Women's Basketball Faces Early Test in No. 10/9 Mississippi State

GAME 2: (-/RV) TULANE GREEN WAVE (1-0) VS (#10/#9) MISSISSIPPI STATE (2-0)
When:	Wednesday, Nov. 16 \| 7 p.m. CT
Where:	Biloxi, Miss. \| Mississippi Coast Coliseum (10,066)
Radio:	WRBH 88.3 FM \| Gus Kattengell (PBP) \| Listen Online
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NEW ORLEANS - The (-/RV) Tulane women's basketball team (1-0) faces a major early test on Wednesday evening, when they challenge No. 10/9 Mississippi State inside the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi. The Green Wave are coming off of a 79-56 season opening victory over Grambling State, in which Kolby Morgan and Meredith Schulte combined for 41 points while Leslie Vorpahl set a new single-game program record with 15 assists. Tickets are still available for Wednesday's showdown via Ticketmaster and can be purchased on site at the Coliseum as well. All seats are $10.

SERIES HISTORY
• Tulane trails the overall series against Mississippi State, 6-5. The Bulldogs have won three straight against the Wave.
• The last time these two programs met up was the first round of the NCAA Tournament in March of 2015 in Durham, North Carolina. Miss State prevailed with the 57-47 victory that day.

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
• Miss State is off to a 2-0 start, defeating Villanova, 108-62, followed by Maine, 87-43.
• The Bulldogs have now won 30 of its last 31 regular season non-conference games, dating back to the 2014-15 season. That tally also includes their current 10-game streak.
• State is ranked No. 10 in the AP poll, marking their 38th straight week inside the top-25.
• Victoria Vivians was named a Preseason All-SEC selection and was also just named the MVP in the Maine tournament this past weekend, where she averaged 15.0 ppg.
• Redshirt junior Roshunda Johnson was tabbed to the all-tournament team after averaging 17.5 ppg in her Miss State debut.

RECORD SETTING DAY
Senior point guard Leslie Vorpahl made history in Tulane's season opening win over Grambling on Nov. 12. The San Antonio native recorded 15 assists, setting a new single-game program record, previously held by Ashley Langford's 14 assists set back in both 2006 and 2007. Vorpahl's 15.0 assists per game lead all Division-I players in the country right now. Last season, Vorpahl averaged 5.4 assists per game which ranked 35th in the nation and fifth all-time at Tulane.

PICKING UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF
The top-returning scorer in the league picked up right where she left off last season, as Kolby Morgan led the Green Wave with 21 points on 6-of-9 shooting, including a career high tying nine successfully made free throws. Last year, Morgan averaged 17.2 ppg and secured 13, 20+ scoring games (now up to 16 in her career).

SCHULTE LANDS ON HONOR ROLL
Sophomore Meredith Schulte, who scored a season high 10 points as a freshman, broke out with a career game in the season opener, converting her first six shots before finishing with 20 points on 8-of-9 shooting, including a perfect 4-for-4 mark from three-point range. The conference recognized the stellar performance by placing Schulte on The American's week one Honor Roll list.

A JOB WELL(S) DONE
Speaking of stellar openers, freshman forward Maddison Wells got off to a hot start by recording double-digit points in her Green Wave debut. Wells shot 4-for-4 from the field and finished with 10 points.

NATIONAL CHART TOPPING OPENER
The Green Wave currently rank in the top-10 in the country in two team categories. Tulane ranks second in field goal percentage after shooting .580 (29-50) against Grambling. In addition, partially thanks to Vorpahl's recordsetting day, the Wave's 24 assists per game ranks eighth in the nation.

Women's Basketball Faces Early Test in No. 10/9 Mississippi State

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Kolby Morgan

Meredith Schulte

Leslie Vorpahl

Maddison Wells

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