GAME THREE | SUN., NOV. 13 | 1 P.M. | TAMPA, FLA. | YUENGLING CENTER
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Jim Louk (PxP), Leah Secondo (Color)
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Darek Sharp (PxP), Brigid Merenda (Color)
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Series: USF leads, 15-0
Twitter Updates: @USFWBB
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RV/RV USF BULLS | 2-0
Last Game: Nov. 11 vs. Florida A&M, W, 90-50
Next Game: Nov. 16 vs. Alabama, 7 p.m.
Head Coach: Jose Fernandez
Alma Mater: FIU, 1994
Career Record: 418-285 (23rd season)
at USF: Same
JACKSONVILLE DOLPHINS | 1-1
Last Game: Nov. 9 at Kansas, L, 72-61
Next Game: Nov. 19 vs. FIU, 1 p.m.
Head Coach: Darnell Haney
Alma Mater: Florida A&M, 2004
Career Record: 34-45 (Fourth season)
at Jacksonville: Same
TAMPA (Nov. 12, 2021) – The University of South Florida women's basketball team returns to the Yuengling Center on Sunday for its second game in the last three days when it hosts Jacksonville. Tip-off is slated for 1 p.m. and the game will be carried live on ESPN+.
South Florida looks for its 16th-straight win over the Dolphins and comes into the game leading the series 15-0.
The Bulls will look to carry over their consistent play and momentum from their dominating performance – and second 40-plus-point win of the season – against Florida A&M on Friday when they defeated the Rattlers, 90-50. The Green and Gold handed Morehead State an 87-40 loss in the season-opener on Nov. 7.
For the second-straight contest, South Florida placed four players in double figures in the win over Florida A&M.
Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed seven rebounds, including five on the offensive glass, while also scoring her 1,000
th career point on the first field goal of the game. Florida State transfer and former McDonald's High School All-American,
Sammie Puisis, tied her career-high netting 20 points for the second-consecutive outing.
Joining Fankam Mendjiadeu and Puisis with double digits was American Athletic Conference Preseason Player of the Year
Elena Tsineke with 14 points and
Carla Brito with 11.
The Bulls' final game of the four-game homestand will be on Nov. 16 when Alabama visits the Yuengling Center (7 p.m., ESPN+).
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South Florida recorded its 10th 20-win season during the 2021-22 campaign while playing in its sixth American Athletic Conference championship game in its nine years in the conference. The Bulls achieved their highest national ranking of the season when it checked in at No. 13 in the Nov. 30 Associated Press Top 25 Poll, and advanced to their seventh NCAA Tournament appearance in the last nine years.
USF has made 17 postseason tournament appearances and had eight NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez's 22 seasons. The all-time winningest coach in program history, Fernandez has guided USF to 10 20-win seasons, two WNIT final four appearances, the 2009 WNIT championship, and has won over 400 career games. 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 at the conclusion of the 2020-21 campaign.
In 2021-22, the Bulls had three players recognized by The American for impressive seasons, including Elena Tsineke (All-Conference First Team), Bethy Mununga (All-Conference Second Team) and Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu (All-Conference Second Team).
In addition, Tsineke and Mununga were named to the American Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team.
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