Tulane Hosts Alabama on ESPN2 - Tulane University Athletics

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University Homecoming Weekend concludes tomorrow with a marquee match-up at Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse as Tulane hosts Alabama at noon. The contest will be televised nationally on ESPN2 and can be heard on WRBH 88.3 FM or through the Varsity Network app.

The game is a whiteout as Green Wave fans are encouraged to wear white as they attend. There will be a white vintage t-shirt giveaway as well. Tickets are available here.

This is the 19^th all-time meeting between the two programs in women's basketball with the Crimson Tide holding a 13-5 all-time lead in the series. The squads faced off last season in Tuscaloosa, an 81-52 win for Alabama, who has won each of the last three meetings. Tulane's last win over the Tide came on November 14, 2021, a 69-66 road win.

Tulane comes into the contest fresh off a 92-38 drubbing of Texas Southern nearly a week ago in the season opener at home. The Green Wave's 54-point win marks the program's largest margin of victory ever in a season opener. Tulane delivered 11 blocks, tied for eighth most in program history, and 27 assists, tied for seventh most in a game in program history.

While Tulane has played just once, Alabama enters Sunday looking to cap a busy opening week to the season. The Tide has played three games already, winning all of them with triumphs over Queens (92-56), LSU New Orleans (118-45), and Alabama A&M (96-43), all at home. The Tide is averaging 102.0 points per game with a 50.2 percent shooting clip.

The Wave is led by head coach Ashley Langford in her third season at the helm. With the win on Monday, she is now two wins shy of the century mark for her career. Jayda Brown led the team in scoring during the opener with a career-high 17 points as one of six total Tulane players to crack double figures. Khadee Hession delivered 14 points, and Nataliyah Gray had 12. Asha Sra scored 11, and the two freshmen, Ja'Kyah Smith and Kennedy Simpson, each notched 10. Sra led the way with six assists, and Kanija Daniel pulled in a team-best seven boards.

Alabama is led by first-year head coach Pauline Love. Kylie Torrence leads the Tide in scoring with 15.7 points per game, and she boasts the best shooting clip on the squad at 65.5 percent. Alayna West leads the team in most other categories, including rebounding (9.7), assists average (6.3), and steals (4.3).

With the game televised nationally on ESPN2, Tulane is playing a linear TV game for the third-straight season. The Wave is one of just five teams in the American to be featured on linear TV at least once this season and one of just four to play at least once on national TV in each of the last three seasons.

Defense was a calling card of game one, as Texas Southern mustered only 38 points against the stifling Wave defense. The Tigers shot just 21.1 percent (12-of-57) in the contest, which is the lowest shooting mark by a Tulane opponent since Tougaloo's 15.6 percent clip on December 28, 2022. The last Division I opponent to shoot 21.1 percent or worse against the Wave was Southern on March 17, 2011, when the Jaguars shot just 16.9 percent in a WNIT contest.

Furthering the defensive efforts, Tulane's 11 blocks against the Tigers are tied for second most in a game thus far in the young campaign by any team nationally. Only three teams (Alabama, Virginia Tech, and Hawaii) have recorded 12 to best that tally. With 11.0 blocks per game, Tulane is tied with the Hokies for the top spot in the country.

Sharing is caring, and Tulane shared the ball exceptionally well on Monday with 27 assists. Those 27 helpers were tied for ninth most in the country on opening night. To this point in the opening week of play, the mark remains the fourth-highest for a game in the nation against a Division I team.

Tulane continues its five-game homestand to open the campaign on Thursday, November 12, when crosstown foe LSU New Orleans comes to Fogelman in Devlin. Tip-off against the Privateers is set for 6:30 p.m. with the game streaming on ESPN+. It can also be heard live on WRBH 88.3 FM or through the Varsity Network App.

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Players Mentioned

Jayda Brown

Kanija Daniel

Nataliyah Gray

Khadee Hession

Kennedy Simpson

Ja'Kyah Smith

Asha Sra

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