Tulane Hosts Temple Monday for Manuirirangi and Wells’ Senior Day

When:	Monday, March 2 \| 7 p.m.
Where:	New Orleans \| Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse
Watch:	Tulane All-Access \| American Digital
Radio:	WRBH 88.3 FM \| Listen Online
Notes:	Tulane (PDF) \| Temple (PDF)
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NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane University women's basketball team will host Temple for the final game of the regular season and senior day on Monday, March 2. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse.

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 first in the American Athletic Conference and 48th in the NCAA in 3-point field goal defense as it has held opponents to 28.1 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.

SENIOR DAY
• Kayla Manuirirangi will graduate with a degree in public health. She scored her career-high 19 points three times with the most recent coming this season against UCF on Jan. 22. She also hit a career-best six threes in that game.
• Maddison Wells will leave Tulane with a degree in architecture. She has scored 134 points and grabbed 140 rebounds in her career. Wells grabbed a career-high six rebounds twice during the 2017-18 season.

SERIES HISTORY – TEMPLE
• The Owls lead the all-time series 6-2 against the Green Wave.
• The Olive and Blue took the only meeting between the two teams last season, 66-57.
• The Green Wave are 2-2 against Temple in New Orleans.
• The Olive and Blue have played every game against Temple during head coach Lisa Stockton's tenure.

SCOUTING THE OWLS
• Temple brings a 15-12 overall record and a 7-8 conference mark into the game at Fogelman in Devlin.
• The Owls rank second in the AAC in scorig at 69.5 points per game. They are third in The American in free throw percentage at .728.
• Temple has averaged 40.9 rebounds and 14.3 assists per game.
• Mia Davis ranks third in the conference 24th in the nation with 18.8 points per game. Davis is first in the league and 18th in the NCAA with 10.4 rebounds per game.
• Davis leads the league in double-doubles at 17.
• Ashley Jones ranks second on the team and fifth in the conference at 16.8 points per game. She is third in the American with 4.2 assists a game.
• Asonah Alexander is tops in the conference in assist/turnover ratio at 2.5. She ranks sixth in The American with 4.1 assists per contest.
• Head coach Tonya Cardoza has collected an 226-160 record during her 12 seasons in Philadelphia.

AGAINST THE AMERICAN
• Tulane is 46-53 in American Athletic Conference play.
• Under coach Stockton, Tulane is 235-169 in conference games.

LAST MATCHUP
• The Green Wave took the last matchup between the two teams, 66-57, last season in Philadelphia.
• Tulane used a 15-0 run in the third quarter to take the lead and never looked back.
• Krystal Freeman led the Olive and Blue with 15 points, while Sierra Cheatham added 10 points and nine rebounds.
• Kaila Anderson chipped in 10 points and nine assists.

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 11 points from 900.
• Krystal Freeman is 19 rebounds from 500.
• Sierra Cheatham is nine 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 eighth in points per game in conference play at 14.6.

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 6.6 points and 3.9 rebounds on the court. The Houston native registered at 4.0 GPA while majoring in neuroscience in the fall semester.

FREEMAN EARNS AAC HONORS
• Freeman was named to the AAC Honor Roll on Dec. 30 after logging a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds against Georgia Southern. This marked her fifth double-double in six games.
• She earned the honor a second time this season on Dec. 20 after 30 points at SMU and recording nine rebounds, four assists and three steals against Cincinnati.
• Freeman was named to the AAC Honor Roll on Jan. 27 after logging 19 points, nine rebounds, three assists and three steals in the win over UCF. She had 13 points, nine rebounds and one steal at USF.

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.

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 46th in the NCAA in the category with 4.3 blocks per game.
• Sophomore Mia Heide ranks second in the American and 44th in the NCAA in blocked shots per game at 1.9.

THREE-POINT DEFENSE
• Green Wave opponents are shooting 28.1 percent from behind the arc this season. This figure ranks first in the AAC and 48th 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 11 opponents to 25.0 percent or lower from the three this season.

KEEPING OPPONENTS UNDER 60
• Tulane has held strong on the defensive end, holding eight opponents under sixty points thus far this season. The Green Wave are 9-4 when their opponent scores 60 points or fewer.
• Tulane's opponents are averaging 60.4 points per game this season.
• The Green Wave held Jackson State to 46 points on 22.7 percent shooting.
• Central Arkansas' 38 total points were the fewest points allowed by the Green Wave since FAMU scored 32 in 2018.
• The Green Wave held Georgia Southern to 40 points on Dec. 30 and Wichita State to 56 points on Jan. 5.
• The Olive and Blue held Tulsa to 46 on the road Jan. 29.

UP NEXT
The Green Wave will head to the American Athletic Conference Tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Tulane will play its first game Friday, March 12, but the time and opponent for the matchup will be determined later.

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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Tulane Hosts Temple Monday for Manuirirangi and Wells’ Senior Day

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