Tulane Set for Wichita State on Wednesday

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WICHITA, KS – Tulane's women's basketball team will square off with Wichita State Wednesday evening in Charles Koch Arena in Wichita.

The Green Wave comes into the game with a 10-6 overall record and a 3-2 mark in the American Athletic Conference. The Shockers currently stand at 7-11 and 1-4 in the league.

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Host East Carolina scored a combined 53 points in the first and fourth quarters as it registered a 75-64 comeback win over visiting Tulane Saturday afternoon at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.

The Pirates are now 9-7 overall and 1-3 in the American Athletic Conference. The Green Wave fell to 10-6 and 3-2 in the league.

The fourth period was certainly the decisive stanza as the home team, trailing by five (53-48) through three, outscored the Olive and Blue 27-11, going on an 18-2 run to salt the game away.

ECU got a game-high 21 points (7-for-15 FG, 4-for-7 3FG) from Devin Hagemann, while Jayla Hearp added 15. Amiya Joyner collected a game-high 12 rebounds. Khia Miller had nine assists and four steals.

Tulane's Amira Mabry led the Wave with 15 points. Sherese Pittman (12 points, 11 boards) posted her second double-double of the season. Sadie Shores led the way in assists (five) and Dyllan Hanna, the league's leading shot blocker, posted four rejections.

The Pirates connected on 41 percent from deep (9-for-22) against the AAC's stingiest perimeter defense and held a 22-12 edge on points off turnovers.

Hagemann made a driving layup at the 5:32 mark of the fourth quarter to tie the game at 57-all but held Tulane to just one field goal the rest of the way as it scored 18 of the game's last 25 points.

The Green Wave will be back in action at Wichita State on Wednesday in a 6 p.m. affair. The Shockers (7-11, 1-4) dropped a 69-51 decision at UTSA on Saturday.

THROUGH SIX: The Green Wave will have its best six-game AAC start since 2019-20 (6-0) should it win Saturday.

HANNA AND KEENAN: With her four-block effort against East Carolina on Saturday, Dyllan Hanna now leads the conference with 2.0 rejections per game and 26 total blocked shots. Victoria Keenan paces the league (and is ninth nationally) with a 46.5 percent clip from the perimeter. She is also 15th in the country with 2.94 3-pointers per contest and 16th with 47 total triples on the year.

GETTING DEFENSIVE: Tulane leads the American Athletic Conference in 3-point percentage defense (26.1) and is 30th nationally in that statistic.

AWARD WINNERS: The Green Wave has won the league's Freshman of the Week four times, three by Kendall Sneed (Nov. 25, Dec. 2, Dec. 23). Sadie Shores (Dec. 30) collected it the other time.

Tulane has earned AAC Honorable Mention Player of the Week recognition six times. Amira Mabry leads the way there with three (Dec. 23, Dec. 30, Jan. 6), Sherese Pittman twice (Nov. 18, Jan. 13) and Kyren Whittington on November 25.

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Players Mentioned

Dyllan Hanna

Victoria Keenan

Amira Mabry

Sherese Pittman

Sadie Shores

Kendall Sneed

Kyren Whittington

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