Tulane University
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Men's Basketball Hosts Tulsa in Conference Tilt
Feb 13, 2019 | Men's Basketball
| GAME 23: TULANE Green Wave (4-18, 0-10 AAC) vs. TULSA Golden Hurricane (14-10, 4-7 AAC) |
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| When: | Thursday, February 14, 2019 | 6 p.m. (CT) |
| Where: | New Orleans | Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse |
| Watch: | ESPNU | WatchESPN |
| Commentators: | Matt Schick (PxP) & Sean Harrington (Color) |
| Radio: | 1280 AM New Orleans | Listen Online |
| Radio Talent: | Todd Graffagnini (Play-By-Play) |
| Live Scoring: | Statbroadcast |
| Notes: | Tulane | Tulsa | American Athletic Conference |
| Tickets: | Purchase Online |
| Social Media: | @GreenWaveMBB | #RollWave |
NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane men's basketball team looks to score its first American Athletic Conference win of the season and hosts Tulsa on Thursday, February 14. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse.
The game will be televised nationally on ESPNU and available on the WatchESPN app, as Matt Schick delivers play-by-play commentary and Sean Harrington provides color analysis.
STARTING FIVE
1. After a stretch of playing eight of the last 12 games on the road, Tulane begins a span of five home contests over their next eight with the first of two American Athletic Conference regular-season matchups against Tulsa.
2. Last time out, the Green Wave had four players score in double-figures, but dropped a 77-62 road tilt at Wichita State on Feb. 9. Freshman Connor Crabtree scored a season-high 17 points and shot 4-for-4 from 3-point range, while sophomore Caleb Daniels added 17 as well.
3. Tulane and Tulsa meet for the 27th time in history, as the Golden Hurricane has won three straight matchups and own a 20-6 advantage in the all-time series. Last season, Tulsa escaped New Orleans on Dec. 31, 2017 with a 65-56 victory, before holding on for a 91-89 overtime win at home on Feb. 8, 2018. Tulane last defeated Tulsa at home, 81-69, for Senior Day on March 5, 2017.
4. Freshman guard Moses Wood has found his rhythm during the last six contests, shooting an impressive 68 percent (15-for-21) from the field, while averaging 6.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 23.2 minutes per game off the bench. He has also scored in double-figures in two of the last four games.
5. Senior forward Blake Paul has emerged in the last seven games, averaging 8.4 points and 7.4 rebounds while making 58 percent (26-for-42) of his shots from the floor in those contests. He has three double-figure scoring performances, two double-digit rebounding games and one double-double during the span.
BY THE NUMBERS
• 4 – Tulane has used the same starting lineup four games in a row and in five of the last six contests. Samir Sehic is the only Tulane player to start all 22 games this season.
• 7 – Redshirt junior forward Samir Sehic has posted seven double-doubles this season and has nine in his career after compiling two last year.
• 71 - Redshirt senior guard Jordan Cornish has scored 929 points in three plus seasons (two at UNLV, second at Tulane) and needs just 71 more to eclipse 1,000 for his career.
SCOUTING TULSA
• The Golden Hurricane (14-10, 4-7 AAC) enter Thursday's contest with losses in four of its last six games.
• Tulsa owns a 12-2 record on its home court, but is just 1-6 in road tilts this season.
• Three players average double-figure points per game, led by DaQuan Jeffries (13.9), Martins Igbanu (11.6) and Sterling Taplin (10.3).
• Tulsa leads The American in 3-point field goal percentage (.358) and ranks third in field goal percentage (.458), but is seventh in 3-pointers made (7.0) and last in rebounding margin (-3.6) as well as offensive rebounds per game (7.0).
20-POINT PERFORMANCES
• Tulane has had five different players score at least 20 points in a game this season, the most among any American Athletic Conference program:
• Caleb Daniels (6) - vs. Coastal Carolina, South Dakota State, South Alabama, Texas Southern, UConn, Temple
• Kevin Zhang (3) - vs. Florida State, Georgia State, Memphis (1/13)
• Samir Sehic (2) - vs. Texas Southern, SMU (1/4)
• Jordan Cornish (1) - vs. UL Lafayette
• Shakwon Barrett (1) - vs. UT-Martin
CLEANING UP IN THE CLASSROOM
• The Green Wave compiled a 3.14 team GPA for the 2018 Fall semester, the highest recorded in program history.
• Buay Koka posted a perfect 4.0 GPA
• Nine of 14 players had at least a 3.0 GPA
• 10/14 players have a cumulate GPA of at least 3.0
• All five international players had at least a 3.0
• Tulane was named the recipient of the American Athletic Conference's Team Academic Excellence Award for the 2017-18 season, an honor given annually to one of the conference's 12 institutions sponsoring men's basketball that achieves the highest cumulative grade point average.
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.
PAUL CLIMBING ALL-TIME BLOCKS LIST
• Senior forward Blake Paul is on the verge of becoming one of the 10 greatest shot blockers in program history:
1. John Williams (1981-85) 192
2. Lawrence Nelson (1994-98) 181
3. Quincy Davis (2002-06) 165
4. Jerald Honeycutt (1993-97) 163
5. David Gomez (2004-08) 145
6. Donnie Stith (2004-08) 142
7. Robinson Louisme (2004-09) 117
8. Linton Johnson (1998-2002) 99
9. Anthony Reed (1989-93) 95
10. Paul Thompson (1979-83) 92
11. Blake Paul (2015-19) 90
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.
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.
OLDEST ARENAS
• Tulane's home arena, Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse, is one of the oldest active arenas in college basketball:
1. Matthews Arena – Northeastern – April 16, 1910
2. Rose Hill Gym – Fordham – Jan. 16, 1925
3. Lavietes Pavilion – Harvard - 1926
4. The Palestra – Penn – Jan. 1, 1927
5. Edmundson Pavilion – Washington – Dec. 27, 1927
6. Williams Arena – Minnesota – Feb. 4, 1928
7. Hinkle Fieldhouse – Butler – March 7, 1928
8. Payne Whitney Gym – Yale – Dec. 10, 1932
9. Fogelman in Devlin – Tulane – Dec. 15, 1933
10. Haas Pavilion – California – Jan. 13, 1933
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