Sloppy Play By Tulane Men Leads To 82-69 Loss To Uab

The students were backmost connected field including nan Tulane pep band. Over 15-hundred fans were successful attendance. New shot coach Will Hall was introduced to nan crowd, which roared successful approval. In answer, nan Tulane men's hoops squad put together possibly 1 of its slightest productive efforts, falling to Alabama-Birmingham, 82-69. The nonaccomplishment drops nan Green Wave to 12-5 connected nan play and 3-1 successful American Conference play. UAB improves to 12-6 for nan year, 3-2 successful convention games.

Green Wave Not Handling Success Well

"We conscionable sewage our butts hit today," Wave coach Ron Hunter said aft nan game. "It was nan first clip successful a agelong clip we didn't play pinch nan power and passion that we had been playing with."

The nonaccomplishment comes instantly disconnected a rousing roadworthy triumph of Texas-San Antonio this past weekend.

"I talked aft believe yesterday, (asking nan team) 'How do you grip success?'" Hunter told nan media while rubbing his brow. "We didn't grip occurrence very good today."

The Green Wave deed only 40% of their shots from nan field, making a measly 26% of their 27 three-pointers they threw astatine nan basket. Most importantly, Alabama Birmingham owned nan boards, swiping 45-rebounds to Tulane's 27.

UAB Outplayed nan Wave

"I thought UAB came retired and conscionable physically dominated," Hunter lamented. "Give them each nan credit. They came retired and really took it to us, and we didn't respond."

Junior Rowan Brumbaugh echoed his coach's sentiment.

"We conscionable did not play smart basketball," nan inferior defender shared. "It's a four-point crippled (with six-and-a-half minutes to spell successful nan 2nd half), and we travel down and return immoderate atrocious shots....That's erstwhile we request to beryllium a mature hoops squad and say, 'Slow down. Let's get nan champion changeable possible.' That's nan infinitesimal (that tin break a team) successful a really adjacent game."

A trio of Greenies deed double-digits for nan night. Guards Brumbaugh and Asher Woods each had 16, while guardant Tyler Ringgold accounted for a twelve earlier fouling retired pinch conscionable complete 5 minutes to spell successful nan game. Ringgold sewage into early foul trouble, picking up his first and 2nd fouls pinch not moreover a infinitesimal and a half expired successful nan first half.

Ringgold Fouls and Daniels Injury Make a Difference

"Tyler picking up those early fouls wounded us," Hunter continued. "(Then) he's worried astir nan fouls, and he's not playing arsenic beingness arsenic he wants, acrophobic he's going to foul again. From top-to-bottom, I thought this is nan worst our starters person played successful a agelong time."

Amongst those not starting Wednesday night, nan team's beingness beingness successful nan paint, Percy Daniels who has been battling an undisclosed wounded for nan past week and a half.

"Percy was questionable," Hunter told nan media afterwards. "He didn't believe astatine each and hadn't done thing successful astir a week-and-a-half, since nan injury." Daniels, who leads nan squad successful blocked shots, played conscionable nether 14-minutes. "I don't cognize if that would person made a quality (Daniels playing), but he brings a physicality to our game.

Success May Have Gone to nan Wave's Collective Heads

"We played for illustration we've been reference our property clippings, and that's conscionable really disappointing," Hunter said, honestly assessing his team's efforts Wednesday night. "Like I told them, nary one's going to spell undefeated successful this league, but our effort has sewage to beryllium amended than that. No assemblage cares astir (who is in) first place. You've sewage to travel retired fresh to play. I thought we had a hangover from what we did nan different time (beating UTSA connected nan road), and each we did was triumph a game.

"We'll bounce back," Hunter wrapped up, looking up to Sunday's game. "They're mad, and I'm mad. We've conscionable sewage to travel back, springiness ourselves 24-hours, and get fresh for North Texas."

Tulane wraps up its two-game homestand against nan Mean Green this Sunday. The crippled has been moved to a 4:00 p.m. tipoff successful Fogelman Arena.