxP)
Live Stats: GoUSFBulls.com/StatBroadcast
Series: South Florida leads series, 27-19
Twitter Updates: @USFWBB
Tickets: TulaneGreenWave.com
 
No. 24/24 USF BULLS | 11-4, 1-0 AAC
Last Game: Jan. 9 vs. Wichita State, Postponed
Next Game: Jan. 16 at Central Florida, 3 p.m.
Head Coach: Jose Fernandez
Alma Mater: FIU, 1994
Career Record: 403-280 (22nd season)
at USF: Same
 
TULANE GREEN WAVE | 8-4, 0-1 AAC
Last Game: Jan. 5 vs. Houston, L, 54-47
Next Game: Jan. 15 at SMU, 2 p.m.
Head Coach: Lisa Stockton
Alma Mater: Wake Forest, 1986
Career Record: 611-331 (31st season)
at Tulane: 548-304 (28th season)
 
QUICK HITS
- South Florida had its game against Wichita State, scheduled for Jan. 9 at home, postponed due to COVID concerns within the Shockers' program ... It was the Bulls' second game postponed due to COVID.
 
- The Bulls are coming off a 61-46 win at Cincinnati on Jan. 5 in the AAC opener for both schools ... Elena Tsineke led the way with a game-high 21 points while Bethy Mununga added 14 points and 15 rebounds and Maria Alvarez had 13 points.
 
- South Florida is currently ranked No. 24 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, not moving from the previous week ... In addition, the Bulls remain at No. 24 in the most recent USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll.
 
SCOUTING TULANE
- Tulane enters its game with South Florida with an 8-4 overall record and an 0-1 mark in The American, following its 54-47 loss to Central Florida at home on Jan. 5 ... The setback, for the Green Wave, was their third in the last five games after starting the season 6-1.
 
- Baylor transfer Moon Ursin is one of four players averaging double figures for the Green Wave, leading the team in scoring, averaging 14.4 points per game ... Krystal Freeman is second, netting 12.9 points per outing, and Dynah Jones and Arsula Clark are third and fourth, averaging 12.5 and 10.8 points per contest, respectively ... Ursin also leads Tulane on the boards, grabbing 10.2 rebounds per game, followed by Freeman at 7.9 per outing.
 
THE SERIES AGAINST THE GREEN WAVE
- Wednesday marks the 47th meeting between South Florida and Tulane, with the Bulls holding a 27-19 series lead, dating back to Feb. 3, 1992 ... South Florida has won 18 straight and 21 of the last 22 games played ... The Bulls and Green Wave last met on March 10, 2021, in the semifinals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament.
 
UP NEXT FOR USF
- Following the meeting at Tulane, South Florida will head east on Interstate-4 for the first edition of the War on I-4 against Central Florida on Sunday at 3 p.m. (ESPNU) before returning home for two-straight at the Yuengling Center against Tulsa on Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. (ESPN+) and Temple on Jan. 22 at 3 p.m. (ESPN+).
 
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USF recorded its best season in program history during the 2020-21 campaign, all while navigating the unpredictable COVID-19 landscape. In doing so, the Bulls won their first-ever American Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament titles, and posted their highest ranking in the Associated Press Top25 poll – reaching as high as No. 12 – and made their ninth straight postseason appearance, and sixth NCAA appearance in the last 10 years.
 
USF has made 16 postseason tournament appearances and had seven NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez's 21 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 nearly 400 career games. For his efforts on the sideline during the 2020-21 season, Fernandez was named a finalist for the WBCA and semifinalist for the Naismith National Coach of the Year Awards. He was also tabbed the 2021 American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.
 
The Bulls posted a 19-4 record and had five players, during the 2020-21 campaign, the Bulls had five players recognized by The American for impressive seasons, including Elisa Pinzan (Most Improved Player, All-Conference Second Team), Maria Alvarez (Co-Sixth Player of the Year), Bethy Mununga (All-Conference First Team), Elena Tsineke (All-Conference First Team), and Sydni Harvey (All-Conference Third Team).
 
In addition, Harvey was named the American Athletic Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player and to the All-Tournament Team, while Mununga and Tsineke were also All-Tournament selections.