No. 13 USF Looks for Third-Straight Win When it Faces UT Arlington on Thursday (ESPN+)

[MikeG]

[Brad]

Geez.  Shocking.  

[CousinRicky]

1 hour ago, Brad said:

Geez.  Shocking.  

Unfortunately due for a letdown. CJF talked about trying to keep them focused after the last win. They weren't running the table so hopefully they get this out of the way now.

[Brad]

Yep.  Double down on preparation and execution.  

[The Sheriff]

Exactly. You can't afford to lose games like this because you ultimately penalize yourself with respect to tournament seeding positioning. If they don't run the table from here on out, this loss will stick out like a sore thumb. We're looking at a five seed at best presently.

[Dave_Glaser]

Overscheduled. Five games in 11 days - all with travel and against top-shelf competition. They looked tired from the opening tip and got nothing from Elena T. and Maria A. Have to have scoring from those two. CLASSIC trap game on the road against a no-name program with decent talent that played as well as they will all year with a ranked team in their house.

Edited December 3, 2021 by Dave_Glaser

[BDYZR]

9 minutes ago, Dave_Glaser said:

Overscheduled. Five games in 11 days - all with travel and against top-shelf competition. They looked tired from the opening tip and got nothing from Elena T. and Maria A. Have to have scoring from those two. CLASSIC trap game on the road against a no-name program with decent talent that played as well as they will all year with a ranked team in their house.

I guess now they know that they can play with anybody and get beat by anybody.

[Brad]

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No. 13 South Florida Falls at UT Arlington, 61-56

Double-doubles from Bethy Mununga and Elisa Pinzan, double-figures from Sydni Harvey not enough to carry Bulls.

 

Game Details

UT Arlington 61, No. 13/17 South Florida 56

USF (5-3), UT Arlington (5-2)

Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021 | 7 p.m. ET | ESPN+

Arlington, Texas | College Park Center

 

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) (Dec. 2, 2021) — Terryn Milton scored 14 points to lead four in double figures and Texas-Arlington upset No. 13 South Florida 61-56 on Thursday night.

 

South Florida (5-3), which entered with consecutive wins against AP Top 10 teams Oregon and Stanford, lost for the first time this season against an unranked team. The Bulls previous losses were to then-No. 16 Tennessee and No. 2 UConn.

 

UT Arlington (5-2) used a 7-2 surge between the third and fourth quarters for a 48-42 lead with 3:35 to play. Milton had four points during the stretch. Syndi Harvey answered with a 3-pointer but the Bulls didn’t get closer.

 

Claire Chastain had 13 points for the Mavericks. Starr Jacobs added 10 points, nine rebounds, and four assists. De’Sha Benjamin also chipped in 10 points.

 

Bethy Mununga scored 13 points and had 20 rebounds for South Florida. Elisa Pinzan added 10 points and 11 assists. Harvey finished with 13 points.

 

The game was tied at 35 with 4:55 remaining in the third quarter. Milton scored four straight points and the Mavericks led the rest of the way.

 

It is the first meeting between the teams since 2005 and the fourth overall.

 

Story courtesy of Associated Press. USF athletics communications contributed to this recap.

 

Notable

• Friday’s starters for the Bulls were: G Elisa Pinzan, G Sydni Harvey, W Elena Tsineke, F Shae Leverett, and F Bethy Mununga … The Bulls are 4-3 with this lineup.
• The meeting with UT Arlington marked the fourth meeting all-time between the two schools, with the Lady Mavs evening the series up at two games apiece.
• Bethy Mununga’s 13 points and 20 rebounds mark the 22^nd double-double of her USF career … In addition, she grabbed double-figure boards for the 40^th time, and 20 or more rebounds for the fourth time in her South Florida career.
• Mununga now has 694 career rebounds for the Bulls – in just 60 career games – six shy of 700 for her career.
• Elisa Pinzan’s 10-point, 11-assist effort against the Lady Mavs was her second double-double of the season, and the fourth of her career – third including points and assists.

Up Next
The Bulls close out their season-long seven-game road stretch at defending Atlantic 10 champion VCU on Dec. 12 at 1 p.m.

 

South Florida will finally return home to the Yuengling Center, for two straight, beginning on Wednesday, Dec. 15 against in-state foe Stetson for Education Day, with tip-off at 11 a.m. The Bulls will close out the short home short two-game stretch on Dec. 17 against High Point at 7 p.m.

[CousinRicky]

2 hours ago, Dave_Glaser said:

Overscheduled. Five games in 11 days - all with travel and against top-shelf competition. They looked tired from the opening tip and got nothing from Elena T. and Maria A. Have to have scoring from those two. CLASSIC trap game on the road against a no-name program with decent talent that played as well as they will all year with a ranked team in their house.

Maria has struggled much of the year.  Not sure what's going on.  Looking at box scores this year she's had:

3, 10, 6, 6, 1 ,0, 0, 0

Needs a boost of confidence.

 

Edited December 3, 2021 by CousinRicky

[BullyPulpit]

2 hours ago, Dave_Glaser said:

Overscheduled. Five games in 11 days - all with travel and against top-shelf competition. They looked tired from the opening tip and got nothing from Elena T. and Maria A. Have to have scoring from those two. CLASSIC trap game on the road against a no-name program with decent talent that played as well as they will all year with a ranked team in their house.

They missed so many layups and wide open shots. UT Arlington is a decent team, but we played a D level of basketball and were still in it until the end. This one is 100% on the players. No focus. No off-ball movement. No urgency. Hopefully this is the wake-up call that they needed. I think that we are starting to see the beginning of parity in women's basketball, which would be great for the sport. There are still the absolute elite programs, but we are seeing more and more upsets and fewer undefeated and 1 or 2 loss teams than ever before.