Women's Basketball to Hold Senior Day as Team Faces SMU Sunday

GAME 27: TULANE GREEN WAVE (15-11, 5-8) vs. SMU MUSTANGS (9-17, 3-10)
When:	Sunday, February 24 \| 2 p.m. CST
Where:	New Orleans \| Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse
Watch:	Cox Sports TV \|
Radio:	WRBH 88.3 FM \| Listen Online
Live Scoring:	Statbroadcast
Notes:	Tulane \| SMU
Social:	@GreenWaveWBB

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane will honor its four seniors on Sunday as it takes on SMU at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m., and the game will air live on Cox Sports.

STARTING FIVE

Tulane enters Sunday's game against SMU following a very close 83-82 loss to Houston in overtime on Wednesday. Tulane's last five losses have come by an average of just 3.8 points.
Krystal Freeman was tremendous at Houston, setting a new career high with 27 points and tying her career high with 11 made field goals. Freeman has scored at least 15 points in 14 games this season.
Kaila Anderson was on fire from the 3-point line against the Cougars, making 4 of 5 attempts from downtown and setting a career high with 14 points.
The Green Wave's 3-point defense has been excellent in 2018-19 as the team is allowing opponents to shoot just .260 from the line. That's the ninth-best opponent 3-point percentage in the country this year.
Tulane's underclassmen have combined for 68 percent of Green Wave scoring, 64 percent of Tulane minutes, 75 percent of Tulane's assists and 54 percent of the team rebounding.

SERIES HISTORY – SMU

Tulane and SMU have faced off 36 times in their history, with the Green Wave holding a strong 23-13 advantage.
Tulane has won eight consecutive games against the Mustangs dating back to 2013.
When the teams met earlier this year, Kayla Manuirirangi and Krystal Freeman each scored 17 points in a 61-43 Green Wave victory in Dallas.

SCOUTING THE MUSTANGS

The Mustangs, based in Dallas, have an 9-17 record on the season so far. In the league, SMU holds a 3-10 record and is last in the conference standings. Their lone league wins have come against Wichita State, USF and Temple.
Kayla White is the team's leading scorer with 11.4 points per game, while Alicia Froling is also contributing double-digit points with 10.8 per game.
Froling, a fifth-year senior, is the team's top player overall with 9.6 rebounds to lead the team. Arianna Whitfield is their leading passer with 83 assists, and Froling has a team-high 52 blocks this year.

A QUARTER CENTURY WITH COACH
Now in her 25th year with the Green Wave women's basketball program in 2018-19, it's hard to imagine anyone else at the helm besides Coach Lisa Stockton. Her numbers are staggering: three different conferences, four conference tournament championships, two conference regular-season championships, six All-Americans, 11 NCAA Tournament berths, seven WNIT spots and a boatload of wins. No one in the history of Tulane women's basketball is even close to Stockton's career numbers.

#LOCKEDINFORSTOCKTON
With a victory over Nicholls on December 4, Coach Lisa Stockton recorded her 500th victory at Tulane. In her 25 years with the Green Wave, Stockton is averaging 20 wins per season – and rising. She is currently the nation's 10th-longest tenured coach at a D1 school. She has more than eight times as many wins as the second-place coach in program history (Joline Matsunami, 1985-90, 60 wins). She was honored for her 500th win on January 26 against Wichita State.

SENIOR DAY
Tulane will honor its four seniors before and after Sunday's game against SMU. Tatyana Lofton, Ksenija Madzarevic, Meredith Schulte and Harlynn Wyatt. Combined, those four seniors have accumulated more than 1,600 career points and 1,100 career rebounds.

UNDERCLASSMEN OVERPERFORMING
Tulane's roster is seeing a youth movement this year 2018-19 with underclassmen getting a supermajority of minutes played, points scored and assists. Freshmen and sophomores have combined for 68 percent of Green Wave scoring, 65 percent of Tulane minutes and 75 percent of Tulane's assists. Tulane's underclassmen have also contributed 52 percent of the team rebounding.

FREEMAN MAKING THE LEAP
Krystal Freeman is undeniably a candidate for The American's Most Improved Player Award this season. Averaging 1.9 points and 1.9 rebounds per game as a freshman, she has improved those numbers to 14.3 and 7.4, respectively, leading Tulane in both categories. She has compiled seven double-doubles this season after none as a freshman, and she has been named the league's Player of the Week twice and to the Honor Roll four times. Freeman has now recorded double-figure scoring in 21 of Tulane's 26 games this year and has reached 15 points in 14 games.

FREEMAN'S NEW HIGH
Freeman continued her blitz through the American Athletic Conference on Wednesday when she dropped a new career high of 27 points on Houston. Freeman shot 11 of 17 from the field and sank five free throws, reaching 27 points in overtime. Her previous career high of 25 points came just one week earlier against UCF.

ANDERSON SCORES BIG
Kaila Anderson had the best scoring day of her career on Wednesday at Houston, scoring 14 points against the Cougars. She was particularly impressive from the 3-point line, hitting four of her five attempts from long range and setting a new career high in that category as well.

HIGH PERCENTAGE SHOOTING
Tulane had an incredible day shooting at Houston on Wednesday, sinking 30 of its 55 attempts to finish with a field goal percentage of .545. The Green Wave's field goal percentage was its second-highest of the season. Tulane was excellent from the 3-point line, draining of 8 of 13 attempts from downtown, setting a new season high with that .615 percentage.

THE HONORABLE KRYSTAL FREEMAN
For the fourth time this season, Krystal Freeman was named to the American Athletic Conference's honor roll following another stellar week for the sophomore. She scored a then-career-high 25 points for another double-double as Tulane pulled the upset in defeating UCF on February 13. On February 16 against Memphis, Freeman nearly had another double-double when she put up 10 points and nine rebounds against the Tigers. For the week, Freeman averaged 17.5 points and 9.5 rebounds while shooting .516 from the field. She also had a career-high three blocks against UCF.

HEIDE HEIDE HEIDE HIGHS
Freshman Mia Heide got her first career start on February 16 against Memphis and made the most of it, setting a new career high with 10 points, five made field goals and three blocks. The next game, on Wednesday at Houston, Heide set another new high with 10 rebounds and four blocks. She just missed a double-double with 9 points as well.

THREE-POINT DEFENSE
The Green Wave have done an excellent job defending the 3-point line this season. Tulane opponents are shooting just .260 from downtown this year, a number that puts Tulane ninth in the country. The Green Wave have allowed opponents to make 30 percent or more of their 3-pointers just eight times so far this year and have held opponents under 20 percent from long range five times.

HOLDING THE LEAD
Tulane has done a tremendous job this season of getting out front and staying there. The team is a perfect 14-0 when it leads games with five minutes left, 12-0 when it leads after the third quarter, 12-1 when it leads at halftime and 9-2 when it leads after the first quarter.

DEFENSE DOES IT
The Green Wave defense has been strong this season, giving up fewer than 60 points 14 times and fewer than 50 points four times. On December 30 against FAMU, Tulane allowed just 34 points. The team's scoring defense of 59.2 points per game ranks 62nd nationally, and opponents' .358 field goal percentage ranks 23rd in the nation.

SPREADING THE BALL AROUND
On the 2017-18 roster, only six players averaged at least 4.0 points per game. This season, eight players are averaging at least 4.0 points per game.

ROLLING DEEP
Through 26 games this year, the Green Wave bench has been a huge part of the offense. Green Wave bench players have combined 21.4 points per game in 2018-19, and Tulane opponents have averaged just 13.9 points per game off the bench.

HOME SWEET HOME
Tulane is 8-5 so far at home in 2018-19. The Green Wave have never posted a single-season home record below .500 in Lisa Stockton's 24 full years as the coach.

CAREER NUMBERS WATCH
Against Houston:

Kaila Anderson scored her 200th point.
Krystal Freeman got her 400th point.
Kayla Manuirirangi sank her 100th 3-pointer.

Coming up soon:

Harlyn Wyatt is 9 points away from 700.
Meredith Schulte's 100th career free throw will occur when she makes two more.
Dynah Jones needs 3 more points for 200.

NEXT UP
The Green Wave have a full week off before their next game, as the team will travel to Orlando, Florida, for its final road game of the year. Tulane will take on UCF on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Women's Basketball to Hold Senior Day as Team Faces SMU Sunday

Players Mentioned

Kaila Anderson

Krystal Freeman

Mia Heide

Dynah Jones

Tatyana Lofton

Ksenija Madzarevic

Kayla Manuirirangi

Meredith Schulte

Harlyn Wyatt

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Women's Basketball to Hold Senior Day as Team Faces SMU Sunday

Players Mentioned

Kaila Anderson

Krystal Freeman

Mia Heide

Dynah Jones

Tatyana Lofton

Ksenija Madzarevic

Kayla Manuirirangi

Meredith Schulte

Harlyn Wyatt

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