GAME 1: ALABAMA A&M TULANE MEN’S BASKETBALL 2016-17 GAME NOTES @GREENWAVEMBB GREENWAVEMBB /GREENWAVEMBB TULANEGREENWAVE.COM TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2016 | 7:00 PM | COX SPORTS TV SCHEDULE & RESULTS Lakefront Arena | New Orleans Date Opponent Time/Score GAME 7: NOVEMBER 3 Loyola New Orleans (Exh.) W, 80-58 THE MATCHUP 11 vs. North Carolina1 L, 95-75 14 Southeastern Louisiana W, 93-76 TULANE GREEN WAVE NEW ORLEANS PRIVATEERS 17 vs. Oklahoma2 L, 89-70 at 18 vs. Arizona State2 L, 80-71 @GreenWave MBB @Privateers_MBB 20 vs. Missouri2 L, 67-62 26 at Georgia Tech L, 82-68 BY THE NUMBERS 29 at New Orleans [Cox Sports] 7 pm DECEMBER 1-5 ..........................RECORD ......................... 2-3 2 St. John’s [ESPNews] 7 pm 73.2 .................POINTS PER GAME................77.4 7 Southern [ESPN3] 7 pm 10 at Southern Miss 4:30 pm 34.3 ..............REBOUNDS PER GAME ............37.2 19 McNeese State [ESPN3] 7 pm 39.7 ...................FIELD GOAL PCT. .................45.2 23 Texas State [ESPN3] 1 pm 28 UCF* [ASN/ESPN3] 7 pm 39.0 .................THREE-POINT PCT.................34.1 JANUARY QUICK LOOK QUICK LOOK 1 at Cincinnati* [CBSSN] 6 pm 8 Memphis* [ASN/ESPN3] 2 pm TULANE NEW ORLEANS [ESPN3] 11 at USF* 6 pm HEAD COACH: MIKE DUNLEAVY, SR.(SOUTH CAROLINA ‘76) HEAD COACH: MARK SLESSINGER (AURORA ‘95) 15 SMU* [CBSSN] 5 pm 18 at Tulsa* [ESPNews] 6:30 pm RECORD AT TULANE: 1-5 (1ST YEAR) RECORD AT NEW ORLEANS: 59-89 (6TH YEAR) 21 Cincinnati* [CBSSN] 3 pm OVERALL RECORD: SAME OVERALL RECORD: 84-112 (8TH YEAR) 24 at Houston* [CBSSN] 8 pm 2016-17 RECORD: 1-5 2016-17 RECORD: 2-3 28 at UConn* [ESPNU] 7 pm 31 Temple* [ESPNews] 7 pm FEBRUARY 4 at East Carolina* [ASN/ESPN3] 1 pm PROBABLE STARTERS PROBABLE STARTERS 8 Houston* [ESPNews] 7 pm G 14 COLIN SLATER FR. 6-0 185 6.0 PPG 1.0 APG G 01 TEVIN BROYLES SR. 6-4 210 8.6 PPG 3.4 RPG 15 at SMU* [ASN/ESPN3] 8 pm G 13 MALIK MORGAN RSR. 6-4 205 9.3 PPG 5.8 RPG G 05 CHRISTAVIOUS GILL SR. 5-8 165 13.8 PPG 4.0 APG 18 USF* [ESPNews] 1 pm 21 East Carolina* [ESPNU] 8 pm G 35 MELVIN FRAZIER SO. 6-5 200 8.8 PPG 3.8 RPG G 13 JORGE ROSA JR. 6-3 205 8.0 PPG 2.6 RPG 25 at Temple* [ESPNU] 11 am G 5 CAMERON REYNOLDS RJR. 6-7 215 18.0 PPG 5.8 RPG F 14 ERIK THOMAS SR. 6-5 215 22.4 PPG 7.0 RPG MARCH C 15 RYAN SMITH SR. 6-11 250 7.7 PPG 6.3 RPG F 25 TRAVIN THIBODEAUX JR. 6-9 242 6.6 PPG 5.4 RPG 2 at Memphis* [ESPNU] 8 pm 5 Tulsa* [ESPNU/ESPNews] 3 pm STORYLINES THE OPPONENT 9-12 American Athletic • In search of road victory No. 1, Tulane plays the last of • New Orleans snapped a three-game skid last Friday Conference Tournament, night with a 90-63 home win over Florida College. The Hartford, Conn. five-straight games away from its home court and closes out the month of November with a quick trip across town Privateers are 2-0 when playing within their friendly confines this season. All Times Central and Subject to Change to face the University of New Orleans on Tuesday, Nov. 29. * - American Athletic Conference Game • Entrances to Tulane’s and UNO’s campuses are just under • In Friday’s win, junior forward Travin Thibodeaux posted a triple-double with season-high marks of 10 1 - Smoothie King Center 10 miles apart within the city limits. 2 - Tires Pros Invitational, Orlando points and 10 rebounds to go with a career-best 11 • Redshirt junior Cameron Reynolds has reached All home games played in the Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse assists. The triple-double was just the third in UNO history double-figure scoring in each of the Green Wave’s six and seventh nationally this season. games this season and is coming off his second 20-point • The Privateers are allowing opponents to score 84.2 WHERE TO FIND IT performance of the year at Georgia Tech on Saturday night. points per game, while shooting .466 overall (146-of- RADIO VIDEO STREAM He currently leads the team in scoring (18.0), is tied for 313) and .360 from beyond the three-point arc (41-of- second in rebounding (5.8), ranks third in assists per game 114). N/A (2.2) and has made 50 percent of his three-point shots (21-for-42) on the year. THE SERIES PXP: TODD GRAFFAGNINI • Tulane freshman forward Darian Jones and UNO junior • Tuesday’s matchup marks the 49th all-time meeting between the programs with the Green Wave leading, 25- BROADCAST GAME UPDATES forward Travin Thibodeaux both attended Brusly High 23, after a 64-62 home win last season. Malik Morgan School, but did not letter in the same seasons. Thibodeaux led the olive and blue with a team-high 12 points. @GREENWAVEMBB graduated in 2014, as Jones joined the varisty roster the • Tulane has won each of the last three games against following year. the Privateers, including its last trip to Lakefront Arena, as PXP: LYN ROLLINS the Wave escaped with a 57-53 triumph. COLOR: VICTOR HOWELL 2016-17 TULANE MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 7: AT NEW ORLEANS QUICK FACTS ROSTER LOCATION: New Orleans, La. No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School/High School ENROLLMENT: 13,449 (Private) 0 Jordan Cornish* G 6-6 220 Jr. New Orleans/Brother Martin/UNLV CONFERENCE: American Athletic Conference 2 Jackson Johnson G 5-10 170 So. Ponte Verda Beach, Fla./Ponte Verda ARENA: Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the 3 Ray Ona Embo G 6-3 185 Fr. Lognes, France/Quality Education Academy Devlin Fieldhouse (4,100) 4 Riley Conroy G 5-11 175 RSo. New Orleans/Jesuit PRESIDENT: Michael A. Fitts DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Troy Dannen 5 Cameron Reynolds G 6-7 215 RJr. Pearland, Texas/Pearland TICKET OFFICE PHONE: (504) 861-9283 10 Von Julien G 6-1 160 So. Reserve, La./Riverside Academy 11 Kain Harris G 6-4 210 So. Chicago/St. Rita of Cascia Men’s Basketball Staff 12 Sammis Reyes F 6-7 240 So. Santiago, Chile/North Broward Prep/Palm Beach State HEAD COACH: Mike Dunleavy, Sr. 13 Malik Morgan G 6-4 205 RSr. River Ridge, La./John Curtis/LSU Alma Mater/Year: South Carolina ‘76/1st 14 Colin Slater G 6-0 185 Fr. New Orleans/Immanuel (Calif.) Twitter: @MikeDunleavySr 15 Ryan Smith C 6-11 250 Sr. Wildomar, Calif./Lutheran ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Doug Stewart 21 Samir Sehic* F 6-9 240 So. Cypress, Texas/Cy Woods/Vanderbilt Alma Mater/Year: Brown ‘94/1st 22 Darian Jones F 6-8 185 Fr. Brusly, La./Brusly ASSISTANT COACH: Raman Sposato 23 Blake Paul F 6-9 230 So. New Orleans/Landry-Walker Alma Mater/Year: Oregon ‘02/1st 30 Bernard Woodside G 6-0 185 So. Tampa, Fla./Tampa Prep/ASA College ASSISTANT COACH: Anthony Wilkins 35 Melvin Frazier G 6-5 200 So. Avondale, La./L.W. Higgins Alma Mater/Year: Kent State ‘13/4th *Ineligible to play in 2016-17 DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS: Donald Reyes Alma Mater/Year: LSU ‘09/3rd DIRECTOR OF STUDENT-ATHLETE PRONUNCIATION GUIDE DEVELOPMENT: Tony Chiles KAIN Harris cane SAMMIS REYES SAM-es RAY-ess RAMAN SPOSATO RA-men Spo-SA-toe Alma Mater/Year: Columbia ‘89/1st MALIK Morgan ma-leek SAMIR SEHIC SA-meer SEH-hic Tony CHILES CHI-les COORDINATOR OF VIDEO & PLAYER Ray ONO EMBO O-na EM-bo Mike DUNLEAVY, Sr. DUN-lee-v Rafi Goldman RA-fee DEVELOPMENT: Joey Cantafio Alma Mater: Hampton-Sydney ‘11 ATHLETIC TRAINER: Alby Lindon MEDIA INFORMATION EARLY SIGNEES Alma Mater: West Florida ‘09 MEDIA CREDENTIALS BUL AJANG & BUAY KOKA STRENGTH & CONDITIONING All requests for working media, photo and broadcast credentials for Bul Ajang and Buay Koka are set to join Tulane for the 2017-18 COACH: Dan Rickaby 2016-17 Tulane men’s basketball games should be made by contacting season from from The Patrick School in Hillside, N.J., coached by Chris Alma Mater: Northern Michigan ‘07 Adam Miller. Credentials should be requested no later than Noon the Chavannes. Entering this season, The Patrick School is ranked No. 6 in EQUIPMENT MANAGER: Gabe Delatte day prior to a game. For all home games, credentials can be picked the country by MaxPreps and ranked No. 10 in the USA Today Sports Alma Mater: Notre Dame ‘13 up at media will-call, which can be found at the Freret St.-Newcombe Super 25 Preseason Rankings. GRADUATE ASSISTANT: Rafi Goldman Place entrance to Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. The pair from South Sudan will add much needed height and Alma Mater: Vanderbilt ‘14 athleticism to the Green Wave next year as Ajang stands at 6-10 and PROGRAM MEDIA INTERVIEW REQUEST POLICY Koka towers at an even 7-0. Ajang will bring an all-around talent with COORDINATOR: Aubrie Warkentien Requests to interview head coach Mike Dunleavy, Sr. or any member his ability to finish with both hands and shoot from the outside, while Alma Mater: Arizona ‘12 of the Tulane men’s basketball staff and team should be made at least Koka will be a presence in the middle as a rim protector and rebounder 24 hours in advance to Adam Miller. Requests will be met based on the with a seven-foot, seven-inch wing span.