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MCKENZI CARTER

#22 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN • FORWARD • 6-1 Fort Worth, Texas • Fort Worth Country Day

2020-21: Appeared in seven games for the Green Wave...Logged one point and two rebounds in the win over Nicholls State (Nov. 25)...Recorded the first steal of her career in the win over Memphis (Jan. 2)...Logged one steal and one rebound in the win at Memphis (Feb. 23).

Prior to Tulane: Led Country Day to the Texas State Championship Tournament in the first three seasons of her high school career under head coach Shelly Rains… Named All-State in Texas in four consecutive seasons, while earning MVP and All-District honors in 2018 and 2019… Earned SPC First Team All-Zone… Scored over 2,000 points over the four years at Country Day… Reached 1,000-point mark in her sophomore season... Helped the Country Day volleyball to the Texas State Tournament in 2018 and 2019… Competed for her high school track team for four years… Earned All-District and MVP honors in track in 2018 and 2019, while being named All-State in 2019.

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS.................................................................................................. 1 VS. NICHOLLS STATE (11/28/19) FG MADE...............................................................................................................................................N/A THREES .................................................................................................................................................N/A REBOUNDS ........................................................................................... 2 VS. NICHOLLS STATE (11/28/19) ASSISTS ................................................................................................................................................N/A FTS........................................................................................................ 1 VS. NICHOLLS STATE (11/28/19) STEALS...............................................................................................1, 2X, LAST VS. MEMPHIS (2/23/21) BLOCKS.................................................................................................................................................N/A MINUTES .............................................................................................. 7 VS. NICHOLLS STATE (11/28/19)

YEAR G-GS MIN-AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. OFF-DEF-REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL TP AVG. 2020-21 7-0 26-3.7 0-6 .000 0-5 .000 1-2 .500 0-3-3 0.4 0-0 0 1 0 2 1 0.1 TOTAL 7-0 26-3.7 0-6 .000 0-5 .000 1-2 .500 0-3-3 0.4 0-0 0 1 0 2 1 0.1

CHIARA GRATTINI

#24 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN • GUARD • 5-7 Turin, Italy • IIS Giordano Bruno

2020-21: Saw action in eight games...Logged one rebound in seven minutes against Nicholls State (Nov. 25) in the first appearance in her career...Recorded the first assist and steal of her career a win over Memphis (Jan. 2)...Registered one assist in a win at Cincinnati (Jan. 9).

Prior to Tulane: Played for Reyer Venezia and Giants Marghera in the 2019-20 season... Helped Reyer Venezia win the U18 and U20 Italian National Championship in 2018 and 2019, respectively... Placed third at the 3-on-3 Italian U18 Championship...Helped lead Rosa Pordenone to the 2017 Italian National Championship...Led Reyer Venezia to a second place finish at the 2018 U18 National Championship...Earned a spot on the U16 Italian National Team in 2017 and led them to the European Youth Olympics Festival... Scored her tournament high of 17 points against Lithuania...Led Libertas Moncalieri to a third place finish in the 2015 Italian National Championship...Earned the Most Improved Player award in the Piedmont Region in the 2016 season...Finished the U16 Italian Championship averaging 16.6 points per game.

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS.................................................................................................................................................N/A FG MADE..............................................................................................................................................N/A THREES ................................................................................................................................................N/A REBOUNDS ....................................................................................... 1, 2X, LAST AT CINCINNATI (1/9/21) ASSISTS ............................................................................................ 1, 2X, LAST AT CINCINNATI (1/9/21) FTS.......................................................................................................................................................N/A STEALS................................................................................................................1 VS. MEMPHIS (1/2/21) BLOCKS................................................................................................................................................N/A MINUTES ..............................................................................................7 VS. NICHOLLS STATE (11/28/19)

YEAR G-GS MIN-AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. OFF-DEF-REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL TP AVG. 2020-21 9-0 28-3.1 0-7 .000 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 0-2-2 0.2 4-0 2 4 0 1 0 0.0 TOTAL 9-0 28-3.1 0-7 .000 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 0-2-2 0.2 4-0 2 4 0 1 0 0.0

MOON URSIN

#11 • REDSHIRT SENIOR • GUARD • 5-6 Destrehan, La. • Baylor/Destrehan HS

Prior to Tulane: Spent four seasons at Baylor playing in 127 career games and scoring more than 700 points … Started all 31 games and averaged 12.6 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 2020-21 … Aided Baylor to an Elite Eight appearance against top seeded UConn in 2021 … Earned Second Team All-Big 12 Conference honors in 2021 … Selected to the Big 12 All-Rookie team in 2018 … Helped lead Baylor to four regular season Big 12 Championships and three Big 12 Tournament Championships … Member of the NCAA National Championship squad in 2019 … Three-time First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors … Selected to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll five times.

High School: First player to ever secure three Gatorade Player of the Year Awards (Louisiana) … Two-time Miss Basketball for Louisiana … Three-time District 7-5A MVP and Defensive Player of the Year … Three-time first team All-State selection and New Orleans Advocate Metro Team pick … All-USA Louisiana State Player of the Year and All-USA Girls Basketball third team selection in 2017 … Led Destrehan High School to a Class 5A State Championship in 2017 with a 35-0 record …Averaged 27.6 points, 14.2 rebounds, 7.4 assists, 5.6 steals and 4.1 blocks per game as a senior … As a junior, averaged 25.0 points, 12.9 rebounds, 7.3 assists, 6.0 steals and 5.5 blocks per game … Four-star recruit was ranked No. 12 at guard and No. 64 overall in her class … Won three district championships, completing her high school career with 2,901 points and compiling a 121-8 record as a player … She recorded seven triple-doubles and one quadruple-double … Member of the Student Council, Beta, Rho Kappa and served as a Wildcat Mentor … Earned Presidential List and Honor Roll recognition.

Personal: Given name is Cara, but goes by her nickname Moon … Daughter of Erica Burise … has two brothers Calvin and Coy.

YEAR G-GS MIN-AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. OFF-DEF-REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL TP AVG. 2017-18* 28-1 294-10.5 33-88 .375 4-24 .167 10-18 .556 20-35-55 2.0 23-0 22 26 1 14 80 2.9 2018-19* 38-1 452-11.9 58-116 .500 16-38 .421 20-32 .625 24-64-88 2.3 35-0 55 25 4 20 152 4.0 2019-20* 30-3 463-15.4 62-131 .473 12-37 .324 18-28 .643 21-68-89 3.0 25-0 41 23 10 23 154 5.1 2020-21* 31-31 983-31.7 158-330 .479 26-67 .388 49-65 .754 61-144-205 6.6 54-1 118 47 10 39 391 12.6 TOTAL 127-36 2192-17.3 311-665 .468 58-166 .349 97-143 .678 126-311-437 3.4 137-1 236 121 25 96 777 6.1

MARTA GALIC

#3 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE • GUARD • 6-0 Zagreb, Croatia • San Francisco

Prior to Tulane: Comes to New Orleans after spending three seasons at the University of San Francisco...Averaged 7.8 points and 3.4 rebounds in the 2020-21 season...Scored in double figures in 10 of her 25 appearances last season for the Dons...Logged the first double-double of her career with 20 points and 10 rebounds on Dec. 13 against Fresno State...Recorded 12 points, five rebounds, two assists and one steal against Oregon State on Dec. 3...Logged 12 points and five rebounds against Loyola Marymount on Jan. 4. Against Gonzaga, a NCAA Tournament team, she posted 12 points and five rebounds on Jan. 16...Recorded her second 20-point game of the season and added seven rebounds and one assist against Pacific on Feb. 6...Chipped in 17 points and five rebounds against Santa Clara on Feb. 20...During her freshman season, Galic played in 29 games with 13 starts.

Croatian National Team Experience: Spent the summer of 2019 training and playing with her home country’s senior national team in Croatia....The Croatian national team focused on keeping the team together, introducing new, younger players to the program, building foundations for upcoming competitions and playing preparation games against other national teams who had qualified for the Euros...Prior to her time in California, she was a multi-time national champion at the club level in her home country of Croatia, playing for ŽKK Trešnjevka 2009 alongside her twin sister Marija...A four-time Croatian junior league national champion, two-time Croatian senior league finalist and two-time Ružica Meglaj-Rimac Cup finalist (the national women’s basketball cup of Croatia)... Played for the Croatian U-20 women’s national team. She also competed in July 2018 at the FIBA U-20 European Championship for Croatia in Sopron, Hungary, where she averaged 6.9 points and 3.3 rebounds per game while totaling five steals and two assists across seven games.

YEAR G-GS MIN-AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. OFF-DEF-REB AVG. PF-D AST TO BLK STL TP AVG. 2018-19* 29-13 576-19.9 76-172 .442 19-53 .358 19-25 .760 21-76-97 3.3 49-0 32 57 6 32 190 6.6 2020-21* 25-0 354-14.2 78-188 .415 26-85 .306 12-22 .545 20-64-84 3.4 44-0 14 25 5 19 194 7.8 TOTAL 54-13 930-17.2 154-360 .428 45-138 .326 31-47 .660 41-140-181 3.4 93-0 46 82 11 51 384 7.1