2019–20 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

The 2019–20 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team will represent the University of South Florida in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls, coached by Jose Fernandez in his nineteenth season, play their home games at Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida. This will be USF's seventh season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC. They finished the season 18–12, 10–6 in AAC play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament, where they lost to Connecticut.

2019–20 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
2019–20 record18-12 (10-6 The American)
Head coachJose Fernandez (19th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Michele Woods-Baxter
  • Jesyka Burks-Wiley
  • Danny Hughes
Home arenaYuengling Center
2019–20 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 5 UConn160 1.000  263  .897
Cincinnati115 .688  209  .690
UCF115 .688  199  .679
South Florida106 .625  1812  .600
Tulane88 .500  1316  .448
Temple79 .438  1514  .517
Wichita State79 .438  1514  .517
SMU79 .438  1315  .464
East Carolina610 .375  920  .310
Houston511 .313  1218  .400
Memphis412 .250  1316  .448
Tulsa412 .250  920  .310
2020 AAC Tournament winner
As of March 4, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Media

All Bulls games will air on Bullscast Radio or CBS 1010 AM. Conference home games will rotate between ESPN3, AAC Digital, and Bullscast. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster

2019–20 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Enna Penhadzic 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) JrHorsens Statsskole Denmark
G 1 Maria Alvarez 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrMiami Country Day Bal Harbour, FL
G 2 Mihaela Lazic 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) FrKlasicna Gimnazija Slavonski Brod, Croatia
G 3 Sydni Harvey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoBrentwood Academy Nashville, TN
G 4 Elisa Pinzan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoIstituto Tecnico Algarotti Venezia Murano, Italy
G 5 Elena Tsineke 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrHellenic College of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, GR
F 12 Cristina Bermejo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrIns Sant Just Desvern Sant Just Desvern, Spain
F 20 Bethy Mununga 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrInstitut Sainte- Marie Jambes Zellik, Belgium
F 21 Shea Leverett 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS JrSouth Effingham HS Rincon, GA
F 22 Kristyna Brabencova 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrKŠPA KLADNO Brno, Czech Republic
C 23 Tamara Henshaw 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrFlagler Palm Coast HS Palm Coast, FL
C 31 Beatriz Jordao 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoQuinta dos Lombos Pombal, Portugal
F 34 Silvia Serrat 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr  Banyoles, Spain
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 03/09/2020

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/05/2019*
5:30 PM
Jacksonville W 70–39  1–0
Yuengling Center 
Tampa, FL
11/08/2019*
7:00 PM
No. 15 Texas W 64–57  2–0
Yuengling Center (2,289)
Tampa, FL
11/15/2018*
7:00 PM
Howard W 82–53  3–0
Yuengling Center (2,006)
Tampa, FL
11/15/2019*
11:00 AM
VCU W 77–55  4–0
Yuengling Center (3,520)
Tampa, FL
11/19/2019*
8:00 PM
at No. 2 Baylor L 46–58  4–1
Ferrell Center (7,485)
Waco, TX
11/24/2019*
2:00 PM
Saint Francis (PA) W 62–23  5–1
Yuengling Center (2,076)
Tampa, FL
11/28/2019*
11:00 AM
vs. South Dakota State
Cancun Challenge
L 50–61  5–2
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (235)
Cancun, MEX
11/29/2019*
1:30 PM
vs. Florida Gulf Coast
Cancun Challenge
L 77–81  5–3
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (198)
Cancun, MEX
11/30/2019*
11:00 AM
vs. Notre Dame
Cancun Challenge
L 51–67  5–4
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (174)
Cancun, MEX
12/06/2019*
5:30 PM
Alabama State W 80–29  6–4
Yuengling Center 
Tampa, FL
12/15/2019*
1:00 PM
Idaho W 67–64  7–4
Yuengling Center 
Tampa, FL
12/19/2019*
7:00 PM
vs. Mississippi State
Duel in the Desert
L 61–86  7–5
Cox Pavilion (641)
Las Vegas, NV
12/21/2018*
3:00 PM
vs. UNLV
Duel in the Desert
L 51–61  7–6
Cox Pavilion 
Las Vegas, NV
12/30/2018*
5:30 PM
Brown W 70–60  8–6
Yuengling Center (2,062)
Tampa, FL
AAC regular season
01/05/2020
2:00 PM
Cincinnati W 76–68  9–6
(1–0)
Yuengling Center (2,204)
Tampa, FL
01/12/2020
6:00 PM
at Tulsa W 68–52  10–6
(2–0)
Donald W. Reynolds Center (998)
Tulsa, OK
01/16/2020
7:00 PM
at Temple L 66–69  10–7
(2–1)
McGonigle Hall (1,079)
Philadelphia, PA
01/19/2019
3:00 PM
UCF
War on I-4
L 57–64  10–8
(2–2)
Yuengling Center (3,017)
Tampa, FL
01/22/2020
7:30 PM
at Wichita State W 56–50  11–8
(3–2)
Charles Koch Arena (1,556)
Wichita, KS
01/25/2020
2:00 PM
Tulane W 63–56  12–8
(4–2)
Yuengling Center (2,207)
Tampa, FL
01/29/2020
7:00 PM
Houston W 74–45  13–8
(5–2)
Yuengling Center (2,262)
Tampa, FL
02/02/2020
12:00 PM
at Cincinnati L 55–60  13–9
(5–3)
Fifth Third Arena (1,141)
Cincinnati, OH
02/09/2020
12:00 PM
Temple W 99–51  14–9
(6–3)
Yuengling Center (2,209)
Tampa, FL
02/13/2020
8:00 PM
at Tulane W 53–43  15–9
(7–3)
Devlin Fieldhouse (621)
New Orleans, LA
02/16/2019
2:00 PM
No. 5 Connecticut L 47–67  15–10
(7–4)
Yuengling Center (6,044)
Tampa, FL
02/19/2020
6:00 PM
at UCF L 48–56  15–11
(7–5)
Addition Financial Arena (3,992)
Orlando, FL
02/22/2020
5:00 PM
at Memphis W 68–47  16–11
(8–5)
Elma Roane Fieldhouse (551)
Memphis, TN
02/25/2020
7:00 PM
East Carolina W 81–52  17–11
(9–5)
Yuengling Center (2,011)
Tampa, FL
02/29/2020
7:00 PM
SMU W 85–62  18–11
(10–5)
Yuengling Center (2,414)
Tampa, FL
03/02/2020
7:00 PM
No. 5 Connecticut L 39–80  18–12
(10–6)
XL Center (9,338)
Hartford, CT
AAC Women's Tournament
03/07/2019
12:00 PM, ESPN3
(4) vs. (5) Tulane
Quarterfinals
W 64–50  19–12
Mohegan Sun Arena 
Uncasville, CT
03/08/2020
4:00 PM, ESPN2
(4) vs. (1) No. 5 Connecticut
Semifinals
L 38–79  19–13
Mohegan Sun Arena 
Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in EST.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Final
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Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also

References

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