USF Athletics Women's Basketball 01.04.17 Bulls Win Conference Opener; Bearcats, Hurricane Notch First League Victories Follow @American_WBB Wednesday, Jan. 4 Results Cincinnati 63, UCF 57 Box Score Recap No. 1/1 UConn 90, East Carolina 45 Box Score Recap No. 22/22 USF 62, NR/RV Tulane 53 Box Score Recap NR/RV Temple 79, Kennesaw State 38 Box Score Recap Tulsa 57, Memphis 52 Box Score Recap Highlights • Cincinnati weathered a late surge from UCF to pick up a 63-57 victory Wednesday night at Fifth Third Arena. The Bearcats improved to 10-5 on the season and 1-1 in league play. UCF fell to 10-5 overall and 0-2 in American action with the loss. Junior guard Ana Owens notched her fourth 20-plus point game of the season for Cincinnati with a game-high 20 points as well as a career-high tying three steals. Aliyah Gregory paced UCF with 15 points. • Napheesa Collier scored 21 points to lead top ranked UConn to a 90-45 win over East Carolina Wednesday night at the XL Center. The win broke a tie with the John Wooden's UCLA men's program, which won 88 straight in the early 1970s, and put the Huskies one game away from tying their own NCAA Division I record for consecutive wins. Graduate student Kristen Gaffney led the Pirates in scoring with 12 points. • Four Bulls scored in double figures to help USF open American Athletic Conference play with a 62-53 road win at Tulane on Wednesday night. The Bulls snapped the Green Wave's 11-game home winning streak that dated back to Feb. 3 of last season. Leading the way for USF was junior Maria Jespersen, who posted her sixth double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Leslie Vorpahl had 16 points and five assists, both game-highs, for Tulane. • Temple won its sixth-straight game on Wednesday, topping Kennesaw State 79-38 on the road. The win improved TU to 10-3 overall, the best start for the program since opening the 2009-10 season 10-2. Temple forced a season-high 27 turnovers in the Owls vs. Owls battle, also holding Kennesaw to just 30.2% (13-of-43) shooting from the field. Junior Donnaizha Fountain led all players with 20 points on 4-of-6 shooting from long-range and added eight rebounds and five steals on the defensive end. • Erika Wakefield and Alexis Gaulden both tallied 13 points to lead Tulsa to a 57-52 win over Memphis Wednesday night at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. The Golden Hurricane moved to 5-10 on the season and 1-1 in the American Athletic Conference, while the Tigers fell to 7-8 overall and 0-2 in the league. Cheyenne Creighton scored a team-high 12 points for Memphis, who finished with 22 points bench points in the decision, tying their season-high. Schedule/Results (Week of Jan. 2-Jan. 8) Wednesday, Jan. 4 NR/RV Temple 79, Kennesaw State 38 * Cincinnati 63, UCF 57 * No. 1/1 UConn 90, East Carolina 45 * ^ No. 22/25 USF 62, NR/RV Tulane 53 * Tulsa 57, Memphis 52 * Saturday, Jan. 7 Memphis at UCF • 2 p.m. ET * Houston at Cincinnati • 2 p.m. ET * SMU at East Carolina (American Digital Network) • 7 p.m. ET * Tulsa at No. 22/25 USF (ESPN3) • 7 p.m. ET * Sunday, Jan. 8 NR/RV Tulane at NR/RV Temple (ESPN2) • 1 p.m. ET * All times subject to change [*] American Athletic Conference game [^] Game played at the XL Center (Hartford, Conn.)