Boca Raton, Fla. – Feb. 14, 2025 – South Florida women's basketball (17-8, 10-2 AAC) heads across the state to Boca for its second meeting of the season with Florida Atlantic (10-15, 2-10 AAC) on Saturday, Feb. 15. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m. and the action will stream on ESPN+.
 
SETTING THE STAGE
The Bulls are winners of 12 of their last 14 games and are looking to extend their current win streak to a season-high seven games. The Owls are on a two-game losing skid.
 
THE SOUTH FLORIDA-FLORIDA ATLANTIC SERIES
Saturday is the 20th meeting between the two squads. South Florida leads in the all-time series 11-8. The last clash was a 85-59 Bulls win in Tampa, Fla. (Jan. 18, 2025) earlier this season.
 
BEST OF THE BULLS
The Bulls are led by graduate guard Sammie Puisis (14.6 ppg.) and sophomore guard Vittoria Blasigh (10.2 ppg.) (Puisis is ranked 5th in the nation with 75 total 3-pointers made and 7th in 3FG Made Per Game (3.0 3FGM). Junior forward Carla Brito holds a team best 7.7 rebound average. (6th in the American). Senior forward L'or Mputu has a 7.3 rebound average (8th in the American). The Duo is 1st the AAC with a combined 15.0 Rebound Average. Graduate guard Mama Dembele is USF's top assister with 5.4 apg. (14th nationally in APG) (125 total assists ranked 20th nationally). In the latest NCAA Nitty Gritties Report, South Florida is ranked 73 NET SOS, 66 in the NET, and 7 in NET Nonconference Schedule.
 
ADDITIONAL NOTES
The Bulls are on a six game winning streak, which matches their previous win streak from earlier this season. USF has won 12 of its last 14 games. Against Rice, USF played and won its first-ever three overtime game in the Coach Fernandez Era; the first 3OT was a 102-96 win against Alabama St. (Jan. 22, 1984). Mama Dembele is the first DI (men's or women's), NBA or WNBA player this century to have 50+ minutes played, 10+ assists, 3+ steals, and zero turnovers in a game (happend against Rice). Sammie Puisis has made at least one three in 57 straight regular-season games, the longest active streak in Division I. That is the longest streak by any USF player this century and the longest by any player in AAC history. The Bulls have six different players this season with at least 100 points, 60 rebounds and 20 steals. That is tied for the most in Division I in 2024-25 and the most for USF in a single campaign since 2012-13 (also six).
 
TICKETS
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ABOUT SOUTH FLORIDA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
South Florida women's basketball has made 18 postseason tournament appearances and had nine NCAA Tournament berths in head coach Jose Fernandez's 25 seasons. The all-time winningest coach in program history, Fernandez has guided the Bulls to 11 20-win seasons, two WNIT final four appearances, the 2008-09 WNIT championship, has won over 450 career games, and is the all-time wins leader in the American Athletic Conference.
 
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