Tulane Green Wave basketball teams prepare for big matchups

THE Tulane Green Wave the men’s basketball team will be at home and will host USF SATURDAY. More than 1,000 miles away, the Green wave The women’s basketball team will be in Greenville, North Carolina to compete East Carolina.

Both teams have an opportunity to strengthen their position in the American Athletic Conference.

THE Green wave The men (8-8, 2-1 in the AAC) will face the Bulls (9-6, 2-0), the latter being one of two teams remaining undefeated in the conference.

Action at Avron B. Fogelman Arena at Devlin Fieldhouse is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m., with the game broadcast on ESPN+ and on radio at 106.1 The Ticket and Heaven 106.7.

THE Green wave are coming off their first league loss, an 81-69 loss to UAB.

Tulane enters the game 7-2 at home, including a win in its only home AAC game. This will be the 45th time Tulane and USF have met, with the Green Wave leading the series, 25-18, with a 12-8 record at Devlin Fieldhouse. Tulane won the last game in New Orleans in 2022.

Coming into the game, Kaleb Banks leads the Green Wave with 18.4 points per game. Rowan Brumbaugh is the only other Tulane player in double figures with 14 points per game. Banks also leads the team with 8.1 rebounds. As a team, the Green Wave shoots 44.1% from the field.

USF is led by a balanced attack led by Jayden Reid, who is averaging 12.7 points per game. Jamille Reynolds and Kobe Knox follow with 11.6 and 11.4 points on average respectively.

The Green Wave women (10-5, 3-1 in AAC), meanwhile, face a Pirates team (8-7, 0-3) which offers them a chance to win their fourth championship match in five trials as they continue to pursue undefeated UTSA and USF in the league standings.

This match is also scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Central Time.

If Tulane wins, it will be its best five-game start since 2019-20, when the Green Wave went 6-0 this season.

Tulane is coming off a critical 65-62 victory over North Texas earlier this week, a game that sent UNT to its first loss on the conference slate.

Sherese Pittman, coming off a huge game against UNT, leads the Green Wave with 13.1 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Longtime Tulane star Kyren Whittington is averaging 12.1 points per game, while Amira Mabry adds 12 points per game.

The Pirates lead the AAC in offensive rebounds per game (15.9), steals (10.5) and forced turnovers (20.9). Amira Joyner ranks second individually in double-doubles (six) and rebounds per game (8.9).