Women's Hoops Looks to Get Back on Track vs Cincinnati on Wednesday

GAME 26: TULANE GREEN WAVE (15-10, 6-6) VS CINCINNATI BEARCATS (15-9, 6-5)
When:	Wednesday, Feb. 15 \| 7 pm CT
Where:	New Orleans \| Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse (4,100)
Watch:	Tulane All-Access Stream
Listen:	WRBH 88.3 FM \| Gus Kattengell (PxP)
Live Scoring	Sidearm Stats
Notes:	Tulane \| Cincinnati
Social:	@GreenWaveWBB
Promotion:	Play4Kay Pink Game \| Pink wristband giveaway

NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane women's basketball team (15-10, 6-6) looks to get back on track on Wednesday when they begin a three-game home-stand, starting with Cincinnati (15-9, 6-5). Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m. CT. Wednesday also marks Tulane's Play4Kay Pink Game in which the Green Wave don their special pink jerseys in honor of breast cancer awareness.

LAST TIME OUT
• Tulane battled down 13 points in the second quarter, to rally within one point in the early minutes of the third. Later down just 35-32, the Wave suffered from a 5:20 scoring drought, while the Bulls went on a 10-0 run. Tulane again cut a 13-point deficit in the fourth down to six points, but couldn't sustain the rally, falling 66-56 to No. 22/23 USF.
• Kolby Morgan earned her second straight double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
• Leslie Vorpahl followed right behind with 19 points and five assists.

SERIES HISTORY - CINCINNATI
• Tulane trails the all-time series, 15-14, but boast a 6-5 record at home against the Bearcats.
• The Wave have won three straight against Cincinnati and five of the last six.
• In addition, five of the last six have been decided by 10 points or less.
• The two previously met in Cincinnati on Jan. 28, where the Wave stormed back in the fourth quarter to force overtime, winning it 74-68.

SCOUTING THE BEARCATS
• Cincinnati enters the contest with a 15-9 overall record and 6-5 mark in AAC play.
• The Bearcats were off to a 5-1 start in league play before suffering from a season high four game losing streak, dropping contests to UCF, Tulane, USF and UConn. Cincinnati is coming off of a 71-62 win at Houston.
• Shanice Johnson powers Cinci, nearly averaging a double-double with her 15.4 ppg and 9.6 rpg. Johnson ranks 34th in the nation with 10 double-doubles.
• Ana Owens supplies 12.4 ppg while Bianca Quisenberry nets 10.5 ppg. Quisenberry ranks 32nd in the country with her .857 free-throw percentage.

LAST TIME VS CINCINNATI
Kolby Morgan registered the best game of her career at Cincinnati back on Jan. 28, recording career highs in points (35) and rebounds (12). Morgan tallied all of Tulane's 12 first quarter points, scored 10 of the Wave's 13 fourth quarter points, then tacked on six more in overtime for the 74-68 win.

Trailing 46-34 at 3:08 in the third, Tulane ended the quarter on an 11-0 run to tie it at 48-all. Later, trailing 61-56 with 24 seconds left, Morgan connected on a big three in front of the Tulane bench, before earning a pivotal steal that led to a Shakira Harding game-tying lay-up with 11 seconds on the clock.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE SURGE
Morgan has led the team in rebounding in six straight games, reeling in at least 8+ boards in each (averaging 9.7 in that span), including a career high of 12 at Cincinnati on Jan. 28. Morgan has since raised her rebounding average from 4.3 to 5.6, which leads the team.

As a direct result, Morgan has notched two straight double-doubles and three in the last five games.

WELCOME TO THE STARTING FIVE
After 58 games played for Tulane, junior Caylah Cruickshank cracked the starting five for the first time at USF on Feb. 12. Cruickshank played a career high 32 minutes, collecting four points and two steals.

A SPARK FROM BEYOND THE ARC
Over the last four games, Morgan has connected on 13-of-25 from deep, which equates to 52.0 percent. Morgan has since raised her three-point shooting stats to 2.3 three's per game & 39.3 percent, both of which rank 4th in the league. Meanwhile, Vorpahl connected on a season high five three-pointers at USF on Feb. 12, one shy of her career high, finishing with 19 points.

Women's Hoops Looks to Get Back on Track vs Cincinnati on Wednesday

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Players Mentioned

Caylah Cruickshank

Shakira Harding

Kolby Morgan

Leslie Vorpahl

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