No. 21 UNIVERSITY of SOUTH FLORIDA WOMEN's BASKETBALL
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No. 21 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES | GAME 4 | vs. Oklahoma OVERALL RECORD: 3-0 No. 21 USF Bulls vs. Oklahoma Sooners Nov. 18, 2018 AMERICAN 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 3-0 Tampa, Fla. HOME 2-0 Yuengling Center (Capacity 10,411) AWAY 1-0 Watch: BullsVision (Jim Louk) NEUTRAL 0-0 Live Stats: StatBroadcast.com Head Coach: Jose Fernandez Radio: Bulls Unlimited & AM 1040 Record: 2-0 Coaching Record: 338-243 Head Coach: Sherri Coales 2018 SCHEDULE Talent: Darek Sharp (PBP) & Brigid Merenda (Color) DATE OPPONENT TIME Last Game: W, 88-39 vs. Bethune-Cookman Last Game: W, 93-56 vs. Northwestern NOVEMBER State Nov. 6 at Ohio State W, 71-47 RUNNING WITH THE BULLS Nov. 9 Albany W, 74-37 Nov. 15 Bethune-Cookman W, 88-39 • The young Bulls are motivated and digging deep to step into the void left by Kitija Laksa, who went Nov. 18 Oklahoma 2 p.m. down with ACL and meniscus tears in Thursday night’s win over Bethune-Cookman. U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam • It is head coach Jose Fernandez’s birthday. Nov. 22 vs. Kentucky 1 p.m. Nov. 23 vs. North Carolina 3 p.m. • Today is also the 100th independence day for the country of Latvia, where two Bulls hail from: Kitija Nov. 24 vs. UCLA 3 p.m. Laksa (Riga, Latvia) and Janeta Rozentale (Dobeles, Latvia). Nov. 30 vs. New Hampshire 6 p.m. • USF starts a stretch of four Power Five opponents in six days with Oklahoma on Sunday. DECEMBER • USF has held all of its opponents to under-50 this season. Dec. 9 George Washington 2 p.m. • The Bulls are off to a 3-0 start for the third consecutive season. Dec. 15 Grambling State 3:30 p.m. • Four Bulls scored in double-figures in Thursday’s bittersweet matchup with in-state opponent Bethune- Dec. 17 vs. Vermont 7 p.m. Florida Sunshine Classic Cookman. Dec. 20 vs. Creighton 6:15 p.m. • USF was named the NCAA Team of the Week after its 2-0 start, dominating reigning Big Ten champion Dec. 21 vs. Virginia 4 p.m. Ohio State on the road and six-time America East champion Albany at home last week. Dec. 30 at LSU 4 p.m. • Nationally acclaimed basketball analyst Andy Katz called USF his “NCAA sleeper team,” expecting the JANUARY Bulls to make a deep run in the postseason, and give UConn some trouble in the AAC. Jan. 5 at TEMPLE* 3 p.m. • Beatriz Jordao was named the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week after she scored a Jan. 8 vs. UCF* 7 P.M. Jan. 13 at UCONN* 1 P.M. double-double in her debut outing and is the first Bull this decade to do so. She tallied 16 points and Jan. 19 TULANE* 2 p.m. 10 rebounds on the night, grabbing that last rebound in the final minutes. Jan. 23 MEMPHIS* 7 p.m. • USF moved up one spot in the AP Poll to No. 21 in week two. Jan. 26 at SMU* 1 p.m. Jan. 30 CINCINNATI* 7 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS FEBRUARY Sydni HARVEY Laura FERREIRA Enna PEHADZIC Beatriz JORDAO Alyssa RADER 3 - Point Guard 10 - Wing 0 - Guard 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 RRG APG PPG RRG APG PPG RRG APG PPG RRG BPG PPG RRG BPG Mar. 2 at CINCINNATI* 12 p.m. 11.3 2.3 4.0 16.0 5.0 2.3 3.7 0.3 0 12.0 9.0 3.3 3.3 10.3 0.3 Mar. 4 UCONN* 7 p.m. EXPERIENCE THE ACTION RADIO TELEVISION LIVE STATS • AM 1040 // Bulls Unlimited • BullsVision on GoUSFBulls.com • southflorida.statbroadcast.com Darek Sharp (PxP) Jim Louk, PxP • sidearmstats.com/usf/wbball @USFWBB USF Women’s usfwbb @CoachJFernandez Basketball Brigid Merenda (Analyst) Communications Contact: LORIE GARNETT E: [email protected] // O: (813) 974-5755 // C: (209) 993-1417 USF WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES | GAME 4 | vs. Oklahoma UNIVERSITY INFORMATION #ForKit attempts from the line, or 111-of-115. The Bulls are School University of South Florida USF is without senior guard Kitija Laksa for the remainder without her for the 2018-19 season due to ACL and Location Tampa, Fla. of the season due to ACL and meniscus tears in her meniscus tears in her right knee. Founded 1956 right knee, suffered during USF’s bittersweet victory over Enrollment 50,577 Nickname Bulls Bethune-Cookman. The Bulls will be stepping up in 2018- REBOUNDS FOR RADER School Colors Green & Gold 19 and playing #ForKit. Junior Alyssa Rader opened the first two games with 12 Mascot Rocky the Bull rebounds in each outing and leads the American Athletic Arena (Capacity) Yuengling Center (10,411) NCAA TEAM OF THE WEEK Conference in rebounds per game. Affiliation NCAA Division I USF Women’s basketball was named the NCAA Team of the Conference American Athletic President Dr. Judy Genshaft Week on Tuesday, Nov. 13 after a dominating start against ONE STEP UP Vice President of Athletics Michael Kelly reigning Big Ten Champion Ohio State (71-47) and six-time USF jumped up one spot on the AP poll in week two, Sr. Associate AD/SWA Marquita Armstead America East Champion Albany (74-37) in the opening moving from No. 22 in the preseason poll to No. 21 on Athletic Department Phone 813-974-2125 week. Nov. 12. Ticket Office Phone 1-800-GoBulls Website GoUSFBulls.com Twitter @USFWBB JORDAO NAMED FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK WITHOUT SERRAT Instagram @USFWBB Freshman Beatriz Jordao was named the American Athletic Silvia Serrat, who is an academic sophomore, will not see Facebook /USF Women’s Basketball Conference Freshman of the Week after debuting with a action in 2018-19 after missing 2017-18 due to injury. The TEAM INFORMATION double-double in her first outing in the green and gold five-star recruit out of Spain will be a redshirt freshman 2017-18 Record 26-8 against Ohio State on the road. She rounded out the in 2019-20 after suffering back-to-back season-ending Breakdown (H) 13-1 | (A) 8-3 | (N) 5-4 performance by adding nine rebounds, seven points and injuries in the offseason her first two years. American Athletic Record 13-3 four blocks against Albany. Non-conference Record 13-5 Final Ranking AP/Coaches 24 SEVEN NATIONS, ONE TEAM Postseason The American Championship KITCOUNTER USF’s roster is made up of women from seven nations, NCAA Tournament First Round Before her season-ending injury, Kitija Laksa chased the brought together by basketball and head coach Jose Starters Returning/Lost 4/2 all-time leading scoring record and amassed 1,764 points Fernandez in beautiful Tampa Bay. USF is known for its Letterwinners Returning/Lost 7/4 out of the 2,402 required. international flavor, with homegrown talent at the core Newcomers 6 of its recipe, making for a main course of a four-straight ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS ANDY KATZ’S SLEEPING BULLS NCAA tournament team. Lorie Garnett Nationally acclaimed basketball analyst and NCAA.com Assistant Director of Communications correspondent Andy Katz called USF his NCAA sleeper team, Women’s Basketball Contact POWER WEEK O: (813) 974-5755 C: (209) 993-1417 and predicted the Bulls could have an NCAA run and cause Beginning Sunday at the Yuengling Center, USF will take [email protected] trouble for UConn in conference play. on four Power Five opponents in six days. USF will host Oklahoma in a bitter rematch after last year’s icy matchup Brian Siegrist THREE STRAIGHT GOOD STARTS in Norman where USF fell 79-74, before heading to the Associate AD/Communications USF is off to a 3-0 start for the third straight season. Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In Paradise, USF O: (813) 974-4086 C: (813) 239-3897 [email protected] will take on Kentucky on Nov. 22, North Carolina on Nov. 23 QUEEN OF THE LINE and UCLA on Nov. 24. INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR Kitija Laksa set the NCAA free-throw record for season USA (5) percentage in 2017-18, sinking 96.5 percent of her 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. Nashville, Tenn./ Brentwood Academy 4 Elisa Pinzan PG 5’8” Fr. Murano, Italy PORTUGAL (2) 10 Laura Ferreira W 5’11” RSr. Lisboa, Portugal Laura Ferreira (Lisboa) and Beatriz Jordao (Pombal) 11 Makaela Kestner W 5’11” Fr. Bealeton, Va./ Liberty HS 21 Shae Leverett C 6’2” So. Rincon, Ga. / South Effingham HS DENMARK (1) 23 Tamara Henshaw P 6’1” Jr. Palm Coast, Fla. / Flagler Palm Coast HS Enna Pehadzic (Horsens) 24 Iris Tsafara G 6’0” Fr. Athens, Greece 30 Janeta Rozentale F 6’0” Fr. Dobeles, Latvia ITALY (1) 31 Beatriz Jordao C 6’3” Fr. Pombal, Portugal Elisa Pinzan (Murano) 33 Kitija Laksa W 6’0” Sr. Riga, Latvia 34 Silvia Serrat F 6’1” So. Banyoles, Spain SPAIN (1) 54 Alyssa Rader P 6’2’ Jr. Thornton, Colo./ Horizon HS (Northern Arizona) Silvia Serrat (Banyoles) Head Coach: Jose Fernandez Associate Head Coach: Michele Woods-Baxter GREECE (1) Assistant Coach: Danny Hughes Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Jesyka Burks-Wiley Iris Tsafara (Athens) Director of Operations: Jim Baxter Video Coordinator: Timothy Sylver Director of Player Personnel: Dominic DiRaimo Graduate Assistant: Jacqui Grant @USFWBB // 2 USF WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES | GAME 4 | vs.