GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
South Florida 66, Arkansas 65
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO - Elena Tsineke scored all four of South Florida's points in overtime and finished with 23 points as the Bulls beat No. 17 Arkansas 66-65 in the San Diego Invitational.
South Florida needed the extra-time victory after losing in overtime on Tuesday in a tournament opener against No. 3 Ohio State.
Maria Alvarez forced overtime against Arkansas by making three free throws with 17 seconds left to tie it at 62-all. Arkansas was trapped in the corner at the other end and wasn't able to get a shot off before the buzzer.
Tsineke opened the overtime session with a basket at 4:12 and South Florida led the rest of the way as neither team made another field goal. Arkansas was 0 for 4 in overtime.
Makayla Daniels had a layup attempt roll out with 19 seconds left for Arkansas, but the Razorbacks regained possession after a jump ball was called on the rebound. After a timeout at 15.5, Chrissy Carr missed a shot in the lane and Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu secured the rebound and the win.
Fankam Mendjiadeu finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds for South Florida (11-4). She was coming off a big game against Ohio State with a career-high 34 points and 17 rebounds.
South Florida was held to just five points in the second quarter after going scoreless for eight minutes. The Bulls were 2-of-13 shooting in the quarter and trailed 27-18 at halftime after turning it over 11 times.
Erynn Barnum scored 21 points and Daniels added 20 for Arkansas (13-2).
December 21, 2022
| Arkansas | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| E. Barnum | F | 40 | 9-17 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| M. Daniels | G | 42 | 6-17 | 4-5 | 4-11 | 2-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| S. Spencer | G | 42 | 1-9 | 7-9 | 0-5 | 0-6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| S. Poffenbarger | G | 39 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| C. Carr | G | 35 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| R. Langerman | 19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| M. Dauda | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| E. Ellis | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 225 | 21-60 (.350) |
16-22 (.727) |
7-28 (.250) |
7-31 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 65 | |
| South Florida | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| D. Fankam Mendjiadeu | F | 30 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| C. Brito | F | 16 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| S. Puisis | G | 44 | 2-11 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 2-5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| E. Tsineke | G | 41 | 9-17 | 2-2 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 23 |
| A. Wilson | G | 22 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| D. Gonzalez | 29 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| M. Alvarez | 16 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| E. Johansson | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| M. Asensio | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| P. Williams | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| C. McGee | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J. Aarnio | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 225 | 25-58 (.431) |
8-11 (.727) |
8-21 (.381) |
10-40 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 66 | |
Officials: Scott Osborne, Kim Hobbs, Doug Knight
Attendance: 303
