Tulane University
Southeastern Louisiana
Men's Basketball Hosts Southeastern Louisiana Monday Night
Nov 12, 2017 | Men's Basketball
| GAME 2: TULANE GREEN WAVE (1-0) vs. SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA LIONS (1-0) |
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| Â When: | Â Monday, November 13 | 7 p.m. CT |
| Â Where: | Â New Orleans | Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse |
| Â Watch: | Â Cox Sports Television (Ch. 37; DISH Ch. 421) |
|  Commentators: |  Tim Grubbs (Play-By-Play) & Victor Howell (Analyst) |
| Â Radio: | Â Fox Sports AM 1280 New Orleans | Listen Online |
|  Radio Talent: |  Todd Graffagnini  (Play-By-Play) |
| Â Live Scoring: | Â Sidearm |
| Â Notes: | Â Tulane | Southeastern Louisiana | American |
|  Tickets: |  Purchase Online |
| Â Social Media:Â | Â @GreenWaveMBB | #RollWave |
NEW ORLEANS - After winning its first season opener in four years, the Tulane men's basketball team looks looks to build on Friday night's win over LIU Brooklyn when it hosts Southeastern Louisiana for the second time in as many years Monday evening at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. Opening tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m., and the game will be televised by Cox Sports Television with Tim Grubbs on the call and Vic Howell providing color commentary.
HISTORY LESSON
• Separated by just 59 miles, Tulane and Southeastern Louisiana meet for the 12th time in history with the Green Wave owning a 9-2 lead in the all-time series.
• Monday's game will mark the first time since 1984 that the programs will meet in consecutive years, as Tulane won last year's meeting, 93-76, in New Orleans.
• In last year's 93-76 victory over the Lions, the Green Wave placed five scorers in double-figures behind Ryan Smith's double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds. Kain Harris scored a team-high 19 points, while Malik Morgan (14 points), Cameron Reynolds (13 points) and Colin Slater (12 points) also led the way.
LAST TIME OUT
• Tulane defeated LIU Brooklyn, 102-96, in Friday's night's season opener, as the Green Wave shot 36-for-70 (.514) as a team and made nine 3-pointers.
• Cameron Reynolds scored a team-high 24 points and Melvin Frazier added 19 more, while Jordan Cornish had 17 points, six rebounds and three assists. Samir Sehic compiled his first double-double comprising 17 points and 14 rebounds on 7-for-11 shooting off the bench.
• Ray Ona Embo added 11 points and handed out a career-high nine assists, while Colin Slater chipped in 10 points, four rebounds, two assists and a pair of blocks as a reserve. He also shot 3-for-3 from the field and made both of his 3-point attempts.
• Tulane owned a 52-46 scoring advantage in the paint, a 46-32 rebounding margin, won, 17-2, on second chance baskets and a 27-9 margin in bench points, despite being outscored 17-4 on the fast break and 17-10 off turnovers.
SCOUTING THE LIONS
• Southeastern Louisiana (1-0) returns six letterwinners and three starters from a team that finished 16-16 overall last season, led by junior point guard Marlain Veal.
• The Lions defeated Centenary, 99-67, at home in their season opener Friday night by placing five scorers in double-figures, led by senior guard Eddy Polanco's team-high 18 points and Veal's 17 points and six assists.
REYNOLDS CHASING 1,000 POINTSÂ
•  Cameron Reynolds has scored 927 career points and needs just 73 more to become the 36th player in program history to eclipse 1,000.Â
• The last Tulane player to reach that number was Louis Dabney in 2015-16, who finished with 1,471 points which ranks No. 9 in program history.
INTERNATIONAL FLAIR
• Tulane's 2017-18 roster includes five players born beyond the United States borders across four different continents: North America, South America, Europe and Africa.
• Ray Ona Embo (France), Bul Ajang (South Sudan), Sammis Reyes (Chile), Buay Koka (South Sudan) and Shakwon Barrett (Canada) all were born in their respective countries while Samir Sehic, born in Texas, spent several years of his childhood in Bosnia.
LOCAL FLAVOR
• Six members on Tulane's 2017-18 Tulane roster hail not only from the state of Louisiana, but New Orleans itself.Â
• Riley Conroy (New Orleans, Jesuit), Jordan Cornish (New Orleans, Brother Martin), Caleb Daniels (New Orleans, St. Augustine), Melvin Frazier (Avondale, L.W. Higgins), Blake Paul (New Orleans, Landry-Walker) and Colin Slater (New Orleans, Immanuel [Calif.]) all hail from the Crescent City.
DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING STREAK
• Cameron Reynolds has scored double-digit points in 19-straight games dating back to last season - the longest streak of his career. He reached double-figure points on 27 different occasions in 2016-17 despite doing so just 10 times in his first two-plus seasons.
SOCIAL MEDIA
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