Tulane Falls to the College of Charleston 86-72

Tuesday, December 7

New Orleans

7:00 P.M.

Tulane University

3-6,0-0AAC

College of Charleston

6-3,0-0CAA

Col. of Charleston

Tulane

Tulane Falls to the College of Charleston 86-72

Dec 7, 2021 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane University men's basketball team suffered a tough 86-72 loss to the College of Charleston on Tuesday night inside Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. With the loss, the Green Wave dropped to 3-6 on the year.

This is the Green Wave's second loss to the Cougars this season and first loss by more than five points.

Sophomores Jaylen Forbes and Kevin Cross led the way with 17 points each on 5-of-11 and 6-of-12 shooting, respectively. Cross also led the team in rebounds with seven. Freshman Jadan Coleman also joined Forbes and Cross in double figures, as he tied a career high with 13 points.

Offensively, the Green Wave shot 40.0 percent from the floor and hit at a 39.0 percent clip from long range.

While Tulane was able to win the turnover battle 18-13 for the eighth time in nine games, they were outrebounded 40-29.

The first half was a back-and-forth battle as the Green Wave would hold the lead at 34-30 heading into the locker room. Tulane had 13 points off College of Charleston turnovers and were outshooting the Cougars 37.5-18.2 percent from long range. Fifteen of Forbes' 17 points came in that frame.

The Cougars controlled the second half as they were able to tie it up at 39 a piece just two minutes into the final period. The Olive and Blue would continue to fight and brought themselves within one with just under 10 to play.

In the end, the Green Wave could not hold off the Cougars, as they trailed by their largest margin of the game (77-60) with under three minutes to go. Tulane did trim C of C's lead to 10 twice in the final minute, but that was as close as it would get.

LAGNIAPPE
-Devon Baker made his first start of the season.
-Forbes has now scored in double figures in eight games this year. With his 17 points, Forbes has now surpassed 600 points for his career.
-Cross has now scored in double figures five times this season.
-The Green Wave had three-or-more players score in double figures for the seventh time this year.
-Five of the opponents the Green Wave have faced this season have had winning records.

UP NEXT
The Green Wave return to action on Tuesday, as they head to College Station, Texas to take on Texas A&M inside Reed Arena. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m.

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