Tulane University
Wichita State
Men's Basketball Hosts Wichita State for First Time Saturday Night
Mar 8, 2019 | Men's Basketball
| GAME 30: TULANE Green Wave (4-25, 0-17 AAC) vs. WICHITA STATE Shockers (16-13, 9-8 AAC) |
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| Â When: | Â Saturday, March 9, 2019Â |Â 7:30 p.m. (CT) |
|  Where: |  New Orleans | Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse |
| Â Watch: | Â CBS Sports Network |
|  Commentators: |  Pat O'Keefe (PxP) & Tim Doyle (Color) |
|  Radio: |  1280 AM New Orleans | Listen Online |
|  Radio Talent: |  Todd Graffagnini  (Play-By-Play) |
| Â Live Scoring: | Â Statbroadcast |
|  Notes: |  Tulane | Wichita State | American Athletic Conference |
| Â Tickets: | Â Purchase Online |
| Â Social Media:Â | Â @GreenWaveMBBÂ |Â #RollWave |
NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane men's basketball team closes the regular season and hosts Senior Night at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse when it welcomes Wichita State for the first time in program history for an American Athletic Conference matchup on Saturday, March 9. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
The game will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network, as Pat O'Keefe delivers play-by-play commentary and Tim Doyle provides color analysis.
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STARTING FIVE
    1. Tulane plays host to Wichita State in its regular-season finale for Senior Night, as the Green Wave honors Jordan Cornish and Blake Paul during their final home game.
    2. Saturday's game marks the Shockers' first trip to Tulane in program history, as they are the only American Athletic Conference team that has never played at Fogelman in Devlin. They are the Wave's third opponent to enter Fogelman in Devlin for the first time this year, joining Coastal Carolina and UT-Martin.
    3. Last time out, the Green Wave suffered a 75-70 home loss to USF on Wednesday evening. Tulane outscored the Bulls, 44-38, in the second half and matched a season-high with 19 assists, but USF made 13 3-pointers and owned a 38-31 margin on the glass. Three players reached double-figures in points, led by Caleb Daniels who recorded team highs in scoring (20), rebounds (6) and a career-high in assists (7). Samir Sehic and Connor Crabtree added 19 points apiece.
    4. In the first meeting in Wichita on Feb. 9, Tulane trailed by just six points at halftime, but the Shockers pulled away in the second half for a 77-62 win. Caleb Daniels and Connor Crabtree led the Green Wave with 17 points apiece, but Markis McDuffie's 25 points paced Wichita State, who outscored Tulane, 30-12, in the paint.
    5. Caleb Daniels and Connor Crabtree have shown a jolt in their offensive production over the last five games, as Daniels is averaging 19.4 points, 6.6 rebounds 4.6 assists, while shooting 46 percent overall and 42 percent from the 3-point line. Crabtree is averaging 12.2 points per contest and is shooting 47 percent from the floor and beyond the arc, respectively.
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.
• 33 - Redshirt senior guard Jordan Cornish has scored 967 points in three plus seasons (two at UNLV, second at Tulane) and needs just 33 more to eclipse 1,000 for his career.
• 172 - Tulane has made at least one 3-point field goal in 172 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 WICHITA STATE
• The Shockers (16-13, 9-8 AAC) enter Saturday's game with wins in eight of their last 10 contests, including three straight, with their most recent win coming in a 72-55 home win over ECU on Tuesday night.
• Wichita State owns an 11-4 record at home this season, but is just 3-7 in true road games.
• The Shockers are last in The American in team field goal percentage (.408) and steals per game (4.6), while standing 11th in 3-point field goal percentage (.315).
• Senior Markis McDuffie is tied for fourth in the conference in scoring (18.0 ppg) and free throw percentage (.819), while Jaime Echenique is third in blocks per game (1.6) fourth in field goal percentage (.537).Â
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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 (9) - vs. Coastal Carolina, South Dakota State, at South Alabama, Texas Southern, at UConn, at Temple, at Memphis, at Tulsa, USF
• Samir Sehic (4) - vs. Texas Southern, vs. SMU, vs. ECU, at Temple
• Kevin Zhang (3) - vs. Florida State, vs. Georgia State, vs. Memphis
• Jordan Cornish (1) - vs. UL Lafayette
• Connor Crabtree (1) - vs. ECU
• Shakwon Barrett (1) - vs. UT-Martin
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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.Â
• 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.Â
• 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.
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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.
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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. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â David Gomez (2004-08)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 145
6. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Donnie Stith (2004-08)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 142
7.        Robinson Louisme (2004-09)    117
8.        Blake Paul (2015-19)            100
9.        Linton Johnson (1998-2002)      99
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
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