TULANE
G R E E N
W A V E
W E E K L Y
NOBAL DAYS
VS.
GAME 15
VS. SMU PRESENTED BY
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T O D A Y ’ S
G A M E
Tulane Men’s Basketball Welcomes SMU on Saturday G R E E N WAV E T O W E L C O M E C O U G A R S F O R A 1 P. M . T I P O F F STARTING FIVE 1. The Tulane University men’s basketball team, winners of four of its last five games, return home for its matchup with SMU. Tulane’s home contest with SMU will mark the first time since the 2019-20 campaign that the two teams will face off against one another. Both meetings last season were cancelled due to COVID-19. The game on Saturday will tipoff at 1 p.m. CT and will be aired live on ESPN+. 2. The Green Wave enters their meeting with SMU in the hopes of continuing their momentum following a thrilling come-from-behind win over Wichita State this past Wednesday on the road. The Green Wave will look to improve to 5-1 in league play for the first time ever since joining the American Athletic Conference for the start of the 2014-15 campaign. 3. Tulane will look to capture its third straight win in league play. The Green Wave have NEVER won three straight AAC games. The last time Tulane won three straight conference games in any league was back in 2009 while competing in Conference USA. 4. This season, head coach Ron Hunter’s staff welcomes back six letterwinners, six newcomers and three starters, including preseason AllAmerican Athletic Conference honoree Jaylen Forbes. Forbes is one of three players on the team, averaging 10-or-more points per game. Freshman Jalen Cook leads the team with 19.3 points per game - a figure that ranks second in the American Athletic Conference. As a team, Tulane is averaging 72.7 points per game and connecting at a 44.5 percent clip. 5. The Green Wave have won the turnover battle in 11 of their 14 games this season. During the 2020-21 campaign, Tulane won the turnover battle in 19 of its 23 contests last season while also forcing opponents into at least 15 mishaps on 11 occasions. During the 2019-20 campaign, the Green Wave committed equal or fewer turnovers than its opponents in 28 of 30 contests while ranking in the top 15 nationally in turnover margin (+4.3).
GREEN WAVE POTENTIAL STARTERS
GP/GS.................13/13 PPG......................19.3 RPG........................2.9 APG........................3.6 3FG%...................43.3
#1 Sion JAMES Freshman » Guard
GP/GS.................14/13 PPG........................7.4 RPG........................4.1 APG........................3.0 SPG........................1.5
#25 Jaylen FORBES Sophomore » Guard
GP/GS.................14/14 PPG......................15.4 RPG........................4.7 APG........................1.2 3FG%...................37.6
#22 RJ MCGEE Sophomore » Guard
GP/GS...................12/3 PPG........................5.8 RPG........................3.4 SPG........................1.3 FG%.....................37.5
Tulane guard Jaylen Forbes has made 36 straight starts, dating back to last season. His 36 straight starts are the most on the team.
9 Nine of Tulane’s 14 games this season have been decided by five points or less. In addition, Tulane is the ONLY team in the American Athletic Conference to have had nine of its games decided by five points or less.
THE SERIES • Tulane’s matchup with SMU will mark the 40th all-time meeting between the two teams.
#3 Jalen COOK Freshman » Guard
36
#24 Kevin CROSS Sophomore » Forward
GP/GS.................12/12 PPG......................13.9 RPG........................6.0 APG........................3.2 SPG........................1.0
1 Sophomore Kevin Cross is the ONLY player in the AAC to rank in the league’s top 10 in field goal percentage (54.8), rebounding (6.0) and assists (3.2) this season.
SERVED WHERE THE WAVE ROLLS.
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C O A C H I N G
S T A F F
TULANE COACHING STAFF HE AD COACH
RON HUNTER COACHING STAFF
RAY MCCALLUM CLAUDE PARDUE KEVIN JOHNSON Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach
SEAN MOCK Director of Student-Athlete Development
RASHAAD RICHARDSON Graduate Assistant
DAN RICKABY Strength and Conditioning
NATE SUMMERS Dir. of Basketball Ops.
QUINTON NEASE Sports Medicine
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S M U
M U S T A N G S
R O S T E R
NUMERICAL NO. NAME
POS.
HT.
WT.
EXP. HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)0
1
Zhuric Phelps
G
6-3
175
FR-HS
Midland, Texas / Duncanville HS
2
Jalen Smith
G
6-4
175
FR-HS
Orlando, Florida / Oak Ridge HS
3
Kendric Davis
G
6-1
180
SR-2L
Houston, Texas / TCU / Sam Houston HS
4
Tyler Lundblade
G
6-5
185
FR-HS
Dallas, Texas / Greensboro Day School (N.C.)
5
Emmanuel Bandoumel
G
6-4
180
SR-2L
Quebec City, Quebec / Hill College / de Brebeuf HS
10 Zach Nutall
G
6-3
185
SR-TR
Bryan, Texas / Sam Houston / Bryan HS
13 Stefan Todorovic
F
6-8
190
FR-HS
Belgrade, Serbia / Prolific Prep (California)
15 Darius McBride
G
6-4
190
SO-1L
Cedar Park, Texas / Austin Westlake HS
21 Jahmar Young Jr.
F
6-9
215
JR-2L
Oak Cliff, Texas / DeSoto HS
22 Isiah Jasey
F
6-10
250
SR-2L
Killeen, Texas / Texas A&M
23 Michael Weathers
G
6-3
175
SR-TR
Sunrise Christian Academy [Kansas] Roeland Park, Kansas / Texas Southern
Oklahoma State / Miami (OH) / Shawnee Mission North HS 25 Tristan Clark
F
6-10
245
SR-TR
San Antonio, Texas / Baylor / Wagner HS
33 Franklin Agunanne
F
6-9
245
JR-TR
Abuja, Nigeria / Loyola Chicago / La Lumiere (Ind.)
50 Marcus Weathers
F
6-5
215
SR-TR
Roeland Park, Kansas / Duquesne / Miami (OH)
Tim Jankovich: Head Coach Jay Duncan: Assistant Coach (10th Year at SMU) Yaphett King: Assistant Coach (3rd Year at SMU) John Cooper: Assistant Coach (2nd Year at SMU) Sean Stout: Director of Operations (10th Year at SMU) Nemanja Jovanovic: Director of Player Development (7th Year at SMU) Jon Ekey: Video Coordinator (6th Year at SMU) Mike Hatch: Director of Recruiting (4th Year at SMU) Zach Steinberg: Graduate Manager Jace Fredenburg: Director of Basketball Athletic Performance Myles Thornton: Assistant Athletic Trainer Herman Hudson: Athletics Public Relations
Shawnee Mission North HS
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T U L A N E
R O S T E R S
NUMERICAL NO. NAME
POS. HT. WT. EXP.
HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)
0
Braelee Albert
G/F 6-5 220 So.
Los Angeles, Calif. / Brentwood School / Vanderbilt University
1
Sion James
G
6-5 205 Fr.
Sugar Hill, Ga. / Lanier
2
Jadan Coleman
G
6-4 170 Fr.
Madison, Ala. / Bob Jones
3
Jalen Cook
G
6-0 205 Fr.
Walker, La. / Walker / LSU
4
Nobal Days
F
6-9 220 So.
Racine, Wisc. / Racine / Park
10
Oton Jankovic
F
6-10 215 So.
Zagreb, Croatia / Montverde Academy / Vanderbilt
11
Sandy Ryan
G
6-3 180 Sr.
Los Angeles, Calif. / St. John Bosco
14
Max Bowman
G
6-0 175 Fr.
Newport Beach, Calif. / JSerra Catholic HS
15
Quentin Scott
F
6-7 215 Sr.
Houma, La. / A.J. Ellender HS / Texas State
20
DeVon Baker
G
6-2 190 Jr.
Dayton, Ohio / SPIRE Academy / UNC Asheville
22
Scott Spencer
G
6-6 210 Sr.
Suffolk, Va. / Blue Ridge School / La Salle
23
R.J. McGee
G
6-5 200 So.
Chicago, Ill. / TaylorMade Academy
24
Kevin Cross
F
6-8 240 So.
Little Rock, Ark. / Mills University Studies / Nebraska
25
Jaylen Forbes
G
6-5 185 So.
Florence, Miss. / Florence / Alabama
33
Tylan Pope
F
6-6 220 R-Fr.
Franklinton, La. / Franklinton
ALPHABETICAL NO. NAME
POS. HT. WT. EXP.
HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL
0
Braelee Albert
G/F 6-5 220 So.
Los Angeles, Calif. / Brentwood School / Vanderbilt University
20
DeVon Baker
G
6-2 190 Jr.
Dayton, Ohio / SPIRE Academy / UNC Asheville
14
Max Bowman
G
6-0 175 Fr.
Newport Beach, Calif. / JSerra Catholic HS
2
Jadan Coleman
G
6-4 170 Fr.
Madison, Ala. / Bob Jones
3
Jalen Cook
G
6-0 205 Fr.
Walker, La. / Walker / LSU
24
Kevin Cross
F
6-8 240 So.
Little Rock, Ark. / Mills University Studies / Nebraska
4
Nobal Days
F
6-9 220 So.
Racine, Wisc. / Racine Park
25
Jaylen Forbes
G
6-5 185 So.
Florence, Miss. / Florence / Alabama
1
Sion James
G
6-5 205 Fr.
Sugar Hill, Ga. / Lanier
10
Oton Jankovic
F
6-10 215 So.
Zagreb, Croatia / Montverde Academy / Vanderbilt
23
R.J. McGee
G
6-5 200 So.
Chicago, Ill. / TaylorMade Academy
33
Tylan Pope
F
6-6 220 R-Fr.
Franklinton, La. / Franklinton
11
Sandy Ryan
G
6-3 180 Sr.
Los Angeles, Calif. / St. John Bosco
15
Quentin Scott
F
6-7 215 Sr.
Houma, La. / A.J. Ellender HS / Texas State
22
Scott Spencer
G
6-6 210 Sr.
Suffolk, Va. / Blue Ridge School / La Salle
COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: Ron Hunter (Miami (Ohio), ‘86), 3rd year ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Ray McCallum (Ball State, ‘83), 3rd year ASSISTANT COACH: Claude Pardue (Emory, ‘08), 3rd year ASSISTANT COACH: Kevin Johnson (UTPA, ‘88), 3rd year DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: Nate Summers (IUPUI ‘09), 3rd year DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT: Sean Mock (Miami (Ohio) ‘10), 3rd year
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Date
OCT. 29 NOV. 3 NOV. 9 NOV. 13 Nov. 17 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Nov. 30 DEC. 4 DEC. 7 Dec. 14 DEC. 18 DEC. 21 DEC. 29 Jan. 1 Jan. 5 JAN. 8 Jan. 12 JAN. 15 Jan. 22 JAN. 26 JAN. 29 Feb. 2 FEB. 5 Feb. 9 FEB. 12 Feb. 15 FEB. 23 Feb. 27 MARCH 3 March 6 March 10 March 11 March 12 March 13
Day
FRI. WED. TUES. SAT. Wed. Mon. Tue. Wed. Tues. SAT. TUES. Tues. SAT. TUES. WED. Sat. Wed. SAT. Wed. SAT. Sat. WED. SAT. Wed) (SAT) (Wed) (SAT) (Tue) (WED) (Sun) (THU) (Sun) Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.
Opponent
Location
S C H E D U L E
TV
ULM (EXHIBITION) NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA COLLEGE (EXHIBITION) NEW ORLEANS SOUTHEASTERN LA. NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ SOUTHERN NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ at Florida State Tallahassee, Florida ACC Network Drexel+ Nassau, Bahamas FloHoops.com Toledo+ Nassau, Bahamas FloHoops.com Valparaiso+ Nassau, Bahamas FloHoops.com at College of Charleston Charleston, South Carolina ESPN+ ALCORN STATE NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ Texas A&M College Station, Texas SEC Network+ GRAMBLING STATE NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ MEMPHIS NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio ESPN+ East Carolina Greenville, North Carolina ESPN+ USF NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ Wichita State Wichita, Kansas ESPN+ SMU NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ UCF Orlando, Florida ESPN+ TULSA NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ WICHITA STATE NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ Houston Houston ESPN+ EAST CAROLINA NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ Memphis Memphis, Tennessee ESPN+ TEMPLE NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ USF Tampa, Florida ESPN+ HOUSTON NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ Temple Philadelphia ESPN+ UCF NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ SMU Dallas ESPN+
2022 American Athletic Conference Championship (Dickies Arena) First Round Fort Worth, Texas Quarterfinals Fort Worth, Texas Semifinals Fort Worth, Texas Championship Fort Worth, Texas
Home games in BOLD CAPS /// All times listed CST are tentative and subject to change * indicates American Athletic Conference games + Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship
Time/Result
W, 92-62 W, 64-56 W, 70-67 L, 70-73 L, 54-59 W, 90-87 L, 67-68 L, 64-68 L, 77-81 W, 85-64 L, 72-86 Cancelled CANCELLED CANCELLED W, 85-84 W, 68-60 L, 80-88 (OT) W, 68-54 W, 68-67 1 P.M. 1 p.m. 8 P.M. 11 A.M. 7 p.m. 1 P.M. 7 p.m. 1 P.M. 6 p.m. 7 P.M. 2 p.m. 7 P.M. 2 p.m. TBD TBD TBD TBD
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O V E R A L L
S T A T I S T I C S
2021-22 Tulane Men's Basketball Combined Team Statistics All games Game Records Record
Overall
ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
7-7 4-1 3-6
Team Box Score No. Player 3 COOK, Jalen
25 FORBES, Jaylen 24 CROSS, Kevin 1 JAMES, Sion
23 MCGEE, R.J.
2 COLEMAN, Jadan
20 BAKER, DeVon
22 SPENCER, Scott 33 POPE, Tylan
15 SCOTT, Quentin
GP-GS
4-2 2-0 2-2
2-3 2-1 0-2
Score by Periods Team 1-2 Tulane 0-0 Opponents 1-2
Neutral
1st 486 468
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG 85-184
.462
29-67
.433
52-66
.788
11
27
38
2.9
13-13 353:27 27.2
69-126
.548
3-9
.333
40-55
.727
11
67
78
6.0
.882
9
14-14 495:05 35.4 14-13 480:04 34.3 12-3
257:49 21.5
14-1
185:12 13.2
13-3 14-8 12-1 6-0
14-1
11 RYAN, Sandy
1-0
Team
MIN
Away
13-13 440:21 33.9
4 DAYS, Nobal
10 JANKOVIC, Oton
Home
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5-0
130:59 10.1 177:50 12.7 107:06 41:36
8.9 6.9
162:12 11.6 17:30 00:47
3.5 0.8
67-160 37-90 24-43 18-43 23-66 14-43 11-21 4-9
4-13 0-2 0-0
.419
35-93
.411
8-29
.419
14-30
.326
9-32
.558 .348
6-16 5-24
.524
2-4
.444
0-1
.308
0-1
.000
0-0
.000
0-0
.376
47-64
.276
.734
22-34
.375
.647
15-17
.467
3-5
.208
.600
5-7
.281
.714
0-0
.500 .000
0-1
.000
4-10
.000
0-0
.000
2-2
5 1
60 53 32 7
66 58 41 8
2
13
15
.833
12
22
34
.400
16
18
34
.000
0
0
0
.000
5-6
6
.000 1.000
4 0 1
16
20 5 1
17
24 5 2
33
4.7 4.1 3.4 0.6
2nd 510 511
PF DQ 32
3
42
2
32 34 25 7
1.1
13
2.8
16
1.7 0.8
12 5
2.4
12
0.0
0
0.4
4
Total
14
2850
356-800 .445 111-306
.363 195-267
.730
Opponents
14
2850
357-842 .424 111-344
.323 181-249
.727 164 378 542 38.7 224
Team Statistics Scoring Points per game Scoring margin
TULANE 1018 72.7 +0.9
OPP
1006 71.9 -
Field goals-att Field goal pct
356-800 .445
357-842 .424
Free throws-att Free throw pct F-Throws made per game
195-267 .730 13.9
181-249 .727 12.9
3 point fg-att 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game
Rebounds Rebounds per game Rebounding margin Assists Assists per game
Turnovers Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio Steals Steals per game
Blocks Blocks per game
Winning streak Home win streak
Attendance Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game
111-306 .363 7.9
436 31.1 -7.6 177 12.6
161 11.5 +3.4 1.1 107 7.6 46 3.3
2 2
6493 6-1082 -
111-344 .323 7.9
542 38.7 227 16.2 208 14.9 1.1 77 5.5 51 3.6
-
30307 5-6061 3-0
94 342 436 31.1 234
Team Results Date
11/09/2021 11/13/2021 11/17/2021 11/22/2021 11/23/2021 11/24/2021 11/30/2021 12/04/2021 12/07/2021 12/29/2021 01/01/2022 01/05/2022 01/08/2022 01/12/2022
Opponent
Southeastern La. Southern U. at Florida St. vs Drexel vs Toledo vs Valparaiso at Col. of Charleston Alcorn Col. of Charleston Memphis at Cincinnati at East Carolina South Fla. at Wichita St.
0 1 1 0
A
47 17 45 42
2 5
OT 22 27
TO BLK STL PTS 1
15
251 19.3
26
12
13
181 13.9
6
5
33 29
4
10
11
0
2
5
0 0 0 0
1 2 4 0 0
AVG
29
0 0
TOT 1018 1006
2 2
2 4 0
16
7 5
2
0
104
5
3
0
216 15.4
4
4
10
6
21
1
7 1
17
0
2
5.8
56
4.0
53 37 29
4.1 2.6 2.4
8
1.3
2
0.4
3
12
0
0
1
7.4
69
0.9
0.0
7 177 161 46 107 1018 72.7 4 227 208 51
W L L Wot L L L W L W W Lot W W
77 1006 71.9
70-67 70-73 54-59 90-87 67-68 64-68 77-81 85-64 72-86 85-84 68-60 80-88 68-54 68-67
Score
Att.
1132 1043 9030 0 0 0 3852 1033 653 1705 7922 1414 927 8089
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2021-22 Tulane Men's Basketball Team High/Low Analysis 2 All 0 games 2 1 - 2 2 S Tulane - Game Highs POINTS
FIELD GOALS MADE FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 3 PT FG MADE
3 PT FG ATTEMPTS
3 PT FG PERCENTAGE FREE THROWS MADE FREE THROW ATTEMPTS FREE THROW PERCENTAGE REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKED SHOTS TURNOVERS
FOULS
E A S O N
90 85 85 80 77
vs Drexel (N) (11/22/2021) Memphis (12/29/2021) Alcorn (12/04/2021) at East Carolina (01/05/2022) at Col. of Charleston (11/30/2021)
62 61
Southeastern La. (11/09/2021) vs Toledo (N) (11/23/2021)
33 33
.569 .550
11 10 10 27 26 26 26
.500 .476
22 21 29 25
.882 .880
41 38 28 16 14 13
8 7
19 16 16 21 21 21
Memphis (12/29/2021) Alcorn (12/04/2021)
(33-58) (33-60)
(9-18) (10-21)
(15-17) (22-25)
Alcorn (12/04/2021) Memphis (12/29/2021)
Alcorn (12/04/2021) at Cincinnati (01/01/2022) Memphis (12/29/2021)
Alcorn (12/04/2021) at East Carolina (01/05/2022) vs Toledo (N) (11/23/2021) at Florida St. (11/17/2021) vs Drexel (N) (11/22/2021) at Cincinnati (01/01/2022) South Fla. (01/08/2022) vs Drexel (N) (11/22/2021) vs Drexel (N) (11/22/2021) South Fla. (01/08/2022)
at Col. of Charleston (11/30/2021) South Fla. (01/08/2022) Southeastern La. (11/09/2021) at Florida St. (11/17/2021) Alcorn (12/04/2021) at East Carolina (01/05/2022)
Southern U. (11/13/2021) Col. of Charleston (12/07/2021) Col. of Charleston (12/07/2021) Memphis (12/29/2021)
at Col. of Charleston (11/30/2021) at East Carolina (01/05/2022) Southern U. (11/13/2021) at East Carolina (01/05/2022) Memphis (12/29/2021) vs Drexel (N) (11/22/2021)
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