Tulane Women's Basketball Shoots Past Cincinnati, 80-56

Sunday, February 13

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Tulane Women's Basketball Shoots Past Cincinnati, 80-56

Feb 13, 2022 | Women's Basketball

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NEW ORLEANS – A strong shooting performance led the Tulane women's basketball team (16-7, 7-4) to its fifth-straight win as it defeated Cincinnati (10-13, 3-8) 80-56 Sunday afternoon in Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. The Green Wave shot an impressive 50 percent from the field as a team while adding eight three-pointers in the contest.

With the victory, Tulane has now won eight of its last nine games and improved its home winning streak to five games.

Redshirt seniors Moon Ursin and Sierra Cheatham led the offensive attack for the Green Wave. Ursin recorded her ninth double-double of the season tallying 18 points and 10 rebounds along with five assists. Cheatham followed with a season-high 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc. Joining the duo of Ursin and Cheatham in double figures was Dynah Jones who added 14 points of her own.

Tulane controlled the painted area through the whole contest finishing with 40 points in the paint and outrebounding the Bearcats 47-28. The Wave looked to get take advantage of its speed as well scoring 26 fast break points.

Arsula Clark filled up the stat sheet with a team-high six assists to go with eight points and seven rebounds. As a team Tulane dished out 21 total assists marking the fifth time this season it has finished with 20-plus in a game.

Tulane opened the game with five-straight points to build a lead it would not relinquish in the first quarter. Cincinnati pulled the score within one at 10-9 with 4:51 on the clock, but the Green Wave finished with the frame with a 6-2 run to hold a 16-12 advantage at the end of one. Ursin put in work to lead Tulane in the opening quarter with seven points on 3-of-3 shooting and six rebounds.

The Bearcats came out with the first four points of the second quarter to knot the score at 16-16. The tie did not last long, however, as the Wave put together a 10-3 scoring run to reclaim control with a 26-19 advantage with under five minutes in the frame. The deep ball started to fall for Tulane in the second quarter as Cheatham and Freeman combined to knock down three three-pointers. The Green Wave shot an impressive 61.5 percent from the floor as a team to help take a 36-30 lead into the locker room.

Coming out of the break Tulane put together a pair of 7-0 runs to stretch its advantage out to double-digits where it would stay the remainder of the contest. Ursin led the Wave in the frame with seven more points while Cheatham added a pair of triples for six points as Tulane went to the final quarter up 56-41.

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The Green Wave extended its advantage out to as many as 25 in the final frame as eight different players found the scoring column in the quarter. As a team, Tulane continued its hot shooting down to the final minutes hitting at a 69.2 percent clip from the field in the fourth quarter to walk away with an 80-56 win.

Up next, the Green Wave travel to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to face the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes on Wednesday, February 16. Tipoff between Tulane and Tulsa is set for 6:30 p.m. CT and will be aired live on ESPN+.

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