Men's Basketball Returns Home for Monday Night Matchup with ULM

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University men's basketball returns home to take on the University of Louisiana Monroe at 6 p.m. on Monday night in Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse.

The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+. Fans can also listen to the game live on the radio by tuning into 104.1 The Spot or by CLICKING HERE. Tulane's "Voice of the Green Wave" Corey Gloor will call the action live.

STARTING FIVE
1. The team returns home after going 1-2 in the Cayman Islands Classic in George Town, Cayman Islands. Defeating Rhode Island and dropping two to Nevada and Western Kentucky.

2. The two teams have not faced each other since 1974 when ULM beat Tulane 95-73 in the Pacemaker Classic.

3. Transfer Tre Williams made his first two starts of the season in the Cayman Islands Classic. The junior averaged 30.6 minutes, 9.0 pts, 3.5 assists and shot .500 from the field over the two games.

4. Kevin Cross leads the Green Wave in points per game at 17.2 and rebounds per game at 5.5 through the first six games of the year. That's an improvement through the first six games of the 2021-22 season when Cross was averaging 14.0 points per game and 4.8 rebounds.

5. After six games, Tulane ranks third among AAC teams in scoring offense (78.7) behind ECU (79.3) and Houston (79.2). As a team they hold the second-best field goal percentage at .474. Collin Holloway leads the league in field goal percentage at .630.

TULANE BY THE NUMBERS
1000 – Jaylen Forbes surpassed 1000 career points by making a contested three in the Green Wave's game versus Nevada in the Cayman Islands Classic.

261 – Tulane has made at least one 3-point field goal in 261 consecutive games. The last time the Green Wave failed to do so came on Jan. 16, 2014 at home against Louisiana Tech when they went 0-for-14 from outside.

121 – Kevin Cross is 121 points away from 1000 in his career.

15 – Ron Hunter is 15 wins away from 500 career wins.

9.5 – The Green Wave is averaging 9.5 more points per game through the first six games of the season compared to last.

4 – Tulane was picked to finish fourth in the American Athletic Conference 2022-23 preseason poll.

3 – Three members earned Preseason All-AAC Honors. Jalen Cook was a unanimous first team selection while Jaylen Forbes and Kevin Cross earned second team honors.

2 - Collin Holloway was one of two transfer players in the NCAA to score 20+ points in their debut with their new teams.

THE OPPONENT – LOUISIANA MONROE

ULM has dropped its last four games, all of which have been on the road.
ULM fell to Loyola Maryland in its most recent game. ULM erased a 14-point second-half deficit to take the lead, but Loyola answered for the win. Graduate forward Victor Bafutto, who had his first start as a Warhawk, had a monster day, going for 20 points (8-of-9 field-goal attempts, 4-of-4 free-throw attempts) with eight rebounds and one assist.
In the loss to Omaha, ULM was led by Thomas Howell's double-double in Friday's loss to Omaha. Howell notched 13 points and a season-high 10 rebounds against the Mavericks while playing a season-best 30 minutes. He also added three assists and one blocked shot.
Nika Metskhvarishvili was the only ULM member to earn a Sun Belt preseason nod. Metskhvarishvili has missed the teams last two games.
Eight members of the Warhawk squad are transfers.

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Men's Basketball Returns Home for Monday Night Matchup with ULM

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Jalen Cook

Kevin Cross

Jaylen Forbes

Collin Holloway

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