Friday, November 11
South Florida 90, Florida A&M 50 - Box Score
Oklahoma 97, SMU 74 - Box Score
Recaps
South Florida 90, Florida A&M 50 - Box Score
TAMPA — The University of South Florida women's basketball team had four players score in double figures en route to a dominating 90-50 win over Florida A&M on Friday night in the Yuengling Center. The win improves the Bulls to 2-0 on the year while the Rattlers fall to 0-2.
Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu scored her 1,000th career point on the first basket of the game and finished the night with a career-high 26 points and seven rebounds, and Florida State transfer and former McDonald's All-American Sammie Puisis tied her career-high with her second-consecutive 20-point outing.
Joining Fankam Mendjiadeu and Puisis in double digits was American Athletic Conference Preseason Player of the Year Elena Tsineke with 14 points and Carla Brito with 11 points. Tsineke also dished out a career-high tying seven assists in the win.
The game was never in doubt for South Florida as the Bulls shot 54.7 percent (35-for-64) from the field and just under 40 percent (11-for-28) from three-point range, including 7-for-14 (50.0 percent) from behind the arc in the second half.
Not only was the Green and Gold clicking on all cylinders offensively, but defensively as well holding Florida A&M to just 8.3 percent shooting in the final quarter while also allowing only six points in the final 10 minutes of the contest. South Florida also forced the Rattlers into 27 turnovers leading to 32 points.
Oklahoma 97, SMU 74 - Box Score
NORMAN - Chantae Embry returned to Norman, Okla., and dropped 20 points against the Sooners but SMU suffered a setback against No. 15/16 Oklahoma at the Lloyd Noble Center Friday.
With the 97-74 result, the Mustangs dropped to 1-1, while the Sooners moved to 2-0 on the young campaign.
Fueled by hot shooting, Oklahoma answered every run from the guest. The Sooners built a 49-37 advantage at the half by knocking down 18 of 31, including seven of their 12 attempts from three-point range.
Jasmine Smith and Savannah Wilkinson joined Embry in double digits, with 19 and 12 points, respectively.
In the third quarter, the two sides traded points, with SMU accumulating the bulk of its points in the paint or at the charity stripe. The Sooners continued to light it up from the outside draining four of their seven made buckets outside the arc, including a bank shot with seven seconds remaining in the frame and pushing the margin out to 13.
After letting the Mustangs hang around in the third quarter, Oklahoma sprinted out to a 19-point advantage, The Sooners drained three triples in succession, part of a 9-3 spurt in the first two minutes of the stanza.