girls up by 18 to start 2nd half

[Guest bullman33]

What was the attendance for sat's game?

Good luck ladies, make us all proud to be BULLS!!

It's great to actually be excited about usf basketball.  It has been 14 years since we have all rooted our team towards a possible ncaa bid.

Make it a sure thing and win the cusa tourny.  

[bulls96go]

peaking at the right time!

hope they get on a 10 game roll!

[achiever1911]

What was the attendance for sat's game?

Good luck ladies, make us all proud to be BULLS!!

It's great to actually be excited about usf basketball.  It has been 14 years since we have all rooted our team towards a possible ncaa bid.

Make it a sure thing and win the cusa tourny.  

Dickson scores 34 as USF wins home finale

By GREG AUMAN, Times Staff Writer

Published February 27, 2005

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TAMPA - From the opening seconds it was clear it would be an easy home finale for South Florida and a big game for sophomore forward Jessica Dickson.

Point guard Anedra Gilmore lofted a pass that Dickson caught and banked in for a rare women's alley oop, an auspicious start as the Bulls cruised to their fifth straight win, 70-43 against Alabama-Birmingham.

"When we came out and hit that, I thought we'd get off to a good start," said Gilmore, who was recognized with fellow senior Alana Tanksley after their final home game. "That really pumped us up for the rest of the game."

Dickson needed 15 points to become the first USF player to reach 1,000 as a sophomore, and it took her all of 11 minutes. Her 15th point gave the Bulls a 21-5 lead, and she hit 11 of her first 13 shots, finishing the first half with 26. She finished with 34, the most by any player in Conference USA this season, and drew cheers from the Sun Dome crowd of 710 when she left the game with 7:20 remaining. Even with her career high of 36 one shot away, she was content to have two more years to chase that and the school record of 39.

"That was an unbelievable first half," said coach Jose Fernandez, who considered keeping Dickson in to go after LaTonya Greer's record, set against Cleveland State in 1997. "Had this been a neck-and-neck tight ballgame, she could have scored 40 or 50. The way she was shooting the basketball ... was really unbelievable."

The Bulls (19-9, 9-5) will be the fifth seed in this week's C-USA tournament in Charlotte unless Marquette (8-5) pulls off an upset at regular-season champion DePaul (12-1) today. USF likely will need at least a second-round upset of Houston or Texas Christian to receive an at-large bid to the school's first NCAA Tournament.

Dickson and Gilmore scored all but three of USF's points as the Bulls led 37-19 at halftime. The Blazers (7-20, 4-10) needed 7:08 to score their first point, and Dickson, building a strong case for first-team all-conference honors, followed with a personal 13-2 run. Crystal McFadden led the Blazers with 22 points, but Dickson outscored UAB by herself until the final five minutes. Her game tied for seventh best in USF history, but she deferred all praise to her teammates.

"I think we're playing good basketball," the 5-foot-10 forward from Ocala said. "We're getting ready for conference, so we're going to be fired up. This being (Gilmore's) senior night and her last time to play in the Sun Dome, she was ready to play."

[Guest bullman33]

Why was she taken out of the game with 8 minutes to go and so close to the records??  At this point, lets have some personal achievments accomplished at least.  I would have been pissed if so close and then taken out.  Its like a baseball player getting a hr, triple, double and then is taken out of the game before his last two at bats because his  team is up 17-0 and misses at chance at hitting for the cycle.

[Guest bullman33]

And why not play these games in the corral.  710 people would look great in there.  

[Papa_Bull]

Jessica Dickson was named a C-USA Women's Basketball player of the week.

The Bulls leading scorer, Dickson scored a season-high and C-USA game-high of 34 points against UAB on Feb. 26. The sophomore's 34-point effort, including 26 first-half points, helped the Bulls to a 70-43 win over the Blazers. Dickson became the 14th player in school history to score 1,000 career points, and the first woman in USF history to capture the feat as a sophomore. Dickson had four steals and one block in her 32 minutes of action on Saturday. The forward helped USF complete the 2005 regular season with a single-season school record of 19 total wins and nine C-USA victories. The Bulls earned the No. 5 seed, the highest tournament placement in USF history, and will face 12th seed Southern Miss at 3:30 (EST) on Thursday. The winner will advance to battle fourth-seed TCU on Friday at 3:30 p.m.

2004-05 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

N22 - Jenni Dant, DePaul

N29 - Sandora Irvin, TCU

D6 - Sancho Lyttle, Houston

D6 - Sakellie Daniels, Charlotte

D13 - Ezria Parsons, USF

D20 - Missy Taylor, Louisville

D27 - Khara Smith, DePaul

J3 - Lakethia Hampton, Tulane

J10 - Lesley Juedes, Marquette

J10 - Sandora Irvin, TCU

J17 - Sandora Irvin, TCU

J24 - Jazz Covington, Louisville

J31 - Khara Smith, DePaul

F8 - Sandora Irvin, TCU

F14 - Jennifer Jackson, East Carolina

F21 - Sancho Lyttle, Houston

F28 - Jenni Dant, DePaul

F28 - Jessica Dickson, USF

http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/wbball/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=7777