Green Wave Travels to Philly for Duel with the Owls

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PHILADELPHIA, PA - The Tulane women's basketball team (11-7 overall, 4-3 American Athletic Conference) is back in action Saturday at Temple (12-6, 6-1) for a 2 p.m. ET/1 CT affair at Liacouras Center in Philadelphia.

The contest will be carried on ESPN+.

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The Tulane women's basketball team trailed by 16 heading into the final quarter of its Saturday home game with Memphis but saw its stirring effort to make up that ground fall just short as the Tigers escaped with a 68-65 victory Saturday afternoon inside Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse.

The Tigers were led by a combined 48 points from DeeDee Hagemann (20), Tilly Boler (14) and Elauna Eaton (14). Alasia Smith had a game-high 11 rebounds and four steals, while Hagemann tacked on seven assists.

Tulane got 17 points on five 3-pointers by Victoria Keenan and Sherese Pittman recorded her third double-double with 14 points and 10 boards. Kendall Sneed contributed 10 points and seven assists.

The visitors led by nine (25-16) after one quarter and 14 (47-33) at the half. Memphis used a 13-0 run in the third quarter to grab its largest advantage of 18 (60-42) on a layup by Raven Sims at the 4:56 mark.

Tulane came roaring back in the final period, chopping the lead to three (68-65) on a Pittman layup with 1:56 left. That would prove to be the final margin, however, as Tulane misfired on jumpers in the last minute and Sims got a steal with nine seconds left. The Green Wave fouled four times in the final seven seconds but ran out of time in its bid to send the Tigers to the free throw line.

Memphis was able to do what few others have this season: make 3-point shots consistently against Tulane. The Green Wave came into the game leading the league in perimeter defense (26.1) but surrendered a 47.8 percent clip (10-for-21) on Saturday.

The Green Wave held a commanding edge on points in the paint (42-24), while Memphis (22-10) boasted a double-digit edge on bench points.

The Tigers led for 37 minutes, 18 seconds.

SOUTH FLORIDA GAME POSTPONED: Tulane's home game with South Florida has been postponed due to Winter Storm Enzo. Both schools, along with the AAC office, will look at options to reschedule the contest.

WHITTINGTON GETS TO 1500: With 10 points in the win over Wichita State, Kyren Whittington landed right on 1,500 career points. She has 1,056 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 that same number of occasions (including each of the last five games).

HANNA AND KEENAN: With her one-block effort against Memphis on Saturday, Dyllan Hanna now leads the conference with 1.87 rejections per game and 28 total blocked shots. Victoria Keenan paces the league (and is sixth nationally) with a 47.5 percent clip from the perimeter. She is also seventh in the country with 3.11 3-pointers per contest and 12th with 56 total triples on the year.

GETTING DEFENSIVE: Tulane leads the American Athletic Conference in field goal percentage defense (36.7), a figure that is 28th nationally. Tulane also paces the conference in 3-point percentage defense (27.3) and is 51st 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.

Green Wave Travels to Philly for Duel with the Owls

Players Mentioned

Dyllan Hanna

Victoria Keenan

Amira Mabry

Sherese Pittman

Sadie Shores

Kendall Sneed

Kyren Whittington

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