Tulane Back Home on Saturday Against Tigers

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NEW ORLEANS - Tulane (11-6 overall, 4-2 in the American Athletic Conference) returns home Saturday to face Memphis (3-13, 1-4) on Saturday at 2 p.m. inside Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse.

The game will also be the program's We Back Pat contest, as it supports the Pat Summitt Foundation honoring the legacy of the legendary coach. The first 100 fans will receive We Back Pat wristbands.

QUICK HITS
Amira Mabry registered her third double-double of the season as visiting Tulane held off host Wichita State 66-62 Wednesday evening in Charles Koch Arena.

The victory improved the Green Wave to 11-6 overall and 4-2 in the American Athletic Conference. The Shockers dipped to 7-12 and 1-5 in the league.

Mabry posted 20 points and 13 rebounds and was joined in double figures by Victoria Keenan (15), Sherese Pittman (14) and Kyren Whittington (10). Pittman (1,001) also went over 1,000 career points with three fourth quarter free throws.

Those were necessary on a night when the visitors found the going tough from both the charity stripe (12-for-26) and 3-point line (4-for-21). That said, Keenan, ranked ninth nationally in 3-point percentage, made four of her five attempts from the perimeter.

Point guard Kendall Sneed posted seven assists and four steals as well.

Salese Blow (20) and Jayla Murray (17) found double figures for the Shockers, before the latter fouled out. Jasmine Peaks paced the team with eight assists and seven boards.

Tulane came up big on the glass, outrebounding the home team 52-41. The Wave's bench was held scoreless compared to the 23 put up by WSU.

The Green Wave led for more than 36 minutes, including most of the final period after Mabry put back her own miss at the 8:56 mark to grab a 51-50 advantage.

The Olive and Blue's 4-2 mark through six conference games is its best since the 2019-20 campaign (6-0).

WHITTINGTON GETS TO 1500: With 10 points in the win over Wichita State, Kyren Whittington landed right on 1,500 career points. She has 1,050 at Tulane and registered 450 during her freshman season at ULM in 2021-22.

FTS AND FOULS: Tulane has made as many or more free throws than the opposition in 12 games this season and has fouled as many or fewer times than its opponents on 11 occasions (including each of the last four games).

HANNA AND KEENAN: With her one-block effort against Wichita State on Saturday, Dyllan Hanna now leads the conference with 1.93 rejections per game and 27 total blocked shots. Victoria Keenan paces the league (and is seventh nationally) with a 48.1 percent clip from the perimeter. She is also seventh in the country with 3.0 3-pointers per contest and 12th with 51 total triples on the year.

GETTING DEFENSIVE: Tulane leads the American Athletic Conference in field goal percentage defense (36.4), a figure that is 30th nationally. Tulane also paces the conference in 3-point percentage defense (26.1) and is 27th 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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