Tulane University
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Tulane Heads to Tulsa for Saturday Night Matchup
Jan 20, 2023 | Men's Basketball
TULSA, Okla. – Tulane University men's basketball heads to Tulsa to face the Golden Hurricane on Saturday night. Â
The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU. 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. Tulane University men's basketball heads to Tulsa to take on the Hurricane for the second time this season. The Wave beat Tulsa 93-77 at home earlier this season.
2. Tulane has the second highest scoring trio in the country in Jaylen Forbes (19.4 ppg) Jalen Cook (18.1 ppg) and Kevin Cross (14.4). Â
3. Jaylen Forbes continues to lead the team in scoring after dropping 31 points versus SMU and 27 points vs UCF last week. He averages 23.4 ppg in conference play and 19.4 ppg overall. Forbes was honored the Lute Olson Award for National Player of the Week on 1/16/23.
4. Tulane has the second highest scoring offense in the AAC averaging 83.9 ppg in conference play and 80.7 ppg on the season. The Green Wave has scored 90+ five times this season, three of those coming in conference play.
5. Tulane is second in the country in free throw percentage shooting 82.2 percent from the charity stripe. Jaylen Forbes leads the team and the AAC shooting 91.3 percent.
TULANE BY THE NUMBERS
273 – Tulane has made at least one 3-point field goal in 273 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.
90 – Tulane has scored 90+ five times this season which is more than the last two seasons combined. The last time the Green Wave scored 100 was in 2017, when they scored 102 versus LIU Brooklynn.
82.2 – Tulane is shooting 82.2 percent from the line which is on track to be the best team average ever for a Tulane team.
18 - Jaylen Forbes is the only Tulane player to record double-digit scoring figures in all 18 games this season. His season high of 31 points came at SMU on 1/11/23. He is currently on an seven-game streak scoring 20+.
10 - Sion James has scored in the double digits 10 times so far this season, the sophomore totaled six double digit games last season. James's career high of 30 points came versus Memphis on 1/1/22.
8.5 - Tulane is averaging 8.5 more points per game than last season.
7 – Head coach Ron Hunter is seven wins away from 500 in his career.
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THE OPPONENT – TULSA
• Tulsa has not won a conference game since beating Wichita State in the AAC tournament on 3/10/22.
• Tulsa won four total conference games last season.
• Tulsa's Bryant Selebangue leads The American and ranks sixth in the nation in field goal percentage at 67.5 percent
• Tulsa allows the most points in the league, letting up an average 83.7 ppg. Â
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A WIN VERSUS TULSA
• Tulane would sweep get its fifth straight win over the Hurricane.
• Ron Hunter would be 6 wins away from 500 in his career.
• Tulane would get its 13th win, tying its regular season win total from last season.
2022-23 STATISTICAL IMPROVEMENT
Through the first 18 games of the year, Tulane shows improvement through six statistical categories compared to the first right games of last season.
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Category                                2021-22                        2022-23
Points Per Game            72.4                80.7
Field Goal Percentage       .439                              .465
Free Throw Percentage      73.4                82.2
Turnovers Per Game        11.1                                10.7
Steals per game                       8.3                                   8.9
Assists per game.                   12.5                                15.7
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SUCCESS FROM THE CHARITY STRIPE
• Tulane is currently 313-381 from the free throw line (.822) which is trending towards the program's highest single-season percentage since 1967-68 when the team shot 528-of-692 (.763) at the charity stripe.
• Three Green Wave players are currently shooting over .800 from the line - Jaylen Forbes (.913), Jalen Cook (.897) and Kevin Cross (.838).
