Wave Visits Temple for Sunday Matinee

PHILADELPHIA – Tulane University men's basketball visits the City of Brotherly Love this weekend to square off against the Temple Owls on Sunday afternoon in the Liacouras Center. The Green Wave will aim to remain atop the American Athletic Conference and improve to 5-1 in league play to match the program's best start since beginning 5-1 in the 2022-23 season.

The matchup between the Wave and the Owls is set to tipoff at 1 p.m. CT on ESPNU. Fans can also listen to the action live on the Tulane Sports Network from Learfield on 106.1 The Ticket and Heaven 106.7 with the voice of the Green Wave Corey Gloor or streaming on the Tulane Athletics App and The Varsity Network App.

This marks the 24th all-time meeting between Tulane and Temple with the Green Wave trailing the series 9-14. Tulane has won each of the last three matchups against the Owls including a 92-80 victory in overtime at home last season on February 4, 2024. The Wave is 4-6 against Temple in Philadelphia with its last road win over the Owls coming on January 7, 2023, by a final score of 87-76.

So far at home this season the Wave holds an 8-2 record including a 2-0 mark in conference games. Tulane is averaging 81.6 points per game in Uptown on 46.0 percent shooting from the floor and 38.1 percent from beyond the arc. The Wave is also winning the rebounding battle 39.0-35.6 and turnover battle +3.5 at home this season.

Tulane is 1-3 this season in true road games including 1-1 in conference play. The lone win away from New Orleans this season for the Wave came in the league opener over Charlotte 83-68 on Dec. 31, 2024. The Green Wave is averaging 70.8 points on 45.0 percent shooting from the field in true road games this season.

In its last time out, Tulane won its second consecutive game and its fifth-straight at home by defeating Florida Atlantic 80-65 on Wednesday, January 15. The Green Wave used a 21-2 scoring run late in the second half to put the game away and improve to 9-2 at home this season. Kaleb Banks and Rowan Brumbaugh combined for 45 points to lead the offensive attack for the Wave while Gregg Glenn III also added a career-high 11 assists.

Through the first five games of conference play the Green Wave sits tied for first in the AAC with a 4-1 record. Tulane leads the league through those first five games in steals averaging 10.6 per game. Individually, Glenn III leads the conference in assists at 6.6 per game while Banks ranks fourth in scoring at 20.0 points per contest.

Temple enters the matchup with an 11-6 overall record and a 3-1 mark in conference play after an 88-81 upset victory at home over No. 18 Memphis on Sunday. Transfer Jamal Mashburn Jr. leads four players averaging double figures in scoring for the Owls. Mashburn Jr. is scoring 20.7 points per game which rates third in the conference and ninth in the nation.

The Owls have been aggressive attacking the rim this season leading The American in free throws made and attempted per game. Temple ranks sixth nationally with 19.3 free throws made per game on 26.8 attempts per contest which ranks seventh in the country.

Following the game against Temple, the Tulane face another team of Owls when it visits Rice in Houston on Saturday, January 25. The contest between the Green Wave and the Owls is scheduled to tipoff at 1 p.m. on ESPNU.

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Kaleb Banks

Rowan Brumbaugh

Gregg Glenn III

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