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. The Green Wave also forced 21 Golden Eagle turnovers, picking up 13 steals in the process. Preseason All C-USA Team . Grace Daley Sr. G Tulane Jill Morton Sr. G Louisville From the Sidelines Madinah Slaise Sr. G Cincinnati Senior Grace Daley needs just 241 points to The Green Wave are 9-6 against SEC teams under Deanna Jackson So. F UAB become the all-time leading scorer in Tulane Stockton. Abbie Willenborg Sr. F Marquette history, and just 160 to reach 2,000 for her career. Preseason Player of the Year: Grace Daley, Tulane She has scored at least 20 points in eight of As a team, Tulane is fourth in the nation in scoring Tulane’s first 11 games. offense, and 15th in scoring margin. Tulane on Fax-on-Demand There are several ways for members of Janell Burse is ranked in the Top 20 of four Of the five individual awards handed out by C-USA, Grace the media to obtain the latest news and information on the Tulane women’s national statistical categories, while Grace Daley is Daley has claimed four of them. In fact, Daley and basketball team. ranked in the Top 5 in scoring. teammate Janell Burse are the only two players in league Updated notes and statistics, as well history to earn two or more different C-USA awards. as a roster, schedule and the latest box Tulane has an impressive 28-3 record in non- score are located on the Conference USA Fax-on-Demand system. To access the conference games at Fogelman Arena in five seasons Tulane’s 12-0 start is the Wave’s best beginning in system, dial (201) 585-5404 from the under Lisa Stockton. Overall, Tulane has won 14 school history, while also setting a new school handset of your fax machine. When consecutive games at Fogelman. standard for consecutive wins. prompted, enter the document number for the information you would like to receive. In the five years that Lisa Stockton has been at In all games, the Wave are 58-11 (.841) at home Information Doc. # Tulane, the Green Wave has posted victories over an over the last five years. In the five years prior to Latest Release ...... 2321 impressive list of non-conference schools, including Stockton’s arrival, the Wave were 38-34 at home. Statistics/Results ...... 2322 Roster/Schedule ...... 2323 (in alphabetical order): Alabama, Auburn, UC-Santa Notes ...... 2324 Barbara, Colorado, Colorado State, Iowa State, LSU, Tulane is seeking its sixth straight berth in the Latest Box Score ...... 2325 Maine, Miami, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Rice, SMU, NCAA Tournament and its fifth consecutive 20-win Virginia Tech, Xavier. season.

Grace Daley was named the Conference USA Grace Daley has a weekly diary on Tulane’s official preseason Player of the Year and has been named athletic department website at as a preseason All-American by several publications. www.TulaneGreenWave.com. 1999-00 Tulane Women’s Basketball Tulane Quick Facts Burse Named Player of the Week Location: New Orleans, La. Janell Burse has been named the Conference USA Women’s Basketball Player of the Founded: 1834 Week, the league office announced Monday. The 6-5 center earned the honor after Enrollment: 11,300 leading Tulane to three wins, including an upset of No. 11 LSU. Nickname: Green Wave Burse started the week by earning Most Valuable Player honors at the Tulane/ Colors: Olive Green & Sky Blue DoubleTree Classic. She opened the tournament with 30 points, 17 rebounds and five Arena: Fogelman Arena blocked shots against Providence and followed that with 24 points, 10 rebounds and Capacity: 3,600 four blocks against West Virginia. In the upset win over LSU, the junior recorded her Affiliation: NCAA Division I third straight double-double with 15 points and 14 rebounds. Conference: Conference USA For the week, Burse averaged 23.0 points, 13.7 rebounds and 3.3 blocks, while President: Dr. Scott S. Cowen connecting on 62.5 percent of her shots (25-of-40) and 76.0 percent of her free throws Alma Mater: Connecticut, 1968 (19-of-25). In 76 minutes of work duirng the week, Burse totalled 69 points, 10 blocked Interim Athletic Director: Scott Devine shots, four steals and just three turnovers. Alma Mater: New Brunswick, 1983 It marked the second time in her career that Burse has been named as C-USA’s Player of the Week. Burse’s honor makes Tulane the only school that has had two Head Coach: Lisa Stockton different players win Player of the Week this season, as Grace Daley has picked up the Alma Mater: Wake Forest, 1986 award twice already this season. Overall Record: 187-65 (8+ years) Record at Tulane: 124-38 (5+ years) There’s No Place Like Home Assistant Coaches: Tulane has an impressive 28-3 record in non-conference games at Fogelman Arena Katie Meier (Duke, 1989) under Lisa Stockton, and has won 13 straight home games against non-conference Kellie Kennedy (North Carolina, 1990) opponents. The Tulane faithful have seen homecourt wins over the likes of Mississippi Rodnelle Hadley (Tulane, 1998) State, Rice, Ole Miss, Colorado State, LSU, Maine and SMU during that span. The Athletic Trainer: Greg Sonnenfeld (Tulsa, 97) Wave’s only non-conference losses at Fogelman Arena were to George Washington Manager: Eric Fields (69-57, Dec. 3, 1994), LSU (61-58, Dec. 28, 1995) and SMU (68-58, Nov. 25, 1997). 1998-99 Overall Record: 24-6 Burse for All-Big East? Conference Record: 12-4 Of Janell Burse’s five double-doubles so far this season, four have come against Big Conference Finish: T1st/Tourn. Champs East schools. She started with 15 points and 11 rebounds on the road at Miami before Postseason: NCAA First Round turning in 23 points and 14 rebounds at home against Georgetown. She then added 30 Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 points and 17 rebounds against Providence and 24 points and 10 rebounds against West Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/2 Virginia. In the four games against Big East opponents, Burse averaged 23.0 points, Tulane Media Relations 12.0 rebounds and 2.8.blocks. Interim Director: Richard Paige Balanced Scorers Assistant Director/WBK Contact: Tulane had three players record double figure points against Southern Miss, marking Philip Allison the 11th time in 12 contests this season that the Wave has had at least three double-digit Assistant Director: Krisden Wunsch scorers. In all, eight of Tulane’s 11 players have already scored in double figures at Media Relations Assistant: Drew Porche least once this season. Media Relations Mailing Address Wave Rolls in the Classroom Tulane Media Relations Of the 13 players on the Tulane women’s basketball team, 11 achieved at least a 3.0 Wilson Center grade point average this past fall. 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 In Good Company Beasts of the Big East Daley Scoring Update Tulane junior center Janell Burse is Tulane has played four games this Senior guard Grace Daley needs just 160 ranked in the Top 20 of four national season against Big East opponents and has points to become the second player in Tulane statistical categories, according to the posted a perfect 4-0 record in those history to reach the 2,000-point plateau. She most recent NCAA women’s basketball contests. The Wave opened its Big East needs 241 points to become the Green Wave’s statistical release. slate with a 75-66 win at Miami before all-time leading scorer and surpass Stacey Burse, a native of New Orleans, La., is posting a 72-62 win at home against Gaudet (‘83-’87) who finished her Tulane one of just six players nationally to be Georgetown. Tulane then posted an 81-57 career with 2,080 points. Daley entered the season with 1,557 career points and now has ranked in the Top 20 in both scoring and win over Providence and followed that 1,840 through the first 12 games of the th rebounding. She checks in at 19 nation- with a 104-75 win against West Virginia. season. ally in scoring with a 20.4 points per game Janell Burse had a double-double in all In order to break the Tulane career scoring average, and stands 14th nationally with four games. record during the regular season, Daley would 10.8 rebounds per contest average. She need to average 15.1 points through the Amazing Mae also ranks 20th in field goal percentage Amazing Mae Wave’s 16 remaining games. She needs to (.589) and tied for 19th in blocked shots Sophomore Salome Hector had a average just 10.7 points per game to reach (2.2 bpg). break-out game in the Wave’s C-USA 2,000 career points through the regular Senior All-American Grace Daley is opener against Southern Mississippi. season. Should she reach 2,000 career points, she ranked fifth nationally in scoring at 23.6 Entering the game with a career-high of just 10 points, she had 12 at halftime and would become just the second person in both points per game, making Tulane the only Tulane and Conference USA history to reach school in the nation to have two players in finished with a game-high 29 points on 7- of-9 shooting. She also added 14-of-16 that plateau. the Top 20 in scoring. At her current pace of 23.6 points per free throws, hitting her first 13 in a row. As a team, the 19th-ranked Green Wave game, Daley would finish the regular season are tied with Connecticut, Mississippi She also added five assists, three assists with 2,194 career points. State and N.C. State for the national lead and four steals. The following graphs will track Daley’s progress as she moves up the Green Wave and in winning percentage as the four schools Burse Bombs USM Burse Bombs USM C-USA all-time career scoring charts. are the country’s only undefeated teams. Junior center Janell Burse recorded her Tulane is also ranked fourth nationally in fourth consecutive double-double, and Tulane Career Scoring Chart scoring offense (85.5 points per game) seventh of the year, against Southern 1. Stacey Gaudet (‘83-’87) ...... 2,080 and 15th in scoring margin (+19.2 points Mississippi with 28 points and 20 re- 2. Carmen Jones (‘86-’90) ...... 1,876 per game). bounds. The 20 rebounds were one shy of 3. Grace Daley (‘97-Present) ...... 1,840 the school record of 21 set by Keisha 4. Keisha Johnson (‘90-’94) ...... 1,826 Been Caught Stealing 5. Barbara Farris (‘94-’98) ...... 1,729 In addition to her race up the Tulane Johnson against Nicholls State in 1991. and Conference USA career scoring Burse becomes just the third person in Conference USA Career Scoring Chart charts, senior Grace Daley can also make school history to post a 20-rebound game, 1. Tamika Whitmore, UM (‘96-’99) ...... 2,488 joining Johnson and Terry Johnson, who 2. Grace Daley, Tulane (‘97-Pres.) ..... 1,840 history in the categories of steals and free 3. LaTonya Johnson, UM (‘95-’98) ...... 1,703 throws as well. grabbed 20 caroms against William Carey during the 1979-80 campaign. 4. Sharon Bellamy, UL (‘96-’99) ...... 1,577 She currently has 243 career thefts, 5. Jamie Cavaness, SLU (‘96-’99) ...... 1,412 good enough to rank second in both school and conference history. She trails only Carmen Jones’ 307 steals for the Daley Named C-USA Preseason Player of the Year Tulane lead and DePaul’s Kim Williams’ For the third straight year, Grace Daley has been named to the preseason All- Conference USA team, this time as the league’s preseason Player of the Year. 251 thefts for the C-USA career lead. In an incredible three seasons at Tulane, Daley has won all but one award Daley also ranks second all-time in doled out by Conference USA. As a freshman, she was voted as the league’s league history in free throws made with Freshman of the Year and its Sixth Player of the Year. After her sophomore 472, trailing only Memphis’ Tamika season, she was named C-USA’s Defensive Player of the Year. Daley also Whitmore (498) for the all-time lead. earned Conference USA Tournament Most Valuable Player honors after leading A December to Remember the Green Wave to the championship title last season. She has twice been named Senior forward Fabrecia Roberson has first-team All-Conference USA and was a member of the C-USA All-Freshman team. The only Conference USA award that Daley has not won is league Player of had quite a December. In Tulane’s final the Year. seven games during the month of Decem- Daley is one of only two players in league history to have won more than one of ber, Roberson posted three double- the five C-USA individual awards. The other is teammate Janell Burse, who was doubles and averaged 10.7 points, 9.3 named Sixth Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year last season. rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.7 steals during Already this season, Daley has been named a second-team preseason All- that span. 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- season All-American by the Women’s Basketball Journal and a high honorable mention preseason All-American by Street & Smith’s. 1999-00 Tulane Women’s Basketball Tulane vs. the SEC Here Comes the Cavalry Noteworthy Wins The SEC is regarded by many as the Depth was a huge factor in Tulane’s Under head coach Lisa Stockton, the nation’s premiere women’s basketball win over rival LSU. The Green Wave got Tulane women’s basketball team has posted conference. However, under Lisa Stock- 18 points and 62 minutes of work from its some impressive non-conference wins against ton, Tulane is 9-6 against SEC teams, reserves, while LSU’s bench recorded no teams that reached postseason play and that including a 3-3 mark against rival LSU. field goals and just two points in only 32 have been, or currently are, ranked highly in The Green Wave have won its last three minutes of action. the polls over the last few years. contests against SEC foes. Sophomore Salome Hector led the 1994-95 charge from the bench, scring 10 points, Dec. 7 at Rice W 70-66 Our House Our House while also adding a career-best five assists Jan. 3 Mississippi State W 85-64 A crowd of 3,369 were on hand at without a turnover in 22 minutes of work. Jan. 18 at LSU W 57-50 Fogelman Arena to see No. 24 Tulane’s Junior Taryn Turnbull had just one Jan. 27 Virginia Tech W 72-62 upset of No. 11 LSU, marking the largest field goal against LSU, but it was a big 1995-96 crowd to ever see a women’s basketball one, as she hit a three-pointer that started Nov. 29 Rice W 69-62 game at Tulane. The crowd surpassed the a 9-0 Tulane run and gave the Wave the Dec. 9 at Mississippi State W 71-63 previous record of 3,069 set during the lead for good. Dec. 18 vs. Xavier W 71-63 1999 C-USA Tournament championship Jan. 3 at SMU W 71-62 game - a Tulane win over Cincinnati. Double-Double x3 1996-97 Center Janell Burse recorded 15 points Nov. 30 Mississippi W 69-54 Our House, Part 2 and 14 rebounds in the win against No. 11 Dec. 21 vs. Iowa State W 68-61 In addition to being the largest crowd LSU to record her third consecutive Dec. 28 Colorado State W 105-72 to ever watch a women’s basketball game double-double. March 16 vs. UC-Santa Barbara W 72-69 at Fogelman Arena, the crowd of 3,369 for 1997-98 the LSU game was larger than the crowd Terrific Taryn Nov. 21 at Mississippi W 68-55 of 1,970 that watched the second half of Junior guard Taryn Turnbull scored a Nov. 29 LSU W 65-54 Friday’s doubleheader (Tulane men vs. career-high 10 points against West Dec. 6 vs. Colorado W 63-62 SMU). Virginia, one of six Wave players to hit 1998-99 double-figures against the Mountaineers. 1999 Conference USA Nov. 22 Miami W 63-56 Burse Earns MVP Honors Dec. 5 at SMU W 81-80 Junior center Janell Burse recorded her Dec. 13 vs. Auburn W 64-53 Regular Season Dec. 29 Maine W 85-76 second straight double-double, and fifth Champions of the year, with 24 points and 10 1999-00 rebounds against West Virginia, helping Nov. 19 at Siena W 97-92 her to earn Most Valuable Player honors Nov. 28 at Miami W 75-66 Dec. 2 Alabama W 81-69 1999 Conference USA of the Tulane/DoubleTree Classic. In two Dec. 13 SMU W 81-69 games against Providence and West Dec. 31 LSU W 76-72 Tournament Virginia, Burse averaged 27.0 points, 13.5 Champions rebounds, 4.5 blocks and 2.0 steals, while Goree in Giving Mood committing just two turnovers in 55 total Sophomore Sarah Goree set a new career C-USA Records After Four Years minutes of action. high with seven assists against Providence. In addition to Tulane’s impressive non- Steady Scanlon Bravo Britt conference wins, the Wave has also had their Junior point guard Kelly Scanlon did Freshman Britt Themann scored a share of success in Conference USA. Tulane is not commit a turnover against West the only school to have won 90 or more games game-high 18 points against Nicholls State, over the last four yearsand is one of just three Virginia, marking the sixth time in 10 becoming the first Wave newcomer to lead schools to have posted 45 or more league wins games this season that she has recorded the squad in scoring since Sarah Goree during that span. one or fewer miscues. In addition, she dropped 19 points on UAB last season. did not commit a turnover in the Wave’s School (alphabetical) C-USA Overall win against UNC Asheville. Daley Double UAB 26-34 54-60 Thanks to her 35 point, nine-rebound Cincinnati 32-28 68-48 Burse Bursts Providence effort against SMU, Grace Daley was DePaul 35-25 64-52 By halftime of Tulane’s win against Houston 4-42 19-64 named Conference USA Player of the Louisville 45-15 78-43 Providence, junior center Janell Burse had Week for the second consecutive week. Marquette 40-20 72-45 already recorded her fourth double-double She becomes just the second player in C- Memphis 46-14 86-36 of the season, registering 16 points and 12 USA history to earn back-to-back Player UNC Charlotte 14-46 33-77 rebounds before the break. She finished of the Week honors. In all, Daley has won Saint Louis 16-44 45-65 with 30 points and a career-high 17 Player of the Week five different times and Southern Miss. 30-30 56-52 rebounds against the Friars. is the only player in league history to earn South Florida 20-40 40-69 the honor in four consecutive seasons. Tulane 45-15 93-28 1999-00 Tulane Women’s Basketball Back-to-Back Daley Named Conference USA Scanlon Assists in Win Against Grace Daley’s 35 points against SMU Player of the Week Aggies gives her back-to-back 30-point efforts for Grace Daley was named the Confer- Point guard Kelly Scanlon didn’t the first time since her sophomore season, ence USA Women’s Basketball Player of attempt a shot against Texas A&M, but when she scored 31 points in an overtime the Week after her performance against the junior turned in an impressive perfor- win at Cincinnati (Feb. 2, 1998) and Texas A&M. mance regardless, dishing out a game-high followed that with 36 points in an 89-67 She recorded 33 points, 13 rebounds, six assists while committing just one win over Memphis (Feb. 6) at Fogelman five assists and two steals while committing turnover in 28 minutes of action. Arena. Daley has now surpassed the 30- just one turnover in 35 minutes of action Burse, Roberson Have Hoyas point plateau eight times in her career. against the Aggies. She connected on Burse, Roberson Have Hoyas Seeing Double 63.2 percent of her shots from the floor Seeing Double Spurt-Ability Spurt-Ability (12-of-19), including 50.0 percent of her Janell Burse (23 pts, 14 rebs.) and Fabrecia With SMU holding a 20-13 lead three-point attempts (3-of-6). She finished Roberson (10 pts, 12 rebs.) each posted midway through the first half, Tulane 6-of-8 from the free throw line (75.0 double-doubles against Georgetown, giving scored 26 consecutive points to claim a percent). the Wave two players with double-doubles in 39-20 lead. Seven different Wave players The honor marked the fourth time that the same game for the first time since last scored during the burst. Daley, the Conference USA Preseason season’s home meeting with South Florida. Daley Torments Texas Player of the Year, has been named C-USA The Dynamic Defensive Duo In Tulane’s wins over Texas A&M and Player of the Week. She was selected as In the first half of the Georgetown SMU, Grace Daley averaged 34.0 points, the league’s top player on Dec. 14, 1998, game, Hoya guard Katie Smrcka-Duffy had 11.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals. Feb. 9, 1998 and Feb. 17, 1997. 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting. However, in She scored 33 points and had 13 rebounds Daley, Roberson Spell Double the second half, guards Kelly Scanlon and against Texas A&M and just missed her Trouble for A&M Taryn Turnbull teamed to limit the All-Big second straight double-double with 35 Grace Daley (33 pts, 13 rebs.) and East selection to just six points on 2-of-8 points and nine rebounds against SMU. Fabrecia Roberson (11 pts, 10 rebs.) each shooting, including an 0-of-2 performance It should come as no surprise, how- posted double-doubles against Texas from beyond the three-point arc. ever, as Daley has a history of coming up A&M, giving the Wave two players with Green Wave Crashes Over big against schools from the state of double-doubles for the second straight Texas. In 10 games against Lone Star Crimson Tide game. It was Roberson’s second consecu- Tulane’s win over Alabama gave the State opponents, Daley is averaging 24.9 tive double-double, as the senior also points per game, including an impressive Crimson Tide its largest non-conference chipped in 10 points and 12 rebounds road loss since a 72-56 defeat at the hands 33.0 points in three meetings with SMU. against Georgetown. Daley’s career-high of 38 points came of Louisiana Tech during the 1994-95 against SMU last season. season. The win over Alabama improved the Green Wave to 8-6 against SEC teams under head coach Lisa Stockton. Trio of Future Greenies Sign with Wave Tulane picked up three signees during the Fall early signing period, head coach Fabulous Fabrecia Lisa Stockton has announced. Tiffany Wilson from Marietta, Ga., Kelly Nadeau from Senior forward Fabrecia Roberson was Hudson, N.H., and Tymeka Moore from Houston, Texas have all signed a National a catalyst on both ends of the floor in the Letter of Intent and will join the Green Wave next fall. Wave’s win over Alabama. She recorded Wilson, a 5-11 small forward at Pope High School, was an All-State selection as a career highs with five assists and six junior and was named to the Atlanta TipOff Club All-Metro team. She led Pope to the steals, while committing just one turnover 1999 4A state championship after helping the squad to a 24-6 record in 1998. in 24 minutes of action. Twice named All-County, All-Region and team Most Valuable Player, Wilson led Pope in scoring and rebounding in 1999, averaging 14.3 points and 8.5 rebounds per Bombs Away contest. Tulane connected on 10 three-pointers Nadeau, a 5-6 point guard at Alvirne High School, was named to the 1998 against Miami, its highest single-game honorable mention All-America team by Street & Smith’s and was chosen as a total from beyond the arc since draining preseason honorable mention All-American by USA Today. She averaged 15 points, 10 three’s against South Alabama on Dec. six assists and four rebounds per game while at Alvirne and was a first-team All- 1, 1997. In the second half against Miami, State selection. Nadeau also played with the Crusaders AAU team, helping the squad the Wave hit an impressive 71.4 percent to five straight AAU state titles. She also attended the WBCA Super Select Camp in of its three-pointers, while holding the Atlanta this past summer. Hurricaines to just 12.5 percent shooting Moore, a 5-9 guard from Clear Creek High School, has been named first-team all- from beyond the arc for the game. Greater Houston by the area's sportswriters. She was an all-region selection by the Grace Daley and Kelly Scanlon led the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches this past year and was a first-team all- way with three three-pointers each against district choice as well. Moore was a second-team all-district honoree in 1998. As a Miami, while Britt Themann added two. junior, Moore averaged 12.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. As a team, Tulane hit 10-of-20 attempts (.500) from beyond the arc. 1999-00 Tulane Women’s Basketball Lucky No. 7 Tulane Leads Conference USA See You Next Year Tulane’s win over UNC Asheville Since its inception four years ago, no In addition to Tulane’s impressive marked the first-ever game in school Conference USA team has posted as many recruiting class, the Green Wave will be history in which seven players scored in wins as Tulane. The Green Wave posted a joined on the court next season by double figures. The game was also 93-28 record over the first four years of sophomore transfer Teana McKiver. Tulane’s largest-ever margin of victory Conference USA, good for a .769 winning McKiver, who is sitting out the 1999- (64 points), while the 32 points scored by percentage, making Tulane the only 00 campaign in accordance with NCAA UNC Asheville was the fourth-lowest school in the league to win at least 75 transfer rules, will be eligible beginning allowed in school history. The three percent of its games during that span. with the 2000-01 campaign and will have lowest point totals were all registered by The next closest league team is three seasons of eligibility remaining. Spring Hill College in the late 1970’s. Memphis, who checks in with a four-year As a freshman at East Carolina during Tulane posted a 54-15 win in February of record of 86-36 (.705). the 1998-99 season, McKiver averaged 1976 and an 82-19 win in January of 9.5 points and 5.5 rebounds despite Wave Picked to Retain Title 1977. The Wave were also 57-16 winners Wave Picked to Retain Title playing just 19 games due to injuries. In in February of 1978. After winning the Conference USA three Colonial Athletic Association regular-season and C-USA Tournament tournament games, she averaged 14.7 Making the Most of Her Time Making the Most of Her Time titles last year, Tulane enters the 1999-00 points, 11.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocked Grace Daley led Tulane in scoring in campaign as the preseason favorite to shots, including a solid 13 point, nine its win over UNC Asheville, posting 20 capture the C-USA championship. In a rebound performance in the championship points in just 15 minutes of action. Janell vote by the 12 league coaches, the Green game against then-No. 5 Old Dominion. Burse also made the most of her time on Wave were chosen as the top team in C- She set a CAA Tournament single- the floor, contributing 15 points in 19 USA’s National Division and were game record with six blocked shots minutes of action. selected as the early co-favorites along against Richmond in the semifinals to go with Marquette. Home Sweet Home along with a career-high 17 points and 11 Tulane also enters the season ranked rebounds. Tulane’s season-opening trip to Siena 20th in Street & Smith’s preseason poll, marked a homecoming for guard Kelly 22nd in Blue Ribbon Yearbook and 23rd Freshman Phenoms Scanlon. The junior is a native of Ballston in Basketball News. The Wave are listed The Green Wave currently has three Lake, N.Y., just a short drive from the 27th in the preseason Associated Press players on its roster who were named to Siena campus in Loudonville. After poll and 29th in the ESPN/USA Today the Conference USA All-Freshman team arriving in New York on Thursday poll, and is among the “Best of the Rest” during their rookie seasons - more than afternoon, the Wave enjoyed dinner at the in the Women’s Basketball Journal any other league school. Most recently, Scanlon’s house. preseason predictions. sophomore Sarah Goree was selected to Scanlon prepped at Shenendehowa the C-USA All-Freshman team last Welcome Back High School in Ballston Lake, where she Welcome Back season. Senior Grace Daley and redshirt was named Gatorade Player of the Year for The Green Wave welcomes point junior Kelly Scanlon were chosen to the the state of New York as a senior in 1996. guard Kelly Scanlon back to the line-up All-Freshman team in 1997. this year after she sat out last season with Burse Blasts Siena Burse Blasts Siena a medical redshirt. Scanlon was the Junior center Janell Burse easily set Gatorade Player of the Year for the state new career highs in points, rebounds and of New York as a high school senior and steals in her performance in the Wave’s was a member of the C-USA All-Fresh- opener at Siena. The New Orleans native man team in 1997. posted 34 points, 17 rebounds and four steals against the Saints, surpassing her previous bests of 22 points, 12 rebounds and two steals. Amazing Grace to the Resuce Senior guard Grace Daley scored 12 of Tulane’s 18 points in overtime against Siena, including the Wave’s first 10 of the extra frame. She also scored on a driving lay-up with four seconds left to knot the game at 79-79, forcing the contest into overtime. Daley finished with 29 points against Siena. www. TulaneGreenWave.com 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 78-59 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