Tulane University
Georgia State
Men's Basketball Opens Road Slate at Georgia State Sunday
Nov 25, 2017 | Men's Basketball
| GAME 6: TULANE GREEN WAVE (5-0) vs. GEORGIA STATE PANTHERS (3-2) |
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| Â When: | Â Nov. 26, 2017 | 11 a.m. (CT) |
| Â Where: | Â Atlanta | GSU Sports Arena |
| Â Watch: | Â ESPN3/WatchESPN |
|  Commentators: |  Sam Crenshaw (Play-by-Play) and Rodney Turner (Color) |
|  Radio: |  Fox Sports AM 1280 New Orleans | Listen Online | TuneIn app |
| Â Radio Talent: | Â Todd Graffagnini (Play-By-Play) |
| Â Live Stats: | Â GeorgiaStateSports.com |
|  Notes: |  Tulane | Georgia State | American Athletic Conference |
| Â Social Media: | Â Twitter: @GreenWaveMBB | #RollWave |
ATLANTA - Off to its first 5-0 start since the 2011-12 campaign, the Tulane men's basketball team plays its first true road game of the season at Georgia State on Sunday afternoon.Â
The game is scheduled for 11 a.m. (CT) at the GSU Sports Arena and will be broadcast nationally on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app.
TIPPING OFF
• The Green Wave's first road contest last season was also in Atlanta against Georgia Tech on Nov. 26, as the Yellow Jackets earned an 82-68 win.
• As a team, Tulane is first in the American Athletic Conference in field goal percentage (.521) and 3-point field goal percentage (.433), both of which rank 22nd nationally.
• Melvin Frazier leads the conference in field goal percentage (.717) and steals per game (2.6), ranks second in scoring (22.0 ppg), third in 3-point field goal percentage (.556) and fourth in rebounding (8.2). His field goal percentage also stands 12th nationally and he has scored at least 20 points in four consecutive games.
• Junior Jordan Cornish had led Tulane in the assists column in each of the last three contests with 16 during that span.
HISTORY LESSON
• Sunday's game between the Green Wave and Panthers will be the eighth all-time meeting between the programs, and the first in nearly 22 years, as Tulane owns a perfect 7-0 mark in the head-to-head matchup.
• The teams last clashed on December 28, 1995, as the Olive and Blue closed out a 62-55 home victory.
• Tulane and Georgia State will face off in Atlanta for just the second time, with the last occurrence coming in a 77-52 Green Wave victory on Dec. 19, 1983.
LAST TIME OUT
• Melvin Frazier scored 15 of his team-high 20 points in the second half, as Tulane won its fifth straight game, 80-59, over Miami-Ohio on Wednesday evening at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse.
• Frazier led four Green Wave players in double-figures, shooting 9-for-12 overall and pulling down eight rebounds to complement a career-high five steals and three assists. Cameron Reynolds shot 7-for-11 and added 15 points, while Ray Ona Embo scored 14 points and made three 3-pointers. Off the bench, Samir Sehic contributed 10 points and eight boards.
• Nike Sibande scored 21 points and made four treys to lead the Redhawks, who fell to 3-2 on the season.
• The Green Wave shot an impressive 19-for-34 (.559) from the floor and 3-for-3 from 3-point range in the second half to finish the night 33-for-62 (.532) overall and 7-for-14 (.500) beyond the arc. The Redhawks shot just 19-for-49 (.388) overall and 7-for-20 (.350) from outside while being outscored, 43-20, in the paint, 23-13 off turnovers and 13-4 on the fast break.
SCOUTING THE PANTHERS
• Picked second in the Sun Belt Conference preseason poll, Georgia State (3-2) is led by sophomore D'Marcus Simonds, who was named All-Sun Belt Preseason Second Team after being named the Sun Belt Freshman of the Year last season.
• The Panthers went 20-13 last year and finished in second-place in the conference standings with a 12-6 mark.
• Georgia State has lost two of its last three contests, including a 71-56 defeat to Prairie View A&M on Wednesday night in Las Vegas.
• Since the start of the 2013-14 season, the Panthers have won 89 games, the most of any NCAA Division 1 program in the state of Georgia.
REYNOLDS CHASING 1,000 POINTS
• Redshirt senior Cameron Reynolds has scored 984 career points and needs just 14 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.
FRAZIER EARNS AAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONOR
• Melvin Frazier recorded the best week of his collegiate career and was rewarded in being named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Nov. 20.
• Frazier is Tulane's first Player of the Week selection since the Green Wave joined the conference in 2014-15.
• In a 3-0 week for the Olive and Blue, Frazier recorded the first two double-doubles of his collegiate career and averaged 23.7 points, 9.7 boards, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game, while shooting a blistering 26-for-32 (.812) from the field and 9-for-13 (.692) from beyond the 3-point line.
JAMMING IN JAMROCK
• Melvin Frazier was voted MVP of the 2017 Jamaica Classic, while Cameron Reynolds was chosen to the all-tournament team following Tulane's 2-0 showing in Montego Bay which included an 80-53 win over Colorado State on Nov. 17 and a 63-55 victory against Fordham on Nov. 19.
• Frazier scored 23 points in both games and grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds against Fordham, while Reynolds poured in a game-high 25 points against Colorado State.
SOCIAL MEDIA
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