2016-17 Tulane Women's Hoops
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2016-17 TULANE WOMEN’S HOOPS GAME 21: TULANE (13-7, 4-3) AT CINCINNATI (14-6, 5-2) Saturday, Jan. 28 // 1 pm CT // Cincinnati, Ohio // Fifth Third Arena (13,176) American Digital Network -- Betsy Ross (PxP) & Maria Fantanarosa (Analyst) Radio: WRBH 88.3 FM - Gus Kattengell (PxP) Live Scoring available on www.TulaneGreenWave.com 2016-17 Schedule GREEN WAVE PROJECTED STARTING FIVE NOVEMBER 12 Grambling ........................W, 79-56 #3 | KOLBY MORGAN | JR | G | 5-8 16 vs #10/9 Miss State ............ L, 66-49 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3PT% FT% 20 Southern Miss .................W, 86-67 18.6 4.5 2.1 1.8 0.6 .441 .365 .838 25 vs Eastern Mich^ ...............W, 62-50 NOTABLES: 18.6 PPG - 4TH IN AAC ... SCORED CAREER HIGH 34 POINTS AT VANDERBILT ... 13 STRAIGHT 27 at UTSA^ ...........................W, 75-66 GAMES IN DOUBLE-FIGURES ... 5 STRAIGHT GAMES WITH 20+ POINTS ... 7-TIME AAC HONOR ROLL 30 McNeese ...........................W, 82-65 DECEMBER 03 @ Middle Tenn ................... L, 62-59 #11 | LESLIE VORPAHL | SR | PG | 5-6 05 @ Vanderbilt ....................... L, 74-63 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3PT% FT% 11 @ LSU ................................ L, 69-51 12.3 3.5 6.5 1.7 0.5 .464 .376 .692 17 NC State ...........................W, 63-58 21 Eastern Wash% ...............W, 63-51 NOTABLES: BROKE SCHOOL SINGLE-GAME ASSIST RECORD (15) ... RANKS 2ND IN AAC & 15TH IN NATION IN 22 Auburn% ..........................W, 61-59 ASSISTS/GAME ... RANKS IN TOP-12 IN AAC PLAY IN 7 CATEGORIES ... 13 ASSISTS AWAY FROM 500 28 Maine ................................W, 77-62 31 @ East Carolina* ...............W, 61-45 #15 | TENE THOMPSON | SO | G/F | 5-11 JANUARY PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3PT% FT% 04 USF* ...................................L, 62-53 08 @ Temple* .......................... L, 86-71 3.7 4.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 .379 .125 .500 11 @ SMU* ............................W, 71-59 NOTABLES: STARTED THE LAST 5 GAMES ... SHOT 41.7% IN AAC PLAY, AVERAGING 4.6 POINTS & 4.9 14 Houston* ..........................W, 82-56 REBOUNDS... TIED CAREER HIGH OF 9 REB. VS HOUSTON (1/14). 22 @ UConn* ........................ L, 100-56 25 Tulsa* ................................W, 70-65 #25 | HARLYN WYATT | SO | C | 6-2 28 @ Cincinnati* .......................... 2 pm 31 @ Houston* ............................. 7 pm PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3PT% FT% FEBRUARY 7.2 4.8 0.4 0.7 0.8 .562 .000 .490 05 Temple* ..................................1 pm NOTABLES: EARNED 1ST CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLE WITH 10 RB, 14 PTS VS EWU - LATTER MARKED A CAREER 09 Memphis* ...............................7 pm HIGH ... LEADS TEAM IN OFFENSIVE REBOUNDING (1.8) ... AVG. 1.1 BLOCKS IN AAC PLAY -- RANKS 9TH. 12 @ USF* ..................................11 am 15 Cincinnati* .............................7 pm #33 | COURTNIE LATHAM | SR | G | 5-11 18 UConn* ...................................6 pm 22 UCF* .......................................7 pm PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG% 3PT% FT% 27 @ Memphis ............................. 7 pm 7.9 2.6 2.2 1.1 0.1 .416 .304 .784 MARCH NOTABLES: 6 DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES THIS SEASON ... SCORED SEASON HIGH 17 POINTS VS 3-6 American Conf. Championship TBA SOUTHERN MISS ... HER 3.0 A/TO RATIO IN AAC PLAY RANKS 3RD IN THE LEAGUE. (Uncasville, Conn.) ^ UTSA Classic (San Antonio) % Tulane Classic (New Orleans) *Denotes American Athletic Conference game Bold denotes home game all times central and subject to change STARTING FIVE INSIDE THE NUMBERS 1. Morgan has tied her career high streak of TLN CINCI 13 straight games with double-digit points. Points Per Game 66.7 64.8 Points Allowed Per Game 63.9 59.3 2. Morgan is also on a career best five Scoring Margin +2.8 +5.6 straight games with 20+ points, averaging 21.6 points on 43.3 percent shooting. Also Field Goal % .438 .390 averaging 5.4 rebounds in that span. 3-pt Field Goals Made-Att. 120-363 108-324 3-pt Field Goal % .331 .333 3. Vorpahl is 13 assists away from 500 in Free Throws Made-Att. 216-306 257-355 her career. Would be third ever in pro- Free Throw % .706 .724 gram to achieve the feat & second ever to surpass both 500 assists and 1,000 career Rebounds Per Game 35.8 37.3 TULANE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS points. Rebounding Margin -1.5 -0.8 Address: James W. Wilson, Jr. Center, Ben Weiner Drive, Assists Per Game 14.3 12.9 New Orleans, LA, 70118 4. Tulane ranks second in AAC play in both Turnovers Per Game 17.2 15.1 FG% (.419) & 3PT FG% (.328) Women’s Basketball SID: Josh Bates Turnover Margin -0.8 +2.5 Email: jbates3@tulane.edu 5. Tulane’s RPI sits at No. 36 in the country, Steals Per Game 7.5 8.9 Office: 504-865-5504 // Cell: 504-355-6283 while their SOS ranks No. 29. Blocks Per Game 3.3 4.1 Website: www.tulanegreenwave.com TULANE GREEN WAVE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES HISTORY BY THE NUMBERS 1 ... American Scholar Athlete of the Year // Senior CLASS First Team All-American 3 ... Conference Coach of the Year honors 4 ... C-USA Regular Season Championships // Tulane Hall of Famers 5 ... WNBA players // C-USA Tournament Titles 7 ... All-Americans // Straight seasons with 20+ wins // Straight trips to the post-season 11 ... NCAA Tournament Appearances // Straight Winning Seasons 15 ... Overall 20+ win seasons 18 ... Overall trips to the postseason 23 ... Years at the helm for Coach Stockton 24 ... Different All-Conference honorees 28 ... Members in 1,000-point club 28 ... Total winning seasons 41 ... Years of women’s basketball at Tulane // Different All-Conference awards 67.1% ... Stockton career winning pct. at Tulane 214 ... Conf. wins at Tulane for Stockton 392 ... Wins inside The Fieldhouse 474 ... Wins at Tulane for Stockton 537 ... Career wins for Stockton 679 ... Overall program wins @GreenWaveWBB // 2 TULANE GREEN WAVE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES QUICK FACTS LISA STOCKTON BIO LAST TIME OUT • Vorpahl (21 pts) & Morgan (20 pts) combined Location ....................................New Orleans, La. for 41 points to power the Green Wave to a Founded .......................................................1834 In her 23rd season at the 70-65 win over the visiting Tulsa Golden Hur- Enrollment ............................................... 13,449 helm of the Tulane women’s ricane. Nickname ........................................ Green Wave basketball program, Lisa School Colors ............. Olive Green and Sky Blue Stockton embarks into her • Up just 49-44 to start the fourth quarter, Tu- Home Court .......Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the third year in the American lane recorded an 11-0 run to garner its largest Devlin Fieldhouse (4,100) Athletic Conference after lead of the game at 60-44. leaving Conference-USA the Affiliation ..................................... NCAA Division I winningest program (179 conf. Conference ........... American Athletic Conference • Morgan grabbed a season high eight re- wins). Her career record of President ..................................... Michael A. Fitts bounds and tied her career best with nine made 537-261 as a collegiate head coach is good for a 67.0 Athletic Director ...............................Troy Dannen free-throws (9-of-12). winning percentage and she is 474-234 during her time Ticket Office Phone ...................(504) 861-WAVE at Tulane, including a 214-133 mark in conference play. • Vorpahl & Morgan scored a combined 26 During her tenure with the Green Wave, Stockton has points in the second half. COACHING STAFF led her team to the postseason 17 times (11 NCAAs, Head Coach ...................................Lisa Stockton 6 WNITs) and claimed Conference Coach of the Year Alma Mater ...................... Wake Forest, 1986 honors three times (Metro in 1995, C-USA in 2007 and Record at Tulane .......474-234 (23rd Season) 2010). In addition, Tulane has won C-USA regular sea- Career Record ..........537-261 (26th Season) son crown four times and the tournament title on five SERIES HISTORY - CINCINNATI • Saturday marks the 29th all-time meeting Assistant Coaches occasions. In her first year in The American during the between the two programs. Cincinnati leads the 2014-15 season, Stockton’s Wave went 22-11 and re- Beth Dunkenberger ...Randolph-Macon (1988) series, 15-13. ceived their first at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament Alan Frey ....................... New Orleans (1988) since 2003. Last season, the Wave tied its longest run in Doshia Woods ............Western Illinois (2001) • Marks just the third time competing in The the WNIT by reaching the third round. WBB Office Phone ......................(504) 314-7660 American together. Wave won 60-50 in Cincy Stockton has guided Tulane to 15, 20-plus win sea- Director of Operations .................Lindsay Werntz on Dec. 28, 2014, then emerged with the 70- sons, including a school-record 27 wins in 1996-97 and Grad Assistants ..........................Jasmine Brewer 51 victory at home on Feb. 29, 2016. 1999-2000. 24 different student-athletes have earned ..............................................Heather Karner all-conference honors 37 times, including 11 who re- • Saturday marks the 29th all-time meeting ceived All-Freshman recognition. In addition, five former between the two programs. Cincinnati leads the HISTORY Tulane players have gone on to play in the WNBA. series, 15-13. First Season of Women’s Basketball ...... 1975-76 Prior to coming to Tulane for the 1994-95 season, All-Time Record ......................... 679-526 (.564) Stockton served as an assistant coach at Georgia Tech • Morgan has averaged 16.0 ppg and 5.5 rpg No. Years In NCAA Tournament/Last ......11/2015 from 1990-94, head coach at Greensboro College from against the Bearcats, while Vorpahl has aver- 1987-90 and as the volunteer assistant at North Caro- No. Years In WNIT/Last .............................6/2016 aged 14.0 ppg and 5.0 apg. lina in 1986-87. No. American Regular Season Titles/Last ......N/A Stockton graduated from Wake Forest in 1986 and No. American Tournament Titles/Last .............N/A was a four-year letterwinner for the Demon Deacons No.