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RV UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES | GAME 10 | GRAMBLING STATE OVERALL RECORD: 7-2 (RV) USF Bulls vs. Grambling State Tigers Dec. 15, 2018, Tampa, Fla. AMERICAN 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 7-2 Yuengling Center (Capacity 10,411) HOME 5-0 Live Stats: StatBroadcast.com AWAY 1-0 Radio: Bulls Unlimited & AM 1040 NEUTRAL 1-2 Talent: Darek Sharp (PBP) & Brigid Merenda (Color) Head Coach: Jose Fernandez Head Coach: Freddie Murray 2018 SCHEDULE Coaching Record: 342-245 Coaching Record: 39-35 DATE OPPONENT TIME Last Game: W, 63-30 vs. George Washington Last Game: L, 61-70, Wichita NOVEMBER State Nov. 6 at Ohio State W, 71-47 LAST TIME OUT Nov. 9 Albany W, 74-37 Nov. 15 Bethune-Cookman W, 88-39 • The Bulls are receiving votes in both the AP Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll in week six. Nov. 18 Oklahoma W, 87-70 • Beatriz Jordao is The American Freshman of the Week after scoring 14 points and earning four U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam Nov. 22 vs. Kentucky L, 85-63 rebounds and four blocks in just 17 minutes of action against George Washington Nov. 23 vs. North Carolina L, 61-59 • Jordao is the first AAC player to repeat weekly honors in the young season, as she was the league’s Nov. 24 vs. UCLA W, 60-56 first Freshman of the Week after debuting her career with a double-double in the USF win at Ohio Nov. 30 vs. New Hampshire W, 79-36 State. DECEMBER • GW, who qualified to the first round of the NCAA tournament a year ago, was held to just 30 points by Dec. 9 George Washington W, 63-30 the Bulls defense, the lowest point total for a Bulls opponent since Dec. 19, 2005, when USF defeated Dec. 15 Grambling State 3:30 p.m. Dec. 17 vs. Vermont 7 p.m. William & Mary 74-23. Florida Sunshine Classic • It is the first time in the quarter era that USF has held an opponent to single digits in every quarter. Dec. 20 vs. Creighton 6:15 p.m. GW scored six, nine, eight and seven points in the respective four quarters on Sunday. Dec. 21 vs. Virginia 4 p.m. Dec. 30 at LSU 4 p.m. • Beatriz Jordao is seventh in the nation and leads the American in field-goal percentage with 68.9 percent on a 51-of-74 clip. JANUARY • Freshman Sydni Harvey has scored in double figures in seven of USF’s nine games. Jan. 5 at TEMPLE* 3 p.m. • USF is sixth nationally in rebounding margin, outrebounding opponents by 13.7 on average. Jan. 8 vs. UCF* 7 P.M. Jan. 13 at UCONN* 1 P.M. • Sydni Harvey has scored 16 points or more in games against Power Five opponents. Jan. 19 TULANE* 2 p.m. • USF is paced by Laura Ferreira with 16.0 points per game. Jan. 23 MEMPHIS* 7 p.m. • Three scorers are averaging scoring in double figures: Ferrreira, Harvey (13.3) and Jordao (12.7). Jan. 26 at SMU* 1 p.m. Jan. 30 CINCINNATI* 7 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS FEBRUARY Sydni HARVEY Laura FERREIRA Janeta ROZENTALE Beatriz JORDAO Alyssa RADER 3 - Point Guard 10 - Wing 30 - Forward 31 - Center 54 - Post Feb. 3 at UCF* 1 p.m. Feb. 6 at TULANE* 8 p.m. Feb. 10 HOUSTON* 2 p.m. Feb. 16 TULSA* 2 p.m. Feb. 20 at ECU* 7 p.m. Feb. 23 WICHITA STATE* 7 p.m. Feb. 27 at HOUSTON* 8 p.m. MARCH PPG RPG APG PPG RPG APG PPG RPG APG PPG RPG BPG PPG RPG APG Mar. 2 at CINCINNATI* 12 p.m. 13.3 2.8 3.5 16.0 5.1 4.4 2.1 1.5 0.1 12.7 6.3 2.3 7.0 6.3 1.6 Mar. 4 UCONN* 7 p.m. EXPERIENCE THE ACTION RADIO TELEVISION LIVE STATS • AM 1040 // Bulls Unlimited none • GoUSFBulls.com Darek Sharp (PxP) • SouthFlorida.StatBroadcast.com @USFWBB USF Women’s usfwbb @CoachJFernandez Basketball Brigid Merenda (Color) Communications Contact: LORIE GARNETT E: [email protected] // O: (813) 974-5755 // C: (209) 993-1417 USF WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES | GAME 10 | GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SHARP SHOOTER #ForKit School University of South Florida Jordao is a presence in the paint for the Bulls and is an expert in USF is without senior guard Kitija Laksa for the remainder of the Location Tampa, Fla. getting to the rim, she owns a conference-leading 68.9 percent season due to ACL and meniscus tears in her right knee, suffered Founded 1956 field goal effiency. The freshman’s shooting efficiency comes on a during USF’s bittersweet victory over Bethune-Cookman. The Bulls Enrollment 50,577 51-of-74 clip and is ranked seventh nationally. will be stepping up in 2018-19 and playing #ForKit. Nickname Bulls School Colors Green & Gold BOARDS FOR THE BULLS NCAA TEAM OF THE WEEK Mascot Rocky the Bull Rebounding has been the secret weapon for the Bulls, who are USF Women’s basketball was named the NCAA Team of the Week Arena (Capacity) Yuengling Center (10,411) out-performing opponents on the boards by 13.7 per game, good on Tuesday, Nov. 13 after a dominating start against reigning Affiliation NCAA Division I enough for sixth nationally. Big Ten Champion Ohio State (71-47) and six-time America East Conference American Athletic President Dr. Judy Genshaft Champion Albany (74-37) in the opening week. Vice President of Athletics Michael Kelly FRESHMEN ON FIRE Sr. Associate AD/SWA Marquita Armstead Harvey and Jordao are proving to bookend the Bulls nicely through JORDAO NAMED FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK Athletic Department Phone 813-974-2125 eight games in the green and gold. The point guard and the Freshman Beatriz Jordao was named the American Athletic Ticket Office Phone 1-800-GoBulls center are combining for an average of 26.0 points per game. Both Conference Freshman of the Week after debuting with a double- Website GoUSFBulls.com players have played and started in all nine contests, and are two double in her first outing in the green and gold against Ohio State Twitter @USFWBB of just three Bulls to do so. Both have been named The American on the road. She rounded out the performance by adding nine Instagram @USFWBB Freshman of the Week within the first three weeks of the season rebounds, seven points and four blocks against Albany. Facebook /USF Women’s Basketball with Jordao earning the honor a second time, and both have led TEAM INFORMATION the Bulls in scoring this season. KITCOUNTER 2017-18 Record 26-8 Before her season-ending injury, Kitija Laksa chased the all-time Breakdown (H) 13-1 | (A) 8-3 | (N) 5-4 FERREIRA EARNS HONOR ROLL leading scoring record and amassed 1,764 points out of the 2,402 American Athletic Record 13-3 Laura Ferreira was named to the American weekly Honor Roll after required, good enough for sixth all-time. Non-conference Record 13-5 a near triple-double against New Hampshire, when she posted 13 Final Ranking AP/Coaches 24 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. ANDY KATZ’S SLEEPING BULLS Postseason The American Championship Nationally acclaimed basketball analyst and NCAA.com NCAA Tournament First Round HARVEY’S HOT WEEK correspondent Andy Katz called USF his NCAA sleeper team, and Starters Returning/Lost 4/2 Sydni Harvey (Nashville, Tenn.) was named the American Athletic predicted the Bulls could have an NCAA run and cause trouble for Letterwinners Returning/Lost 7/4 Conference Freshman of the Week after her solid performance UConn in conference play. Newcomers 5 last week in paradise. Harvey set three consecutive career highs ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS in points scored at each game in the Paradise Jam, where she QUEEN OF THE LINE Lorie Garnett averaged 17.3 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists. She began Kitija Laksa set the NCAA free-throw record for season percentage Assistant Director of Communications her week with 16 points against Kentucky, followed with 17 points in 2017-18, sinking 96.5 percent of her attempts from the line, or Women’s Basketball Contact against North Carolina and capped the tournament with 19 points 111-of-115. The Bulls are without her for the 2018-19 season due O: (813) 974-5755 C: (209) 993-1417 in the Bulls’ win over UCLA. She had a career-high four three- to ACL and meniscus tears in her right knee. [email protected] pointers made in two games last week and shot 42.5 percent from the field last week. Brian Siegrist REBOUNDS FOR RADER Junior Alyssa Rader opened the first two games with 12 rebounds Associate AD/Communications O: (813) 974-4086 C: (813) 239-3897 FERREIRA PACES AMERICAN in each outing and had 13 rebounds against New Hampshire. Two [email protected] Laura Ferreira owns the highest single-game point total with 34 of the outings resulted in double-doubles for the junior. points in a game when she scored the career-high in USF’s win over Oklahoma. RECEIVING VOTES INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR USF is receiving votes in both the AP and USA Today polls. USA (5) Sydni Harvey (Tenn.), Alyssa Rader (Colo.), Tamara Henshaw (Fla.), Shae Leverett (Ga.), and Makaela Kestner (Va.) 2018-19 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 0 Enna Pehadzic G 5’9” So. Horsens, Denmark LATVIA (2) Kitija Laksa (Riga) and Janeta Rozentale (Robeles) 3 Sydni Harvey PG 5’10” Fr.