Tulane University
USF
Men's Basketball Hosts USF, Seeks Season Split
Mar 5, 2019 | Men's Basketball
| GAME 29: TULANE Green Wave (4-24, 0-16 AAC) vs. USF Bulls (18-11, 7-9 AAC) |
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| When: | Wednesday, March 6, 2019 | 7 p.m. (CT) |
| Where: | New Orleans | Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse |
| Watch: | WatchESPN |
| Commentators: | Tim Grubbs (PxP) & Stan Lewter (Color) |
| Radio: | 1280 AM New Orleans | Listen Online |
| Radio Talent: | Todd Graffagnini (Play-By-Play) |
| Live Scoring: | Statbroadcast |
| Notes: | Tulane | USF | American Athletic Conference |
| Tickets: | Purchase Online |
| Social Media: | @GreenWaveMBB | #RollWave |
NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane men's basketball team hosts USF in an American Athletic Conference battle on Wednesday, March 6. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m., at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse
The game will be broadcast on the WatchESPN app, as Tim Grubbs delivers play-by-play commentary and Stan Lewter provides color analysis.
STARTING FIVE
1. After playing three of its last four games on the road, Tulane hosts the first of its final two home games of the season when it welcomes USF to Fogelman in Devlin in search of a regular-season series split for the second year in a row.
2. Last time out, the Green Wave dropped an 80-69 American Athletic Conference road game at Temple on Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia. Samir Sehic tallied his ninth double-double of the season with 24 points and 11 rebounds while making 10 field goals, including three 3-pointers. Caleb Daniels added 18 points and seven boards, while Jordan Cornish matched a career-high with his second 10-assist performance of the year.
3. In the first meeting in Tampa on Jan. 9, Samir Sehic tallied a double-double with 14 points over 12 rebounds and Kevin Zhang chipped in 11 points, but USF held the Green Wave to their lowest-scoring second half (22 points) and overall point total in a game this season to secure a 66-48 victory.
4. In conference play, Moses Wood has been one of Tulane's top contributors off the bench while also making starts in each of the last two games. He's shooting 41.3 percent overall, 40 percent beyond the 3-point arc and 92 percent at the free throw line in 21.6 minutes per game. He is also second on the team in blocks (13) and steals (10) during the 16-game span.
5. Jordan Cornish has tallied double-digit assists with 10 helpers in two of the last four games, marking the second and third times a Green Wave player has accomplished the feat this year after Shakwon Barrett did on Nov. 13 against Coastal Carolina. Prior to that, the last player to do it was Malik Morgan on Feb. 24, 2017.
BY THE NUMBERS
• 9 – Redshirt junior forward Samir Sehic has posted nine double-doubles this season and 11 in his career after compiling two last year.
• 36 - Redshirt senior guard Jordan Cornish has scored 964 points in three plus seasons (two at UNLV, second at Tulane) and needs just 36 more to eclipse 1,000 for his career.
• 171 - Tulane has made at least one 3-point field goal in 171 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 USF
• The Bulls (18-11, 7-9 AAC) enter Wednesday's game riding a five-game losing streak, most recently suffering a 60-58 road loss at UConn on Sunday afternoon.
• USF is 14-4 on its home court this season but just 3-6 on the road, including a 2-6 mark in such games in conference play.
• The Bulls are led by sophomore guard David Collins' 15.1 points per game, while redshirt freshman Alexis Yetna averages 12 points and a league-leading 9.4 rebounds per game. LaQuincy Rideau also averages double-figure points at 12.9 per game and a league-high 5.5 assists per contest. He also ranks first in The American and seventh in the NCAA in steals at 2.9 per game.
• USF ranks No. 1 in the NCAA in free throw attempts this season, but 335th out of 351 Division I teams in free throw percentage (.641).
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 (8) - vs. Coastal Carolina, South Dakota State, at South Alabama, Texas Southern, at UConn, at Temple, at Memphis, at Tulsa
• Samir Sehic (4) - vs. Texas Southern, SMU (1/4), ECU (2/23), at Temple
• Kevin Zhang (3) - vs. Florida State, Georgia State, Memphis (1/13)
• Jordan Cornish (1) - vs. UL Lafayette
• Connor Crabtree (1) - ECU (2/23)
• Shakwon Barrett (1) - vs. UT-Martin
REYNOLDS GETS FIRST NBA CONTRACT
• After going undrafted in 2018, Cameron Reynolds signed his first NBA deal, reaching a 10-day contract agreement with the Minnesota Timberwolves on February 25.
• Reynolds has spent his first season as a professional with the Sacramento Kings' G-League affiliate in Stockton. There, he has compiled some impressive numbers in 33 games, making nine starts while averaging 16.0 points, 4.2 rebounds per game.
USA BASKETBALL STARDOM
• Tulane alum Cameron Reynolds recently completed his second tour with USA Basketball, competing in a pair of World Cup qualifying games February 22 and 25 in Greensboro, N.C., under head coach Jeff Van Gundy.
• In the first game against Panama, Reynolds set USA Men's World Cup Qualifying Team single-game records with 26 points and six 3-pointers made, leading the Red, White and Blue to 111-80 win.
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. Blake Paul (2015-19) 98
10. Anthony Reed (1989-93) 95
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
FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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