Tulane Men Continue Homestand Against Grambling
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Tulane University men's basketball will go for its third consecutive win as it welcomes Grambling to Uptown for an in-state showdown on Tuesday night inside Fogelman Arena. The Green Wave holds a 33-7 record at home in non-conference play in the Ron Hunter era including a 3-1 mark this season. Tip off between the Green Wave and Tigers is set for 6:30 p.m.
This marks just the third all-time regular season meeting between Tulane and Grambling with the Green Wave winning both previous matchups. Both games between the Wave and the Tigers were played in Uptown with Tulane winning the most recent contest 77-65 on December 19, 2020, which was Coach Hunter's first game against Grambling in his coaching career.
Last Time for the Wave...
In its last time out, Tulane rode a 21-1 second-half scoring run to secure the 82-72 victory over Nicholls on Friday, November 28. Seven players scored at least six points for the Green Wave, including four in double figures.
Asher Woods led the Wave with 19 points including a pair of three-pointers while Curtis Williams Jr. followed with 16. Tyler Ringgold and Scotty Middleton rounded out the top scorers for Tulane with 14 and 11 points, respectively. KJ Greene orchestrated the offense for the Wave recording a career-high seven assists as the team notched a season-best with 20 total assists.
So far this season offensively Tulane ranks in the top four of The American in free throw percentage (1st - .783), field goal percentage (2nd - .471), and three-point percentage (4th - .357). The percentage from the charity stripe for the Green Wave also rates 23rd in the nation.
Grambling Sets a Quick Pace
Grambling enters the game on a three-game losing streak holding a 3-4 record on the season including a 1-4 mark on the road. The trio of Antonio Munoz, Jimel Lane, and Jamil Muttilib lead the offensive attack for the Tigers. Munoz paces the team with 13.7 points per game followed by Lane with 10.6 and Muttilib with 10.0.
The Tigers have thrived on turnovers so far this season ranking 26th in the country forcing 16.43 turnovers per game. They have turned those takeaways into 18.43 fastbreak points per game which rates 23rd in the nation.
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Doug has covered a gamut of sporting events in his fifty-plus years in the field. He started doing sideline reporting for Louisiana Tech football games for the student radio station. Doug was Sports Director for KNOE-AM/FM in Monroe in the mid-80s, winning numerous awards from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association for Best Sportscast and Best Play-by-Play. High school play-by-play for teams in Monroe, Natchitoches, New Orleans, and Thibodaux, LA dot his resume. He did college play-by-play for Northwestern State University in Natchitoches for nine years. Then, moving to the Crescent City, Doug did television PBP of Tulane games and even filled in for legendary Tulane broadcaster, Ken Berthelot in the only game Kenny ever missed while doing the Green Wave games. His father was an alumnus of Tulane in the 1940s, so Doug has attended Tulane football games in old Tulane Stadium, the Superdome, and Yulman. He was one of the 86,000 plus on December 1, 1973, sitting in the North End Zone to seeTulane shutout the LSU Tigers, 14-0. He was there when the Posse ruled Fogelman and in Turchin when the Wave made it to the World Series. He currently is the public address voice of the Tulane baseball team.