Tulane Hits the Road to Play Cincinnati Sunday on ESPNU

When:	Sunday, Feb. 23 \| 3 p.m. CT
Where:	Cincinnati, Ohio \| Fifth Third Arena
Watch:	ESPNU
Radio:	WRBH 88.3 FM \| Listen Online
Notes:	Tulane (PDF)
Live Stats:	GoBearcats.com
Social:	@GreenWaveWBB

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane University women's basketball team will hit the road to take on Cincinnati on Sunday, Feb. 23. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU and tip-off is set for 3 p.m. CT at Fifth Third Arena.

STARTING FIVE
1.            Tulane has made three 17-plus-point comeback wins on the road this season. The Green Wave got their third big comeback win with an 18-point come-from-behind win at SMU.
2.            The Green Wave made the biggest comeback in American Athletic Conference play this season when they fought back from down 18 at SMU on Jan. 15. Wichita State has the second-largest at 13 points against Tulsa.
3.            Junior Krystal Freeman scored a career-high 30 points in the 67-66 win at SMU on Jan. 15. This eclipsed her previous career-high of 27 at Houston on Feb. 20, 2019.
4.            Tulane ranks second in the American Athletic Conference and 56th in the NCAA in 3-point field goal defense as it has held opponents to 28.6 percent from behind the arc.
5.            Junior Arsula Clark was the second Green Wave player to hit 30 points or more in a game this season. She logged a season-high 31 points on Feb. 16 against Wichita State.

SERIES HISTORY – CINCINNATI
• The Bearcats lead the all-time series 17-16 against the Green Wave.
• Tulane took the matchup between the two teams earlier this season, 64-59, in New Orleans.
• The Olive and Blue are 14-8 against the Bearcats under head coach Lisa Stockton.

SCOUTING THE BEARCATS
• Cincinnati brings a 17-8 overall record and an 8-4 conference mark into the game in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• The Bearcats have averaged 68.9 points on 42.3 percent shooting, while holding opponents to 62.1 points on 39.0 percent shooting.
• UC ranks second in the AAC in field goal percentage, assists (16.7), turnover margin (+3.84) and assist/turnover ratio (1.2).
• Iimar'I Thomas leads the Bearcats and ranks third in the conference with 19.0 points per game. She is first in the conference and 12th in the NCAA in field goal percentage at 59.2 percent.
• Thomas has pulled down a team-high 8.5 rebounds this season. She is sixth in The American in rebounds per game.
• Antoinette Miller is second on the team with 15.3 points per game. She has led the team with 4.1 assists per game.
• Angel Rizor is second on the team with 7.0 rebounds per game. She adds 11.8 points a game.
• Head coach Michelle Clark-Heard has collected a 41-19 record during her two seasons in Cincinnati.
• She previously made stops at Kentucky State and Western Kentucky and has collected a 219-99 career record.

AGAINST THE AMERICAN
• Tulane is 46-51 in American Athletic Conference play.
• Under coach Stockton, Tulane is 235-167 in conference games.

LAST MATCHUP
• The Green Wave took the last matchup between the two teams, 64-59, earlier this season in New Orleans.
• The Bearcats led 59-58 with 1:38 left in the game then the Green Wave closed the game on a 6-0 run to take the win.
• Junior Arsula Clark led the Green Wave with 18 points, while sophomore Dynah Jones added 17 of her own.
• Sophomore Mia Heide grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds for Tulane.
• Antoinette Miller scored a game-high 20 points for UC.

COMEBACK KIDS
• Tulane trailed by 18 points with 1:24 remaining in the third quarter at Washington. Tulane then went on a 31-11 run to close the game and take a 64-62 win.
• Junior Arsula Clark knocked down the game winner with 0.5 seconds remaining to cap off the comeback. She scored 14 of her game-high 18 points in the second half.
• The Green Wave rallied from down 17 in the third at Southern Miss. on Dec. 4 and pulled out the win.
• Tulane went on a 23-3 run from the six-minute mark in the third to the 8:19 mark in the fourth quarter to take the lead over the Lady Eagles and finish the game with a win.
• Clark scored 17 of her 20 points in the second half to lead the charge.
• The Green Wave fell behind 55-37 with 17 seconds remaining in the third quarter at SMU.
• Tulane reeled off runs of 8-2, 6-0 and 10-1 to tie the game at 64 with a minute left. After two free throws from SMU, junior Krystal Freeman knocked down a three to win the game.
• Freeman scored eight points, sophomore Dynah Jones added seven and Clark logged five during the run.

CLARK SNAGS 500
• With her second rebound at Memphis on Feb. 24, junior Arsula Clark logged the 500th board of her career.

CLARK'S CAREER DAY
• Junior Arsula Clark scored the 1,000th point of her career with an and-one to start the game against Wichita State on Feb. 16. She scored a season-high 31 points against the Shockers. During her career day, she made the first three of her career.
• She was named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll for the fourth time this season after the historic game.

BEST CONFERENCE START
• Tulane started the American Athletic Conference slate with a 6-0 record. This is the first time in program history the Green Wave started conference play with six straight wins. The sixth win surpassed the 5-0 start by the 2002-03 team in Conference USA.

CAREER NUMBERS WATCH
Coming up soon:
• Krystal Freeman is 61 points from 900.
• Krystal Freeman is 39 rebounds from 500.
• Sierra Cheatham is 14 points from 600.

FREEMAN DROPS 30
• Junior Krystal Freeman scored 30 points in the win at SMU. She was the first Tulane player to score 30 points since Kolby Morgan dropped 30 against Houston on Jan. 6, 2018.
• With her first three of the game at SMU, Freeman logged the 700th point of her career. She scored the first 14 points for the Green Wave against the Mustangs.
• She currently ranks 11th in points per game in conference play at 14.4.

CLARK EARNS HONORS
• Junior Arsula Clark was named College Sports Madness AAC Player of the Week on Jan. 20. She has been named to the American Honor Roll three times (Nov. 11; Nov. 18; Jan. 13) this season.

GETTING IT DONE IN THE CLASSROOM
• Junior Sierra Cheatham gets it done on and off the court. She is currently averaging 6.8 points and 4.0 rebounds on the court. The Houston native registered at 4.0 GPA while majoring in neuroscience in the fall semester.

MANUIRIRANGI GETS 600
• After scoring 19 points against UCF, senior Kayla Manuirirangi scored the 600th point of her career. She currently has 646 points in her career. Manuirirangi has scored 71.5 percent of her points from behind the arc.
• She knocked down a career-high six 3-pointers in the win over the Knights.

CHEATHAM GETS 500
• With a fourth-quarter 3-pointer against Memphis on Jan. 11, 2020, junior Sierra Cheatham became the third player on this year's team to eclipse 500 points for her career. Cheatham has now scored 586 points at Tulane with 68.6 percent of them coming from the 3-point line.
• She was named to the AAC Honor Roll on Jan. 6 after posting 12 points, seven rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks in the win at Wichita State.

IT'S A BLOCK PARTY
• Tulane blocked a season-high 12 shots against Georgia Southern on Dec. 30. This was the most blocked shots by a Green Wave team since the Olive and Blue swatted 12 shots on Dec. 9, 2002 against Drake.
• The Olive and Blue rank second in the AAC and 39th in the NCAA in the category with 4.5 blocks per game.
• Sophomore Mia Heide ranks second in the American and 40th in the NCAA in blocked shots per game at 2.0.

THREE-POINT DEFENSE
• Green Wave opponents are shooting 28.6 percent from behind the arc this season. This figure ranks first in the AAC and 56th in the NCAA.
• The good 3-point defense started the 2019-20 season as Jackson State shot 15.8 percent from behind the arc. This was the lowest 3-point percentage by a Tulane opponent since Memphis shot 11.1 percent on 2/2/2019.
• Tulane held Central Arkansas to 17.6 percent from 3-point range.
• The Wave held Charlotte to 16.7 percent shooting from behind the arc on Nov. 29.
• The Olive and Blue continued the good defense holding Colorado to 16.7 percent shooting from three on Dec. 21.
• The Green Wave added Georgia Southern to the list of under 20 percent shooting when they held the Eagles to 10.0 percent shooting from behind the arc. This was the lowest mark by a Tulane opponent since SMU shot 6.7 (1-15) percent from behind the arc on Jan. 12, 2019.
• The Green Wave have held 10 opponents to 25.0 percent or lower from the three this season.

UP NEXT
• The Olive and Blue will stay on the road as they travel to play ECU on Saturday, Feb. 29. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m. in Greenville, North Carolina.

TICKETS
Tickets for the 2019-20 season can be purchased by calling 504-861-WAVE (9283), logging on to TulaneTix.com or visiting the ticket office at the James W. Wilson Jr. Center.

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Mia Heide

Dynah Jones

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