{"id":478577,"date":"2026-02-14T02:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T02:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/478577\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T02:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T02:28:09","slug":"usf-womens-basketball-begins-two-game-road-swing-at-utsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/478577\/","title":{"rendered":"USF Women&#8217;s Basketball Begins Two-Game Road Swing at UTSA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     TAMPA, FEB. 13, 2026\u00a0\u2013 South Florida women&#8217;s basketball (15-10; 8-4 American) will look to extend a two-game win streak as it opens a two-game road swing in Texas by taking on UTSA (12-11; 7-5 American) Saturday in San Antonio, Texas. \u00a0The game is set for a 7:30 p.m. (ET) tip on ESPN+ and can be heard on Bulls Unlimited digital radio.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls are tied for third in the American Conference standings while UTSA enters Saturday tied for fifth in the standings.<\/p>\n<p>Setting The Stage:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSouth Florida is coming off back-to-back double-digit wins in the Yuengling Center as they head to Texas to face a UTSA team they defeated, 70-53, on January 13 in Tampa. USF shot 10-of-21 (47.6%) from three in that game and had three players in double-figures led by <a href=\"https:\/\/gousfbulls.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/jelena-bulajic\/15681\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15681\" target=\"_blank\">Jelena Bulajic<\/a> who scored 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting from three.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gousfbulls.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/carla-brito\/15668\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15668\" target=\"_blank\">Carla Brito<\/a> is coming off back-to-back outstanding games at home in which she posted double-doubles. Brito set a career high with seven assists and posted 15 points and 10 rebounds in the Bulls win over Tulsa on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gousfbulls.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/edyn-battle\/15675\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15675\" target=\"_blank\">Edyn Battle<\/a> leads the Bulls and ranks fourth in The American in scoring, posting 14.8 ppg. <a href=\"https:\/\/gousfbulls.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/katie-davidson\/15676\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15676\" target=\"_blank\">Katie Davidson<\/a>, who scored 22 points in the win over Tulsa while going 5-of-8 from three, is 11th in the league in scoring, posting 12.9 ppg.<\/p>\n<p>South Florida leads The American scoring 72.3 ppg, while UTSA leads The American giving up just 58.4 ppg.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nUTSA is also riding a two-game win streak after posting victories at Tulsa (66-47) and vs. Temple (52-43).<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSeries History:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe series is tied 2-2 with USF having won the last two meetings and UTSA claiming a pair of wins in the 2023-24 season. \u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNote-A-Bulls:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gousfbulls.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/stefanie-ingram\/15680\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stefanie Ingram<\/a> leads The American posting 5.9 assists per game and is second in assist to turnover ratio with a 1.8 mark.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nEden Battle ranks fifth in The American in both field goal percentage and free throw percentage, shooting 41.6 percent from the field and 81.1 percent from the line.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gousfbulls.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/carla-brito\/15668\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15668\" target=\"_blank\">Carla Brito<\/a> ranks fourth in The American in rebounding posting 9.1 rebounds per game, while <a href=\"https:\/\/gousfbulls.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/l-or-mputu\/15671\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"15671\" target=\"_blank\">L&#8217;or Mputu<\/a> stands tied for seventh grabbing 8.1 per game. Brito (10 pts &amp; 15 rebs) and Mputu (15 pts &amp; 12 rebs) both posted double-doubles in the Bulls&#8217; win over Tulsa on Wednesday. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAdditional Notes:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSouth Florida ranks second in The American shooting 44.1 percent from the field and 33.8 percent from three.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Bulls lead the league in assist-to-turnover ratio with a 1.05 mark.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSouth Florida ranks second in The American in rebounding pulling down 40.6 boards per game and third allowing 35.5.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAmerican Conference Standings<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n1. Rice \u2013 21-3, 11-0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n2. East Carolina \u2013 18-7, 10-2<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT3. South Florida \u2013 15-10, 8-4<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT3. Tulsa \u2013 16-8, 8-4<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT5. North Texas \u2013 13-11, 7-5<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT5. UTSA \u2013 12-11, 7-5<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n7. Charlotte \u2013 11-13, 5-6<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n8. Florida Atlantic \u2013 11-13, 5-7<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n9. Temple \u2013 10-13, 4-7<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n10. Tulane \u2013 8-15, 3-8<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n11. UAB \u2013 10-14, 3-9<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n12. Memphis \u2013 8-15, 2-8<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n13. Wichita State \u2013 5-20, 2-10<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGet your tickets today!<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nCall 1-800-GO-BULLS (1-800-462-8557) or email\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gousfbulls.com\/news\/2026\/2\/13\/mailto:BullsTickets@usf.edu\" title=\"https:\/\/gousfbulls.com\/news\/2026\/2\/13\/mailto:BullsTickets@usf.edu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BullsTickets@usf.edu<\/a>\u00a0to claim your tickets.<\/p>\n<p>About South Florida Women&#8217;s Basketball<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBe sure to follow USF women&#8217;s basketball on social media (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/USFWBB\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/usfwbb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USFWomensBasketball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>) and visit GoUSFBulls.com for the most up-to-date information.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gousfbulls.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/michele-woods-baxter\/5286\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michele Woods-Baxter<\/a> was named the USF women&#8217;s basketball interim head coach. South Florida women&#8217;s basketball has built a storied tradition over the past 25 seasons, highlighted by 19 postseason tournament appearances and 10 NCAA Tournament berths. The program has achieved 12 20-win seasons, two WNIT Final Four appearances, and captured the 2008-09 WNIT championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0#GoBulls\u00a0\u2013<\/p>\n<p>            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; TAMPA, FEB. 13, 2026\u00a0\u2013 South Florida women&#8217;s basketball (15-10; 8-4 American) will look to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-478577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}