January 2007 NewsStand
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Jan. 31, 2007
Louisme striding forward for Tulane
New Orleans Times Picayune
During Robinson Louisme's first two years at Tulane, he did a pretty good job of adjusting to life as a backup. And when the 2006-07 season began, it seemed Louisme would stay in that role. But on New Year's Day, all that changed, and now he is getting used to being the center of attention...
Tulane adds two, loses one
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane has landed two more commitments, additions tempered by one loss. The Green Wave picked up defensive back Devin Holland of Baton Rouge-Istrouma and quarterback Dominique Dade of Monroe-Neville, but it lost one of its earliest pledges when linebacker Cheta Ozougwu of Taylor High in Alief, Texas, decided to attend either Rice or Louisiana Tech. He had committed to the Green Wave during the summer...
Istrouma linebacker Holland commits to Tulane
Baton Rouge Advocate
A change in coaching staff and the potential of a promising future were enough to entice Istrouma High School standout linebacker Devin Holland into committing to Tulane. Before the Green Wave fired Chris Scelfo and brought in Bob Toledo as his successor, Tulane didn't register on Holland's recruiting radar...
Dade makes switch, commits to Tulane as defensive back
Monroe (La.) News Star
Late recruiting interest from Tulane sparked a change of plans for Neville's Dominique Dade. Dade's has switched his verbal commitment to Tulane after making a visit to the New Orleans school over the weekend...
Jan. 30, 2007
Green Wave adds two more
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane has received commitments from cornerback Phillip Davis of Suwanee, Ga., and defensive end Cedric Wilson of Sugar Land, Texas. Jason Peters, a defensive end from Baton Rouge-Catholic, committed to Georgia Tech on Monday...
Jan. 29, 2007
Green Wave pounds UCF
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane used a 21-2 run over two halves to defeat Central Florida 85-47 in Conference USA play on Sunday afternoon. The run started in the final 3:48 of the first half as Tulane (17-4, 6-2) outscored the Golden Knights 13-2 for a 47-25 lead at the half. The Green Wave continued to dominate in the second half as it scored eight points and held UCF (6-15, 1-7) scoreless for the first 4:40...
Jan. 28, 2007
Fast-starting Green Wave takes starch out of Rice
New Orleans Times Picayune
Before Tulane's game with Rice on Saturday night, Coach Dave Dickerson made sure his team knew the numbers. Scrawled on the blackboard in the Green Wave's locker room were the scores of its four losses in Conference USA -- by a combined 20 points. The Green Wave responded by beating Rice 75-55 at Fogelman Arena to get its season moving in the right direction...
Wave coaches scouring local campuses
New Orleans Times Picayune
Even in this electronic age when information is dispatched in a millisecond, the scuttlebutt among high school football coaches in this area and across this state still moves just as swiftly. And the "word" about Tulane's new directives appears to be spreading fast...
Early Tulane blitz burries Rice
Houston Chronicle (AP)
Tulane's Kevin Sims had almost as many points as the entire Rice team at halftime, and the Green Wave went on to post an easy 75-55 victory over the Owls on Saturday night. Sims finished with 11 points -- nine by halftime, when the Green Wave were up 35-12...
Jan. 25, 2007
Tulane loses 13-point lead at SMU
New Orleans Times Picayune
Ike Ofoegbu scored 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds, and Southern Methodist rallied to defeat Tulane 55-53 Wednesday night in Dallas. The Mustangs (12-7, 1-4 Conference USA) came from behind after trailing by 13 points early in the second half, then held off a late Tulane charge to win...
Tulane University to Phase-In Sports, Including Women's Swimming
Swimming World
Today has truly been a busy day in college swimming. Within hours of news that Ohio University plans on cutting men's swimming, Tulane University announced that it will begin phasing in eight sports originally cut in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina according to Associated Press reports out of New Orleans...
Jan. 21, 2007
Focused Tulane routs UTEP
New Orleans Times Picayune
Ashley Langford had a double-double with 10 points and 14 assists, tying her school record, in helping Tulane avenge a loss to Texas El-Paso with an 81-56 victory Saturday evening at Fogelman Arena. "I talked to Ashley before the game. In a game like this you really need your point guard focused and leading the team," Coach Lisa Stockton said...
Tulane men can't stop Marshall twice
New Orleans Times Picayune
On Saturday night, Tulane proved it could dig its way out of a huge hole. But after doing so, it managed to dig another one. The Green Wave overcame a 15-point deficit early in the second half, but couldn't make the defensive plays during the final two minutes and suffered a 79-73 Conference USA loss to Marshall at Fogelman Arena...
UTEP women fall to Tulane on the road
El Paso (Texas) Times
The UTEP women's basketball team suffered an 80-56 setback Saturday evening at the Fogelman Arena on the Tulane University campus. The loss is just the third this season for the Miners, who dropped to 15-3, including 4-2 in Conference USA. The Green Wave, meanwhile, improved to 15-4 overall and 4-2 in C-USA...
Jan. 20, 2007
O.P. Walker's Simmons, Alabama WR chose Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane has received additional football commitments from O.P. Walker linebacker Lamont Simmons and wide receiver Chandler Davis of Gulf Shores, Ala. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Simmons took his lone visit to Tulane. He has run 4.6 in the 40-yard dash and is fully qualified with a 25 on his ACT, O.P. Walker assistant principal Brian Gibson said...
Tulane hopeful with Stith
New Orleans Times Picayune
When Tulane forward Donnie Stith walked off the court at East Carolina's Minges Coliseum on Wednesday night, amid his family and friends after getting his second double-double of the season, he wasn't the happiest person in the building. That distinction, arguably, belonged to Green Wave Coach Dave Dickerson. Finally, Dickerson was beginning to see the cream rise to the top...
Wave facing UTEP in key C-USA game
New Orleans Times Picayune
The first time the Tulane women's basketball team played Texas-El Paso, it was the conference opener for both teams, and they entered the game with the best two overall records in Conference USA. The one thing that hasn't changed as the teams meet today at Fogelman Arena is they still have the best overall records in the conference...
Jan. 19, 2007
Tulane baseball team is ready to warm up
New Orleans Times Picayune
By the time Tulane's baseball team ran out onto Zephyr Field for its first preseason practice Thursday, the temperature had warmed up a bit. It was 51 degrees and overcast, and a short time into practice, it began misting. It was anything but baseball weather, but it couldn't dampen the attitudes of the Green Wave players...
Tulane opens baseball practice
Baton Rouge Advocate
The skies were overcast and a steady mist dampened the area, but that didn't stop the Tulane baseball team from opening spring practice at Zephyr Field on Thursday afternoon...
Three Southern Lab standouts to visit Tulane
Baton Rouge Advocate
The new coaching staff of Bob Toledo at Tulane, which picked up its first two commitments this week, has convinced three of Southern Lab's top football prospects to make official visits to the New Orleans campus this weekend...
Jan. 18, 2007
Tulane gets boost from bench
New Orleans Times Picayune
Donnie Stith couldn't have picked a better night to have his best game of the season. Stith came off the bench to pour in a season-high 15 points and tied a career best with 11 rebounds to lead Tulane to a 65-56 win over East Carolina University on Wednesday night at Minges Coliseum...
Green Wave Downs Pirates
New Bern (N.C.) Sun Journal
East Carolina's men's basketball coach Ricky Stokes knows he can rely on at least one of his players to produce big numbers each game. Now, if he could only get multiple players to do the same...
Wave washes over ECU
Greenville (N.C.) Daily Reflector
East Carolina could learn a couple of lessons from Tulane after the teams' men's basketball game Wednesday night in Minges Coliseum. The first lesson could be: Hit your free throws. The second: Hit the boards...
Jan. 17, 2007
Wave's touch gone cold
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane Coach Dave Dickerson knows the importance of defense. He's familiar with that coaching cliché: "defense wins championships." Still, it's about time, he said, for the Green Wave to get offensive...
Jan. 16, 2007
Tulane's Montagnino named player of the week
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane guard Jami Montagnino was named women's basketball player of the week by Conference Monday after leading Tulane to a pair of victories. One of Montagnino's highlights came in Tulane's win over Tulsa on Friday as she scored 29 points, including six 3 pointers...
Gwinnett County stars commit to Tulane
Atlanta (Ga.) Journal-Constitution
Duluth offensive lineman Andrew Higgins and Norcross defensive end Brooks Cunningham both have committed to Tulane. The two gave new Green Wave coach Bob Toledo the word during a visit to the New Orleans campus this weekend...
Blue Devils' DE Cunningham, Duluth's Higgins commit to Tulane
Gwinnett (Ga.) Daily Post
Brooks Cunningham wanted to get away. Andrew Higgins wanted to go back home. And on Sunday they made sure they were going to be in the same place for at least the next four years. Cunningham, a Norcross defensive end, and Higgins, a Duluth offensive lineman, both committed to Tulane University on Sunday after officially visiting the New Orleans school over the weekend...
Jan. 15, 2007
Strong second half carries Wave past Mustangs
New Orleans Times Picayune
Senior guard D'Aundra Henry came off the bench to score a season-high 24 points, and junior forward Dominique Philpots scored all of her eight points in the second half to spark Tulane to a 63-58 victory against SMU in a Conference USA game Sunday at Moody Coliseum...
Jan. 13, 2007
Montagnino-led Wave rips Golden Hurricane
New Orleans Times Picayune
Senior guard Jami Montagnino scored 29 points and junior forward Jennifer Sands added 21 points and nine rebounds in her return, as Tulane pummeled Tulsa in the second half for a 75-62 win Friday night in a Conference USA game at the Reynolds Center...
Nothing free for Gren Wave at the line
New Orleans Times Picayune
When Tulane returned home early Thursday morning from its overtime loss to Rice, Coach Dave Dickerson could have marched his team into Fogelman Arena to begin working on the one aspect that was responsible for the defeat -- free-throw shooting...
Tulane at home for UAB today
Baton Rouge Advocate
The Tulane men's basketball team will open its conference home schedule against UAB at 2 p.m. today in Fogelman Arena. Tulane (7-6, 0-1 Conference USA) returns home after playing its last three games on the road...
Jan. 12, 2007
Tulane's Toledo completes coaching staff
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane football coach Bob Toledo completed his coaching staff today with the hiring of Mark Hutson as the offensive line coach for the Green Wave. Hutson replaces Don Mahoney, who resigned from Tulane to take a similar position at Central Michigan...
Jan. 11, 2007
Rice defeats Tulane
New Orleans Times Picayune
Rice's Morris Almond atoned for a poor shooting night by scoring five points in overtime to spark the Owls to a 75-70 win over Tulane in a Conference USA opener Wednesday. The Owls (7-7, 1-0) trailed by as many as 10 points in the second half but took the lead for good in the extra period on Cory Pflieger's 3-pointer for a 67-66 score...
Jan. 10, 2007
Tulane looks to muzzle big gun
New Orleans Times Picayune
During Tulane's non-conference schedule, it has proven to be a tough team to defend in the paint. But when Dave Dickerson's Green Wave begins Conference USA play tonight at Rice, it is Tulane's perimeter game that will come under intense scrutiny...
Jan. 8, 2007
Toledo, staff hit recruiting trail
New Orleans Times Picayune
Bob Toledo's vacation is over. Less than 12 hours after returning to New Orleans on Thursday night, having cleaned out his office at New Mexico and spent some time in the Bay Area during Christmas, Tulane's new football coach and his staff were hard at work...
Ow's late surge finishes off cold-shooting Green Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
Rice used a 12-1 run late in the second half to pull away from Tulane and walk out of Fogelman Arena with a 61-52 victory Sunday despite playing without injured Lauren Neaves, a preseason all-Conference USA selection and the team's leading scorer and rebounder...
Rice hands Tulane women second straight loss
Baton Rouge Advocate
With 19 points and 19 rebounds from Valeriy Berezhynska, Rice handed the Tulane women's basketball team its second Conference loss, 61-52, on Sunday at Fogelman Arena. Senior guard Jami Montagnino, a former Christian Life Academy standout, led Tulane (12-4, 1-2) again with 19 points...
Jan. 7, 2007
Tulane leads pack for Upson-Lee standout
Atlanta (Ga.) Journal-Constitution
Tulane is the frontrunner in the recruitment of 6-foot-3, 245-pound Josh Smith of Upson-Lee. Smith, a standout at tight end and on the defensive line for the Knights, is also receiving interest from Central Florida, Furman and Vanderbilt...
Jan. 6, 2007
Montagnino's 33 leads Tulane
Baton Rouge Advocate
Former Christian Life standout and Baton Rouge native Jami Montagnino lit up the scoreboard for 33 points with seven three-pointers as the Tulane women's walloped Houston, 83-61, Friday night at Fogelman Arena...
Jan. 2, 2007
Tulane to begin conference play
New Orleans Times Picayune
The Tulane women's basketball team will begin Conference USA play today against Texas-El Paso after a strong non-conference start. The Green Wave (11-2) is on a six-game winning streak, but the Miners (11-1) will prove tough competition having won their past seven games...
