Tulane Races to 101-61 Triumph Over LSU New Orleans

Thursday, November 12

New Orleans, LA

6:30 PM

Tulane University

2-1,0-0American

101

LSU New Orleans

0-4,0-0Southland

Team	1	2	3	4	F
LSU New Orleans	8	13	27	13	61
Tulane	28	27	20	26	101

Game Notes Postgame Press Conference

Nataliyah Gray Action vs LSU New Orleans 2026

Photo by: TULANE

Nov 12, 2026 | Women's Basketball

Box Score Postame Press Conference

By: Wyatt Streett

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane needed just four seconds Thursday night to claim a lead over LSU New Orleans that it would not relent as the Green Wave raced away to a 101-61 victory at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. Five Wave players scored in double figures as Tulane improved to 2-1. The Privateers dropped to 0-4.

The Wave's 101 points are the most by the program in a game since collecting 103 points in double overtime against Troy on December 7, 2022. This is the first 100-point output in regulation for the Wave since scoring 106 on December 21, 2017, also against Troy.

Tulane dished 29 assists in the contest, two short of the program record. Conversely, the Wave committed 17 turnovers while forcing 19. The Wave won the glass 38-22. Tulane also collected 10 blocks while not getting blocked once tonight. Tulane shot 62.7 percent in the contest, which is tied for the ninth-best shooting clip in a game in program history. The Wave also collected 12 triples, three short of the program record. Those threes came at a 50 percent rate on a 12-of-24 mark. Meanwhile, New Orleans shot just 36.4 percent with an 18.2 percent mark from three.

Five Wave players scored in double figures led by Nataliyah Gray's career-best 20 points. Ja'Kyah Smith secured a career-high 17 points, and Kanija Daniel netted 15 points. Edina Strausz and Jayda Brown each scored 13 points to round out the double-digit scorers with Strausz also netting her first-career triple. A trio of players aided the offense with five-plus assists, led by Strausz with a career-best six helpers. She added a team-high eight rebounds to threaten with a triple-double. The freshman duo of Kennedy Simpson and Smith each dished five assists, which is a new career best for Simpson. Brown, Khadee Hession, and Asha Sra each posted four helpers with Brown's tally a career best. The blocks were spread amongst seven players with three swatting two: Smith, Simpson, and Makayla Carter. Strausz and Simpson paced the squad with three steals each.

Tulane won the opening tip and immediately scored, needing just four seconds to put the ball in the basket. It was all Wave from there, as Tulane opened with an 11-point run. New Orleans got on the board with a three at the 6:46 mark, and the team began to swap scores with Jayda Brown delivered a trey to end the exchange. Nataliyah Gray's layup got Tulane to 20 points. LSU New Orleans got an eighth point at the 2:24 mark, but Kennedy Simpson put home a three to close the quarter with Tulane ahead 28-8.

The Privateers scored first in the second quarter to crack double figures, but Simpson deposited another three in response. After a few traded buckets, Asha Sra puts home a three, the first of five made threes for Tulane in the frame. Kanija Daniel scored a three, and after trading blows Ja'Kyah Smith netted one of her own. She ended the half with another three, providing a 55-21 lead for the Wave.

New Orleans scored first out of the break, but Edina Strausz contributed the first bucket of the third quarter for the Wave. The teams kept trading baskets as the Privateers began to find rhythm, going 9-of-12 in the third frame. New Orleans shaved the deficit to 20 (62-42) at the 4:34 mark, but Ja'Kyah Smith scored. Later in the frame, Strausz and Daniel scored back-to-back buckets, and Nataliyah Gray deposited a three. Strausz closed the frame with a tip-in bucket to mark a 75-48 lead for the Wave.

Scoring in the fourth quarter opened with Strausz popping her first-career three-pointer. After New Orleans scored some points, Gray scored a layup to spark a 13-point run that extended the Tulane advantage to 95-52 with 3:52 remaining. After a Privateer score, Gray posted four-straight points to get Tulane to 99, and later in the frame Simpson's layup pushed the Wave over the century mark. New Orleans closed the game at the line, but Tulane took the win 101-61.

Tulane remains at home on Monday, November 16, when the Wave hosts another in-state foe in McNeese State. Tip-off at Fogelman in Devlin is set for 6:30 p.m. with the game streaming on ESPN+. It can also be heard on WRBH 88.3 FM and through the Varsity Network app.

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