Men's Basketball Hosts SMU Sunday

Sunday, January 15

Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse

5 p.m. CT

Tulane University

SMU

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Jan 13, 2017 | Men's Basketball

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GAME 17: TULANE GREEN WAVE (4-12, 1-3 AAC) vs. SMU MUSTANGS (14-4, 4-1 AAC)
When:	Sunday, Jan. 15 \| 5 p.m. CT
Where:	New Orleans \| Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse
Watch:	CBS Sports Network
Commentators:	Ron Thulin (Play-By-Play), Chris Walker (Color Commentary)
Radio:	Sirius (Ch. 145) \| XM (Ch. 201) \| Fox Sports AM 1280 New Orleans
Radio Talent:	Todd Graffagnini (Play-By-Play)
Live Scoring:	Sidearm
Notes:	Tulane \| SMU \| American
Tickets:	Purchase Online
Social Media:	@GreenWaveMBB \| #RollWave

NEW ORLEANS – Coming off its first conference win of the season Wednesday night at USF, the Tulane men's basketball team returns home to host SMU on Sunday, Jan. 15. Tipoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse.

The game will be televised on CBS Sports Network with Jason Knapp on the call and Tim Doyle providing color commentary. Todd Graffagnini's radio coverage on 1280 AM FOX Sports New Orleans can also be heard nationally on Sirius channel 145 and XM Radio channel 201.

Tulane Quick Notes:
• Redshirt junior Cameron Reynolds ranks fourth in The American in three-point field goals made (39) and scoring (15.4), while standing eighth in three-point field goal percentage (.406) and 11th in free throw percentage (.745).
• Sophomore Kain Harris is third in the conference in free throw percentage (.850) and fourth in three-point field goal percentage (.431).
• Sophomore Melvin Frazier is second in the league in steals per game (1.8) and senior Ryan Smith is sixth in blocks per game (1.5) and eighth in field goal percentage (.519).

Last Time Out:
• Kain Harris led four Tulane players in double-figures with a career-high 27 points, as Tulane (4-12, 1-3 AAC) earned its first American Athletic Conference victory of the season, 82-67, over USF on Wednesday in Tampa, Fla.
• Cameron Reynolds scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds, Ryan Smith shot 4-for-4 from the field to finish with 11 points and Blake Paul added 10 points, three boards and two assists off the bench. Malik Morgan dished out a career-high eight assists. Geno Thorpe led the Bulls with 16 points, while Ruben Guerrero and Luis Santos also reached double-digit scoring with 12 points apiece.
• The Green Wave finished the night shooting 26-for-55 (.473) overall, 7-for-23 (.304) beyond the arc and 23-for-29 (.793) at the foul line, while outscoring USF, 22-10, in the paint and 41-23 off the bench.

The Opponent:
• SMU (14-4, 4-1 AAC) enters Sunday's game coming off a 66-64 road loss at Cincinnati on Thursday night, which snapped its 10-game winning streak that began on Dec. 2.
• The Mustangs own an impressive 11-0 record at home, but are just 3-4 away from their friendly confines and own a 2-3 mark in true road games. They are 3-1 against common opponents with Tulane which includes wins over McNeese State, Memphis and USF despite the setback at Cincinnati. The Green Wave is 1-3 against those teams.
• SMU ranks first in the conference in rebounding margin (+13.0) and offensive rebounding (13.6), second in scoring defense (59.5) and three-point field goal percentage (.395) and third in scoring margin (+12.9) and assists per game (15.7).

The Series:
• Sunday's matchup marks the 32nd all-time meeting between the Green Wave and Mustangs. SMU leads the series, 18-13, and has won five of the last six meetings including three-straight.
• Tulane's last win over SMU came on Feb. 16, 2013 in a 78-67 decision in New Orleans when both programs were members of Conference USA.