GAME 24 | SAT., JAN. 28, 2023 | 3 P.M. ET | MEMPHIS, TENN. | ELMA ROANE FIELDHOUSE
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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
TV/Online: ESPN+ ($)                                   
Greg Gaston (PxP), Trey Draper (Color)
Audio: Bulls Unlimited (TuneIn App/GoUSFBulls.com)
Darek Sharp (PxP)
Live Stats: GoUSFBulls.com
Series: Series tied, 15-15
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RV/25 USF BULLS | 19-4 (8-0, AAC)
Last Game: Jan. 25 at Tulsa, W, 89-68
Next Game: Jan. 31 vs. East Carolina, 7 p.m.
Head Coach: Jose Fernandez
Alma Mater: FIU, 1994
Career Record: 435-289 (23rd season)
at South Florida: Same
 
MEMPHIS TIGERS | 12-8 (4-3, AAC)
Last Game: Jan. 25 at East Carolina, W, 61-53
Next Game: Feb. 1 vs. Houston, 7 p.m.
Head Coach: Katrina Merriweather
Alma Mater: Cincinnati, 2001
Career Record: 141-67 (Seventh season)
at Memphis: 28-20 (Second season)
 
TAMPA (January 27, 2023) – The No. 25-ranked University of South Florida women's basketball team closes out its two-game swing trip on Saturday when the Bulls face Memphis at Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Game time is slated for 3 p.m. ET and the contest can be seen live on ESPN+ ($). The Bulls are looking for their 10th straight win and their 12^th win in their last 14 games.
 
The Bulls, who look for their 11^th 20-win season in program history and eighth in the last 11 years, come into Saturday's game 19-4 overall and 8-0 in The American – good enough for first place in the AAC standings.
 
Elena Tsineke is averaging a conference-best 17.4 points per game on the year and leads three players on the Bulls' roster in double figures after her 21-point effort at Tulsa on Wednesday, her second-straight 21-point outing. Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu is not that far off the pace dropping in 16.7 points per game and 12.5 rebounds per outing, with her rebounding average tops in the conference. She is coming off an impressive 25-point, 15-rebound performance against the Golden Hurricane, and comes into the game against the Tigers with 991 career rebounds during her time with Memphis and the Bulls. Sammie Puisis rounds out the double-digit scorers netting 15.9 points per contest.
 
Memphis comes into its game against the Bulls with a 12-8 record and a 4-3 mark in The American following its 61-53 win at East Carolina on Wednesday. The Tigers have won three straight and four of their last five games.
 
Jamirah Shutes is one of two players on the Memphis roster averaging in double figures, netting 14.7 points per game. She is joined by Madison Griggs, averaging 12.6 points per outing. Emani Jefferson falls just shy averaging 9.2 points per contest.
 
Hannah Riddick leads the Tigers on the glass, grabbing 6.1 rebounds per contest.
 
Following their game at Memphis, the Bulls will return to the Yuengling Center for two out of their next three games, beginning on Jan. 31 when they take on East Carolina at 7 p.m. (ESPN+) for Team Tykes Night. South Florida will also face Houston at home, on Feb. 12 (2 p.m. ESPN2) during the three-game stretch
 
The Bulls' lone road game during that time will be at SMU on Feb. 4 at 3 p.m. ET (ESPN+).
 
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South Florida recorded its 10^th 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.