Sunday, November 20
Tulsa 92, Oral Roberts 77 – Box Score
South Florida 66, TCU 59 – Box Score
East Carolina 64, Charleston Southern 31 – Box Score
Tulane 90, Sam Houston 51 – Box Score
No. 24 Villanova 74, Temple 71 – Box Score
Recaps
Tulsa 92, Oral Roberts 77 – Box Score
TULSA, Okla. –– Tulsa led from start to finish in the 43rd Annual Mayor's Cup against cross-town rival Oral Roberts as the Golden Hurricane captured a 92-77 victory Sunday afternoon in front of 1,362 fans at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.
Tulsa improved to 3-1 on the season, while ORU dropped to 0-5 under first-year coach Kelsi Musick.
Temira Poindexter led five double-figure scorers for Tulsa with a game-high 22 points. Fellow sophomore Delanie Crawford had a career-high 17 points, senior Maddie Bittle totaled 14 and newcomers Katelyn Levings and Ahrray Young scored season-highs with 13 and 12 points, respectively.
Bittle, Crawford and Poindexter each pulled down eight rebounds, while Bittle led the way with six assists. ORU's Delanie Nix was the game's second-leading scorer with 21 points for the Golden Eagles.
Crawford and Young's combined 29 points led a bench attack that outscored ORU 34-9.
The Hurricane was balanced throughout the game, scoring 20 points in each quarter for the first time this season. Tulsa ended the game with a field goal percentage of .493 and ended at 35.3 percent from three-point range.
The two teams battled in the paint as Tulsa held a slim two-point margin for points in the paint wat 40-38.
South Florida 66, TCU 59 – Box Score
FORT WORTH, Texas — The University of South Florida women's basketball team got 21 points from Elena Tsineke, 11 points and 10 rebounds from Carla Brito and 10 points from Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu as the Bulls handed TCU a 66-59 loss at Schollmaier Arena in the Maggie Dixon Classic. The win is South Florida's fifth-straight to start the season while the Horned Frogs pull even at 2-2.
After going into the half tied with the Horned Frogs at 27-all and holding a slight four-point edge at the end of the third quarter, 49-45, the Bulls opened the game up in the fourth quarter extending their lead to as many as 13 points, 58-45, midway through the final stanza on the second of two back-to-back layups by Fankam Mendjiadeu.
TCU, however, battled its way back cutting the South Florida lead down to two points, 58-56, with just over a minute left in the contest. That was as close as the Horned Frogs got as the Bulls closed out the game on an 8-3 run.
East Carolina 64, Charleston Southern 31 – Box Score
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina women's basketball team defeated Charleston Southern 64-31 on Sunday in Minges Coliseum. The Pirates were led by Danae McNeal with 17 points, three assists, five rebounds and six steals.
The team got out to a quick start in the game with a 15-0 run to open the game, ignited largely by McNeal who racked up nine points and a bevy of steals in the first five minutes of the contest. The senior guard all six of her steals on the game came in the first half of play. The team slowed however, allowing a 7-3 run to end that first quarter before fighting to a level 11-11 second period.
At the half, the Pirates led 27-18 before using a strong third quarter to break the game open. Though ECU did not accumulate as many steals as their huge first-half defensive performance, they did hold the Bucs to just nine points while tallying 21 of their own.
In the fourth quarter, East Carolina continued to flex its defensive muscles, allowing only four points and not a single field goal made. Charleston Southern got up 15 field goals, including 10 from behind the arc, and made none of them. The quarter was the first without a field goal for an ECU opponent since N.C. Central's scoreless opening period a season ago in which the Pirates led 27-0 through 10 minutes played.
When all was said and done, 31 points was the lowest points total allowed by ECU since Dec. 4, 2012 when the Pirates held N.C. Central to 28 points. The team held Charleston Southern to fewer than 10 points in all but one quarter in the game.
Amiya Joyner returned from illness Sunday, playing just under 14 minutes, scoring a pair of buckets - both put-back scores in the fourth quarter - and contributing 10 rebounds on the glass. Joyner was the first Pirate this season to record double-digit rebounds in a game. Joyner was joined in strong performances by frontcourt mate Tiara Chambers who registered eight points and eight rebounds on the day.
Morgan Moseley was another key contributor for East Carolina in her third-straight start, scoring twelve points while registering a pair of assists, two steals and a trio of rebounds.
ECU dominated as a team on points in the paint and off of turnovers with 38-10 and 30-8 margins in the categories, respectively. The Pirates also did not allow a single second chance bucket while scoring 17 points on the offensive glass of their own. In total, 14 players saw action for the Pirates on the day, including Brittany Franklin who scored her first points of the season with a fourth-quarter basket.
Tulane 90, Sam Houston 51 – Box Score
NEW ORLEANS – Redshirt sophomore Kryen Whittington and graduate student Dynah Jones combined for 43 points to lead Tulane University Women's Basketball to a blowout victory over Sam Houston 90-51 on Sunday night. After trailing at the end of the first quarter, the Green Wave outscored the Bearkats 75-33 by posting more than 20 points in each of the next three quarters.
Three players scored double figures for Tulane with Whittington leading all scorers with 23 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the field. Jones followed closely behind with 20 points to go with five assists. Marta Galic rounded out the top scorers for the Wave as she posted her second double-double of the year with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
The Green Wave offense shared the ball extremely well as it finished with 26 assists as a team. Rachel Hakes led the way with 10 dimes to go with five points and three rebounds on the night. Seven other players added at least one assist including Kahia Warmsley and Chiara Grattini who each had three.
The first quarter began as a back-and-forth battle between the Green Wave and the Bearkats. The two teams traded buckets through the first five minutes until a 5-0 run by Tulane put the Wave ahead 11-7. Sam Houston had the final say in the frame with an 11-4 scoring run as Tulane trailed 15-18 at the end of the opening quarter.
Galic began to heat up in the second quarter helping the Wave offense put 24 points on the board on 58.8 percent shooting in the frame. The six-foot graduate student drained three-straight from downtown to spark a 12-2 run over the final four minutes of the half for Tulane to claim a 39-28 advantage at the break.
The defensive momentum from the second quarter carried into the second half for the Green Wave as it limited the Bearkats to just nine points on 20 percent shooting. Tulane finished the third quarter on a 15-2 run that was sparked by Whittington's second triple of the night. That run pushed the Wave's lead up to 62-37 heading into the final frame.
The offense continued to roll for Tulane in the final quarter as the Wave shot 68.8 percent in the frame to post the third consecutive quarter with more than 20 points. Jones capped her night with seven points and three assists in the closing frame as the Green Wave ended with a convincing 90-51 victory.
No. 24 Villanova 74, Temple 71 – Box Score
PHILADELPHIA – The Temple women's basketball team (1-3, 0-0 American) fell to Big 5 opponent and No. 24 ranked Villanova Wildcats (4-0, 0-0 Big East). The Owls had a chance to tie the game up late but fell short on their final possession.
Tarriyonna Gary had a career-high 23-points, with 21 of those points coming from deep. She shot 7-9 from beyond the arc and 8-10 from the field. Aleah Nelson followed behind Gary with 20 points, 8 assists, and 4 rebounds.
The Owls led for the first four minutes of the game, setting the tone early. The first quarter was a back-and-forth affair between the Owls and the Wildcats, ending at 19-18 with the Owls trailing by one.
With 3:45 left in the second quarter, Nelson hit a three-point jumper to put the Owls ahead by two at 29-27. The Owls took the lead and kept with it, leading by three at the half.
East scored the first bucket of the second half, giving the Owls a five-point cushion (38-33) to start the third quarter. The Owls took their largest lead of the game with 12 points at the 6:42 mark of the third quarter Gary hit a three-point jumper with seconds left in the third, giving the Owls an 8-point advantage over the Wildcats with a score of 57-49 entering the fourth quarter.
The Wildcats tied the game up at 57-57 with 6:29 left on the clock. Villanova went on an 8-3 run over the next four minutes to secure a 67-62 lead. The Owls battled back, with Nelson and Gary scoring big buckets to put the score at 70-68, 'Nova with 34 seconds left. Temple had the ball down 71-68 following a missed free throw with ten seconds left but missed the game tying bucket to give the Wildcats the win.