Tulane University
East Carolina
Men's Basketball Hosts East Carolina in Conference Matchup
Feb 22, 2019 | Men's Basketball
| GAME 26: TULANE Green Wave (4-21, 0-13 AAC) vs. EAST CAROLINA Pirates (9-16, 2-11 AAC) |
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| When: | Saturday, February 23, 2019 | 7 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 | ECU | American Athletic Conference |
| Tickets: | Purchase Online |
| Social Media: | @GreenWaveMBB | #RollWave |
NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane men's basketball team hosts East Carolina in an American Athletic Conference battle on Saturday, February 23. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m., at Avron B. Fogrelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse
The game will be televised nationally on ESPNU, as Matt Schick delivers play-by-play commentary and Sean Harrington provides color analysis.
PROMOTIONS
The first 300 fans in the doors will receive a FREE Tulane Mardi-Gras-themed t-shirt!
STARTING FIVE
1. Tulane looks to secure an American Athletic Conference regular-season series split with East Carolina in the first of three home contests in the final five games of the season.
2. Last time out, Tulane suffered a 102-76 road defeat at Memphis on Wednesday night at FedEx Forum. Sophomore Caleb Daniels scored a career-high 25 points to complement six rebounds and five assists, while freshman Moses Wood added a personal-best scoring night with 17 points, six rebounds, three blocks and two assists off the bench. Redshirt junior Samir Sehic produced his eighth double-double of the season with 10 points over 10 boards, while redshirt senior Jordan Cornish dished out a career-best 10 assists with just two turnovers.
3. In the first meeting between the Green Wave and Pirates this season on Jan. 31 in Greenville, Tulane held a four-point lead at halftime, but suffered a 66-65 setback. Caleb Daniels led four Tulane scorers in double-figures with 17 points in a game that featured eight lead changes and five ties.
4. In conference play, Moses Wood has been perhaps the team's top contributors off the bench, shooting 44 percent overall, 40 percent from the field and 88 percent at the free throw line while leading the Green Wave in blocked shots in 20. 5 minutes per game.
5. The Green Wave own a 13-12 edge in the all-time series against the Pirates and own a 6-5 record in games played at Fogelman in Devlin, however ECU has escaped New Orleans with a win in each of its last five trips.
BY THE NUMBERS
• 8 – Redshirt junior forward Samir Sehic has posted eight double-doubles this season and has 10 in his career after compiling two last year.
• 52 - Redshirt senior guard Jordan Cornish has scored 948 points in three plus seasons (two at UNLV, second at Tulane) and needs just 52 more to eclipse 1,000 for his career.
• 168 - Tulane has made at least one 3-point field goal in 168 consecutive games. The last time the Green Wave failed to do so came on Jan. 16, 2014 at home against Louisiana Tech when they went 0-for-14 from outside.
SCOUTING EAST CAROLINA
• The Pirates (9-16, 2-11 AAC) enter Saturday's contest with losses in five straight games and 10 of their last 11.
• ECU is led by freshman Jayden Gardner who ranks among the top 10 players in the conference in scoring (fifth) at 17.5 points per game, rebounding (second) with 8/9 per game and field goal percentage (ninth) at 50.5 percent.
• Gardner has been named The American's Rookie of the Week five times this season.
• Shawn Williams (11.9) and Seth Leday (10.7) also average double-digit points per game for ECU.
MARDI GRAS UNIFORMS
• Tulane will wear Mardi Gras-inspired uniforms to celebrate Carnival season for the second year in a row for six games ahead of Fat Tuesday on March 5.
• The Green Wave donned the Nike threads for the first time at home against Tulsa on February 14 and will again for the last time at Temple on March 3.
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 (7) - vs. Coastal Carolina, South Dakota State, at South Alabama, Texas Southern, at UConn, at Temple, at Memphis
• 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 became one of the 10 greatest shot blockers in program history with one rejection at Memphis on February 20:
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. Blake Paul (2015-19) 92
Paul Thompson (1979-83) 92
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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