MBB: Tulane to host Georgia Tech
Dec 4, 2015 | Men's Basketball
| Game 9: Tulane Green Wave (5-3) vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (5-2) | |
| When | Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015 | 4:00 p.m. CT |
| Where | New Orleans | Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse |
| Watch | CBS Sports Network |
| Listen | Fox Sports 1280 AM - Todd Graffagnini (PxP) |
| Live Stats | Live Stats |
| Printable Notes | Tulane | American | Georgia Tech |
| Social Media | @GreenWaveMBB  | #RollWave | @GTMBB |
NEW ORLEANS -- The Tulane men's basketball team will face off against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets for the 70th time in program history. The Green Wave enter the Saturday game at 5-3 on the year after sneaking past UNO on Wednesday night, 64-62. Georgia Tech is coming off of 77-61 win at home against Wofford earlier this week, which put them at 5-2 on the season.
NOTEWORTHY - The Green Wave finished the Challenge in Music City with a 3-1 record, going 2-1 during games in Nashville.
- Senior Louis Dabney averaged 11.0 ppg and 3.2 rpg through the weekend and earned All-Tournament Team honors as well as a spot on the American Weekly Honor Roll.
- Tulane came back from being down 26 points to edge out Stephen F. Austin in Nashville, marking the biggest comeback in school history.
- Tulane committed just seven turnovers in the game against Mercer, marking the team's lowest game total for the stat all season and the first time this year the number has been kept to single digits.
- The Green Wave have out-rebounded their opponent in seven of their first eight games.
-Louis Dabney now sits at 29th all-time at Tulane with 1,085 career points.
-Dylan Osetkowski tallied a double-double in the first half of the Appalachian State game, marking his third double-double of the season. He is the only player on the roster with a double-double in their career.
-In the opener against Alabama A&M, Louis Dabney became the 35th player in Tulane history to surpass the 1,000 career point mark.
THE OPPONENT
Georgia Tech enters the game at 5-2 on the year, being led by Charles Mitchell, who is averaging a double-double. Mitchell has notched a double-double in each of the team's seven games. The Yellow Jackets are coming off of a midweek win against Wofford, 77-61. Their two losses this season have come at home against East Tennessee State, 69-68, and to No. 8/9 Villanova at the NIT Season Tipoff in Brooklyn.
THE SERIES
This marks the 70th all-time meeting between the Tulane and the Yellow Jackets. The two teams first met in 1909 and were both members of the SEC. Most recently, the Green Wave fell in Atlanta to Georgia Tech, 79-61. Tulane won three of the last four meetings and boast a 22-11 record against the Yellow Jackets at home.
LAST TIME OUT
It was another late lay-in by Dylan Osetkowski that earned the Green Wave the victory, marking the second time in three games that scenario has occurred. Osetkowski notched his fourth double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 boards, while graduate student Jernard Jarreau earned his first of the year with 10 points and 13 rebounds. UNO was led by Christavious Gill, whose big second half helped him finish with 15 points in the game. With 33 seconds left it in the game, Osetkowski remained calm and took advantage of an open look at the basket, as he banked in the eventual game-winner. Jarreau sealed the victory with a block on UNO's next possession, leaving the Privateers forced to foul.
Largest Comeback
The Green Wave notched its largest comeback victory in program history against Stephen F. Austin during the Challenge in Music City. Tulane trail by as many as 26 points in the game, but overcame the deficit and topped the Lumberjack on a late shot by Dylan Osetkowski for its first lead of the night and the victory. Before this victory, Tulane had never trailed by 20-or-more points and comeback to win. Since 2000, the largest deficit the team has overcome to win has been 17 points.
DOUBLE UP
Sophomore Dylan Osetkowski has notched a double-double in four games this season. He is currently averaging 10.3 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. Osetkowski earned his most recent double-double with 11 poits and 11 boards against UNO. Graduate student Jernard Jarreau became the second player on this year's rosters to notch a double-double with he scored 10 points and brought down 13 rebounds in the same game
DOMINATING THE GLASS
The Green Wave have out-rebounded their opponent in seven of their eight games so far this season. Sophomore Dylan Osetkowski has brought down nearly double the boards as any of his teammates with 63 so far this year.
