2021 NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 2ND ROUND2020 VS. NC STATE | March-21 23, 2021 USF BULLSGAME NOTES WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES NCAA Tournament (7): 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2006 WNIT (9): 2019, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004 WNIT Champions (1): 2009 | WNIT Final Four (2): 2014, 2009 Primary Contact: Michael Hogan | Phone: (W) 813-974-5755 (C) 813-469-0616 | Email: [email protected] Twitter: @USFWBB | Instagram: USFWBB | Facebook: facebook.com/usfwomensbasketball| Web: GoUSFBulls.com 2020-21 USF SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2021 NCAA WBB TOURNAMENT | 2ND ROUND | SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS NOVEMBER VS. (8) No. 19/18 USF (1) No. 3/3 NC STATE 28 Jacksonville (ESPN+) W, 84-46 DECEMBER BULLS WOLFPACK 1 No. 4/4 Baylor (ESPN+) L, 67-62 19-3 21-2 5 No. 6/7 Mississippi State $ (ESPN+) W, 67-63 (ot) 13 Stetson (ESPN+) W, 85-43 Last Game _ March 21 vs. Washington St. (W, 57-53) Last Game ______ March 21 vs. NC A&T (W, 79-58) 16 at Memphis * W, 65-58 Next Game _ March 27 vs. Belmont/Ind., TBA (if nec.) Next Game _ March 27 vs. Belmont/Ind., TBA (if nec.) 19 Houston * (ESPN+) (rescheduled to Jan. 9) Postponed Head Coach _________________ Jose Fernandez Head Coach ____________________ Wes Moore 22 at Cincinnati * (ESPN+) W, 73-61 Alma Mater______________________ FIU, 1994 Alma Mater___________ Johnson University, 1984 30 at Tulsa * (ESPN+) W, 63-35 Career Record ___________ 392-275 (21st season) Career Record ___________747-233 (32nd season) JANUARY at USF ____________________________Same at NC State _____________189-64 (Eighth season) 2 East Carolina * (ESPN+) W, 71-58 6 Wichita State * (ESPN+) W, 66-48 GAMEDAY INFORMATION 9 Houston * (ESPN+) (rescheduled from Dec. 19) W, 80-51 TV _____________________________ ESPN2 Live Stats _______ GoUSFBulls.com/StatBroadcast 13 at Tulane * (ESPN+) W, 72-53 ____ Jenn Hildreth (PxP), Kelly Gramlich (Color) Series _____________________ First meeting 17 Memphis * % (ESPNU) No Contest Audio ____Bulls Unlimited (iHeartRadio/GoUSFBulls.com) Twitter Updates __________________@USFWBB 20 at Wichita State * (ESPN+) Postponed _____________________ Darek Sharp (PxP) Tickets ___________________________ N/A 23 at East Carolina * (ESPN+) Postponed 27 Temple * (ESPN+) Postponed QUICK HITS 30 Cincinnati * (ESPN+) (rescheduled to Feb. 17) Postponed n Eighth-seeded and No. 19/18 USF - the American n USF won its first NCAA Tournament game since FEBRUARY Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament 2016 with a 57-53 victory over ninth-seeded Wash- 3 at SMU * (ESPN+) Canceled champion - faces No. 1-seeded North Carolina State ington State on Sunday ... Elena Tsineke scored 18 7 at UCF * (ESPN2) (rescheduled to March 4) Postponed in the second round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament on points, while Elisa Pinzan and Sydni Harvey had 12 13 Tulsa * (ESPN+) W, 67-46 Tuesday ... Tip-off is at 3 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. CT (ESPN2). and 10 points, respectively. 17 SMU * (ESPN+) Canceled 17 Cincinnati * (ESPN+) (rescheduled from Jan. 30) W, 69-65 (ot) n This is USF’s seventh NCAA Tournament appear- n Elena Tsineke leads the Bulls in scoring, averag- 20 Tulane * (ESPN+) W, 78-69 ance, and first since 2018 ... The Bulls are 4-6 all- ing 13.2 points per game ... She is joined in double time in the NCAAs and look to advance to the second figures by Sydni Harvey (11.8) and Bethy Mununga 24 at Temple * (ESPN+) W, 56-47 weekend for the first time in program history. (10.0) ... Mununga leads in rebounding (13.1). 27 at Houston * (ESPN+) L, 67-49 MARCH USF’S PROBABLE STARTERS 2 UCF * (ESPN+) W, 65-62 4 at UCF * (ESPNU) (rescheduled from Feb. 7) L, 58-45 9 vs. 9 Wichita State ^ (AAC QF) (ESPN+) W, 48-44 10 vs. 4 Tulane ^ (AAC SF) (ESPN+) W, 51-47 11 vs. 2 UCF ^ (AAC Finals) (ESPNU) W, 64-54 21 vs. 9 Washington State # (NCAA 1R) (ESPN2) W, 57-53 23 vs. 1 North Carolina State # (NCAA 2R) (ESPN2) 3 p.m. ET PG | 5-6 | JR. G | 5-10 | Jr. G | 5-8 | So. F | 6-0 | SR. C | 6-2 | P-BAC * American Athletic Conference Game $ AAC/Southeastern Conference Challenge 4 - ELISA 3 - SYDNI 5 - ELENA 20 - BETHY 21 - SHAE ^ American Athletic Conference Tournament, Fort Worth, Texas. PINZAN HARVEY TSINEKE MUNUNGA LEVERETT # NCAA Tournament, San Antonio, Texas % Game was classified a “No Contest” by the NCAA. Memphis forfeited its Jan. PPG 9.9 PPG 11.8 PPG 13.2 PPG 10.0 PPG 4.6 17 game to USF, resulting in a USF conference win for seeding purposes only. The RPG 3.2 RPG 2.8 RPG 2.2 RPG 13.1 RPG 6.8 game is not recognized by the NCAA. APG 6.5 APG 1.8 APG 1.8 APG 1.3 BPG 1.0 All times are Eastern time and are subject to change SPG 1.8 SPG 0.6 SPG 0.4 SPG 1.2 SPG 1.0 2020-21 USF Women’s Basketball Game Notes | GoUSFBulls.com 2021 NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 2ND ROUND VS. NC STATE | March 23, 2021 GAME NOTES USF QUICK FACTS 2020-21 USF BULLS THE UNIVERSITY City/Zip Code Tampa, Fla. 33620 Founded 1956 Enrollment 50,577 Nickname Bulls Arena Yuengling Center Capacity 10,411 Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference The American Athletic Cnference President Dr. Steven C. Currall Vice President of Atheltics Michael Kelly Sr. Assoc. Director of Atheltics/SWA Marquita Armstead BASKETBALL HISTORY First Year 1972-73 u Standing (L-R): Bethy Mununga, Jade Blagrove, Shae Leverett, Beatriz Jordao, Tereza Vitulova, Angelee Rodriguez, Cristina Bermejo, Kristyna Brabencova Sitting (L-R): Maria Alvarez, Sara Guerreiro, Elisa Pinzan, Sydni Harvey, Elena All-Time Record 687-689 (49th year) Tsineke, Mihaela Lazic. All-Time AAC Record 95-37 (Sixth season) All-Time BIG EAST Record 151-112 (Eight seasons) No. Name P Ht. Yr. Hometown/High School/Previous School All-Time Conference USA Record 113-168 (10 seasons) 0 Tereza Vitulova C 6-2 Jr. Domasov, Czech Republic/Sportovni Gymnazium L Danka/Wyoming All-Time Metro Conference Record 34-64 (Four seasons) 1 Maria Alvarez G 5-7 So. Bal Harbour, Fla./Miami Country Day School 2 Mihaela Lazic PG 5-6 R-Fr. Slavonski Brod, Croatia/Klasicna Gimnazija All-Time Sun Belt Conference Record 71-118 (Seven seasons) 3 Sydni Harvey G 5-10 Jr. Nashville, Tenn./Brentwood Academy All-Time Post-Season 17-14 (NCAA & WNIT) 4 Elisa Pinzan PG 5-8 Jr. Murano, Italy/Istituto Tecnico Algarotti Venezia AAC Tournament Record 15-7 5 Elena Tsineke G 5-8 So. Thessaloniki, Greece/Hellenic College of Thessaloniki NCAA Tournament Record 4-6 11 Jade Blagrove F 6-2 Fr. Barendrecht, Netherlands/Calandlyceum Years in NCAA Tourn./Last (prior to 2021) 6/2018 12 Cristina Bermejo W 6-1 So. Sant Just Desvern, Spain/Ins Sant Just Desvern Last NCAA opponent March 17, 2018 vs. 11 seed Buffalo 13 Sara Guerreiro G 5-8 Fr. Seixal, Portugal/Escola Básica e Secundária Amélia Rey Colasso (Tallahassee, Fla.) 20 Bethy Mununga F 6-0 Sr. Zellik, Belgium/Institut Sainte-Marie Jambes/NE Oklahoma A&M Result Lost, 102-79 21 Shae Leverett C 6-2 P-Bacc. Rincon, Ga./South Effingham H.S. WNIT Record 14-8 22 Kristyna Brabencova W 6-0 So. Brno, Czech Republic/Kšpa Kladno Years in the WNIT Tourn./Last 9/2019 24 Angelee Rodriguez F/C 6-2 Fr. Las Piedras, Puerto Rico/St. Thomas Aquinas H.S. Last WNIT opponent March 24, 2019 at James Madison 31 Beatriz Jordao C 6-3 Jr. Pombal, Portugal/Escola Secundãria e Silva Result Lost, 71-54 34 Silvia Serrat F 6-1 R-Jr. Banyoles, Spain/Joaquim Blume H.S. COACHING STAFF USF BASKETBALL STAFF Head Coach Jose Fernandez Head Coach: Jose Fernandez (Florida International, ’94) – 21st Season at USF/21st overall as head coach Alma Mater, Year Florida International ‘94 Associate Head Coach: Michele Woods-Baxter (St. John Fisher, ’87) – 13th season at USF Record at USF (Years) 392-275 (21st season) Assistant Head Coach: Danny Hughes (TCU, ’90) – Third season at USF Career Record (Years) Same Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Yolisha Jackson (Jacksonville, ’05) – First season at USF Career Conference Record (Years) 175-157 (21st season) Director of Operations: Jim Baxter (Indiana State, ’74) – Eighth season at USF Associate Head Coach Michele Woods-Baxter, St. John Fisher ‘87 Coordinator of Basketball Operations: Mercedes Jorge (Embry-Riddle, ‘17) – First season at USF Assistant Head Coach Danny Hughes, TCU ‘89 Video Coordinator: Anthony Brammer (Old Dominion, ’08) – Second season at USF Assistant Coach/Rec. Coord. Yolisha Jackson, Jacksonville ‘05 Strength and Conditioning: Irele Oderinde (WKU, ‘03) – First season at USF Director of Basketball Operations Jim Baxter, Indiana State ‘74 Certified Athletic Trainer: Anita Fanelli (Millersville, ‘85, ‘88) – Sixth season at USF Coord. of Basketball Oper. Mercedes Jorge, Embry-Riddle ‘17 PRO-NUN-SEE-A-SHUN GUIDE Video Coordinator Anthony Brammer, Old Dominion ‘08 Players Silvia Serrat: SIR-ott Strength & Conditioning Coach Irele Oderinde, WKU, ‘03 Cristina Bermejo: Chris-Tina Bur-MAY-Hoe Elena Tsineke: Uh-LAY-Nuh CHIN-ECK-eh Certified Athletic Trainer Anita Fanelli, Millersville, ‘85 Kristyna Brabencova: Chris-Tina Bra-BIN-Soe-Vuh Tereza Vitulova: Tuh-RAY-Zuh Vit-Too-Low-Vuh Administrative Assistant Barbara Riffe Jade Blagrove: Blay-GROVE Sara Guerreiro: Guh-RYE-row Staff ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Sydni Harvey: Sid-NEE Assistant Coach Yolisha Jackson: YO-Lee-Shuh Associate Dir. of Communications/WBB Contact Michael Hogan Beatriz Jordao: Be-UH-Triz Jor-DOW Strength Coach Irele Oderinde: EAR-Lay Oder-IN-Day Office Phone (813) 974-5755 Mihaela Lazic: Me-HIGH-La Lah-ZICH Certified Athletic Trainer Anita Fanelli: Fuh-NEL-ee Cell Phone (813) 469-0616 Shae Leverett: LEV-Rett E-mail [email protected] Bethy Mununga: Betty MOO-Nun-Guh Elisa Pinzan: Uh-LEEZA PIN-Zahn 2020-21 USF Women’s Basketball Game Notes | GoUSFBulls.com 2021 NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 2ND ROUND VS.