The victory over SMU was almost expected as the Mustangs have been performing poorly all season starting off 0-4 and they only have one win in C-USA. Tulane took the lead in the beginning of the game, only to lose it at the 12 minute mark, not regaining it until the very end of the half. SMU had the last play of the half, but a quick save by Vianney and a quick three-pointer that almost bounced out, only to finally go through the net as the buzzer to end the half sounded, secured the advantage for Tulane going into the locker room.
Sims controlled the tempo of the second half, speeding things up and SMU went into a seven minute scoring drought. Tulane was able to build their lead as SMU fouled on several shots giving Tulane many opportunities at the “and one” play. Tulane wins the game 67-52 in its third C-
Stat of the Game: 1608, the attendance of the game. The number is not very significant, but rather the fact that all Tulane fans in attendance were loud and really got into the game. Some games Fogelman feels like a neutral site, with little fan participation, but this was not the case against SMU.
Player of the Game: Surprise, surprise David Gomez. The senior has really stepped up as a leader for Tulane by being the overall leading scorer in many games (he had 18 against SMU) and converting on clutch plays such as the three pointer to end the half.
Quote of the Game: “I really wasn’t expecting it at all. But as soon as they were taking the ball down, Eric (Vianney) made a tremendous steal and was smart enough and quick enough to pass it to me and at that point I just put it up and tried to get it towards the rim and I got lucky enough that it fell.” –David Gomez on his three-point attempt to end the half.
2 comments:
Great job, Gillian. Tulane was a completely different team in the last 10 minutes.
Nice to see a lot of students at the game. Wish more of the community could get behind this team. But Dickerson is certainly steering the program in the right direction.
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