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QUICK FACTS FINAL NOTES Tulane Head Coach: Ed Conroy End of Season Notes Alma Mater: The Citadel, 1989 Conroy’s Tulane record: 48-48 (3rd year) (20-15, 6-10 C-USA) Conroy’s Career Record: 138-181 (10th year) Tulane Green Wave CollegeInside.com Tournament Appearance: 1st Second Round of CollegeInside.com Tournament Tulane’s Postseason Record: 11-10 (7-6 NIT, 3-3 NCAA, 1-1 CIT) Conroy’s Postseason Record: 1-1 Television: None Radio: 106.1 FM “The Ticket” (Brian Miller) Tulane Athletics Communications: Brian Miller 1GREENGREEN WAVE PROBABLE STARTERSSTARTERS C: 504-390-6772 E-mail: [email protected] G 2 RickyRicky Tarrant 6-2 190 So.So. 15.9 ppgppg 2.9 rpgrpg 3.5 apgapg Pleasant Grove,Grove, Ala. www.facebook.com/GreenWaveMBB • SecondSecond team All-ConferenceAll-Conference USAUSA selection.selection. G 5 Jordan CallahanCallahan 6-0 190 Sr.Sr. 10.8 ppgppg 2.5 rpgrpg 1.9 apgapg Marietta, Ga.Ga. @GreenWaveMBB • Returned to the startingstarting lineup at ECU.ECU. F 22 Kendall Timmons 6-5 215 Sr.Sr. 8.0 ppgppg 4.6 rpgrpg 2.2 apgapg Ft. Worth, TexasTexas SCHEDULE/RESULTS • StartedStarted 16 gamesgames last season beforebefore injury.injury. November F 00 Josh Davis 6-8 215 Jr. 17.9 ppgppg 10.5 rpgrpg 1.7 apgapg Raleigh,Raleigh, N.C.N.C. 9 at Georgia Tech [ESPN3] L, 79-61 • FirstFirst team All-ConferenceAll-Conference USAUSA selection.selection. 13 Bethune-Cookman ^ W, 65-55 C 3434 TreTre DryeDrye 6-6 218 So.So. 4.6 ppgppg 5.1 rpgrpg 0.5 spgspg Baton Rouge,Rouge, La. 16 Nebraska-Omaha ^ W, 76-52 • StartedStarted the last 24 games.games. 18 Chicago State ^ W, 79-51 OFF THE BENCHBENCH 21 at Nebraska ^ [BTN/BTN.com] L, 61-57 G 3 Louis DabneyDabney 6-3 210 Fr. 1.9 ppgppg 0.9 rpgrpg 0.5 apgapg New Orleans,Orleans, La. 24 Southern W, 68-65 G 4 Ben CherryCherry 6-2 180 Sr.Sr. 4.4 ppgppg 0.9 rpgrpg 50.0 3FG%3FG% Charlotte,Charlotte, N.C.N.C. 27 Loyola (NO) W, 69-57 G 1111 KajonKajon Mack 6-3 185 Fr. 2.6 ppgppg 1.3 rpgrpg 80.0 FT%FT% Gardena,Gardena, Calif.Calif. December 1 Navy W, 51-41 G 12 Max Keenan 6-2 185 Jr. 0.0 ppgppg 0.3 rpgrpg Washington,Washington, D.C.D.C. 4 Nicholls State W, 65-48 G 15 RaAnthonyRaAnthony SandersSanders 6-4 200 Fr. 1.1 ppgppg 0.5 rpgrpg Holt, Ala. 8 at San Diego [FSN-SD] L, 78-72 F 20 Kevin Thomas 6-9 225 Jr. 1.1 ppgppg 0.5 rpgrpg 66.7 FG%FG% Waco, TexasTexas 19 UTPA + W, 76-49 F 21 Marc EddyEddy Norelia 6-7 210 Fr. 0.0 ppgppg 0.3 rpgrpg Orlando,Orlando, Fla. 20 Pepperdine + W, 69-54 G 24 JayJay Hook 6-3 178 So.So. 1.9 ppgppg 0.9 rpgrpg 0.2 spgspg Waco, Texas 22 vs. Hofstra $ W, 83-62 F 25 Lotanna NwogboNwogbo 6-8 255 So.So. 1.1 ppgppg 1.5 rpgrpg 0.2 bpgbpg Lithonia, Ga.Ga. 30 at Alabama [ESPNU] W, 53-50 January LAST TIME OUT... 4 Wofford W, 62-48 History was made in Devlin Fieldhouse on Wednesday night as Tulane defeated South Alabama, 84-73, in the 9 UTEP * L, 66-57 opening round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament for the program’s fi rst postseason victory since 1996. 12 at SMU * L, 59-53 Josh Davis led the Green Wave with 26 points and 12 rebounds for his 19th double double of the season.Ken- 19 Tulsa * [CST] W, 75-72 dall Timmons and Ricky Tarrant each added with 13 points in the win. Timmons scored the opening two points 22 at Memphis * [SportsSouth] L, 71-60 of the game and Tulane kept the lead throughout the entire game. Tulane’s defense held South Alabama to 26 Rice * [CSS] W, 73-66 just 34.6 percent shooting from the fi eld in the fi rst half and forced 15 total turnovers that led to 14 points. The 30 UCF * L, 58-50 Green Wave shot 44.1 percent from the fl oor in the game and connected on 27-of-37 free throws.The victory February was the fi rst in the postseason since the 1995-96 team won four games in the NIT. The win also gave Tulane 2 at UTEP * L, 62-50 its fi rst 20-win season since the 1999-2000 season and just the 11th 20-win season in the program’s history. 6 Marshall * W, 91-75 9 at Houston * [CSS] W, 88-85 TULANE IN THE COLLEGEINSIDER.COM TOURNAMENT 13 at Southern Miss * L, 71-60 Tulane will be playing in the postseason for the fi rst time since the 1999-2000 season after accepting a bid 16 SMU * [FSN] W, 78-67 to play in the 2013 CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT). The CIT, in its fi fth 23 at Rice * W, 89-64 season, is a 32-team tournament played at institutions around the nation 27 UAB * L, 76-71 and features schools from 23 Division I conferences. Previous champions March 2 at Tulsa * L, 78-66 of the CIT including Mercer (2012), Santa Clara (2011), Missouri State 6 at East Carolina * L, 88-85 (2010) and Old Dominion (2009). 9 Houston * L, 96-94 NOTE WORTHY... 13 vs. Marshall ! W, 66-64 • Tulane has 20 wins for the 11th time in program history and the fi rst since 1999-2000 (page 4). 14 vs. No.20/17 Memphis ! L, 81-68 • Tulane won a postseason game for the fi rst time since 1996 (page 4). 20 South Alabama & W, 84-73 23 at Bradley & L, 77-72 • Kendall Timmons sits 17th on Tulane’s career scoring list (page 5) • Jordan Callahan sits 19th on Tulane’s career scoring list (page 5). All times Central and subject to change * - Conference USA Game; ^ - Joe Cipriano Nebraska Classic; + - Tulane • Josh Davis became the third player in Tulane history to score 600 points in a season. (page 6). Classic; $ - at the Barclay Center in New York, N.Y.; ! - C-USA Champion- • Ricky Tarrant became the 34th player in school history to reach 1,000 career point milestone. (page 5). ship, Tulsa, Okla.; & - CollegeInside.com Tournament. TULANE GREEN WAVE 1 TULANE GREEN WAVE 2012-13 ROSTER No Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown/High School 00 Josh Davis F 6-8 215 Jr./1L Raleigh, N.C./N.C. State/Athens Drive HS 2 Ricky Tarrant G 6-2 190 So./1L Pleasant Grove, Ala./Pleasant Grove HS 3 Louis Dabney G 6-3 210 Fr./HS New Orleans, La./Riverside Academy 4 Ben Cherry G 6-2 180 Sr./2L Charlotte, N.C./Citadel/Myers Park HS 5 Jordan Callahan PG 6-0 190 Sr./3L Marietta, Ga./Blessed Trinity/The New Hampton School 11 Kajon Mack G 6-3 185 Fr./HS Gardena, Calif./Juniper Serra HS 12 Max Keenan G 6-2 185 Jr./TR Washington, D.C./McDaniel College/IMG Academy 13 Josh Birchfi eld C 6-8 255 So./TR Charleston, W. Va./Univ. of Rio Grande/Fork Union Military Acad. 15 RaAnthony Sanders G 6-4 200 Fr./HS Holt, Ala./Holt HS 20 Kevin Thomas F 6-9 225 Jr./2L Waco, Texas/University HS 21 Marc Eddy Norelia F 6-7 210 Fr./HS Orlando, Fla./Olympia HS 22 Kendall Timmons G/F 6-5 215 Sr./3L Fort Worth, Texas/Southwest HS 24 Jay Hook G 6-3 178 So./1L Waco, Texas/Midway HS 25 Lotanna Nwogbo F 6-8 255 So./1L Lithonia, Ga./Mount Vernon Presbyterian HS 34 Trevante Drye F 6-6 218 So./1L Baton Rouge, La./ Glen Oaks HS 41 Tomáš Brůha C 7-0 235 Jr./RS Prague, Czech Republic/Southeastern C.C./Canarias Acad. Head Coach: Ed Conroy (Citadel, 1989), 3rd year Assistant Coaches: Doug Novak (Tennessee, 1990), 3rd year; Andy Fox (Cornell College, 2004), 3rd year; Jeff Strohm (Eastern Illinois, 1988), 1st year Dir. of Operations: Cliff Barthe (Xavier (NO), 1981), 1st year Dir. of Video/Player Development: Matt Juranek PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Athletic Trainer: Cal Hall Ricky Tarrant ........................................................................TAIR-ant Equipment Manager: Joel Gastright Lotanna Nwogbo .....................................luh-TAAN-ah WOAH-boah Tre Drye .................................................................................trey dry Tomáš Brůha ...................................................toe-MAASH brew-HA Kajon Mack .........................................................................KAY-john Marc-Eddy Norelia ......................................................nor-REEL-yuh MEDIA CREDENTIALS INTERVIEW POLICIES RADIO NETWORK All requests for working press, photo and broadcast cre- Requests to interview head coach Ed Conroy or any dentials for Tulane 2012-13 home basketball games should member of the Tulane basketball team should be made at All of Tulane’s games can be heard live on the be made by contacting Brian Miller. 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