Green Wave Concludes Non-Conference Play with Tulane Holiday Tournament

Saturday, December 20

NEW ORLEANS

12:00 p.m.

Tulane University

Delaware State University

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Green Wave Concludes Non-Conference Play with Tulane Holiday Tournament

Dec 19, 2025 | Women's Basketball

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By: Wyatt Streett

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane women's basketball team returns home this weekend to wrap up the non-conference portion of the schedule with a pair of contests at Avron B. Fogelman Arena. The annual Tulane Holiday Tournament takes place on Saturday, December 20, and Sunday, December 21, with a pair of games each day. The Green Wave will first play Delaware State on Saturday at noon.

Only Tulane's games this weekend will be streamed on ESPN+. They can be heard on WRBH 88.3 FM and through the Varsity Network App. The other three participating programs are Delaware State, Detroit Mercy, and Mercer. After the Wave and Hornets kick off the event at noon, Mercer and Detroit Mercy meet at 2:30 p.m. The losers play in the consolation game at 11:00 a.m. Sunday, and the winners meet for the championship at 1:30 p.m. right after.

The tournament was first held in 1996 and has been held a total of 27 times. Since the initial tournament, it has taken place every year but two: 2020 and 2021, both of which were due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event returned in 2022 and has been a yearly staple since with this weekend marking the 28^th edition. The Green Wave has won the tournament 21 times, including each of the last three editions. The last non-Tulane champion was Colorado in 2019, the last tournament before the two-year hiatus. Current senior Amira Mabry was named the MVP of last season's tournament, the first for Tulane under head coach Ashley Langford.

Saturday marks the first-ever meeting between Tulane and Delaware State. The Hornets post 53.4 points per game and shoot at a 36.1 percent clip and 27.3 percent beyond the arc. Delaware State secures 33.2 rebounds per game and commits 18.5 turnovers per contest. Mahogany Cottingham leads the team in scoring with a mark of 10.9, and Ericka Huggins is the top rebounder at 6.3 per game. Jaz Turner is the head coach of the Hornets in her third season with the program. Delaware State is 3-9 on the season and enters the tournament on a five-game losing streak. The Hornets last played on Saturday, December 13, and suffered a 60-46 loss at Georgetown.

Should Tulane play Detroit Mercy on Sunday, it will be the third-ever match-up between the programs with the series split at 1-1. The Wave has played Mercer three times previously and holds a 2-1 all-time edge in the series. The Titans are 3-6 this season and 2-1 in Horizon League play. The Bears are 7-5 on the campaign.

Tulane is 4-6 on the season and fresh off an 81-52 loss at No. 24 Alabama on Wednesday. Tulane boasts a scoring clip of 71.6, good for fourth in the American. The team shoots at a 41.4 percent rate with a 30.9 percent clip from three. On the glass, the Wave captures 40.5 rebounds per contest to rank third in the conference. Tulane's 15.2 offensive rebounds per game remain third in the league as well. The squad records 15.9 assists per game, best in the conference and 64^th in the nation. Kanija Daniel leads the team as one of three averaging double figures at 12.1 points per game. Amira Mabry (11.5) and Mecailin Marshall (10.2) round out the trio. Dyllan Hanna tops the rebounding efforts with 7.2 per game, ninth most in the conference. Kendall Sneed ranks seventh in the American with her 4.0 assists per game.

Sneed earned a weekly honorable mention nod by the American Conference on Monday after her 18-point performance against New Orleans this past Sunday.

After concluding non-conference action this weekend, Tulane will get a break for the holidays before returning to play with the beginning of the American Conference slate on Tuesday, December 30. The league opener is at UTSA with tip-off designated for 1:00 p.m.

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