Tulane University
Wichita State University
Tulane Hosts Wichita State in Sunday Afternoon Matchup
Feb 25, 2023 | Men's Basketball
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.
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STARTING FIVE
1. Tulane University men's basketball sees Wichita State for the second time this season after the Wave won in Wichita earlier this season in a 95-90 overtime thriller.
2. Jalen Cook notched his seventh straight game scoring 20+ points versus Houston on Wednesday. The sophomore is currently averaging 20.3 points per game and has only scored below double figures twice this season (Memphis and Temple).
3. Sion James (37.6), Jaylen Forbes (36.2), and Jalen Cook (33.9) are one, two and six in the conference in minutes per game in the AAC. James has led the conference for the entirety of the season and in the top 10 in the country.
4. Tulane continues to have the highest scoring offense in the AAC averaging 81.4 ppg on the season.
5. Tulane is fourth in the country in free throw percentage shooting 79.3 percent from the charity stripe. Jalen Cook leads the team and second in the AAC shooting .895 percent.
TULANE BY THE NUMBERS
500 - With a 17-8 record and five games left to play (counting first round of AAC tournament) this is the first time Ron Hunter will finish over .500 as the Tulane head coach. Tulane hasn't finished .500 or better since 2013-14 (17-17).
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279– Tulane has made at least one 3-point field goal in 279 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.
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90 – Tulane has scored 90+ eight times this season which is more than the last six seasons combined.
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79.3 – Tulane is shooting 79.3 percent from the line which is on track to be the best team average ever for a Tulane team.
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17 - The last time Tulane had 17 or more wins in a single season was 2013-14 (17-17).
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10 – 10 conference wins ties Tulane conference win total from last season. Tulane has never won more than 10 AAC games in a single season.
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2 – Head coach Ron Hunter is two wins away from 500 in his career. 53 of those wins are while at Tulane.
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THE OPPONENT – WICHITA STATE
• The Shockers fell to Memphis Thursday night, 83-78, in a game that featured 16 lead changes. James Rojas matched his career-high with 19 points. Porter had five
of WSU's 12 steals to go with seven assists.
• Jaykwon Walton is the Shockers' leading scorer at 14.4 points. Since his Jan. 14 return from an ankle injury the junior has posted 11 straight double-figure scoring games. He's made at least half of his field goal attempts in every one of them (65/108, .602).
• The Shockers have been better on the road (6-3, 5-2 AAC) than at home (7-8, 2-6). They've won four straight in enemy territory – the last three by double-figures.
• WSU has not had a win streak of more than two games this season.
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A WIN VERSUS WICHITA STATE
• Tulane would get its 11th home win of the season, it's most in the Ron Hunter era.
• Tulane would sweep Wichita State for the second straight season.
• Tulane would improve to 18 wins on the year, the most since 2012-13 when the team went 20-15.
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2022-23 STATISTICAL IMPROVEMENT
Through the first 25 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             73.4            81.4
Field Goal Percentage       .438             .467
Free Throw Percentage       75.2             79.3
Steals per game             8.1              9.0
Assists per game            13.0            15.7
SUCCESS FROM THE CHARITY STRIPE
• Tulane is currently 434-547 from the free throw line (.793) 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 - Jalen Cook (.895), Jaylen Forbes (.866) and Kevin Cross (.833).
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