West Palm, Fla. Dec. 21, 2023 – South Florida women's basketball (8-5) fell, 73-50, in a hard-fought battle to No. 10/13 Baylor (11-0) on Thursday afternoon in the West Palm Beach Classic on the Campus of Keiser University.
 
Vittoria Blasigh led the Bulls with a 16-point performance. Romi Levy followed with 13 points and Carla Brito added a double-double performance of 11 points and 11 rebounds.
 
HOW THE GAME WAS DECIDED
Midway through the third stanza the Bulls Battled back and used an 11-0 scoring run to slice the Bears lead to 10 points. Levy and Daniela Gonzalez each had four points in the stretch. With 1:33 to play in the third quarter USF trailed Baylor, 44-34.
 
The two powers traded blows for the first eight minutes of the final stanza, and the Bears constructed a 12-3 spurt to secure the Bull's loss over the final two minutes of action. Brito scored a 3-pointer for South Florida to stop Baylor's effort with three seconds to play.
 
NOTABLE NUMBERS

• Baylor has captured all five pairings against South Florida.
• USF's neutral site record this season fell to 2-3.
• Brito's double-double was her second of the season and fourth of her career.
• Levy has hit double figures in five contests this year, and tonight marked her third straight.
• Blasigh logged her eighth game of the year in double figures.

UP NEXT
South Florida enters AAC play as the squad welcomes SMU to the Yuengling Center on Saturday, Dec. 30. Tipoff is slated for 7:00 p.m. and the action will stream live on ESPN+.
 
TICKETS 
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South Florida women's basketball recorded its 11^th 20-win season during the 2022-23 campaign. USF has made 18 postseason tournament appearances and had nine NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez's 23 seasons. The all-time winningest coach in program history, Fernandez has guided USF to 11 20-win seasons, two WNIT final four appearances, the 2009 WNIT championship, has won over 400 career games, and is the all-time wins leader in the American Athletic Conference.
 
In 2022-23, the Bulls had four players recognized by The American for impressive seasons, including Elena Tsineke (AAC Co-Player of the Year, All-Conference First Team), Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu (AAC Co-Player of the Year, All-Conference First Team), Sammie Puisis (AAC Newcomer of the Year, All-Conference Second Team) and Carla Brito (AAC All-Freshman Team).
 
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