Tulane vs. SMU - Digital Program

TULANE

G R E E N

W A V E

W E E K L Y

NOBAL DAYS

VS.

GAME 15

VS. SMU PRESENTED BY

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T O D A Y ’ S

G A M E

Tulane Men’s Basketball Welcomes SMU on Saturday G R E E N WAV E T O W E L C O M E C O U G A R S F O R A 1 P. M . T I P O F F STARTING FIVE 1. The Tulane University men’s basketball team, winners of four of its last five games, return home for its matchup with SMU. Tulane’s home contest with SMU will mark the first time since the 2019-20 campaign that the two teams will face off against one another. Both meetings last season were cancelled due to COVID-19. The game on Saturday will tipoff at 1 p.m. CT and will be aired live on ESPN+.

2. The Green Wave enters their meeting with SMU in the hopes of continuing their momentum following a thrilling come-from-behind win over Wichita State this past Wednesday on the road. The Green Wave will look to improve to 5-1 in league play for the first time ever since joining the American Athletic Conference for the start of the 2014-15 campaign.

3. Tulane will look to capture its third straight win in league play. The Green Wave have NEVER won three straight AAC games. The last time Tulane won three straight conference games in any league was back in 2009 while competing in Conference USA. 4. This season, head coach Ron Hunter’s staff welcomes back six letterwinners, six newcomers and three starters, including preseason AllAmerican Athletic Conference honoree Jaylen Forbes. Forbes is one of three players on the team, averaging 10-or-more points per game.

Freshman Jalen Cook leads the team with 19.3 points per game - a figure that ranks second in the American Athletic Conference. As a team, Tulane is averaging 72.7 points per game and connecting at a 44.5 percent clip.

5. The Green Wave have won the turnover battle in 11 of their 14 games this season. During the 2020-21 campaign, Tulane won the turnover battle in 19 of its 23 contests last season while also forcing opponents into at least 15 mishaps on 11 occasions. During the 2019-20 campaign, the Green Wave committed equal or fewer turnovers than its opponents in 28 of 30 contests while ranking in the top 15 nationally in turnover margin (+4.3).

GREEN WAVE POTENTIAL STARTERS

GP/GS.................13/13 PPG......................19.3 RPG........................2.9 APG........................3.6 3FG%...................43.3

#1 Sion JAMES Freshman » Guard

GP/GS.................14/13 PPG........................7.4 RPG........................4.1 APG........................3.0 SPG........................1.5

#25 Jaylen FORBES Sophomore » Guard

GP/GS.................14/14 PPG......................15.4 RPG........................4.7 APG........................1.2 3FG%...................37.6

#22 RJ MCGEE Sophomore » Guard

GP/GS...................12/3 PPG........................5.8 RPG........................3.4 SPG........................1.3 FG%.....................37.5

Tulane guard Jaylen Forbes has made 36 straight starts, dating back to last season. His 36 straight starts are the most on the team.

9 Nine of Tulane’s 14 games this season have been decided by five points or less. In addition, Tulane is the ONLY team in the American Athletic Conference to have had nine of its games decided by five points or less.

THE SERIES • Tulane’s matchup with SMU will mark the 40th all-time meeting between the two teams.

#3 Jalen COOK Freshman » Guard

36

#24 Kevin CROSS Sophomore » Forward

GP/GS.................12/12 PPG......................13.9 RPG........................6.0 APG........................3.2 SPG........................1.0

1 Sophomore Kevin Cross is the ONLY player in the AAC to rank in the league’s top 10 in field goal percentage (54.8), rebounding (6.0) and assists (3.2) this season.

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C O A C H I N G

S T A F F

TULANE COACHING STAFF HE AD COACH

RON HUNTER COACHING STAFF

RAY MCCALLUM CLAUDE PARDUE KEVIN JOHNSON Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach

SEAN MOCK Director of Student-Athlete Development

RASHAAD RICHARDSON Graduate Assistant

DAN RICKABY Strength and Conditioning

NATE SUMMERS Dir. of Basketball Ops.

QUINTON NEASE Sports Medicine

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S M U

M U S T A N G S

R O S T E R

NUMERICAL NO. NAME

POS.

HT.

WT.

EXP. HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)0

1

Zhuric Phelps

G

6-3

175

FR-HS

Midland, Texas / Duncanville HS

2

Jalen Smith

G

6-4

175

FR-HS

Orlando, Florida / Oak Ridge HS

3

Kendric Davis

G

6-1

180

SR-2L

Houston, Texas / TCU / Sam Houston HS

4

Tyler Lundblade

G

6-5

185

FR-HS

Dallas, Texas / Greensboro Day School (N.C.)

5

Emmanuel Bandoumel

G

6-4

180

SR-2L

Quebec City, Quebec / Hill College / de Brebeuf HS

10 Zach Nutall

G

6-3

185

SR-TR

Bryan, Texas / Sam Houston / Bryan HS

13 Stefan Todorovic

F

6-8

190

FR-HS

Belgrade, Serbia / Prolific Prep (California)

15 Darius McBride

G

6-4

190

SO-1L

Cedar Park, Texas / Austin Westlake HS

21 Jahmar Young Jr.

F

6-9

215

JR-2L

Oak Cliff, Texas / DeSoto HS

22 Isiah Jasey

F

6-10

250

SR-2L

Killeen, Texas / Texas A&M

23 Michael Weathers

G

6-3

175

SR-TR

Sunrise Christian Academy [Kansas] Roeland Park, Kansas / Texas Southern

Oklahoma State / Miami (OH) / Shawnee Mission North HS 25 Tristan Clark

F

6-10

245

SR-TR

San Antonio, Texas / Baylor / Wagner HS

33 Franklin Agunanne

F

6-9

245

JR-TR

Abuja, Nigeria / Loyola Chicago / La Lumiere (Ind.)

50 Marcus Weathers

F

6-5

215

SR-TR

Roeland Park, Kansas / Duquesne / Miami (OH)

Tim Jankovich: Head Coach Jay Duncan: Assistant Coach (10th Year at SMU) Yaphett King: Assistant Coach (3rd Year at SMU) John Cooper: Assistant Coach (2nd Year at SMU) Sean Stout: Director of Operations (10th Year at SMU) Nemanja Jovanovic: Director of Player Development (7th Year at SMU) Jon Ekey: Video Coordinator (6th Year at SMU) Mike Hatch: Director of Recruiting (4th Year at SMU) Zach Steinberg: Graduate Manager Jace Fredenburg: Director of Basketball Athletic Performance Myles Thornton: Assistant Athletic Trainer Herman Hudson: Athletics Public Relations

Shawnee Mission North HS

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T U L A N E

R O S T E R S

NUMERICAL NO. NAME

POS. HT. WT. EXP.

HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)

0

Braelee Albert

G/F 6-5 220 So.

Los Angeles, Calif. / Brentwood School / Vanderbilt University

1

Sion James

G

6-5 205 Fr.

Sugar Hill, Ga. / Lanier

2

Jadan Coleman

G

6-4 170 Fr.

Madison, Ala. / Bob Jones

3

Jalen Cook

G

6-0 205 Fr.

Walker, La. / Walker / LSU

4

Nobal Days

F

6-9 220 So.

Racine, Wisc. / Racine / Park

10

Oton Jankovic

F

6-10 215 So.

Zagreb, Croatia / Montverde Academy / Vanderbilt

11

Sandy Ryan

G

6-3 180 Sr.

Los Angeles, Calif. / St. John Bosco

14

Max Bowman

G

6-0 175 Fr.

Newport Beach, Calif. / JSerra Catholic HS

15

Quentin Scott

F

6-7 215 Sr.

Houma, La. / A.J. Ellender HS / Texas State

20

DeVon Baker

G

6-2 190 Jr.

Dayton, Ohio / SPIRE Academy / UNC Asheville

22

Scott Spencer

G

6-6 210 Sr.

Suffolk, Va. / Blue Ridge School / La Salle

23

R.J. McGee

G

6-5 200 So.

Chicago, Ill. / TaylorMade Academy

24

Kevin Cross

F

6-8 240 So.

Little Rock, Ark. / Mills University Studies / Nebraska

25

Jaylen Forbes

G

6-5 185 So.

Florence, Miss. / Florence / Alabama

33

Tylan Pope

F

6-6 220 R-Fr.

Franklinton, La. / Franklinton

ALPHABETICAL NO. NAME

POS. HT. WT. EXP.

HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL

0

Braelee Albert

G/F 6-5 220 So.

Los Angeles, Calif. / Brentwood School / Vanderbilt University

20

DeVon Baker

G

6-2 190 Jr.

Dayton, Ohio / SPIRE Academy / UNC Asheville

14

Max Bowman

G

6-0 175 Fr.

Newport Beach, Calif. / JSerra Catholic HS

2

Jadan Coleman

G

6-4 170 Fr.

Madison, Ala. / Bob Jones

3

Jalen Cook

G

6-0 205 Fr.

Walker, La. / Walker / LSU

24

Kevin Cross

F

6-8 240 So.

Little Rock, Ark. / Mills University Studies / Nebraska

4

Nobal Days

F

6-9 220 So.

Racine, Wisc. / Racine Park

25

Jaylen Forbes

G

6-5 185 So.

Florence, Miss. / Florence / Alabama

1

Sion James

G

6-5 205 Fr.

Sugar Hill, Ga. / Lanier

10

Oton Jankovic

F

6-10 215 So.

Zagreb, Croatia / Montverde Academy / Vanderbilt

23

R.J. McGee

G

6-5 200 So.

Chicago, Ill. / TaylorMade Academy

33

Tylan Pope

F

6-6 220 R-Fr.

Franklinton, La. / Franklinton

11

Sandy Ryan

G

6-3 180 Sr.

Los Angeles, Calif. / St. John Bosco

15

Quentin Scott

F

6-7 215 Sr.

Houma, La. / A.J. Ellender HS / Texas State

22

Scott Spencer

G

6-6 210 Sr.

Suffolk, Va. / Blue Ridge School / La Salle

COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: Ron Hunter (Miami (Ohio), ‘86), 3rd year ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Ray McCallum (Ball State, ‘83), 3rd year ASSISTANT COACH: Claude Pardue (Emory, ‘08), 3rd year ASSISTANT COACH: Kevin Johnson (UTPA, ‘88), 3rd year DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: Nate Summers (IUPUI ‘09), 3rd year DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT: Sean Mock (Miami (Ohio) ‘10), 3rd year

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Date

OCT. 29 NOV. 3 NOV. 9 NOV. 13 Nov. 17 Nov. 22 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Nov. 30 DEC. 4 DEC. 7 Dec. 14 DEC. 18 DEC. 21 DEC. 29 Jan. 1 Jan. 5 JAN. 8 Jan. 12 JAN. 15 Jan. 22 JAN. 26 JAN. 29 Feb. 2 FEB. 5 Feb. 9 FEB. 12 Feb. 15 FEB. 23 Feb. 27 MARCH 3 March 6 March 10 March 11 March 12 March 13

Day

FRI. WED. TUES. SAT. Wed. Mon. Tue. Wed. Tues.

SAT. TUES. Tues.

SAT. TUES. WED. Sat. Wed. SAT. Wed. SAT. Sat. WED. SAT. Wed) (SAT) (Wed) (SAT) (Tue) (WED) (Sun) (THU) (Sun) Wed. Thurs.

Fri. Sat.

Opponent

Location

S C H E D U L E

TV

ULM (EXHIBITION)

NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA COLLEGE (EXHIBITION) NEW ORLEANS SOUTHEASTERN LA. NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ SOUTHERN

NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ at Florida State Tallahassee, Florida ACC Network Drexel+ Nassau, Bahamas FloHoops.com Toledo+ Nassau, Bahamas FloHoops.com Valparaiso+ Nassau, Bahamas FloHoops.com at College of Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina ESPN+ ALCORN STATE

NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ Texas A&M

College Station, Texas SEC Network+ GRAMBLING STATE NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ MEMPHIS NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio ESPN+ East Carolina Greenville, North Carolina ESPN+ USF NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ Wichita State Wichita, Kansas ESPN+ SMU NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ UCF Orlando, Florida ESPN+ TULSA NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ WICHITA STATE NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ Houston

Houston ESPN+ EAST CAROLINA NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee ESPN+ TEMPLE NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ USF Tampa, Florida ESPN+ HOUSTON NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ Temple Philadelphia ESPN+ UCF NEW ORLEANS ESPN+ SMU Dallas ESPN+

2022 American Athletic Conference Championship (Dickies Arena) First Round Fort Worth, Texas Quarterfinals Fort Worth, Texas Semifinals Fort Worth, Texas Championship Fort Worth, Texas

Home games in BOLD CAPS /// All times listed CST are tentative and subject to change * indicates American Athletic Conference games + Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship

Time/Result

W, 92-62 W, 64-56 W, 70-67 L, 70-73 L, 54-59 W, 90-87 L, 67-68 L, 64-68 L, 77-81 W, 85-64 L, 72-86 Cancelled CANCELLED CANCELLED W, 85-84 W, 68-60 L, 80-88 (OT) W, 68-54 W, 68-67 1 P.M. 1 p.m.

8 P.M. 11 A.M. 7 p.m.

1 P.M. 7 p.m.

1 P.M. 6 p.m.

7 P.M. 2 p.m.

7 P.M. 2 p.m.

TBD TBD TBD TBD

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O V E R A L L

S T A T I S T I C S

2021-22 Tulane Men's Basketball Combined Team Statistics All games Game Records Record

Overall

ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE

7-7 4-1 3-6

Team Box Score No. Player 3 COOK, Jalen

25 FORBES, Jaylen 24 CROSS, Kevin 1 JAMES, Sion

23 MCGEE, R.J.

2 COLEMAN, Jadan

20 BAKER, DeVon

22 SPENCER, Scott 33 POPE, Tylan

15 SCOTT, Quentin

GP-GS

4-2 2-0 2-2

2-3 2-1 0-2

Score by Periods Team 1-2 Tulane 0-0 Opponents 1-2

Neutral

1st 486 468

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG 85-184

.462

29-67

.433

52-66

.788

11

27

38

2.9

13-13 353:27 27.2

69-126

.548

3-9

.333

40-55

.727

11

67

78

6.0

.882

9

14-14 495:05 35.4 14-13 480:04 34.3 12-3

257:49 21.5

14-1

185:12 13.2

13-3 14-8 12-1 6-0

14-1

11 RYAN, Sandy

1-0

Team

MIN

Away

13-13 440:21 33.9

4 DAYS, Nobal

10 JANKOVIC, Oton

Home

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5-0

130:59 10.1 177:50 12.7 107:06 41:36

8.9 6.9

162:12 11.6 17:30 00:47

3.5 0.8

67-160 37-90 24-43 18-43 23-66 14-43 11-21 4-9

4-13 0-2 0-0

.419

35-93

.411

8-29

.419

14-30

.326

9-32

.558 .348

6-16 5-24

.524

2-4

.444

0-1

.308

0-1

.000

0-0

.000

0-0

.376

47-64

.276

.734

22-34

.375

.647

15-17

.467

3-5

.208

.600

5-7

.281

.714

0-0

.500 .000

0-1

.000

4-10

.000

0-0

.000

2-2

5 1

60 53 32 7

66 58 41 8

2

13

15

.833

12

22

34

.400

16

18

34

.000

0

0

0

.000

5-6

6

.000 1.000

4 0 1

16

20 5 1

17

24 5 2

33

4.7 4.1 3.4 0.6

2nd 510 511

PF DQ 32

3

42

2

32 34 25 7

1.1

13

2.8

16

1.7 0.8

12 5

2.4

12

0.0

0

0.4

4

Total

14

2850

356-800 .445 111-306

.363 195-267

.730

Opponents

14

2850

357-842 .424 111-344

.323 181-249

.727 164 378 542 38.7 224

Team Statistics Scoring Points per game Scoring margin

TULANE 1018 72.7 +0.9

OPP

1006 71.9 -

Field goals-att Field goal pct

356-800 .445

357-842 .424

Free throws-att Free throw pct F-Throws made per game

195-267 .730 13.9

181-249 .727 12.9

3 point fg-att 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game

Rebounds Rebounds per game Rebounding margin Assists Assists per game

Turnovers Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio Steals Steals per game

Blocks Blocks per game

Winning streak Home win streak

Attendance Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game

111-306 .363 7.9

436 31.1 -7.6 177 12.6

161 11.5 +3.4 1.1 107 7.6 46 3.3

2 2

6493 6-1082 -

111-344 .323 7.9

542 38.7 227 16.2 208 14.9 1.1 77 5.5 51 3.6

-

30307 5-6061 3-0

94 342 436 31.1 234

Team Results Date

11/09/2021 11/13/2021 11/17/2021 11/22/2021 11/23/2021 11/24/2021 11/30/2021 12/04/2021 12/07/2021 12/29/2021 01/01/2022 01/05/2022 01/08/2022 01/12/2022

Opponent

Southeastern La. Southern U. at Florida St. vs Drexel vs Toledo vs Valparaiso at Col. of Charleston Alcorn Col. of Charleston Memphis at Cincinnati at East Carolina South Fla. at Wichita St.

0 1 1 0

A

47 17 45 42

2 5

OT 22 27

TO BLK STL PTS 1

15

251 19.3

26

12

13

181 13.9

6

5

33 29

4

10

11

0

2

5

0 0 0 0

1 2 4 0 0

AVG

29

0 0

TOT 1018 1006

2 2

2 4 0

16

7 5

2

0

104

5

3

0

216 15.4

4

4

10

6

21

1

7 1

17

0

2

5.8

56

4.0

53 37 29

4.1 2.6 2.4

8

1.3

2

0.4

3

12

0

0

1

7.4

69

0.9

0.0

7 177 161 46 107 1018 72.7 4 227 208 51

W L L Wot L L L W L W W Lot W W

77 1006 71.9

70-67 70-73 54-59 90-87 67-68 64-68 77-81 85-64 72-86 85-84 68-60 80-88 68-54 68-67

Score

Att.

1132 1043 9030 0 0 0 3852 1033 653 1705 7922 1414 927 8089

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2021-22 Tulane Men's Basketball Team High/Low Analysis 2 All 0 games 2 1 - 2 2 S Tulane - Game Highs POINTS

FIELD GOALS MADE FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 3 PT FG MADE

3 PT FG ATTEMPTS

3 PT FG PERCENTAGE FREE THROWS MADE FREE THROW ATTEMPTS FREE THROW PERCENTAGE REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKED SHOTS TURNOVERS

FOULS

E A S O N

90 85 85 80 77

vs Drexel (N) (11/22/2021) Memphis (12/29/2021) Alcorn (12/04/2021) at East Carolina (01/05/2022) at Col. of Charleston (11/30/2021)

62 61

Southeastern La. (11/09/2021) vs Toledo (N) (11/23/2021)

33 33

.569 .550

11 10 10 27 26 26 26

.500 .476

22 21 29 25

.882 .880

41 38 28 16 14 13

8 7

19 16 16 21 21 21

Memphis (12/29/2021) Alcorn (12/04/2021)

(33-58) (33-60)

(9-18) (10-21)

(15-17) (22-25)

Alcorn (12/04/2021) Memphis (12/29/2021)

Alcorn (12/04/2021) at Cincinnati (01/01/2022) Memphis (12/29/2021)

Alcorn (12/04/2021) at East Carolina (01/05/2022) vs Toledo (N) (11/23/2021) at Florida St. (11/17/2021) vs Drexel (N) (11/22/2021) at Cincinnati (01/01/2022) South Fla. (01/08/2022) vs Drexel (N) (11/22/2021) vs Drexel (N) (11/22/2021) South Fla. (01/08/2022)

at Col. of Charleston (11/30/2021) South Fla. (01/08/2022) Southeastern La. (11/09/2021) at Florida St. (11/17/2021) Alcorn (12/04/2021) at East Carolina (01/05/2022)

Southern U. (11/13/2021) Col. of Charleston (12/07/2021) Col. of Charleston (12/07/2021) Memphis (12/29/2021)

at Col. of Charleston (11/30/2021) at East Carolina (01/05/2022) Southern U. (11/13/2021) at East Carolina (01/05/2022) Memphis (12/29/2021) vs Drexel (N) (11/22/2021)

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