1999-2000 Women's Basketball
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1999-2000Tulane Women’sGreen Basketball Wave No. 19 Tulane (12-0, 1-0 C-USA) vs. UAB (8-4, 0-1 C-USA) Friday, Jan. 7 - Fogelman Arena - 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. 9.5 7.8 3.3 27.8 Date Opponent Time 33 Janell Burse C 6-5 Jr. New Orleans, La. 20.4 10.8 2.2^ 27.2 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. 6.0 1.8 4.0 22.5 13 Kelly Scanlon G 5-9 Jr. Ballston Lake, N.Y. 2.8 2.2 2.4 27.0 Fri., Nov. 19 at Siena W 97-92 ot 4 Grace Daley G 5-8 Sr. Ocala, Fla. 23.6 6.3 3.3 30.0 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 14 Jessica Carroll F 6-0 Fr. League City, Texas 2.0 1.7 0.2 8.6 Wed., Dec. 8 at Texas A&M W 91-74 23 Salome Hector G 5-5 So. Slidell, La. 8.6 2.6 1.8 18.7 Mon., Dec. 13 SMU W 81-69 24 La’Shanna Norris F 6-2 Fr. Joaquin, Texas 2.7 1.9 1.0 7.4 Tues., Dec. 21 vs. Nicholls State1 W 81-51 31 Kiki Cizmar G 6-1 Sr. Zagreb, Croatia 1.0 0.9 0.5 6.5 Tulane/Doubletree Classic 34 Britt Themann F 6-1 Fr. Seattle, Wash. 7.7 2.7 0.8 19.3 Mon., Dec. 27 Tulane vs. Providence W 81-57 44 Taryn Turnbull G 5-10 Jr. Kingston, Ontario 3.0 1.3 1.4 13.5 Tues., Dec. 28 Tulane vs. West Virginia W 104-75 ^ - blocked shots; # - steals Fri., Dec. 31 LSU W 76-72 Up Next Mon., Jan. 3 *SOUTHERN MISS. W 91-77 Fri., Jan. 7 *UAB ........................................... 7:00 p.m. No. 19 Tulane returns to action on Friday, as the Green Wave play host to Confer- Sun., Jan. 9 *MEMPHIS .................................. 2:00 p.m. ence USA foe UAB at Fogelman Arena. The Wave, winners of 12 straight to start the Fri., Jan. 14 *at Cincinnati ............................... 6:30 p.m. season, are one of only four unbeaten teams nationally (UConn, N.C. State and Missis- Sun., Jan. 16 *at Louisville ................................ 1:00 p.m. sippi State). Tulane has won 14 straight home games, and can tie the Conference USA Fri., Jan. 21 *at Houston .................................. 7:00 p.m. Sun., Jan. 23 *at South Florida .......................... 1:00 p.m. record for overall consecutive wins with a victory against the Lady Blazers on Friday. Fri., Jan 28 *SAINT LOUIS ............................. 7:00 p.m. Marquette set the previous mark of 13 straight wins during the 1997-98 season. Sun., Jan. 30 *at UNC Charlotte ........................ 1:00 p.m. Tulane is ranked 19th in the latest Associated Press poll and 20th in the lastest USA Thurs., Feb. 3 *DePAUL ..................................... 7:00 p.m. Today/ESPN Coaches’ poll. Sat., Feb. 5 *MARQUETTE (ESPN2) ............. 3:00 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 10 *HOUSTON ................................. 7:00 p.m. Scouting UAB Sat., Feb. 12 *SOUTH FLORIDA ...................... 5:00 p.m. UAB enters Friday’s contest with an 8-4 record after dropping a 65-64 decision to Thurs., Feb. 17 *at UAB ........................................ 7:00 p.m. Memphis on Sunday. Prior to that contest, UAB had won four straight and eight of its Sat., Feb. 19 *at Memphis (FOX Spots Net) .. 11:00 a.m. last 10. Sophomore Deanna Jackson, a preseason All-Conference USA pick, leads the Sun., Feb. 27 *at Southern Miss. ....................... 2:30 p.m. 2 Lady Blazers in both scoring and rebounding, chipping in 18.2 points and 11.5 rebounds March 3-6 Conference USA Tournament .................... TBA per contest, though Memphis held the 1999 C-USA Freshman of the Year to just nine * Conference USA games points and four rebounds in Sunday’s game. All times Central and subject to change Tulane holds an 8-5 edge in the all-time series, though UAB won the last meeting ( ) - Televised games 1 - at Houma Civic Center between the two schools. In fact, UAB is the last Conference USA school to have 2 - at Louisville, Ky. posted a win over Tulane. Prior to last season’s loss in Birmingham, Tulane had won six straight over the Lady Blazers. The Green Wave holds a 4-2 lead in games played in New Orleans The Tulane-UAB Series Overall Record: ................... Tulane leads 8-5 Green Wave On the Air at New Orleans .................. Tulane leads 4-2 Tulane fans can catch all the action of the Green Wave women’s basketball team on the at Birmingham .................. Tulane leads 4-3 radio once again this season. Friday’s contest against UAB, will be broadcast on WRBH, at Neutral Sites .......................... Never Met Current Streak ..............................UAB, 1-0 which is located at 88.3 FM on the FM dial in the New Orleans metro area. For the second straight year, New Orleans native Gerald Duhon will serve as the Last Meeting 2/4/99 - at Birmingham - UAB, 70-68 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 Salome Hector came off the bench to score a career-high 29 points to lead No. 19 Tulane to a 91-77 win over Conference USA rival Southern Mississippi in the league opener for both National Division C-USA Overall teams at Fogelman Arena on Monday. Tulane 0-0 .000 10-0 1.00 South Florida 0-0 .000 9-1 .900 Hector, who entered the game with 10 points as her career high, had 12 at the break and UAB 0-0 .000 7-3 .700 finished 14-of-16 at the free throw line to help lift the Green Wave (12-0, 1-0) to its 12th Memphis 0-0 .000 6-5 .545 straight win to start the season. Southern Miss dropped to 6-6 overall and 0-1 in C-USA play. Southern Miss. 0-0 .000 6-5 .545 Tulane led 42-39 at the break, and Southern Miss cut the lead to one 45 seconds in, before Houston 0-0 .000 2-7 .222 the Green Wave reeled off 13 straight points to take a 55-41 lead at the 15:24 mark. Hector started the burst with an old-fashioned three-point play and scored seven during the run, American Division C-USA Overall including four consecutive free throws, before Sarah Goree’s three-pointer capped the run. Marquette 0-0 .000 8-2 .800 Southern Miss fought back to within seven but the Green Wave responded with 10 straight Saint Louis 0-0 .000 7-3 .700 points, six from Janell Burse and four from Fabrecia Roberson, to take claim a 17-point Louisville 0-0 .000 7-4 .636 cushion at the 5:18 mark. Cincinnati 0-0 .000 6-4 .600 In addition to Hector’s 29 points, the sophomore from Slidell, La., added five rebounds, DePaul 0-0 .000 5-4 .556 three assists and four steals. Janell Burse added 28 points and a career-high 20 rebounds, just UNC Charlotte 0-0 .000 5-5 .500 missing the school single-game record of 21 rebounds set by Keisha Johnson in 1991. It marked the fifth time this season that the Green Wave has had at least two players score more 1999-00 C-USA Preseason than 20 points. Grace Daley added 11 points, giving the Wave three players in double figures Coaches Poll for the 11th time in 12 contests so far this season. National Division American Divsion Despite shooting 54.5 percent from the floor, Tulane could never seem to pull away from 1. Tulane 1. Marquette the Golden Eagles in the opening period. Burse had eight of Tulane’s first 16 points as part of 2. UAB 2. Louisville a 16-4 run to start the game, but Southern Miss cut the lead to eight at the 14:22 mark. The 3. Memphis 3. Cincinnati teams traded baskets for much of the opening stanza, and Tulane led 30-20 with 6:26 remain- 4. Houston 4. DePaul ing, before a lay up from Arnika Hughes and a three-pointer from Krystal Courtney brought the 5. Southern Miss 5. Saint Louis Golden Eagles to within five points at the 5:53 mark. Again the teams traded points before an 6. South Florida 6. UNC Charlotte Angela Johnson three-pointer at the buzzer brought USM to within three, 42-39, at the break. Tulane connected on 50.0 percent of its shots (33-of-66) for the game, while holding Conference Co-Favorites: Tulane and Marquette Southern Miss to just 35.2 percent (25-of-71) shooting.