Tulane University
Georgia State
Men's Basketball Hosts Georgia State for Education Day
Nov 27, 2018 | Men's Basketball
| GAME 6: TULANE Green Wave (2-3) vs. GEORGIA STATE Panthers (4-2) |
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| Â When: | Â Wednesday, November 28Â |Â Noon (CT) |
|  Where: |  New Orleans | Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse |
| Â Watch: | Â Tulane All-Access |
| Â Commentators: | Â Todd Graffagnini |
|  Radio: |  1280 AM New Orleans | Listen Online |
|  Radio Talent: |  Todd Graffagnini  (Play-By-Play) |
| Â Live Scoring: | Â Statbroadcast |
|  Notes: |  Tulane | Georgia State |
| Â Tickets: | Â Purchase Online |
| Â Social Media:Â | Â @GreenWaveMBBÂ |Â #RollWave |
STARTING FIVE
    1. Tulane returns to the court after a seven-day break for its third home game of the season against its third opponent that played in the NCAA Tournament last season. The other two were Florida State (Nov. 11) and South Dakota State (Nov. 19).
  2. Tulane and Georgia State meet for the ninth time in history, as the Green Wave own a 7-1 lead in the all-time series despite dropping last year's matchup in Atlanta, 70-59. The Panthers are making their first trip to Fogelman in Devlin since Dec. 28, 1995, when the Wave held on for a 62-55 win.
  3. Caleb Daniels has scored in double-figures in four straight games and has led the Green Wave in points in three of the last four contests. During that span, he is averaging 17.5 points and shooting 48 percent overall. He scored a career-high 24 points on 9-for-16 shooting in the 84-80 win over South Dakota State at the Gulf Coast Showcase in Estero, Fla., on Nov. 19.
  4. Tulane has flaunted what third-year head coach Mike Dunleavy, Sr., has called his deepest team since his arrival. The Green Wave have deployed a 10-man rotation through the first five games, while nine players average double-digit minutes per contest.
  5. For Education Day at Fogelman in Devlin, children from local schools will pack the stands to support the Wave. Tulane hosted the same game last year, defeating Southern, 95-76, on December 6, 2017.
SCOUTING GEORGIA STATE
• The Panthers enter Wednesday's game with a 4-2 record and has won three of their last four games, including an impressive 24-point win over Georgia, 91-67, at the Cayman Islands Classic last Wednesday.
• Georgia State returns four of five starters from its Sun Belt Conference Championship team last season that made its second NCAA Tournament appearance in the last four seasons.
• The Panthers are led by Sun Belt Preseason Player of the Year and 2018 AP All-America Honorable Mention in junior D'Marcus Simonds, who is averaging a team-leading 21.7 points per game and 5.2 rebounds per contest. Seniors Jeff Thomas (14.2 ppg) and Malik Benlevi (10.7 ppg) join sophomore Kane Williams (11.3 ppg) as the team's other starters averaging double-digit points.
DOUBLE-DIGIT DIMES
• Redshirt freshman point guard Shakwon Barrett handed out 10 assists with just two turnovers in the Green Wave's 81-76 home win over Coastal Carolina on Nov. 13. The last player to have at least 10 in a game was Malik Morgan, who recorded 12 at ECU on Feb. 4, 2017.
HALF-DOZEN CORNISH TREYS
• Redshirt senior guard Jordan Cornish had one of his best outside shooting performances of his career, sinking six 3-pointers in a 19-point performance against Coastal Carolina on Nov. 13. The six treys were tied for the sixth most in a single-game and marked the 26th time a player has made at least that many in program history.
AAC WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
• Freshman swingman Kevin Zhang was selected to the first American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll of the 2018-19 season on November 12.
• Starting in his college debut against 17th-ranked Florida State, Zhang scored a game-high 24 points and grabbed seven rebounds with two assists and just one turnover in 35 minutes. The Shenyang, China native shot 9-for-13 overall, including 4-for-5 from 3-point range, while 17 of his 24 points came in the second half.Â
STRENGTH WITHIN THE SCHEDULE
• Tulane will play a minimum of 11 regular-season games against nine teams that earned postseason bids in 2018, including seven opponents that played in the NCAA Tournament (Cincinnati, Florida State, Georgia State, Houston, South Dakota State, Texas Southern and Wichita State). Temple and Southeastern Louisiana made NIT appearances.
• The Green Wave will host 15 home games and will head out to compete in five neutral-site contests. The Wave will play just one true road tilt in the non-conference slate at South Alabama on Dec. 8.
DUNLEAVYS LONE FATHER-SON HEAD-COACHING DUO
 • In his third season as head coach, Mike Dunleavy Sr., is the only head coach with a son who is also a head coach at the NCAA Division I level.
 • His son, Baker Dunleavy, is in his second season at the helm of Quinnipiac's program.
ZHANG'S ARRIVAL MARKS RARE FOREIGN IMPORT
NCAA Division I men's basketball players hailing from China are rare, as freshman swingman Kevin Zhang is one of just five players nationally who can stake that claim along with CS Fullerton sophomore Johnny Wang, CS Northridge freshman Michael Ou, Cal-Berkley freshman James Zhao and UPenn frosh Michael Wang.
#NBAWAVE
• Melvin Frazier Jr. and Cameron Reynolds have begun their professional careers in 2018-19, as Frazier is currently on the Orlando Magic's G-League team in Lakeland, Florida, and Reynolds begins the season with the Sacramento Kings' G-League affiliate in Stockton.
• Frazier became the 20th player in Tulane history to be chosen in the NBA Draft and the first in 21 years when he was chosen in the second round, 35th overall, by the Magic in June.
• Reynolds received a guaranteed contract from the Kings, including a spot on the club's Summer League team, a training camp invitation and a guaranteed a roster spot with Stockton for the 2018-19 campaign.
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