Men's Basketball Closes Regular Season Against Tulsa on Senior Day

GAME 30: TULANE GREEN WAVE (5-24, 2-15 AAC) vs. TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE (14-15, 8-9 AAC)
When:	Sunday, March 5 \| 3 p.m. CT
Where:	New Orleans \| Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse
Watch:	ESPNU \| WatchESPN
Commentators:	Alex Faust (Play-By-Play) & Stephen Howard (Analyst)
Radio:	Fox Sports AM 1280 New Orleans \| Listen Online
Radio Talent:	Todd Graffagnini (Play-By-Play)
Live Scoring:	Sidearm
Notes:	Tulane \| Tulsa \| American
Tickets:	Purchase Online
Social Media:	@GreenWaveMBB \| #RollWave

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane men's basketball team will close the book on its regular season on Senior Day when it hosts Tulsa for an American Athletic Conference tilt on Sunday, March 5. Tip-off is scheduled for 3 p.m. at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse.

MEDIA COVERAGE
• The game will be televised nationally on ESPNU and available on the WatchESPN app with Alex Faust on the call and Stephen Howard providing color commentary.
• Todd Graffagnini's radio coverage can be heard on 1280 AM FOX Sports New Orleans and through the Tune-in app.

TULANE QUICK NOTES
• Redshirt junior Cameron Reynolds ranks sixth in The American in scoring (16.6) and fourth in three-point field goals made (68).
• Sophomore Melvin Frazier is No. 2 in the league in steals per game (1.8), senior Malik Morgan is seven th in assists per game (4.3) and senior Ryan Smith is sixth in blocks (1.4).

THE OPPONENT
• Tulsa (14-15, 8-9 AAC) enters Sunday's contest coming off a 93-70 road loss at 14th-ranked SMU on Thursday night and has dropped seven of its last nine games since starting conference play with a 6-2 record.
• The Golden Hurricane leads the league in free throw percentage (.731) and ranks fifth in rebounding margin (+1.6) and three-pointers made per game (7.4), but is last in offensive rebounds (9.7) and blocks (2.4) while standing second-to-last in field goal percentage defense (.433) and assists (11.6).

THE SERIES
• Sunday's matchup marks the 23rd all-time meeting between the Green Wave and Golden Hurricane, as Tulsa leads the series, 17-5, and has won eight in a row.
• Tulane's last win in the series came in a 75-72 decision at home on Jan. 19, 2013 as a member of Conference USA, while the Wave's last win in Tulsa came on Jan. 16, 2008 in a 67-65 overtime triumph.
• In the first matchup this season in Tulsa, the Green Wave began the game with a 15-3 scoring run, but eventually suffered an 89-82 defeat at the Reynolds Center on Jan. 18.
• Cameron Reynolds registered a double-double with 20 points and matched a career-high 12 rebounds, leading four Green Wave players in double-figures. Kain Harris added 15 points off the bench and Melvin Frazier contributed 14 points, while Ray Ona Embo chipped in 10 points, five assists and four rebounds.
• The Green Wave shot 18-for-35 (.514) in the second half and scored 54 points in the final 20 minutes – its largest scoring output in a half this season – while the team's 12 three-pointers made tied a season high.
• Tulsa was led by Sterling Taplin's game-high 24 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals.

LAST TIME OUT
• Tulane suffered a 92-70 American Athletic Conference defeat at Memphis in its final road game of the season on Thursday, March 2.
• Melvin Frazier led four Green Wave players in double-figures with 16 points and eight rebounds, Cameron Reynolds added 15 points, Ray Ona Embo chipped in 13 and Malik Morgan fell just shy of a triple-double with 10 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.
• Tulane led by five points at halftime, but surrendered a season-high 58 points in the second half and allowed Memphis to shoot over 61 percent from the floor in the final 20 minutes.
• Dedric Lawson led the Tigers with 29 points on 11-for-15 shooting to complement eight boards, as his brother K.J. Lawson chipped in 13 points and had six grabs off the glass. Jeremiah Martin finished the night with 12 points, five rebounds and five assists.

Men's Basketball Closes Regular Season Against Tulsa on Senior Day

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Players Mentioned

Melvin Frazier

Kain Harris

Malik Morgan

Ray Ona Embo

Cameron Reynolds

Ryan Smith

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