NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University men’s basketball will go for its fifth consecutive home victory as it hosts Florida Atlantic for an American Athletic Conference showdown on Wednesday night inside Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. The Green Wave would improve to 4-1 in AAC play with a win over the Owls to […]
NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University men’s basketball will go for its fifth consecutive home victory as it hosts Florida Atlantic for an American Athletic Conference showdown on Wednesday night inside Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. The Green Wave would improve to 4-1 in AAC play with a win over the Owls to mark the program’s best start in league action since starting 5-1 in the 2022-23 season.
The matchup between the Wave and the Owls is set to tipoff at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN+. Fans can also listen to the action live on the Tulane Sports Network from Learfield on 106.1 The Ticket and Heaven 106.7 with the voice of the Green Wave Corey Gloor or streaming on the Tulane Athletics App and The Varsity Network App.
This marks the eighth all-time meeting between Tulane and Florida Atlantic with the Green Wave leading the series 5-2 despite losing both meetings last season. The last time Tulane defeated the Owls came on February 26, 2014, in New Orleans by a final score of 72-64. The Wave holds 3-1 record against FAU at home with the first win of the series coming in New Orleans 87-62 on February 20, 1993.
So far at home this season the Wave holds an 8-2 record including a 2-0 mark in conference games. Tulane is averaging 81.6 points per game in Uptown on 46.0 percent shooting from the floor and 38.1 percent from beyond the arc. The Wave is also winning the rebounding battle 39.0-35.6 and turnover battle +3.5 at home this season.
Through the first two weeks of conference play the Green Wave sits third in the AAC with a 3-1 record. Tulane leads the league through those first four games in assists (17.75) and steals (10.00). Individually, Kaleb Banks ranks fifth in scoring at 18.75 points per game and fourth in steals with 2.25 per contest so far in conference play.
In its last time out, Tulane bounced back into the win column with a 73-70 come from behind victory at home over South Florida on Saturday, January 11. The Green Wave knocked down 14 three-pointers in the game which is the most by any team in an AAC game this season and the second most for the Wave in a contest this year. Asher Woods led three players in double figures for Tulane with 15 points marking his second-straight game with double digits.
Florida Atlantic enters the matchup with a 9-8 overall record and a 2-2 mark in conference play after falling at home to UAB 76-81on Sunday, January 12. The Owls lead The American in assists per game at 16.9 and bench points per game averaging 32.06 which also ranks
18th in the country.
Four players lead the FAU in scoring so far this season averaging double figures. Tre Carroll and Kaleb Glenn pace the Owls scoring 12.4 and 12.0 points per game, respectively. Baba Millers follows with 11.3 points per contest and Leland Walker adds 10.3.
Following the game against Florida Atlantic, the Tulane will travel to Philadelphia to face Temple on Sunday, January 19. The contest between the Green Wave and the Owls is scheduled to tipoff at 12 p.m. CT on ESPNU.
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