Tulane University
Cincinnati
Tulane Men's Basketball Falls to Cincinnati, 63-47
Feb 28, 2015 | Men's Basketball
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane junior Louis Dabney led all scorers with 18 points and senior Jay Hook added 12 points, but the Green Wave could not overcome a cold shooting afternoon and fell to Cincinnati 63-47 in American Athletic Conference play.
Playing in front of 2,430 at Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse, Tulane (14-14, 5-11 American) misfired on five of its first seven field goal attempts to open the game and Cincinnati (20-9, 11-5 American) took advantage and built a quick 13-4 lead. The Green Wave connected on just 7-of-21 attempts in the first half and the Bearcats hit 12-of-27 of their field goal attempts and ran out to a 30-16 halftime lead.
Tulane managed to slice the lead to 12 points on several occasions in the second half but could not get any closer. The Green Wave shot 36 percent for the game, including 27.3 percent from behind the three-point line, while the Bearcats shot 47.2 percent from the field and 46.7 percent from beyond the arc.
"Cincinnati came out with the right energy and executed very well," Tulane head coach Ed Conroy said. "I thought they played very hard and smart and knocked down some early three pointers. The threes by Kevin Johnson really gave them some energy and their ability to rebound against us all game was much better than when we played them at Cincinnati, and I thought that kept them going throughout the game. We didn't do a good job of making them shoot over us, we gave them lanes to the basket and our free throw shooting was unacceptable."
Sophomore Jonathan Stark dished out a game-high seven assists and Hook led the Wave with eight rebounds.
Johnson came off the bench to lead three Bearcats into double figures with 15 points, while Octavius Ellis poured in 14 points and Shaq Thomas finished with 11 points. Ellis also grabbed a game-best 10 rebounds.
The Green Wave will return to action against Houston in the final regular season home game on Wednesday, March 4 at 7 p.m. The game will be aired live on ESPNews and Tulane will honor its senior duo of Hook and Tre Drye prior to tip-off.
GAME NOTES
- Junior guard Louis Dabney scored in double figures for the 21st time this season and the 48th game of his career with 18 points today.
-Senior Jay Hook's two three-pointers in today's game give him 61 this season, moving him into an eighth-place on Tulane's list for three-pointers in a single season.
- Hook scored in double figures for the 18th time this season and the 41st game of his career with 12 points today.
