Tulane Ends Four-Game Homestand Against Alabama

When:	Sunday, Nov. 24 \| 4 p.m.
Where:	New Orleans \| Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Field
Watch:	Tulane All-Access
Radio:	WRBH 88.3 FM \| Listen Online
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Notes:	Tulane (PDF) \| Alabama (PDF)
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NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane University women's basketball will end its four game homestand with a game against Alabama on Sunday, Nov. 24. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m. at Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse.

STARTING FIVE
1.           Junior Krystal Freeman was named First Team Preseason All-American Athletic Conference heading into the 2019-20 season.
2.           Transfer junior Arsula Clark grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds and led the team with 17 points against LSU. She has led the team in scoring in four of the first five games and has logged back-to-back double-doubles in the last two games.
3.           Junior Kaila Anderson dished out a career-high 10 assists against Middle Tennessee State.
4.           The 38 points scored by Central Arkansas marked the lowest total points scored by a Tulane opponent since Florida A&M scored 32 on Dec. 30, 2018.
5.           Tulane held LSU to only two points in the second quarter Sunday. This was the 15th time the Green Wave have held an opponent to five or less points in a quarter since the NCAA moved to the quarter format in the 2015-16 season. The two points by the Tigers tied the all-time low with the two points Florida A&M scored in the second quarter on 12/30/18.

SERIES HISTORY – ALABAMA
• Alabama leads the all-time series with Tulane 9-4.
• The Crimson Tide took the last meeting, 69-58, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
• Sierra Cheatham and Dynah Jones led the Green Wave with 13 and 11 points, respectively.
• Jasmine Walker led all scorers with 20 points, while Cierra Johnson added 18 points and six rebounds.
• Tulane leads the series 3-2 in the last five games. The Olive and Blue are 3-3 against Alabma at Fogelman in Devlin.
• The Green Wave are 4-3 against the Crimson Tide under Stockton.

SCOUTING THE CRIMSON TIDE
• Alabama comes into the game with a 3-1 record with wins over Clemson, Mercer and South Alabama and a loss to Hampton.
• The Crimson Tide average 78.3 points per game, while holding opponents to 59.0 points.
• Alabama forces opponents into 20.3 turnovers per game and scores 24.0 points off said turnovers.
• The Crimson Tide average 43.3 rebounds per game. They rank 13th in the NCAA in offensive boards per game at 18.7.
• Senior guard Cierra Johnson leads the team with 13.5 points per game. She is third on the team with 6.5 rebounds per game.
• Juniors Ariyah Copeland and Jasmine Walker are tops on the team with 7.3 boards a game. Walker adds 9.8 points and Copeland chips in 8.5 points per game.
• Redshirt junior guard Jordan Lewis leads the team with 3.5 assists per game.
• Head coach Kristy Curry is in her seventh season at the helm for the Crimson Tide. She has earned a 101-97 record in Tuscaloosa. She had prior stops at Texas Tech and Purdue. Curry has an all-time record of 410-246.

AGAINST THE SEC
• Tulane is 31-76 against teams currently from the SEC. The Green Wave is 26-34 against SEC teams under Stockton.
• The Green Wave most recently beat an SEC team on Nov. 15, 2018 when they defeated LSU 56-54.
• The Olive and Blue have collected a 19-30 record against SEC teams at Fogelman in Devlin.

COMEBACK KIDS
• The Olive and Blue trailed by 18 points with 1:24 remaining in the third quarter at Washington. Tulane then went on a 31-11 run to close the game and take a 64-62 win.
• Junior Arsula Clark knocked down the game winner with 0.5 seconds remaining to cap off the comeback. She scored 14 of her game-high 18 points in the second half.

ANDERSON DISHING DIMES
• Kaila Anderson dished out a career-high 10 assists against MTSU. She logged seven of the 10 in the first half.
• Anderson started the season with high assist numbers as she logged six assists against the Jackson State Nov. 5.
• The Kenner, Louisiana, native leads the AAC in assists per game at 5.4. She ranks 24th in the NCAA in the category.

CLARK LEADS THE WAY
• Transfer junior Arsula Clark has led the Green Wave in scoring in four of the first five games this season. She scored a season-high 23 points on Nov. 14 against MTSU after logging
18 at Washington on Nov. 10.
• Clark logged double-doubles in two straight games with a team-high 17 points and 11 rebounds against LSU and 13 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Central Arkansas.
• Clark was second on the team with 15 points against Jackson State (Nov. 5). She leads the team with17.2 points per game.
• She was named to the AAC's weekly honor roll after the first two weeks of the season.
• Clark is third in The American in field goal percentage at .604.

CLARK GRABS 400
• With her eighth rebound against LSU, Clark grabbed her 400th career rebound. She now has 413 rebounds for her career. The Miami native is the only player with 400 or more rebounds on Tulane's roster.

FREEMAN GETS 500
• With her fast break layup in the first quarter against MTSU on Nov. 14, junior Krystal Freeman scored her 500th point. She joined Clark as the second player on the team to score 500 points in her career. She now has 535 points in her career.

DEFENSE DOES IT
• The Green Wave defense was strong last season, giving up fewer than 60 points 15 times and fewer than 50 points four times. On December 30, 2018, against FAMU, Tulane allowed just 34 points. The team's scoring defense of 59.9 points per game ranked 67th nationally, and opponents' .367 field goal percentage ranked 34th in the nation.
• The good defense continued this season as the Green Wave held Jackson State to 46 points on 22.7 percent shooting. Tulane's opponents are averaging 53.8 points per game this season.
• The Green Wave held LSU to 59 points and 39.6 percent shooting. This included holding the Tigers to two points in the second quarter, which marked the 15th time Tulane has held an opponent to five or fewer points in a quarter since the NCAA moved to the four quarters format in the 2015-16 season.
• Tulane has held opponents to 7.8 points during the second quarter of home games this season.
• The Sugar Bears' 38 points were the fewest points allowed by the Green Wave since FAMU scored 32 in 2018.

STRONG FIRST HALVES
• The Olive and Blue held Central Arkansas to 13 points in the first half on Nov. 22. This was the fewest points scored by a Tulane opponent in the first half since FAMU scored 11 in the first two periods on Dec. 30, 2018.
• Tulane has outscored opponents 171-106 in first halves this season and 149-75 in the first half at home.

OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN
• Senior Kayla Manuirirangi and juniors Kaila Anderson and Sierra Cheatham were voted the team's captains prior to this season.

CLOSE CALLS
• Though Tulane lost nine of its last 10 games of the 2018-19 season, many of those losses were incredibly close. The Green Wave's average margin of defeat in its last nine losses were just 6.3 points per game. Removing the 15-point loss to Cincinnati on March 4, 2019, Tulane's average margin of defeat in the seven prior games was just 4.7 points per game.
• Tulane's two losses this season came by a combined seven points.

THREE-POINT DEFENSE
• The Green Wave did an excellent job defending the 3-point line last season. Tulane opponents shot just .264 from downtown last year, a number that put Tulane seventh in the country. The Green Wave allowed opponents to make 30 percent or more of their 3-pointers just nine times last year and held opponents under 20 percent from long range five times.
• The good 3-point defense continued to start the 2019-20 season as Jackson State shot 15.8 percent from behind the arc. This was the lowest 3-point percentage by a Tulane opponent since Memphis shot 11.1 percent on 2/2/2019.

UP NEXT
The Green Wave will travel to Puerto Rico to play Boston College on Thursday, Nov. 28, and Charlotte on Friday, Nov 29. Tip-off is set for 1:30 p.m. CT for both games.

TICKETS
Tickets for the 2019-20 season can be purchased by calling 504-861-WAVE (9283), logging on to TulaneTix.com or visiting the ticket office at the James W. Wilson Jr. Center.

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