University of Memphis/Joe Murphy

Women's Basketball

Temple Earns 20th Win of the Season, Memphis Posts Fourth Straight Home Victory



Wednesday, Feb. 15 Results
 
Houston 65, Tulsa 62 Box Score Recap
Memphis 72, East Carolina 50 Box Score Recap
RV/25 Temple 66, SMU 52 Box Score Recap
Tulane 62, Cincinnati 51 Box Score Recap

Highlights

• Senior center Jacqueline Blake scored a career-high 22 points to lead Houston to a 65-62 victory over Tulsa on Wednesday. The win secured the season sweep of the Golden Hurricane after the Cougars previously defeated Tulsa 71-66 on Jan. 1. Rookie Kendrian Elliott recorded a double-double (18 points, 15 rebounds) in the loss for the Hurricane.

• Memphis won its fifth game in its last six and fourth straight at home after defeating East Carolina 72-50 victory on Wednesday. The victory at Elma Roane also gave the Tigers its 10th win at home this season. Cheyenne Creighton and Taylor Williams each scored 19 points to lead Memphis. The Pirates were paced by Kristen Gaffney's 13 points.

• Temple picked up a 66-52 win at home against SMU on Wednesday night, as the Owls reached the 20-win mark for the seventh time under head coach Tonya Cardoza. Donnaizha Fountain tallied her second-straight double-double for Temple, scoring a game-high 19 points with 12 rebounds. Dai'ja Thomas scored 18 points off the bench to lead SMU.

• Tulane recorded 17 assists on 22 field goals en route to a 62-51 victory over Cincinnati Wednesday night in New Orleans. Green Wave sophomore Meredith Schulte shot a perfect 7-of-7 from the field to finish with a game high 14 points, marking her first double-digit scoring performance since Dec. 3. Junior guard Ana Owens led two Bearcats in double figure scoring with a game-high 17 points.

Schedule/Results:
(Week of Feb. 13-Feb. 19)

Monday, Feb.  13
No. 1/1 UConn 66, No. 6/6 South Carolina 65

Tuesday, Feb. 14
UCF 66, No. 22/23 USF 62 *

Wednesday, Feb.  15
RV/25 Temple 66, SMU 52 *
Tulane 62, Cincinnati 51 *
Houston 65, Tulsa 62 *
Memphis 72, East Carolina 50 *

Saturday, Feb. 18
East Carolina at UCF (The American Digital Network) • 2 p.m. ET *
Memphis at Cincinnati (ESPN3) • 3 p.m. ET *
Tulsa at SMU • 3 p.m. ET *
No. 1/1 UConn at Tulane (SNY/ESPN3) • 7 p.m. ET *

Sunday, Feb.  19
RV/25 Temple at No. 22/23 USF (ESPN2) • 1 p.m. ET *

All times subject to change
[*] American Athletic Conference game