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TULANE GREEN WAVE GAME MEN’S BASKETBALL 13 INSIDE THE MATCHUP THE MATCHUP • Tulane closes out the 2016 portion of its season and begins its third SCHEDULE & RESULTS TULANE UCF year as a member of the American Athletic Conference when it hosts Date Opponent Time/Score UCF on Wednesday, Dec. 28. The game marks the first time the Green GREEN WAVE KNIGHTS NOVEMBER Wave will open its league slate at home in the last four seasons. 3 Loyola New Orleans (Exh.) W, 80-58 • UCF (9-3) first-year head coach Johnny Dawkins was an assistant 11 vs. (6) North Carolina1 L, 95-75 vs. coach at Duke when Mike Dunleavy Sr.’s son, Mike, Jr., played for the 14 Southeastern Louisiana W, 93-76 Blue Devils from 1999-02 where they won an NCAA title in 2001. 17 vs. Oklahoma2 L, 89-70 18 vs. Arizona State2 L, 80-71 2 THE OPPONENT 20 vs. Missouri L, 67-62 26 at Georgia Tech L, 82-68 • UCF (9-3) enters Wednesday’s conference opener winners of HEAD COACH: HEAD COACH: 29 at New Orleans L, 74-59 two-straight and seven of its last 10 games. Most recently, the Knights MIKE DUNLEAVY, SR. JOHNNY DAWKINS DECEMBER knocked off Bethune Cookman at home, 71-41, on Dec. 21. FIRST SEASON FIRST SEASON 2 St. John’s L, 95-75 • UCF is holding opponents to 57.2 points per game and leading the 7 Southern W, 84-75 nation with a .321 field goal percentage defense. The Knights lead 10 at Southern Miss W, 71-64 BY THE NUMBERS the conference in both categories and rank third nationally in scoring 19 McNeese State L, 70-63 RECORD 3-9 RECORD 9-3 defense. UCF also tops in the league in rebounds per game (45.6). 23 Texas State L, 69-66 (OT) AMERICAN 0-0 AMERICAN 0-0 • Standing 7’6, Tacko Fall is not only the tallest player in the country, 28 UCF* [ASN/ESPN3] 7 pm HOME 2-3 HOME 6-1 but he also leads the nation in field goal percentage (.838) and ranks JANUARY AWAY 1-2 AWAY 2-1 third in rebounding (12.3) with the latter being tops in The American. His 1 at (23) Cincinnati* [CBSSN] 6 pm 8 Memphis* [ASN/ESPN3] 2 pm NEUTRAL 0-4 NEUTRAL 1-1 15.9 points stand seventh in the league, as Fall has seven double- doubles to his name this year. 11 at USF* [ESPN3] 6 pm LAST 5 GAMES 2-3 LAST 5 GAMES 3-2 15 SMU* [CBSSN] 5 pm LAST 10 GAMES 3-7 LAST 10 GAMES 7-3 18 at Tulsa* [ESPNews] 6:30 pm THE SERIES SCORING OFFENSE 71.4 SCORING OFFENSE 69.3 21 Cincinnati* [CBSSN] 3 pm • Wednesday’s matchup marks the 13th all-time meeting between 24 at Houston* [CBSSN] 8 pm SCORING DEFENSE 78.0 SCORING DEFENSE 57.2 the Knights and Green Wave, as UCF leads the series, 12-3. The two 28 at UConn* [ESPNU] 7 pm FG PERCENTAGE .409 FG PERCENTAGE .456 teams last met in the first round of the 2016 American Conference 31 Temple* [ESPNews] 7 pm 3-PT. PERCENTAGE .343 3-PT. PERCENTAGE .325 Championship at the Amway Center in Orlando, where Tulane snapped FEBRUARY 3-PT. PER GAME 7.6 3-PT. PER GAME 6.3 a 10-game skid against UCF with a 65-63 triumph despite falling to the 4 at East Carolina* [ASN/ESPN3] 1 pm FT PERCENTAGE .716 ERCENTAGE FT P .664 Knights, 73-65, just eight days prior. UCF has swept the regular-season 8 Houston* [ESPNews] 7 pm REBOUNDING 34.8 REBOUNDING 45.6 series each of the last two years, while the Wave’s last home win in the 15 at SMU* [ASN/ESPN3] 8 pm 18 USF* [ESPNews] 1 pm ASSISTS 13.3 ASSISTS 13.6 matchup came in an 86-80 result on Feb. 14, 2007. 21 East Carolina* [ESPNU] 8 pm TURNOVERS 13.7 TURNOVERS 14.9 25 at Temple* [ESPNU] 11 am TURNOVER MARGIN +0.0 TURNOVER MARGIN -6.0 LAST TIME OUT MARCH STEALS 5.8 TEALS S 3.7 • In a game comprising 20 even scores and 17 lead changes, Tulane 2 at Memphis* [ESPNU] 8 pm BLOCKS 4.9 BLOCKS 4.0 surrendered a game-tying three-pointer with 10 seconds remaining in 5 Tulsa* [ESPNU/ESPNews] 3 pm UCF PROJECTED STARTERS regulation before suffering a 69-66 overtime loss to Texas State in its 9 AAC First Round3 TBA non-conference finale on Dec. 23. 10 AAC Quarterfinals3 TBA 3 G 51 NATHAN LAING JR. 6-0 185 0.7 PPG 1.4 APG • Cameron Reynolds shot 7-for-12 on the day to finish with 20 points 11 AAC Semifinals TBA 12 AAC Championship Game3 TBA G 12 MATT WILLIAMS RSR.6-5 215 15.3 PPG 5.9 RPG and six rebounds, while Malik Morgan compiled 15 points, 10 boards G 0 TANK EFIANAYI SR. 6-6 210 11.9 PPG 5.7 RPG and three assists for his second-career double-double. Ryan Smith All Times Central and Subject to Change F 3 A.J. DAVIS RJR 6-9 215 6.1 PPG 6.6 RPG poured in 15 points on 6-for-8 shooting to complement a career-high six * - American Athletic Conference Game C 24 TACKO FALL SO. 7-6 290 15.9 PPG 12.3 RPG blocks. 1 - Smoothie King Center TULANE GREEN WAVE AVERAGES 2 - Tires Pros Invitational, Orlando 3- American Conference Championship, Hartford, Conn. NO. NAME (HT., WT., YR.) POS. PPG RPG APG NOTABLES All home games played in the Avron B. Fogelman 2 JACKSON JOHNSON (5-10, 170, SO.) G - - - HAS NOT PLAYED THIS SEASON Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse 3 s RAY ONA EMBO (6-5, 185, FR.) G 4.8 2.5 2.0 CONFERENCE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK ( DEC. 12) 4 RILEY CONROY (5-11, 175, R-SO.) G 0.0 0.0 0.0 HAS APPEARED IN THREE GAMES COVERAGE 5 s CAMERON REYNOLDS (6-7, 215, R-JR.) G/F 16.7 6.8 1.8 HAS NINE DOUBLE-DIGIT & SIX 20-POINT PERFORMANCES 10 VON JULIEN (6-1, 160, SO.) G 3.3 1.3 1.7 SCORED 8 POINTS VS. ST. JIOHN’S (DEC. 2) RADIO VIDEO STREAM 11 KAIN HARRIS (6-4, 210, SO.) G 9.5 1.2 0.2 LEADS TULANE IN BENCH SCORING 12 SAMMIS REYES (6-7, 240, SO.) F 0.5 0.8 0.4^ DID NOT PLAY LAST GAME 13 s MALIK MORGAN (6-4, 205, R-SR.) G 10.4 6.5 3.8 HAD FIRST DOUBLE-DOUBLE OF YEAR VS. TEXAS STATE (DEC. 23) 14 COLIN SLATER (6-0, 185, SO.) G 5.1 0.9 0.8 MADE THREE 3’S OFF THE BENCH VS. TEXAS STATE (DEC. 23) PXP: TODD GRAFFAGNINI s 15 RYAN SMITH (6-11, 250, SR.) C 9.2 4.5 1.8^ AVERAGING 14.5 POINTS & 5.0 BLOCKS IN LAST 2 GAMES 22 DARIAN JONES (6-8, 185, FR.) F 0.3 0.3 0.1 HAS APPEARED IN SIX GAMES BROADCAST GAME UPDATES 23 BLAKE PAUL (6-9, 230, SO.) F 3.5 2.5 0.6 HAS DOUBLE-FIGURE POINTS TWICE THIS YEAR 30 BERNARD WOODSIDE (6-0, 185, R-SO.) G - - - HAS NOT PLAYED THIS SEASON @GREENWAVEMBB 35 s MELVIN FRAZIER (6-5, 200, SO.) G 10.1 4.5 1.5# RANKS 3RD IN THE AAC IN STEALS PER GAME PXP: RON THULIN s INDICATES PROBABLE STARTER; ^ INDICATES BLOCKS PER GAME’ # INDICATES STEALS PER GAME ANALYST: CHRIS WALKER 2016-17 QUICK FACTS ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/High School (Previous School) LOCATION ...........................................NEW ORLEANS, LA. 0 Jordan Cornish* G 6-6 220 Jr. New Orleans/Brother Martin (UNLV) FOUNDED ............................................................... 1834 2 Jackson Johnson G 5-10 170 So. Ponte Verda Beach, Fla./Ponte Verda ENROLLMENT ........................................13,449 (PRIvaTE) 3 Ray Ona Embo G 6-5 185 Fr. Lognes, France/Quality Education Academy [N.C.] NICKNAME ................................................... GREEN WavE 4 Riley Conroy G 5-11 175 R-So. New Orleans/Jesuit COLORS ..........................................OLIVE AND SKY BLUE MASCOT ..............................................................RIPTIDE 5 Cameron Reynolds G/F 6-7 215 R-Jr. Pearland, Texas/Pearland CONFERENCE .................. AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 10 Von Julien G 6-1 160 So. Reserve, La./Riverside Academy FACILITY ............................AVRON B. FOGELMAN ARENA IN THE 11 Kain Harris G 6-4 210 So. Chicago/St. Rita of Cascia ................................................................. DEVLIN FIELDHOUSE 12 Sammis Reyes F 6-7 240 So. Santiago, Chile/North Broward Prep (Palm Beach State) CAPACITY ............................................................. 4,100 13 Malik Morgan G 6-4 205 R-Sr. River Ridge, La./John Curtis (LSU) PRESIDENT............................................ MICHAEL A. FITTS 14 Colin Slater G 6-0 185 Fr. New Orleans/Immanuel [Calif.] DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS .............................. TROY DANNEN 15 Ryan Smith C 6-11 250 Sr. San Diego, Calif./Lutheran SPORT ADMINISTRATOR ............................... ROB BERNARDI 21 Samir Sehic* F 6-9 240 So. Cypress, Texas/Cy Woods (Vanderbilt) 22 Darian Jones F 6-8 185 Fr. Brusly, La./Brusly EAM NFORMATION T I 23 Blake Paul F 6-9 230 So. New Orleans/Landry-Walker HEAD COACH ....................................MIKE DUNLEavY, SR. 30 Bernard Woodside G 6-0 185 So. Tampa, Fla./Tampa Prep (ASA College) ALMA MATER ................................... SOUTH CAROLINA ‘76 35 Melvin Frazier G 6-5 200 So. Avondale, La./L.W. Higgins YEAR .......................................................................1ST *Redshirting RECORD AT TULANE ...................................................3-9 CAREER RECORD .................................................... SAME ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH ...........................DOUG STEWART PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ALMA MATER .................................................BROWN ‘94 KAIN Harris cane SAMMIS Reyes SAM-MISS YEAR .......................................................................1ST MALIK Morgan ma-leek SAMIR SEHIC SA-meer SEH-hic ASSISTANT COACH ...................................RAMAN SPOSATO Ray ONA EMBO O-na EM-bo RAMAN SPOSATO RA-men Spo-ZA-toe ALMA MATER ..............................................