Tulane Maroons Islanders

Saturday, November 27

Denver, Co.

2:00 P.M.

Tulane University

6-1,0-0AAC

Texas A&M - Corpus Christi

3-3,0-0Southland

Tulane

A&M-Corpus Christi

Nov 27, 2021 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

DENVER, Colo. – Tulane University women's basketball rode an impressive double-double from Moon Ursin for an 81-71 victory over Texas A&M – Corpus Christi on Saturday to go 2-0 in the Pioneer Thanksgiving Classic.

Ursin led the Green Wave with her second double-double of the season as she finished with 22 points and 13 rebounds. The redshirt senior finished just two assists shy of a triple-double in the contest adding eight dimes to her stat sheet.

Three other players posted double figures in the scoring column for Tulane. Dynah Jones posted 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting while Kaila Anderson added 13 points and four assists. Mia Heide rounded out the top scorers for the Wave with 11 points and eight boards.

As a team Tulane outrebounded the Islanders 42-34 and took advantage of points in transition with 20 fastbreak points in the contest. The Green Wave also shot 95 percent from the charity stripe knocking down 19-of-20 from the free throw line.

After a slow start to the opening quarter, Tulane rattled off 12-unanswered points sparked by seven straight points by Ursin to take the lead. The Green Wave held the Islanders to just 20.8 percent shooting from the field while knocking down 53.8 percent of its shots on the other end. At the end of the first quarter, the Wave held a 16-13 advantage over Texas A&M – Corpus Christi.

The Green Wave used the free throw line and the deep ball to extend its lead in the second quarter. Jones, Anderson and Ursin each knocked down a triple in the frame while Tulane went 8-of-8 from the charity stripe. The Wave reached its largest lead at 35-24 with 2:27 to play, but the Islanders closed the half on an 11-0 run thanks to the sharp shooting of Annukka Willstedt who got a layup to fall at the buzzer to send the contest to halftime tied 35-35.

In the third quarter, Tulane turned the defense up again forcing the Islanders into six turnovers while holding them to just 30.8 percent from the field in the frame. Anderson led the Wave with five points in the quarter as the Olive and Blue outscored Texas A&M – Corpus Christi 18-12 to take a 53-47 lead into the final 10 minutes.

The Islanders got the first bucket of the final quarter, but the Green Wave responded by pushing its lead out to as many as 13 points with 3:38 to play. Six different players contributed to the scoring column in the fourth quarter with Jones leading the way with nine points in closing time. The Wave finished with its best shooting quarter of the contest knocking down 60 percent from the field to finish off the Islanders 81-71.

Willstedt led Texas A&M – Corpus Christi in the contest scoring 25 points on 7-of-8 from beyond the arc.

Up next for the Green Wave is the Miami Holiday Classic hosted by the University of Miami. Tulane will head to south Florida to face Arkansas – Pine Bluff on Saturday, Dec. 4, and Miami on Sunday, Dec. 5.