Tulane to Face Memphis for First of Two Video games in Three Days

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Tulane girls’s basketball workforce stays on the highway for a tilt at Memphis tomorrow evening in Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Tip-off towards the Tigers is about for 7:00 p.m. with the sport streaming on ESPN+, and it may be heard on WRBH 88.3 FM and thru the Varsity Network App. This would be the first of back-to-back match-ups between the packages.

Tomorrow’s contest is the rescheduled make-up sport of the January 27 bout that was postponed on account of inclement climate. Tulane and Memphis have been already scheduled to face off in New Orleans on Thursday, February 19, so the groups are actually taking part in each other twice within the span of three days. This is the primary time that the Green Wave has performed consecutive video games towards the identical opponent because the 2020-21 season when Tulane confronted Temple on back-to-back days, January 30 and 31. The Wave gained each contests.

This is the 60^th all-time assembly between Tulane and Memphis with the Tigers main the all-time collection 33-26. Memphis has gained every of the final 4 contests, together with the lone assembly final season, 68-65, in New Orleans. Tulane’s final win over the Tigers got here on February 10, 2022, by a margin of 76-74 in Memphis.

Memphis is 8-16 total on the season with a 2-9 American report. The Tigers have misplaced 4 video games in a row, together with their final contest towards Charlotte, 61-58. They boast a scoring offense of 65.3 and a scoring protection of 68.9. Memphis shoots 38.4 % total and 24.9 % from three. The Tigers common 39.0 rebounds, 12.1 assists, and 11.1 steals. Daejah Richmond is the main scorer for the workforce with 12.6 factors per sport. She additionally tops the workforce in assists (3.5) and steals (2.6). The high rebounder is Tamya Smith together with her clip of 5.4.

The Green Wave is 8-16 with a 3-9 convention clip. Tulane fell final day trip at North Texas, 56-47. With a scoring offense of 66.3, Tulane shoots 39.9 % total and 28.3 % from three. The Wave is fifth within the convention with 39.7 rebounds per sport. With 14.6 assists per sport, Tulane ranks third within the league. Tulane can also be third within the American for blocking with a mean of three.9. Kanija Daniel is the main scorer for the workforce with 11.5 factors per contest. Mecailin Marshall and Amira Mabry spherical out a trio in double figures with every posting a clip of 10.1. Dyllan Hanna leads on the glass with 7.1 boards per sport, 10^th within the convention. Kendall Sneed’s 4.1 help common is seventh within the league. Tulane is the one workforce within the convention with two gamers within the high 5 for blocking. Hanna is second with 1.5 per sport, and Daniel is fourth with 1.0 per sport.

Marshall garnered her third American Freshman of the Week recognition this season earlier right now. She obtained the glory after a historic efficiency towards East Carolina final Tuesday, through which she accrued a career-best 34 factors. This tally is probably the most by a Wave freshman and bench participant since a minimum of 1999. The level complete can also be the very best by a freshman within the American this season and the sixth highest by any freshman within the nation.

Tulane returns house for the primary time in over per week Thursday to host the second leg of the home-and-home with Memphis. The rematch is scheduled for six:30 p.m. at Avron B. Fogelman Arena within the Devlin Fieldhouse and can stream on ESPN+. The contest will be heard on WRBH 88.3 FM or by means of the Varsity Network App.

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