Tulane Women's Basketall 2014 NIT Tournament Capsule

Tulane Green Wave
Conference USA (20-10, 11-5)

 

Big Wins: 12/20 vs Virginia (79-72), 1/18 Southern Miss (73-71), 1/22 at Charlotte (78-76)
Bad Losses: 11/30 Ole Miss (66-89), 1/15 East Carolina (65-69), 2/22 at UAB (79-81)
Coach: Lisa Stockton (20 seasons at Tulane)

Probable Starters:
Jamie Kaplan, Junior, Guard, 11.5 ppg, 6.8 apg
Courtnie Latham, Freshman, Guard, 6.2 ppg, 2.0 apg
Danielle Blagg, Junior, Guard, 12.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg
Tiffany Dale, Junior, Forward, 12.0 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 1.6 bpg
Adesuwa Ebomwonyi, Junior, Forward, 8.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg

Key Roleplayers:
Leslie Vorpahl, Freshman, Guard, 8.9 ppg, 3.1 apg
Tierra Jones, Sophomore, Guard, 3.3 ppg, 4.4 rpg
Chinwe Duru, Sophomore, Center, 6.6 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.2 bpg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 69.1 (138th in nation, 6th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 63.1 (77, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 42.1 (94, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 38.1 (78, 4)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 4.9 (201, 10)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.4 (122, 4)
Free-Throw Percentage: 68.1 (205, 8)
Rebound Margin: 4.7 (63, 2)
Assists Per Game: 16.4 (25, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 16.3 (198, 7)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2013    NIT        First Round win over Sam Houston State
2013    NIT        Second Round win over Arkansas
2013    NIT        Third Round loss to Auburn
2012    NIT        First Round win over Mississippi Valley State
2012    NIT        Second Round loss to Texas Tech
2011    NIT        Round of 64 win over Southern
2011    NIT        Round of 32 loss to Oral Roberts
2010    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Georgia
2007    NIT        First Round win over Jackson State
2007    NIT        Second Round loss to Mississippi State
2003    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Minnesota
2002    NCAA    Round of 64 win over Colorado State
2002    NCAA    Round of 32 loss to Stanford

*all team stats through 3/6

 

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