1999-2000Tulane Women’sGreen Wave No. 20 Tulane (21-3, 10-3 C-USA) vs. UAB (14-9, 6-6) Thursday, Feb. 17 - Birmingham, Ala. - 7:00 p.m. CST Possible Green Wave Starters 1999-00 Schedule and Results No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG APG MPG 22 Fabrecia Roberson F 6-0 Sr. Heflin, La. 10.2 6.3 2.5 27.7 Date Opponent Time 33 C 6-5 Jr. New Orleans, La. 19.5 10.1 2.5^ 27.8 Fri., Nov. 5 HOUSTON JAGS (Exh.) W 103-92 Sat., Nov. 13 MISS. ALL-STARS (Exh.) W 95-68 11 Sarah Goree G 5-8 So. Baton Rouge, La. 7.1 1.8 3.4 22.9 44 Taryn Turnbull G 5-10 Jr. Kingston, Ontario 3.1 1.7 1.9 16.2 Fri., Nov. 19 at Siena W 97-92 ot 4 G 5-8 Sr. Ocala, Fla. 21.3 6.1 3.9 30.8 Fri., Nov. 26 UNC ASHEVILLE W 96-32 Sun., Nov. 28 at Miami W 75-66 Green Wave Reserves Thurs., Dec. 2 ALABAMA W 81-69 No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG APG MPG Sat., Dec. 4 GEORGETOWN W 72-62 13 Kelly Scanlon G 5-9 Jr. Ballston Lake, N.Y. 2.2 1.8 1.9 22.8 Wed., Dec. 8 at Texas A&M W 91-74 14 Jessica Carroll F 6-0 Fr. League City, Texas 1.6 1.7 0.2 8.8 Mon., Dec. 13 SMU W 81-69 23 Salome Hector G 5-5 So. Slidell, La. 8.4 2.8 2.1# 20.6 Tues., Dec. 21 vs. Nicholls State1 W 81-51 24 La’Shanna Norris F 6-2 Fr. Joaquin, Texas 2.2 1.8 0.7^ 6.7 Tulane/Doubletree Classic 34 Britt Themann F 6-1 Fr. Seattle, Wash. 7.7 2.2 0.9 18.8 Mon., Dec. 27 Tulane vs. Providence W 81-57 ^ - blocked shots; # - steals Tues., Dec. 28 Tulane vs. West Virginia W 104-75 Fri., Dec. 31 No. 11 LSU W 76-72 Up Next Mon., Jan. 3 *SOUTHERN MISS. W 91-77 Tulane returns to action on Thursday, as the Green Wave travel to face Conference Fri., Jan. 7 *UAB W 74-73 USA rival UAB on the road in Birmingham. The game is the first of three road contests Sun., Jan. 9 *MEMPHIS W 83-67 to end the regular season for the Wave, who also travel to face league rivals Memphis Fri., Jan. 14 *at Cincinnati L 59-70 and Southern Mississippi in the next 10 days. Sun., Jan. 16 *at Louisville L 72-75 Fri., Jan. 21 *at Houston W 92-74 Thursday’s game will also mark Lisa Stockton’s 175th game on the Tulane sidelines. Sun., Jan. 23 *at South Florida W 84-78 The Wave have scored 80 or more points in six of the last eight games and have shot over Fri., Jan 28 *SAINT LOUIS W 91-64 50.0 from the floor five times in the last seven contests. Overall, 16 of Tulane’s 21 wins have Sun., Jan. 30 *at UNC Charlotte W 78-68 been by double-digits, including seven by 20 or more points. In addition, the Wave are 21-1 Thurs., Feb. 3 *DePAUL W 86-76 when reaching 70 points, including 16-0 when surpassing the 80- barrier. Sat., Feb. 5 *MARQUETTE (ESPN2) L 62-81 Tulane is ranked 20th in the lastest Associated Press poll and 21st in the lastest USA Thurs., Feb. 10 *HOUSTON W 83-53 Sat., Feb. 12 *SOUTH FLORIDA W 87-66 Today/ESPN Coaches’ poll. Thurs., Feb. 17 *at UAB ...... 7:00 p.m. Scouting UAB Sat., Feb. 19 *at Memphis (FOX Spots Net) .. 11:00 a.m. Sun., Feb. 27 *at Southern Miss...... 2:30 p.m. UAB (14-9, 6-6 C-USA) enters Thursday’s game looking to snap a two-game losing 2 skid, having dropped road contests to South Florida and Memphis over the last two March 3-6 Conference USA Tournament ...... TBA weekends. Deanna Jackson leads the Lady Blazers in both scoring (17.7 ppg) and * Conference USA games rebounding (12.7), while Mia Thrash, the only UAB player to have played in all 23 All times Central and subject to change ( ) - Televised games games, is second in scoring at 11.2 points per game. 1 - at Houma Civic Tulane holds a 9-5 edge in the all-time series, thanks to a dramatic come-from-behind 2 - at Louisville, Ky. win in Fogelman Arena earlier this season. Trailing by eight points, the Wave scored the game’s final nine points to win 74-73. Last season, Tulane also won in Fogelman, but The Tulane-UAB Series dropped a 70-67 decision to the Lady Blazers in the return trip to Birmingham. Overall Record: ...... Tulane leads 9-5 at New Orleans ...... Tulane leads 5-2 Green Wave On the Air at Birmingham ...... Tulane leads 4-3 Tulane fans can catch all the action of the Green Wave women’s basketball team on the at Neutral Sites ...... Never Met radio once again this season. Thursday’s contest against UAB, will be broadcast on Current Streak ...... Tulane, 1-0 WRBH, which is located at 88.3 on the FM dial in the New Orleans metro area. Last Meeting For the second straight year, New Orleans native Gerald Duhon will serve as the 1/7/00 - at New Orleans - Tulane, 74-73 voice of the Green Wave, handling the play-by-play duties. The Tulane broadcasts are also available on the internet from the Green Wave’s official athletic department web site at www.TulaneGreenWave.com. Tulane Media Relations - Women’s Basketball Contact: Philip Allison Wilson Center - Ben Weiner Dr. - New Orleans, LA 70118 Phone: (504) 865-5506 - Fax: (504) 865-5512 - E-mail: [email protected] 1999-00 Tulane Women’s Basketball Last Time Out 1999-00 C-USA Standings (2/9) Grace Daley made sure her final home game at Fogelman Arena was a memorable National Division C-USA Overall one, leading Tulane to an 87-66 win over South Florida on Saturday. Tulane 8-3 .727 19-3 .864 The senior recorded 29 points, nine rebounds, three assists and a season-high six Memphis 8-3 .727 14-8 .636 st steals to lead Tulane (21-3, 10-3) to its 21 win of the season. South Florida dropped its UAB 6-5 .545 14-8 .636 second straight, falling to 11-13, 2-11 in Conference USA action. Southern Miss. 5-6 .455 11-11 .500 Tulane took a 10-point lead into the locker room, but South Florida rallied to trim Houston 3-8 .273 6-15 .286 the margin to one, 46-45, with 16:34 remaining in the game. The Wave answered, South Florida 2-9 .118 11-11 .500 however, by holding South Florida to just one over a six-minute stretch, American Division C-USA Overall outscoring the Bulls 19-2 in the process. Daley started the burst with a lay-up before Marquette 10-1 .909 18-4 .818 Salome Hector and Janell Burse each hit a basket and a to give Tulane a 54- Louisville 7-4 .636 14-8 .636 45 lead with 14:43 remaining. After a South Florida lay-up cut the margin to seven, DePaul 6-5 .545 13-9 .591 Burse answered with a basket of her own, before Sarah Goree, Fabrecia Roberson and Cincinnati 5-6 .455 11-10 .524 Daley combined to hit 7-of-8 free throws to give Tulane a 65-47 lead at the 10:49 mark. UNC Charlotte 3-8 .273 8-14 .364 From there, the Wave would push the lead to as many as 23 before taking home its Saint Louis 3-8 .273 10-12 .455 seventh win of 20 or more points. Daley had 19 of her game-high 29 points in the first half and ended the contest just 1999-00 C-USA Preseason 13 points away from Tulane’s career scoring mark of 2,080, set by Stacey Gaudet in Coaches Poll 1987. Burse hit an impressive 9-of-10 shots from the field for 22 points, while also National Division American Divsion adding eight rebounds and four blocked shots. Salome Hector came off the bench to 1. Tulane 1. Marquette add 10 points. 2. UAB 2. Louisville The two teams traded baskets for much of a first half that featured five ties and eight 3. Memphis 3. Cincinnati lead changes, before Tulane took control with a decisive run. The Green Wave led 28- 4. Houston 4. DePaul 26 with 3:28 left, but Daley scored Tulane’s final 12 points to give the Wave a 42-32 5. Southern Miss 5. Saint Louis advantage at the break. 6. South Florida 6. UNC Charlotte Tulane connected on 56.9 percent of its shots (29-of-51), marking the second straight Conference Co-Favorites: Tulane and Marquette game, and fifth in its last seven, that the Wave has hit over 50.0 of its shots. The Wave also held a 38-31 advantage on the boards, despite trailing in the category, 18-15, at halftime. Preseason All C-USA Team Grace Daley Sr. G Tulane Jill Morton Sr. G Louisville From the Sidelines Madinah Slaise Sr. G Cincinnati Grace Daley become just the second player in both Tulane’s win over Houston gave the Wave its fifth- Deanna Jackson So. F UAB Tulane and C-USA history to reach the 2,000-point straight 20-win season. Abbie Willenborg Sr. F Marquette plateau after scoring 16 points against DePaul. She Preseason Player of the Year: Grace Daley, Tulane is now just 13 points shy of surpassing the Tulane The Green Wave are 9-6 against SEC teams under school record of 2,080 set by Stacey Gaudet Stockton. Tulane on Fax-on-Demand There are several ways for members of Grace Daley is currently listed as the nation’s 11th- Grace Daley was named the Conference USA the media to obtain the latest news and information on the Tulane women’s leading scorer. preseason Player of the Year and has been named basketball team. as a preseason All-American by several publications. Updated notes and statistics, as well Tulane has an impressive 28-3 record in non- as a roster, schedule and the latest box conference games at Fogelman Arena in five seasons As a team, Tulane is fifth in the nation in scoring score are located on the Conference USA Fax-on-Demand system. To access the under Lisa Stockton. offense and 12th in field goal percentage. system, dial (201) 585-5404 from the handset of your fax machine. When In all games, the Wave are 68-10 (.872) at Fogelman Of the five individual awards handed out by C-USA, Grace prompted, enter the document number for over the last five years. In the five years prior to Daley has claimed four of them. In fact, Daley and the information you would like to receive. Stockton’s arrival, the Wave were 38-34 at home. teammate Janell Burse are the only two players in league Information Doc. # history to earn two or more different C-USA awards. Latest Release ...... 2321 In the five years that Lisa Stockton has been at Statistics/Results ...... 2322 Roster/Schedule ...... 2323 Tulane, the Green Wave have posted victories over Tulane’s 14-0 start marked the Wave’s best Notes ...... 2324 an impressive list of non-conference schools, beginning in school history, while also setting a Latest Box Score ...... 2325 including (in alphabetical order): Alabama, Auburn, new school standard for consecutive wins. The 14 UC-Santa Barbara, Colorado, Colorado State, Iowa straight wins also set a new C-USA record State, LSU, Maine, Miami, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Rice, SMU, Virginia Tech, Xavier. Grace Daley has a weekly diary on Tulane’s official athletic department website at www.TulaneGreenWave.com. 1999-00 Tulane Women’s Basketball Tulane Quick Facts Y2G Location: New Orleans, La. With 16 points against DePaul, Grace Daley became just the second player in both Founded: 1834 Tulane and Conference USA history to crack the 2,000-point barrier. Entering the game Enrollment: 11,300 with 1,996 points, she reached the milestone on a driving lay-up 1:15 into the second Nickname: Green Wave half. Daley’s next challenge is the Tulane all-time scoring record. She needs just 13 Colors: Olive Green & Sky Blue points to pass former Green Wave All-American Stacey Gaudet, who set the record of Arena: Fogelman Arena 2,080 while playing from 1983-87. Capacity: 3,600 Making History Affiliation: NCAA Division I In addition to her ascent up the Tulane and C-USA scoring charts, Daley has also re- Conference: Conference USA written the league record books in two other categories. In the road game against President: Dr. Scott S. Cowen Houston, Daley became the Conference USA all-time leader in both steals and free Alma Mater: Connecticut, 1968 throws made. She currently has 274 career steals, surpassing the previous best of 251 Interim Athletic Director: Scott Devine set by DePaul’s Kim Williams. Her 525 free throws eclipsed the old record of 498 set Alma Mater: New Brunswick, 1983 by Memphis’ . She also stands in second place on the league career Head Coach: Lisa Stockton scoring charts trailing only Whitmore. Alma Mater: Wake Forest, 1986 Old Habits Die Hard Overall Record: 196-68 (8+ years) Old Habits Die Hard Record at Tulane: 133-41 (5+ years) Usually the standard by which a successful season is measured, Tulane has made a habit Assistant Coaches: of winning 20 or more games each year. The Wave’s home victory over Houston gave Katie Meier (Duke, 1989) Tulane its 20th win of the season, marking the fifth straight season that the Greenies Kellie Kennedy (North Carolina, 1990) have reached the 20-win plateau. This season’s squad will also go down in history as one Rodnelle Hadley (Tulane, 1998) of the fastest TU teams to reach 20 wins, achieving the mark after just 23 games. The 1996- Athletic Trainer: Greg Sonnenfeld (Tulsa, 97) 97 Green Wave squad also had 20 wins in its first 23 games, and went on to finish 27-5 after Manager: Eric Fields winning both the Conference USA regular-season and Tournament titles. 1998-99 Overall Record: 24-6 Sensational Scoring Conference Record: 12-4 Of Tulane’s 20 wins so far this season, 16 have come by 10 or more points, while Conference Finish: T1st/Tourn. Champs seven have come by 20 or more points. Tulane has also recorded 80 or more points 16 Postseason: NCAA First Round times this season to help the Wave rank fifth nationally in scoring offense. In addition, Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 Tulane has held 13 opponents to less than 70 points, while only two Green Wave Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/2 opponent have cracked 80 points. Siena scored 92 against the Wave in overtime in the first game of the season, while Marquette turned in 81. Tulane Media Relations Tulane in the NCAA Stats Interim Director: Richard Paige Tulane in the NCAA Stats Assistant Director/WBK Contact: Tulane junior Janell Burse is ranked among the national leaders in four statistical Philip Allison categories, while Grace Daley is 11th nationally in scoring, according to the most recent Assistant Director: Krisden Wunsch NCAA statistical release. Media Relations Assistant: Drew Porche Burse ranks 26th in scoring and 22nd in rebounding, 20th in field goal percentgae, while also standing 11th in blocked shots. Daley, Conference USA’s leading scorer, is also Media Relations Mailing Address the nation’s 11th-leading scorer. Tulane Media Relations As a team, Tulane is fifth in scoring offense, 12th in field goal percentage and tied Wilson Center for seventh in winning percentage. Ben Weiner Dr. New Orleans, LA 70118 1999-00 Tulane Green Wave Phone Directory No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown (High School) Media Relations: (504) 865-5506 4 Grace Daley G 5-8 Sr. 3L Ocala, Fla. (Lake Weir) 11 Sarah Goree G 5-8 So. 1L Baton Rouge, La. (Christian Life Aca.) Media Relations Fax: (504) 865-5512 13 Kelly Scanlon G 5-9 Jr. 2L Ballston Lake, N.Y. (Shenendehowa) Allison’s Home Phone: (504) 861-0864 14 Jessica Carroll F 6-0 Fr. HS League City, Texas (Clear Creek) Athletic Department: (504) 865-5500 22 Fabrecia Roberson F 6-0 Sr. 3L Heflin, La. (Sibley) Ticket Office: (504) 861-WAVE 23 Salome Hector G 5-5 So. 1L Slidell, La. (Salmen) Tulane Hotline: (504) 865-5508 24 La’Shanna Norris F 6-2 Fr. HS Joaquin, Texas (Joaquin) 31 Kiki Cizmar G 6-1 Sr. 3L Zagreb, Croatia (Lake Weir) Women’s Basketball Office: (504) 865-8672 32 Teana McKiver C 6-3 So. Tr. Buelaville, N.C. (East Carolina) Fogelman Arena Press Row: (504) 862-8122 33 Janell Burse C 6-5 Jr. 2L New Orleans, La. (Redeemer-Seton) 34 Britt Themann F 6-1 Fr. HS Seattle, Wash. (Bainbridge) 44 Taryn Turnbull G 5-10 Jr. 2L Kingston, Ontario (Frontenac Secondary) 45 Gwen Slaughter F 6-2 So. 1L Mamou, La. (Mamou) Head Coach: Lisa Stockton Assistant Coaches: Katie Meier; Kellie Kennedy; Rodnelle Hadley 1999-00 Tulane Women’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Journal There’s No Place Like Home Daley Scoring Update Honors Daley, Burse Tulane has made a habit of posting With her 16 points against DePaul, All- According to the Women’s Basketball wins in Fogelman Arena. In five-plus America Grace Daley became just the second Journal, Tulane’s Grace Daley and Janell seasons under head coach Lisa Stockton, person in both Tulane and Conference USA Burse are both among the nation’s top 20 the Green Wave are 68-10 (.872) in history to reach the 2,000-point plateau. players. The national publication selected games at Fogelman Arena, including a Entering the game four-points shy of 2,000, its top players from the first half of the 40-7 (.851) mark against conference Daley reached the milestone on a driving lay- season, picking five players by position opponents (includes one season of Metro up just 1:15 into the second half against the Blue Demons. for each of its four teams. play in 1994-95 and four-plus seasons of Daley now needs just 13 points to Daley was selected to the first team, C-USA play). In the five seasons prior become the all-time leading scorer in Green signifying her status as one of the nation’s to Stockton’s arrival in New Orleans, Wave history. She trails only former All- top five players, while Burse was named Tulane was just 38-34 (.528) at home. American Stacey Gaudet, who recorded 2,080 to the fourth team. The entire team The Green Wave have an impressive 28- points from 1983-87. follows: 3 record in non-conference games at In order to break Gaudet’s Tulane scoring Fogelman Arena under Stockton, and have record during the regular season, Daley would First Team need to average 4.3 points through the Wave’s Forwards: , UConn; won 13 straight home games against non- conference opponents. The Tulane faithful remaining three games. , UConn; At her current pace of 21.3 points per have seen wins over Mississippi State, Rice, Center: , N.C. State; game, Daley would finish the regular season Guards: Grace Daley, Tulane; Ole Miss, Colorado State, LSU, Maine and with 2,153 points. , Texas SMU during that span. The Wave’s only Daley entered the season with 1,557 non-conference losses at Fogelman Arena career points and now has 2,068 after having Second Team were to George Washington (69-57, Dec. 3, scored 511 so far this season. Forwards: LaToya Thomas, Miss. State; 1994), LSU (61-58, Dec. 28, 1995) and The following graphs will track Daley’s Tamika Cathcings, Tennessee; SMU (68-58, Nov. 25, 1997). progress as she moves up the Green Wave and Center: , Notre Dame; C-USA all-time career scoring charts. Guards: Erin Buescher, UC Santa Barbara; Bravo Britt Tulane Career Scoring Chart Kelly Miller, Georgia Despite playing out-of-position in the low post for much of the season, Tulane’s 1. Stacey Gaudet (‘83-’87) ...... 2,080 Third Team 2. Grace Daley (‘97-Present) ...... 2,068 Britt Themann still ranks as one of C-USA’s 3. Carmen Jones (‘86-’90) ...... 1,876 Forwards: , UCLA; top three-point shooting threats. Her 34 , Purdue; 4. Keisha Johnson (‘90-’94) ...... 1,826 three’s made are eighth-best in the league, 5. Barbara Farris (‘94-’98) ...... 1,729 Center: , Penn State; and tops among freshmen, while her 39.5 Guards: , SW Missouri State; percentage from beyond the arc would rank Conference USA Career Scoring Chart Marie Ferdinand, LSU second with just two more three’s made. 1. Tamika Whitmore, UM (‘96-’99) ...... 2,488 Fourth Team She has made two or more three-pointers in 2. Grace Daley, Tulane (‘97-Pres.) ..... 2,068 3. LaTonya Johnson, UM (‘95-’98) ...... 1,703 Forwards: , Kansas; 11 games so far this season. She ranks 4. Sharon Bellamy, UL (‘96-’99) ...... 1,577 Linda Frolich, UNLV; among the league’s freshmen leaders in 5. Jamie Cavaness, SLU (‘96-’99) ...... 1,412 Center: Janell Burse, Tulane; scoring at 7.7 points per game. Guards: Stacy Frese, Iowa State; , Duke Daley Named C-USA Preseason Player of the Year Home is Where the Wins Are For the third straight year, Grace Daley has been named to the preseason All- Tulane set a school record for home Conference USA team, this time as the league’s preseason Player of the Year. wins this season, as the Green Wave In an incredible three seasons at Tulane, Daley has won all but one award recorded 14 victories, compared to just doled out by Conference USA. As a freshman, she was voted as the league’s one loss, in Fogelman Arena. It marked Freshman of the Year and its Sixth Player of the Year. After her sophomore the fourth straight year, and fifth time in season, she was named C-USA’s Defensive Player of the Year. Daley also the last six seasons, that Tulane has turned earned Conference USA Tournament Most Valuable Player honors after leading in 10 or more home court wins. the Green Wave to the championship title last season. She has twice been named first-team All-Conference USA and was a member of the C-USA All-Freshman Year Home Record team. The only Conference USA award that Daley has not won is league Player of 1999-00...... 14-1 the Year. 1998-99...... 13-2 Daley is one of only two players in league history to have won more than one of 1997-98...... 12-2 the five C-USA individual awards. The other is teammate Janell Burse, who was 1996-97...... 10-1 named Sixth Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year last season. 1995-96...... 9-2 Already this season, Daley has been named a second-team preseason All- 1994-95...... 10-2 American by Basketball News and a fourth-team preseason All-American by the Blue Ribbon Yearbook. She has also been named an honorable mention pre- www. season All-American by the Women’s Basketball Journal and a high honorable TulaneGreenWave.com mention preseason All-American by Street & Smith’s. 1999-00 Tulane Women’s Basketball Burse for All-Big East? Seeing 20-20 Noteworthy Wins Of Janell Burse’s nine double-doubles Both Grace Daley and Janell Burse Under head coach Lisa Stockton, the so far this season, four have come against scored over 20 points in the home Tulane women’s basketball team has posted Big East schools. She started with 15 meeting with South Florida, marking the some impressive non-conference wins against points and 11 rebounds on the road at first time since facing Houston on the teams that reached postseason play and that Miami before turning in 23 points and 14 road that two Green Wave players both have been, or currently are, ranked highly in rebounds at home against Georgetown. scored more than 20 points in a game. the polls over the last few years. She then added 30 points and 17 rebounds In all, the Wave has had two 20-point 1994-95 against Providence and 24 points and 10 scorers seven times this season: Dec. 7 at Rice W 70-66 Jan. 3 Mississippi State W 85-64 rebounds against West Virginia. In the Opponent Scorers four games against Big East opponents, Jan. 18 at LSU W 57-50 @Siena ...... Burse - 34; Daley - 29 Jan. 27 Virginia Tech W 72-62 Burse averaged 23.0 points, 12.0 Georgetown ...... Burse - 23; Daley - 20 1995-96 rebounds and 2.8 blocks. @Texas A&M ...... Daley - 33; Burse - 29 Nov. 29 Rice W 69-62 Balanced Scorers West Virginia ...... Burse - 24; Daley - 23 Dec. 9 at Mississippi State W 71-63 Tulane had three players record double Southern Miss ..... Hector - 29; Burse - 28 Dec. 18 vs. Xavier W 71-63 figure points against South Florida, @Houston ...... Daley - 25; Goree - 20 Jan. 3 at SMU W 71-62 South Florida ...... Daley - 29; Burse - 22 marking the 23rd time in 24 contests this 1996-97 season that the Wave has had at least three Going Out in Style Nov. 30 Mississippi W 69-54 double-digit scorers. In all, eight of All-American Grace Daley made sure Dec. 21 vs. Iowa State W 68-61 Dec. 28 Colorado State W 105-72 Tulane’s 11 players have already scored in her final home game at Fogelman Arena March 16 vs. UC-Santa Barbara W 72-69 double figures at least once this season. was a memorable one. The senior 1997-98 Wave Rolls in the Classroom recorded game-highs of 29 points, nine rebounds and six steals in the wins against Nov. 21 at Mississippi W 68-55 Of the 13 players on the Tulane Nov. 29 LSU W 65-54 South Florida. women’s basketball team, 11 achieved at Dec. 6 vs. Colorado W 63-62 least a 3.0 grade point average this past fall. Turnbull Earns First Start 1998-99 Beasts of the Big East Junior Taryn Turnbull earned her first Nov. 22 Miami W 63-56 Tulane has played four games this start of the year against Houston, turning Dec. 5 at SMU W 81-80 season against Big East opponents and has in four rebounds, four assists and three Dec. 13 vs. Auburn W 64-53 Dec. 29 Maine W 85-76 posted a perfect 4-0 record in those contests. steals in 14 minutes of work. The Wave opened its Big East slate with a It marked just the third start of her 1999-00 75-66 win at Miami before posting a 72-62 career. Nov. 19 at Siena W 97-92 win at home against Georgetown. Tulane Nov. 28 at Miami W 75-66 D-Fence Dec. 2 Alabama W 81-69 then posted an 81-57 win over Providence Tulane used a solid defensive effort to Dec. 13 SMU W 81-69 and followed that with a 104-75 win against down league rival Houston. Tulane Dec. 31 LSU W 76-72 West Virginia. Janell Burse had a double- forced 25 Cougar turnovers, turning them double in all four games. into 37 points, while allowing UH just six Burse Does in Demons points from 14 Wave miscues. Junior center Janell Burse turned in a C-USA Records After Four Years The Wave also held Houston to just 53 monster game against DePaul. She In addition to Tulane’s impressive non- points, Tulane’s third-best defensive output recorded a career-high 39 points, grabbed conference wins, the Wave has also had their of the year. Only UNC Asheville (32) and 18 rebounds, tied her career high with share of success in Conference USA. Tulane is Nicholls State (51) scored fewer points. three steals, posted two blocks and notched the only school to have won 90 or more games a without committing a single over the last four yearsand is one of just three A Second Time for Everything turnover in 36 minutes of work. schools to have posted 45 or more league wins Tulane recorded 17 fouls against She finished 17-of-24 from the floor during that span. Houston, compared to the 12 registered for a .708 shooting percentage. The 17 School (alphabetical) C-USA Overall by the Cougars, marking just the second field goals and 39 points both rank second UAB 26-34 54-60 time this season that the Wave has been on the Tulane single-game scoring charts. Cincinnati 32-28 68-48 whistled for more fouls than its opponent. Her 39 points also nearly matched the DePaul 35-25 64-52 42 scored by the entire Blue Demon Daley Dishes it Out Houston 4-42 19-64 starting line-up. Louisville 45-15 78-43 Grace Daley recorded a game-high Marquette 40-20 72-45 five assists against Marquette, compared Did You Know? Memphis 46-14 86-36 to four turnovers, marking the 12th times Tulane has scored less than 70 points UNC Charlotte 14-46 33-77 in 22 games that she has recorded more Saint Louis 16-44 45-65 only twice this season, compared to assists than turnovers. In all, she has Southern Miss. 30-30 56-52 the 11 times the Wave failed to reach South Florida 20-40 40-69 recorded more turnovers than assists just 70 points last season. Tulane 45-15 93-28 six times this season. 1999-00 Tulane Women’s Basketball One Good Turn... Hector Harasses Saint Louis Few Fouls Junior guard Taryn Turnbull recorded Sophomore Salome Hector turned in The nine fouls committed against Saint a career-high six assists in the win against another strong performance against Saint Louis were the Wave’s lowest total since DePaul. She becomes the fifth Wave Louis. Earning just her third start of the committing nine against Southern Miss on player to record at least six assists in a season, Hector led Tulane with 20 points Feb. 9, 1997. game this season. and grabbed four rebounds. She also Running With the Bulls recorded career-highs of six assists and Running With the Bulls So Nice, She Did It Twice So Nice, She Did It Twice eight steals. She connected on 6-of-8 of Tulane pulled off an amazing come- For the second straight game, Fabrecia her shots from the floor, including a 2-of- back in its win over South Florida. Down Roberson tied her career high in scoring. 2 effort from behind the three-point arc. by 17, 65-48, with 11:23 remaining, She recorded 18 points against DePaul on She was also 6-of-8 from the free throw Tulane posted a 13-0 run to pull to within 7of-12 shooting, just one game after line. four, 65-61, with 6:44 left. After a basket recording 18 points in 7-of-10 shooting It marked just the second time in her and a free throw from South Florida and a against UNC Charlotte. career than Hector has scored 20-plus lay-up from TU’s Janell Burse gave USF a She originally recorded her career high points, as she recorded 29 against South- five-point cushion, Tulane scored six- of 18 points against Memphis last season. ern Miss. straight points to claim a 69-68 lead. A USF three-pointer gave the Bulls a 71-69 Double Trouble Double Trouble Lucky No. 7 lead, but Burse answered with a lay-up to Tulane’s 78-68 win over UNC Char- The Wave’s win over Saint Louis even the scores at 71-71. With the scores lotte marked the Green Wave’s 13th win by marked the seventh time this season, and level at 73-73, Tulane scored six straight 10 or more points so far this season. second consecutive, in which four or more points to seal the win. Free Throws Seal Win Tulane players scored in double-figures. Free Throws Seal Win Burse Buries Bulls With Tulane holding a slight four-point She Steals, She Scores Junior Janell Burse was a big factor in lead against UNC Charlotte, the Wave hit Salome Hector picked up eight steals Tulane’s come-back victory over South 9-of-10 free throws inside the final 1:22 to against Saint Louis, the highest single- Florida - literally. The 6-5 center nearly seal the win. game total for a Green Wave player since took over the last 10 minutes of the game, You Wanna Be Starting Something Mary Ann Marino grabbed eight steals scoring 11 of her 19 points (on 4-of-5 Against Saint Louis, Tulane’s starters against Howard on Dec. 6, 1993. shooting from the floor and 3-of-3 shooting scored 73 points, while their five Billiken Hector’s eight steals were more than from the charity stripe), grabbing six of her counterparts scored just 32 points. the Billikens registered as a team (6). The nine rebounds, and dishing out all three of eight steals were also one shy of the her career-high assists during that time. Conference USA single-game record of She also grabbed one of her career-high nine set by several people. five steals inside the final 10 minutes. Free Throw Foul Up Grace Daley did not attempt a free Trio of Future Greenies Sign with Wave throw against South Florida, marking the Tulane picked up three signees during the Fall early signing period, head coach first time since her sophomore season Lisa Stockton has announced. Tiffany Wilson from Marietta, Ga., Kelly Nadeau from (Jan. 20, 1997 - at Marquette) that she has Hudson, N.H., and Tymeka Moore from Houston, Texas have all signed a National not attempted a shot from the charity Letter of Intent and will join the Green Wave next fall. stripe. Wilson, a 5-11 small forward at Pope High School, was an All-State selection as a junior and was named to the Atlanta TipOff Club All-Metro team. She led Pope to the Burse, Hector Sets Career Highs 1999 4A state championship after helping the squad to a 24-6 record in 1998. Against South Florida, Janell Burse Twice named All-County, All-Region and team Most Valuable Player, Wilson led Pope tied her career-high with three assists, in scoring and rebounding in 1999, averaging 14.3 points and 8.5 rebounds per while setting a new career-best with five contest. steals. Nadeau, a 5-6 point guard at Alvirne High School, was named to the 1998 Sophomore Salome Hector, the honorable mention All-America team by Street & Smith’s and was chosen as a shortest player on the court at 5-5, set a preseason honorable mention All-American by USA Today. She averaged 15 points, new career high with six rebounds against six assists and four rebounds per game while at Alvirne and was a first-team All- South Florida, five coming on the offen- State selection. Nadeau also played with the Crusaders AAU team, helping the squad sive end of the floor. to five straight AAU state titles. She also attended the WBCA Super Select Camp in Atlanta this past summer. Roberson Sets Season High Moore, a 5-9 guard from Clear Creek High School, has been named first-team all- While not quite a career-high, it wasn’t Greater Houston by the area's sportswriters. She was an all-region selection by the far behind. Fabrecia Roberson scored a Texas Association of Basketball Coaches this past year and was a first-team all- season-best 17 points against USF, just district choice as well. Moore was a second-team all-district honoree in 1998. As a one shy of her career-best of 18 set last junior, Moore averaged 12.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. season against UAB. 1999-00 Tulane Women’s Basketball Home Sweet Home, Part 2 For the second time this season, the Here Comes the Cavalry Green Wave were treated to a home- The Wave has shown the ability in the second half to either come from behind or use a key run to turn a single-digit lead into a double-digit cushion to seal a victory. cooked meal during a road trip. While in Houston to play the C-USA rival Cougars, Opponent Score Time Left Final Score Note Tulane traveled the short distance to DePaul 63-62 8:33 86-76 Wave use 13-4 run to seal win League City, Texas, to have dinner at the UNC Charlotte 36-40 (-4) 20:00 78-68 Tulane opens the half with 19-4 run home of Green Wave freshman Jessica South Florida 48-65 (-17) 11:23 84-78 TU posts 31-8 run, including 13 straight Carroll. Memphis 70-61 (+9) 3:06 83-67 Tulane had led by as many as 28 in Daley Does in Houston the half All-American Grace Daley recorded UAB 65-73 (-8) 4:16 74-73 Tulane ended the game on a 9-0 run 25 points against Houston, equalling the USM 70-63 (+7) 8:04 91-77 After USM cut the lead to seven, point total of the Cougars’ entire starting Tulane answered with a 12-2 run line-up. LSU 36-44 (-8) 15:54 76-72 Down eight, Tulane rallied to within Burse Bashes Cougars one before posting a 9-0 run Janell Burse recorded 18 points and 13 SMU 64-59 (+5) 4:56 81-69 After SMU cut the lead to five, Tulane rebounds against Houston for her second posted an 11-2 run for a 14-point lead straight double-double. She also recorded Texas A&M 76-69 (+7) 5:48 91-74 Tulane closed the game with a 15-5 run 19 points and 12 rebounds at Louisville, giving her back-to-back double-doubles Georgetown 47-48 (-1) 13:39 72-62 With Georgetown ahead by one, for the first time since recording four Tulane posted an 18-6 run straight from Dec. 27 to Jan. 3. Miami 48-44 (+4) 13:43 75-66 After Miami pulled to within four, Tulane answered with a 10-2 burst Goree Guns Down Houston Sarah Goree recorded a career-high 20 Siena 67-75 (-8) 4:02 97-92 ot Tulane closed regulation with a 13-5 run to send the game to overtime. points in the win against Houston thanks The Wave posted 10-2 run in overtime to some hot shooting in the first half. Goree connected on four three-pointers A&M and just missed her second straight Defense Wins Championships in the opening stanza and scored 11 of double-double with 35 points and nine The 59 points scored against Cincin- Tulane’s first 21 points as part of a 21-4 rebounds against SMU. She followed that nati were Tulane’s fewest since scoring 58 run to start the game. She finished 6-of- with 25 points, four rebounds, four assists against the Bearcats last season. How- 12 from the floor, including a 4-of-8 effort and two steals against Houston. ever, in last season’s match-up, in the C- from behind the three-point arc. It should come as no surprise, how- USA Tournament final, Tulane held Cincy Off and Running ever, as Daley has a history of coming up to just 44 points to claim the win. big against schools from the state of Tulane’s 92 points against UH marked First Time for Everything the sixth time this season that the Green Texas. In 11 games against Lone Star State opponents, Daley is averaging 24.9 The loss to Cincinnati marked the first Wave have scored more than 90 points. time that the Green Wave committed more Part of the Wave’s offensive outburst points per game, including an impressive 33.0 points in three meetings with SMU. fouls than its opponent in a game this season. was thanks to a 12-2 edge in fast break The Wave were called for 28 fouls, while points. Daley’s career-high of 38 points came against SMU last season. the Bearcats were whistled just 14 times. Fantastic Free Throws Cincinnati used the foul disparity to its Double Your Fun The Green Wave connected on an Double Your Fun advantage, taking 32 free throw attempts, impressive 85.2 percent of its free throws Janell Burse and Grace Daley each including 29 in the second half, while Tulane against Houston (23-of-27), including an 85.7 recorded double-doubles against Louis- earned just 11 trips to the charity stripe. ville, marking the third time this season percent effort in the second half (18-of-21). From the Charity Stripe the Wave has had two players with From the Charity Stripe Daley Torments State of Texas double-doubles in one game. The 11 free throw attempts by Tulane Against Houston, Grace Daley once against Cincinnati were the fewest since Daley Ties Career High again proved that perhaps things really are Daley Ties Career High the Wave attempted just eight against St. bigger in Texas. The senior guard has Grace Daley tied her career high with Joseph’s in the first round of the NCAA made a habit of performing well against seven assists against Louisville. It marked Tournament last season. the fourth consecutive game, and ninth schools from the Lone Star state. In Daley Holds off Memphis Tulane’s wins over Texas A&M, SMU overall, that she has recorded four or more assists. Grace Daley scored 31 points in and Houston this season, Grace Daley Tulane’s win over Memphis, including six averaged 31.0 points, 8.7 rebounds, 4.0 www. straight as part of an 8-0 run with 3:06 assists and 2.0 steals. She scored 33 TulaneGreenWave remaining that gave Tulane a 17-point points and had 13 rebounds against Texas .com lead to seal the win over the Lady Tigers. 1999-00 Tulane Women’s Basketball Down the Stretch free throws (19-of-25). In 76 minutes of Our House, Part 2 Trailing UAB by eight, 73-65, with 4:16 work duirng the week, Burse totalled 69 In addition to being the largest crowd left, Tulane closed the game with a 9-0 run points, 10 blocked shots, four steals and to ever watch a women’s basketball game to claim a 74-73 win. Grace Daley scored just three turnovers. at Fogelman Arena, the crowd of 3,369 for five straight points to begin the run and It marked the second time in her career the LSU game was larger than the crowd Fabrecia Roberson and Janell Burse each hit that Burse has been named as C-USA’s of 1,970 that watched the second half of a pair free throws inside the final 1:12. Player of the Week. Burse’s honor makes the doubleheader that included the Tulane Tulane the only school that has had two men vs. SMU. Clutch Shooting Clutch Shooting different players win Player of the Week Depth Downs Tigers Despite shooting just 67.9 percent this season, as Grace Daley has picked up Depth Downs Tigers from the free throw line heading into the the award twice already this season. Depth was a huge factor in Tulane’s game, the Wave connected on 17-of-20 win over rival LSU. The Green Wave got attempts against UAB (85.0). Tulane vs. the SEC 18 points and 62 minutes of work from its The SEC is regarded by many as the reserves, while LSU’s bench recorded no Amazing Mae Amazing Mae nation’s premiere women’s basketball field goals and just two points in only 32 Sophomore Salome Hector had a break- conference. However, under Lisa Stock- minutes of action. out game in the Wave’s C-USA opener ton, Tulane is 9-6 against SEC teams, Sophomore Salome Hector led the against Southern Mississippi. Entering the including a 3-3 mark against rival LSU. charge from the bench, scring 10 points, game with a career-high of just 10 points, The Green Wave have won its last three while also adding a career-best five assists she had 12 at halftime and finished with a contests against SEC foes. without a turnover in 22 minutes of work. game-high 29 points on 7-of-9 shooting. Junior Taryn Turnbull had just one Our House She also added 14-of-16 free throws, Our House field goal against LSU, but it was a big hitting her first 13 in a row. She also added A crowd of 3,369 were on hand at one, as she hit a three-pointer that started a five rebounds, three assists and four steals. Fogelman Arena to see No. 24 Tulane’s 9-0 Tulane run and gave the Wave the upset of No. 11 LSU, marking the largest Burse Bombs USM lead for good. Burse Bombs USM crowd to ever see a women’s basketball Junior center Janell Burse recorded her game at Tulane. The crowd surpassed the Double-Double x3 fourth consecutive double-double, and previous record of 3,069 set during the Center Janell Burse recorded 15 points seventh of the year, against Southern 1999 C-USA Tournament championship and 14 rebounds in the win against No. 11 Mississippi with 28 points and 20 re- game - a Tulane win over Cincinnati. LSU to record her third consecutive bounds. The 20 rebounds were one shy of double-double. the school record of 21 set by Keisha Johnson against Nicholls State in 1991. Game 13 - No. 19 Tulane 74, UAB 73 Burse becomes just the third person in Jan. 7, 2000 - Fogelman Arena - Attend: 1,492 school history to post a 20- game, Janell Burse hit a pair of free throws with 40 seconds left to cap a 9-0 run as No. 19 Tulane joining Johnson and Terry Johnson, who posted a 74-73 come-from-behind win over Conference USA rival UAB at Fogelman Arena. With Tulane down 73-65 with 4:16 left, Grace Daley scored five straight points to pull the grabbed 20 caroms against William Carey Green Wave to within three with 1:32 remaining. Fabrecia Roberson added two free throws with during the 1979-80 campaign. 1:12 left to get Tulane to within a point, setting up Burse’s heroics. Tulane, who had entered the game shooting just 67.9 percent from the free throw line, connected on 17-of-20 attempts for the UAB game (85.0 percent), including five straight in the final 1:32. Burse Named Player of the Week After taking a 39-36 advantage into the locker room, Tulane increased its lead to as many Janell Burse has been named the as six early in the second half. But UAB answered with a 9-0 run for a three point advantage, 50-47, at the 13:30 mark. The teams traded baskets before a Daley lay-up gave the Wave a 63- Conference USA Women’s Basketball 62 lead at the 7:03 mark. UAB again fought back, using an 11-2 run capped by a Lisa Jackson Player of the Week, the league office three-pointer, to take a 73-65 lead. But that basket would be UAB’s final points, as the Wave rallied to remain one of three unbeaten Division I teams. announced. The 6-5 center earned the UAB fg at 3fg 3at ft at reb. pf a to bk st tp honor after leading Tulane to three wins, Mia Thrash, F 4 9 1 2 5 5 7 5 3 4 0 2 14 including an upset of No. 11 LSU. Deanna Jackson, F 6 16 1 2 0 0 18 1 1 1 0 2 13 Cristy Smith, F 3 11 2 6 5 6 2 2 2 3 0 2 13 Burse started the week by earning Most Michelle Smith, C 5 8 0 0 2 3 8 3 0 2 0 0 12 Valuable Player honors at the Tulane/ Lisa Jackson, G 3 11 1 4 4 6 3 3 3 4 0 0 11 Regiena Brown 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 DoubleTree Classic. She opened the Rachel Loiacono 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 tournament with 30 points, 17 rebounds Cheley Landry 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 Marlenia Brown 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 and five blocked shots against Providence Brandi Stallings 2 4 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 and followed that with 24 points, 10 vs. Time Last Totals 25 64 7 20 16 21 48 22 10 17 0 8 73 rebounds and four blocks against West Tulane fg at 3fg 3at ft at reb. pf a to bk st tp Fabrecia Roberson, F 3 5 0 0 4 4 1 1 4 0 2 1 10 Virginia. In the upset win over LSU, the Janell Burse, C 5 11 0 0 5 7 7 3 2 3 5 1 15 junior recorded her third straight double- Kelly Scanlon, G 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sarah Goree, G 4 10 2 5 3 4 1 3 2 5 0 1 13 double with 15 points and 14 rebounds. Grace Daley, G 9 17 2 8 3 3 6 3 5 1 0 0 23 For the week, Burse averaged 23.0 Salome Hector 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 0 3 2 La’Shanna Norris 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 points, 13.7 rebounds and 3.3 blocks, Jessica Carroll 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 while connecting on 62.5 percent of her Britt Themann 3 5 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 11 Taryn Turnbull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 shots (25-of-40) and 76.0 percent of her Totals 25 55 7 20 17 20 26 18 17 12 7 6 74 Halftime: Tulane 39, UAB 36; Officials: Cunningham, South, Newton 1999-00 Tulane Women’s Basketball Terrific Taryn Tulane Head Coach Lisa Stockton Junior guard Taryn Turnbull scored a The 1999-00 campaign marks the sixth for the Green Wave under the guidance of career-high 10 points against West head coach Lisa Stockton. Stockton has led her Tulane troops to five consecutive Virginia, one of six Wave players to hit NCAA Tournament appearances and the Conference USA regular season and C-USA double-figures against the Mountaineers. Tournament titles in both 1997 and 1999. Burse Earns MVP Honors A 1986 graduate of Wake Forest, Stockton has compiled an 133-41 (.764) record Junior center Janell Burse recorded her in five-plus seasons at Tulane, averaging nearly 23 wins per year. Her Green Wave second straight double-double, and fifth of squads have won at least 19 games in each of those campaigns, and have posted at the year, with 24 points and 10 rebounds least 21 wins in each of the last four seasons. Stockton was named the Metro Confer- against West Virginia, helping her to earn ence Coach of the Year in her first season at Tulane. Most Valuable Player honors of the Prior to her arrival in New Orleans, Stockton was the head coach at Greensboro Tulane/DoubleTree Classic. In two games College in Greensboro, N.C., from 1987-89. In three seasons, her squads compiled a against Providence and West Virginia, 63-27 record and she was twice named Dixie Intercollegiate Coach of the Year. Burse averaged 27.0 points, 13.5 re- Through her first eight seasons as a head coach, Stockton has posted a 196-68 bounds, 4.5 blocks and 2.0 steals, while (.742) record for an average of 22 wins per year. She ranks 19th among active D1 committing just two turnovers in 55 total coaches in win percentage. minutes of action. Stockton is joined on the Green Wave sidelines by a trio of the nation’s top young coaches. Katie Meier begins her sixth season with the Wave, having been promoted to Steady Scanlon associated head coach over the summer. Kellie Kennedy is in her fourth season in Junior point guard Kelly Scanlon did New Orleans and has head coaching experience of her own, having served as the head not commit a turnover against West women’s basketball coach at Division III Hollins College. Rodnelle Hadley begins Virginia, marking the sixth time in 10 her first season as an assistant coach with the Green Wave, but is no stranger to the games this season that she has recorded Tulane program. Hadley was a four-year letterwinner at Tulane from 1995-98 and one or fewer miscues. In addition, she did served as the team’s administrative assistant last season. not commit a turnover in the Wave’s win against UNC Asheville. Back-to-Back Player of the Year, has been named C-USA Grace Daley’s 35 points against SMU Player of the Week. She was selected as Burse Bursts Providence gives her back-to-back 30-point efforts for the league’s top player on Dec. 14, 1998, By halftime of Tulane’s win against the first time since her sophomore season, Feb. 9, 1998 and Feb. 17, 1997. Providence, junior center Janell Burse had when she scored 31 points in an overtime already recorded her fourth double-double Daley, Roberson Spell Double win at Cincinnati and followed that with Daley, Roberson Spell Double of the season, registering 16 points and 12 Trouble for A&M 36 points in an 89-67 win over Memphis Trouble for A&M rebounds before the break. She finished at Fogelman Arena. Daley has now Grace Daley (33 pts, 13 rebs.) and with 30 points and a career-high 17 surpassed the 30-point plateau eight times Fabrecia Roberson (11 pts, 10 rebs.) each rebounds against the Friars. in her career. posted double-doubles against Texas A&M, giving the Wave two players with Goree in Giving Mood Spurt-Ability double-doubles for the second straight Sophomore Sarah Goree set a new career With SMU holding a 20-13 lead game. It was Roberson’s second consecu- high with seven assists against Providence. midway through the first half, Tulane tive double-double, as the senior also She’s a Britt House scored 26 consecutive points to claim a chipped in 10 points and 12 rebounds Freshman Britt Themann scored a 39-20 lead. Seven different Wave players against Georgetown. game and career-high 18 points against scored during the burst. Scanlon Assists in Win Against A&M Nicholls State, becoming the first Wave Daley Named Conference USA Point guard Kelly Scanlon didn’t newcomer to lead the squad in scoring Player of the Week attempt a shot against Texas A&M, but since Sarah Goree dropped 19 points on Grace Daley was named the Confer- the junior turned in an impressive perfor- UAB last season. ence USA Women’s Basketball Player of mance regardless, dishing out a game-high Daley Double the Week after her performance against six assists while committing just one Thanks to her 35 point, nine-rebound Texas A&M. turnover in 28 minutes of action. effort against SMU, Grace Daley was She recorded 33 points, 13 rebounds, Burse, Roberson Have Hoyas named Conference USA Player of the five assists and two steals while committing Seeing Double Week for the second consecutive week. just one turnover in 35 minutes of action Janell Burse (23 pts, 14 rebs.) and She becomes just the second player in C- against the Aggies. She connected on 63.2 Fabrecia Roberson (10 pts, 12 rebs.) each USA history to earn back-to-back Player percent of her shots from the floor (12-of- posted double-doubles against of the Week honors. In all, Daley has 19), including 50.0 percent of her three- Georgetown, giving the Wave two players won C-USA Player of the Week five point attempts (3-of-6). She finished 6-of-8 with double-doubles in the same game for different times and is the only player in from the free throw line (75.0 percent). the first time since last season’s home league history to earn the honor in four The honor marked the fourth time that meeting with South Florida. consecutive seasons. Daley, the Conference USA Preseason 1999-00 Tulane Women’s Basketball The Dynamic Defensive Duo Making the Most of Her Time Tulane Players Among the In the first half of the Georgetown Grace Daley led Tulane in scoring in Conference USA Career Leaders game, Hoya guard Katie Smrcka-Duffy had its win over UNC Asheville, posting 20 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting. However, in points in just 15 minutes of action. Janell Scoring the second half, guards Kelly Scanlon and Burse also made the most of her time on 1. Tamika Whitmore, UM (‘96-’99) ...... 2,488 Taryn Turnbull teamed to limit the All-Big the floor, contributing 15 points in 19 2. Grace Daley, Tulane (‘97-Pres.) ..... 2,068 East selection to just six points on 2-of-8 minutes of action. 3. LaTonya Johnson, UM (‘95-’98) ...... 1,703 shooting, including an 0-of-2 performance 4. Sharon Bellamy, UL (‘96-’99) ...... 1,577 Home Sweet Home 5. Jamie Cavaness, SLU (‘96-’99) ...... 1,412 from beyond the three-point arc. Home Sweet Home Tulane’s season-opening trip to Siena Green Wave Crashes Over marked a homecoming for guard Kelly Field Goals Made Crimson Tide Scanlon. The junior is a native of Ballston 1. Tamika Whitmore, UM (‘96-’99) ...... 974 Tulane’s win over Alabama gave the Lake, N.Y., just a short drive from the 2. Doris Scott, UC (‘96-’99) ...... 691 3. Grace Daley, Tulane (‘97-Pres.) ...... 689 Crimson Tide its largest non-conference Siena campus in Loudonville. After 4. LaTonya Johnson, UM (‘96-’98) ...... 624 road loss since a 72-56 defeat at the hands arriving in New York on Thursday of Louisiana Tech during the 1994-95 afternoon, the Wave enjoyed dinner at the Field Goals Attempted season. The win over Alabama improved Scanlon’s house. 1. Tamika Whitmore, UM (‘96-’99) ...... 1,607 the Green Wave to 8-6 against SEC teams Scanlon prepped at Shenendehowa 2. Grace Daley, Tulane (‘97-Pres.) ..... 1,370 under head coach Lisa Stockton. High School in Ballston Lake, where she 3. Doris Scott, UC (‘96-’99) ...... 1,339 was named Gatorade Player of the Year for 4. LaTonya Johnson, UM (‘96-’98) ...... 1,304 Fabulous Fabrecia Fabulous Fabrecia the state of New York as a senior in 1996. Senior forward Fabrecia Roberson was Three-Pointers Made a catalyst on both ends of the floor in the Burse Blasts Siena 1. Jolinda Lewis, UC (‘96-’98) ...... 212 Wave’s win over Alabama. She recorded Junior center Janell Burse easily set 2. LaShonda Smith, USM (‘96-’98) ...... 194 career highs with five assists and six new career highs in points, rebounds and 3. Grace Daley, Tulane (‘97-Pres.) ...... 175 steals, while committing just one turnover steals in her performance in the Wave’s 4. LaTonya Johnson, UM (‘96-’98) ...... 160 in 24 minutes of action. opener at Siena. The New Orleans native posted 34 points, 17 rebounds and four Free Throws Made Bombs Away Bombs Away steals against the Saints, surpassing her 1. Grace Daley, Tulane (‘97-Pres.) ...... 525 2. Tamika Whitmore, UM (‘96-’99) ...... 498 Tulane connected on 10 three-pointers previous bests of 22 points, 12 rebounds 3. Sharon Bellamy, UL (‘96-’99) ...... 401 against Miami, its highest single-game and two steals. total from beyond the arc since draining 10 three’s against South Alabama on Dec. Amazing Grace to the Resuce Free Throws Attempted 1, 1997. In the second half against Miami, Senior guard Grace Daley scored 12 of 1. Tamika Whitmore, UM (‘96-’99) ...... 693 2. Grace Daley, Tulane (‘97-Pres.) ...... 685 the Wave hit an impressive 71.4 percent Tulane’s 18 points in overtime against 3. Sharon Bellamy, UL (‘96-’99) ...... 555 of its three-pointers, while holding the Siena, including the Wave’s first 10 of the Hurricaines to just 12.5 percent shooting extra frame. She also scored on a driving Blocked Shots from beyond the arc for the game. lay-up with four seconds left to knot the 1. Amy Lundquist, DPU (‘96-’97) ...... 181 Grace Daley and Kelly Scanlon led the game at 79-79, forcing the contest into 2. Janell Burse, Tulane (‘98-Present) .... 161 way with three three-pointers each against overtime. Daley finished with 29 points 3. Tamika Whitmore, UM (‘96-’99) ...... 110 Miami, while Britt Themann added two. against Siena. As a team, Tulane hit 10-of-20 attempts Steals Tulane Leads Conference USA (.500) from beyond the arc. Tulane Leads Conference USA 1. Grace Daley, Tulane (‘97-Pres.) ...... 274 Since its inception four years ago, no 2. Kim Williams, DPU (‘96-’97) ...... 251 Lucky No. 7 Conference USA team has posted as many 3. Chaira Combs, UH (‘97-’99) ...... 189 Tulane’s win over UNC Asheville wins as Tulane. The Green Wave posted a marked the first-ever game in school 93-28 record over the first four years of capture the C-USA championship. In a history in which seven players scored in Conference USA, good for a .769 winning vote by the 12 league coaches, the Green double figures. The game was also percentage, making Tulane the only Wave were chosen as the top team in C- Tulane’s largest-ever margin of victory school in the league to win at least 75 USA’s National Division and were (64 points), while the 32 points scored by percent of its games during that span. selected as the early co-favorites along UNC Asheville was the fourth-lowest The next closest league team is with Marquette. allowed in school history. The three Memphis, who checks in with a four-year Tulane also enters the season ranked lowest point totals were all registered by record of 86-36 (.705). 20th in Street & Smith’s preseason poll, Spring Hill College in the late 1970’s. 22nd in Blue Ribbon Yearbook and 23rd Wave Picked to Retain Title Tulane posted a 54-15 win in February of Wave Picked to Retain Title in Basketball News. The Wave are listed 1976 and an 82-19 win in January of After winning the Conference USA 27th in the preseason Associated Press 1977. The Wave were also 57-16 winners regular-season and C-USA Tournament poll and 29th in the ESPN/USA Today in February of 1978. titles last year, Tulane enters the 1999-00 poll, and is among the “Best of the Rest” campaign as the preseason favorite to in the Women’s Basketball Journal preseason predictions. 1999-00 Tulane Women’s Basketball 1998-99 Results 1998-99 News and Notes * Tulane won the Conference USA regular-season title and C-USA Tournament crown 24-6, 12-4 C-USA for the second time in three years last season. The Green Wave finished the Final Ranking: 24th AP Nov. 14 at LSU L 59-78 campaign with a 24-6 record, its fifth straight season with 19 or more wins, Nov. 22 MIAMI W 63-56 advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth consecutive year. The 24 wins Nov. 28 at Va. Commonwealth W 52-51 were the second-most in school and Conference USA history. Nov. 30 at Richmond W 77-72 Dec. 5 at SMU W 81-80 * Grace Daley earned a host of awards last season, including honorable mention Dec. 8 TEXAS A&M W 66-61 All-America honors from both the Associated Press and Kodak. She was a first- Arby’s Hardwood Classic team All-Conference USA selection and was chosen as the C-USA Tournament’s 1 Dec. 13 vs. Auburn W 64-53 Most Valuable Player after leading the Wave to the team title. Dec. 22 at Southern Miss. W 74-52 Tulane/DoubleTree Classic * Center Janell Burse was named Conference USA’s Defensive Player of the Year and Dec. 28 FURMAN W 92-56 Dec. 29 MAINE (WHNO-TV) W 85-76 Sixth Player of the Year last season, becoming just the second player in league Jan. 1 at South Florida L 67-70 history to earn two C-USA Player of the Year awards in the season. The other was Jan. 3 at Houston W 82-62 Tulane’s own Grace Daley, who was named Sixth Player of the Year and Defensive Jan. 8 No. 23 MEMPHIS W 98-51 Player of the Year in 1997. Burse was also a third-team All-Conference USA Jan. 10 UAB W 80-74 selection. Jan. 14 MARQUETTE W 86-73 Jan. 16 vs. UNO2 W 71-51 Jan. 18 at DePaul W 81-72 * Tulane ended the season ranked 24th by the Associated Press and 26th in the Jan. 22 at UNCC (WAXN-TV) W 70-52 ESPN/Coaches Poll. Jan. 24 at Saint Louis W 73-52 Jan. 29 LOUISVILLE (WHNO-TV) L 58-63 * Guard Sarah Goree was a Conference USA All-Freshman team selection, giving Jan. 31 CINCINNATI L 51-70 Feb. 4 at UAB (WACN-TV) L 68-70 Tulane its third all-rookie choice in three seasons. Feb. 6 at Memphis (ESPN2) W 72-63 Feb. 12 HOUSTON W 85-62 * Tulane led the nation with 197 blocks last season (6.6 bpg), setting a new Feb. 14 SOUTH FLORIDA W 99-60 Conference USA record in the process. In C-USA games, the Wave posted 7.5 Feb. 20 USM (Fox Sports Net) W 85-64 blocks per contest. The Green Wave also led Conference USA in field goal Conference USA Tournament3 percentage (.481), field goal percentage defense (.368) and scoring margin (+10.4). Feb. 27 vs. UNC Charlotte W 69-60 Last season marked the third straight year that Tulane has led Conference USA in Feb. 28 vs. Louisville (Fox Sports) W 87-74 scoring margin. March 1 vs. Cincinnati (ESPN2) W 58-44

4 NCAA Tournament * Janell Burse led Conference USA and ranked 13th nationally with 2.6 blocked shots March 13 vs. St. Joseph’s L 72-83 per game. Gwen Slaugher ranked second in the league and 24th nationally in 1 - Birmingham, Ala.; 2 - Superdome; 3 - Fogelman Arena; blocked shots (1.9 bpg). 4 - Cameron Indoor Stadium * The Green Wave were the only team in the nation to rank in the Top 12 in both field 1998-99 Final C-USA Standings goal percentage and field goal percentage defense last season. National Division C-USA Overall ^%Tulane 12-4 .750 24-6 .800 * Tulane was the only C-USA school to have two different players earn C-USA Player Memphis 10-6 .625 22-10 .688 of the Week honors last season. Grace Daley and Janell Burse were both named UAB 8-8 .500 13-14 .481 Player of the Week last season. South Florida 8-8 .500 14-13 .519 Southern Miss. 5-11 .313 11-17 .393 * In eight games last season against opponents who had reached the NCAA Houston 1-15 .063 5-22 .185 Tournament, Tulane posted an impressive 7-1 record. American Division C-USA Overall ^Cincinnati 12-4 .750 22-9 .710 * Grace Daley’s 19.1 point per game average ranked third in the conference and 44th ^Louisville 12-4 .750 21-11 .656 nationally. ^Marquette 12-4 .750 21-8 .724 DePaul 7-9 .438 12-15 .444 * Tulane posted an impressive 13-2 record at Fogelman Arena last season. Saint Louis 6-10 .375 16-12 .571 UNC Charlotte 3-13 .188 6-21 .222 * Tulane captured its second Conference USA Tournament title in front of a ^ - Regular season co-champions % - C-USA Tournament champions tournament-record 3,069 fans at Fogelman Arena.

* Seven diffferent Green Wave players led Tulane in scoring in at least one game, while nine of 10 players recorded their career high in scoring last season. www.TulaneGreenWave.com