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South Florida Faces East Carolina in Regular Season Road Finale

February 26, 2022

TAMPA (Feb. 26, 2022) – The University of South Florida women's basketball team closes out its regular-season road schedule on Sunday when the Bulls travel to Greenville, N.C. to face East Carolina at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum. Tipoff is slated for 1 p.m. and the game can be seen live on ESPN+ ($).
 
South Florida looks for its fourth-straight win, fifth win in its last six games, and 16^th win in its last 20 games.
 
Elena Tsineke leads three players in double-digits in the scoring column, netting 13.9 points per game, and is sixth in The American. Tsineke, who is 19 points shy of 1,000 points for her career, is joined by Bethy Mununga (11.1 ppg) and Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu (10.9 ppg), while Elisa Pinzan is netting 8.3 points per game. Sydni Harvey is averaging 7.6 points per contest.
 
Mununga also leads The American and is 12^th in the nation, averaging 11.4 rebounds per game, and is tops in the conference and seventh in the nation in total rebounds (309). Mununga is also just two rebounds shy of becoming the fifth player in program history to grab 900 career rebounds.
 
Pinzan is second in the conference and 24^th in the nation in assists per contest dishing out 5.4 per outing, and second in The American in total assists (141) which is good enough for 26^th in the nation.
 
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GAME 28 | SUN., FEB. 27 | 1 P.M. | GREENVILLE, N.C. | WILLIAMS ARENA AT MINGES COLISEUM
 
GAME INFORMATION
TV/Online: ESPN+ ($)                                    
Dennis Cox (PxP), Mack McCarthy (Color)
Audio: Bulls Unlimited 2 (iHeartRadio/GoUSFBulls.com)
Darek Sharp (PxP)
Live Stats: GoUSFBulls.com/StatBroadcast
Series: South Florida leads series, 11-7
Twitter Updates: @USFWBB
Tickets: ECUPirates.com
 
-/RV USF BULLS | 20-7, 10-3 AAC
Last Game: Feb. 24 at Wichita State, W, 47-46
Next Game: March 2 vs. Houston, 7 p.m.
Head Coach: Jose Fernandez
Alma Mater: FIU, 1994
Career Record: 412-283 (22nd season)
at USF: Same
 
EAST CAROLINA PIRATES | 11-15, 4-9 AAC
Last Game: Feb. 24 vs. Tulsa, Canceled
Next Game: March 2 at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Head Coach: Kim McNeill
Alma Mater: Richmond, 2000
Career Record: 87-88 (Sixth season)
At East Carolina: 28-50 (Third season)
 
QUICK HITS
- Two milestones could fall on Sunday for the Bulls ... Elena Tsineke has 981 career points; 19 points shy of 1,000 ... In addition, Bethy Mununga has 898 career rebounds, two shy of 900.
 
- USF is coming off a 47-46 win at Wichita State on Thursday in Wichita ... Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu paced the way with 14 points and 10 rebounds in the win ... Bethy Mununga had nine points and Elisa Pinzan and Maria Alvarez had eight points apiece.
 
- South Florida is currently receiving votes (2) in the USA Today/WBCA Coaches Top 25 poll.
 
SCOUTING EAST CAROLINA
- East Carolina comes into its game with South Florida with an 11-15 record and a 4-9 mark in The American, following its 68-57 loss at Cincinnati on Feb. 19 ... ECU had its last game against Tulsa canceled due to travel issues with the Golden Hurricane and the game is declared a no-contest ... The Pirates have won three of their last four games after going 1-8 in the previous nine games.
 
- Taniyah Thompson is ECU's lone double-figure scorer, averaging 18.3 points per game on the year ... Danae McNeal falls just short, netting 9.5 points per game ... Tylar Bennett leads the team on the glass, grabbing 5.0 rebounds per outing.
 
THE SERIES AGAINST THE PIRATES
- South Florida and East Carolina come into their meeting with the Bulls leading the all-time series 11-7 ... USF also holds a slight advantage in the series in Greenville, leading, 4-3
 
- The Bulls have won their last nine straight games, and 10 of the last 11, in the series after going 1-6 in the first seven games.
 
UP NEXT FOR USF
- South Florida will close out its regular season campaign on March 2 at 7 p.m. (ESPN+) against Houston on Senior Night. 
 
- Following their regular-season finale, the Bulls will head to the American Athletic Conference Tournament, March 7-10 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
 
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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.