Green Wave Tames Tigers in Uptown, 81-74

Wednesday, January 19

New Orleans

6:00 P.M.

Tulane University

10-6,2-3AAC

University of Memphis

10-5,1-3AAC

Memphis

Tulane

Jan 19, 2022 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

NEW ORLEANS – Redshirt senior Moon Ursin checked off another milestone as she reached the 1,000-career point plateau while leading Tulane University women's basketball (10-6, 2-3) to an 81-74 victory over Memphis (10-5, 1-3) Wednesday in Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. Ursin posted 16 points as the Green Wave overcame a 10-point deficit after the first quarter by outscoring the Tigers in each of the final three frames.

All five Tulane starters reached double figures in the scoring column with Dynah Jones pacing the team with 17 points. Ursin notched her eighth double-double in the contest pairing 10 rebounds to go with her 16 points. The Destrehan, Louisiana, native also added six assists to her stat line on the night. Krystal Freeman followed with 13 points while Mia Heide finished with 12 points and five boards. Arsula Clark rounded out the double-digit scorers for the Green Wave posting 10 points, six rebounds and four assists.

Congratulations to @MoonUrsin for joining the 1,000 point club with a clutch free throw here in the fourth quarter.#RollWave pic.twitter.com/96A9HhiC12
— Tulane Women's Hoops (@GreenWaveWBB) January 20, 2022

As a team, Tulane shot 48 percent from the field and 47 percent from beyond the arc in the game. The Green Wave put in work in the paint outrebounding the Tigers 38-31 and outscoring them in the lane 28-20.

The Green Wave and Memphis traded scores throughout most of the opening quarter with five ties in the first six-plus minutes. The Tigers made the closing push in the frame going on a 13-2 run to end the quarter and leave Tulane trailing 27-17.

Memphis held the lead throughout the entire second quarter, but the Green Wave rallied with second chance points and free throws to score the final eight points of the half. Tulane cut its deficit down to 38-37 heading into the locker room after outscoring the Tigers 20-11 in the frame. Jones and Freeman led the offensive attack in the first 20 minutes for Tulane ending the opening half with 10 and seven points, respectively.

Tulane came out of the locker room with the hot hand opening the second half with a 7-0 run to take the lead 44-39 just over a minute into the quarter. Tulane stayed hot throughout the frame as it shot its best field goal percentage of the night hitting at a 66.7 percent clip in the third quarter. Usrin poured in seven points in the quarter to help the Green Wave take a three-point lead at 62-59 into the final 10 minutes of play.to a five-point lead heading into the final 10 minutes of play with a score of 59-62.

The Olive and Blue came out firing again to begin the fourth quarter extending its lead to 12 with nine unanswered points in the first three-plus minutes of the frame. The Tigers clawed their way back to cut the Tulane advantage down to four with 49 seconds remaining, but the Green Wave put the game on ice by knocking down their free throws to secure the 81-74 victory. The Green Wave would hold their biggest lead of the night at 12 points with 6:44 left to play in the fourth. The Tigers would try and claw their way back into it, but Tulane would hold them off and take the game 81-74.

Up next, the Green Wave will host Wichita State on Saturday, January 22, in Uptown. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. and will be aired live on ESPN+.

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