Men's Basketball Welcomes Tulsa to Uptown

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University men's basketball hosts Tulsa at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday 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 Tulane University men's basketball hosts the Tulsa Hurricane after coming off a barn burner versus Memphis on Sunday night. This was the Green Wave's third win versus Memphis since 2016 and the teams second straight home win versus the Tigers.

2. Sion James led the Green Wave versus Memphis with a career night totaling 30 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds. James was 6-8 from the field and 4-4 from beyond the arc, going 14-15 from the charity stripe. That is the most points a Tulane player has scored since Jaylen Forbes dropped 30 versus Drexel on 11/16/21.

3. Tulane's 96 points versus Memphis was the third time they have scored 90+ this season.

4. Jaylen Forbes ranks fourth in the conference in points per game at 17.4. Forbes continues to lead the conference in free throw percentage at .908, shooting 59-65 from the line.

5. Tulane leads the AAC in scoring offense at 79.8. Tulane continues to lead the conference in assist/turnover ratio (1.50).

TULANE BY THE NUMBERS
268 – Tulane has made at least one 3-point field goal in 268 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.

34 – Kevin Cross is 34 points away from 1000 in his career and scored a career high 25 points versus Fordham on 12/3/22.

13 - Jaylen Forbes is the only Tulane player to record double-digit scoring figures in all 13 games this season.

9 - Sion James has scored in the double digits 9 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.

5 –Tulane holds the third best free throw percentage in the country at .809.

1 - Tulane currently has the top ranked scoring offense in the league averaging 79.8 points per game.

THE OPPONENT – TULSA
• Tulsa is winless in conference play thus far at 0-2 with losses to SMU and Houston and sit last in league standings.
• The Hurricane sit second to last in the AAC in scoring offense averaging just 64.8 points per game.
• Tulsa holds the worst shooting percentage in the AAC at .419. They also shoot just .667 from the line.
• Averaging 32.8 rebounds per game is also at the bottom of the league. Tulane is one above them at 33.0 rpg.
• Tulsa is under the direction of first year head coach Eric Konkol who comes from fellow Louisiana school, LaTech where he went 153-75.

A WIN VERSUS TULSA
• Tulane would get its fourth straight win over the Hurricane and its second straight home win.
• Ron Hunter would be 10 wins away from 500 in his career.
• Tulane would have seven wins at home after having just nine home wins total last season, seven of which came in conference play.

2022-23 STATISTICAL IMPROVEMENT
Through the first 13 games of the year, Tulane shows improvement through five statistical categories compared to the first right games of last season.

Category                           2021-22                             2022-23
Points Per Game 73.1 79.8
Field Goal Percentage   .444                                     .457
Free Throw Percentage 73.0 80.9
Turnovers Per Game 11.0                                      9.8
Steals per game    7.7 8.3

SUCCESS FROM THE CHARITY STRIPE
• Tulane is currently 224-270 from the free throw line (.809) 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.
• Four Green Wave players are currently shooting over .800 from the line - Jaylen Forbes (.908), Jalen Cook (.892), Kevin Cross (.830) and Collin Holloway (.810).

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Players Mentioned

Jalen Cook

Kevin Cross

Jaylen Forbes

Collin Holloway

Sion James

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