Women's Hoops Returns Home to Take on UNO on Tuesday Night

GAME 9: TULANE GREEN WAVE (4-4) vs. UNO PRIVATEERS (1-6)
When:	Tuesday, Dec. 5 \| 7:07 p.m. CST
Where:	New Orleans \| Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse
Watch:	Cox Sports TV (locally), ESPN3 (blacked out locally)
Radio:	WRBH 88.3 FM \| Listen Online
Live Scoring:	Sidearm Stats
Notes:	Tulane
Social:	@GreenWaveWBB

NEW ORLEANS – Home at last, the Green Wave women's basketball team will begin a five-game stretch at the Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse on Tuesday night against local rival University of New Orleans. The teams will be meeting for the first time since 2013 with tipoff scheduled for 7 p.m.

Tulane and UNO faculty and staff can purchase tickets for a special price of just $3 with Tulane or UNO ID at the gates. They can also use the promo code STAFF online at TulaneTix.com.

Fans can watch the game from home on Cox Sports TV or come join in on the fun at Fogelman in Devlin. The game will also be broadcast on the radio in New Orleans on WRBH 88.3 FM with Gus Kattengell on the call. Out-of-market fans can also catch the game live on ESPN3. The ESPN3 broadcast will be blacked out locally.

STARTING FIVE
1.   Tulane was defeated by NC State on Sunday, dropping a 79-55 contest in which the Green Wave was outrebounded 42-24. Tulane is now 4-4 on the season after that loss.
2.   Senior Kolby Morgan continues to score at an incredible rate, as she dropped 20 points on the Wolfpack. She scored her 1,800th career point in the game and is now just 10 points away from fourth all-time in Tulane history.
3.   Harlyn Wyatt had her second consecutive double-figure scoring game on Sunday, putting up 10 points at NC State. Wyatt had six double-digit scoring games as a sophomore and now has two in her junior year.
4.   Tuesday's game will be Tulane's first at home since November 17. The Green Wave are one of just 33 teams in the country that has played zero or one home game this season. Of those 33 teams, Tulane is one of just two from a Power 6 conference.
5.   Tulane and UNO will be meeting for the first time since 2013. The Green Wave have won 12 of the last 14 meetings between the sides.

SERIES HISTORY – NEW ORLEANS
•   New Orleans is one of Tulane's longest rivals, as the teams have faced off 50 times in their history.
•   The Privateers own a 30-20 lead in the lifetime series, but Tulane has won three straight games in the series and 12 of the last 14.
•   The teams last met at Fogelman in Devlin in 2013 with Tulane earning an 81-46 victory over UNO.

SCOUTING THE PRIVATEERS
•   The Privateers, who play in the Southland Conference, are 1-6 this season. Their lone victory came on November 11 against Cal State Northridge (CSUN). Since then, they have lost five straight games to Houston, Miami, South Alabama, Jacksonville State and Missouri.
•   Randi Brown is the team's leading scorer, averaging 20.0 points per game. No other player on the team is in double figure scoring. Shania Woods leads the Privateers in rebounding with 7.4 boards per game.
•   As a team, New Orleans scores 55.6 points per game and allows 71.4 points per game.

ROAD WARRIORS
Tuesday's contest against UNO will be Tulane's second home game of the year after opening up the season with seven of its first eight games on the road. As of Monday morning, Tulane is one of just 33 teams in the nation to have played one or zero home games. Of those 33 teams, Tulane is one of just two from a Power 6 Conference, the other being Notre Dame.

HOME SWEET HOME
With a 12-5 record at Fogelman in Devlin in 2016-17, the Green Wave posted their ninth consecutive season with 10 or more victories on their home floor. Tulane now has 399 wins all-time at their home arena, one away from 400.

SHE'S NUMBER FIVE
Tulane senior guard Kolby Morgan finds herself near the top of the nation's active career scorers list. With 1,813 points in her career as of Thursday morning, Morgan is the fifth-highest scoring active player in the nation. Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell tops the list at 2,799 points, Michigan's Katelynn Faherty is second at 2,177 points, Mississippi State's Victoria Vivians is third with 1,883 points, South Carolina's A'ja Wilson is fourth with 1,838 and Morgan is next in line.

Morgan is also 10th in the nation among active players in field goal attempts, 10th in field goals made, 17th in points per game, 19th in steals and 19th in 3-pointers made.

WHERE MORGAN RANKS THIS YEAR
Morgan is already having a stellar year for Tulane, ranking in the top 25 in the nation in multiple categories. As of Monday morning, Morgan is seventh in the country in made 3-pointers with 30, seventh in made 3-pointers per game at 3.75, 11th in the country in total points with 179, 14th in points per game with 22.4 and 37th in field goals made at 57.

MORGAN CONTINUES TO SCORE
Kolby Morgan continues to find twine in every game this year. The senior scored 27 points against McNeese State on Wednesday and then 20 at NC State on Sunday marking the fourth and fifth times this year she has broken 20 points. Morgan's season low in points is 17.

TWO STRAIGHT DOUBLE-FIGURE GAMES FOR WYATT
Prior to last week, Tulane junior Harlyn Wyatt had yet to break double figures in scoring on the year. But at McNeese on Wednesday and at NC State on Sunday, Wyatt scored 10 points both times. Wyatt, who is fourth on the team with 7.1 points per game, scored in double figures eight times as a sophomore in 2016-17.

MADZAREVIC IS PERFECT
Junior Ksenija Madzarevic saw the most minutes of her season on Sunday at NC State, and she made the most of that time. Madzarevic hit all three of her shots from the field and got her first block of the season, scoring a season-high 6 points.

CAREER NUMBERS WATCH
At NC State:
•   Kolby Morgan recorded her 1,800th career point.
•   Harlyn Wyatt earned her 300th rebound.
•   Kayla Manuirirangi reached 50 career assists.
Coming up soon:
•   Harlyn Wyatt will reach 200 defensive rebounds with three more and 400 points with 1 more.
•   Tene Thompson needs seven more rebounds for 200.

NEXT UP
The Green Wave will stay in New Orleans for a huge regional matchup on Sunday. The LSU Tigers will visit Fogelman in Devlin at 2 p.m. with the contest set to air on Cox Sports TV

Women's Hoops Returns Home to Take on UNO on Tuesday Night

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Tene Thompson

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