Tulane University Women s Basketball Quick Facts

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1 Tulane University Women s Basketball Quick Facts --General-- Name of School... Tulane University Location... New Orleans, La. Founded Enrollment...13,462 Nickname...Green Wave School Colors...Olive Green and Sky Blue Home Court... Devlin Fieldhouse Capacity...3,600 Affiliation...NCAA Division I Conference...American Athletic Conf. President...Michael Fitts (Harvard, 1975) Athletic Director... Rick Dickson (Tulsa, 1976) Athletic Dept. Phone... (504) Ticket Office Phone... (504) 861-WAVE --History-- First Season of Women s Basketball All-Time Record (.556) No. Years In NCAA Tournament/Last...10/2010 No. Years in WNIT/Last...6/2014 No. C-USA Regular-Season Titles/Last...4/2010 No. C-USA Tournament Titles/Last...5/ Media Relations-- Asst. AD/Media Relations... Roger Dunaway Office Phone... (504) Cell Phone... (504) roger@tulane.edu Associate Director...Brian Miller Office Phone... (504) Cell Phone... (504) bmiller@tulane.edu Assistant Director...Richie Weaver Office... (504) Cell... (504) rweaver@tulane.edu Assistant Director...Curtis Akey Office... (504) Cell... (504) cakey@tulane.edu Assistant Director/WBB Contact...Josh Bates Office... (504) Cell... (504) jbates3@tulane.edu Grad. Assistant For New Media... Nicole Cartier Office... (504) Cell... (612) ncartier@tulane.edu Office Fax... (504) Press Row Phone... (504) Athletic Website... Mailing Address... Tulane University Athletic Media Relations James W. Wilson, Jr. Center New Orleans, LA Women s Basketball Staff-- Head Coach... Lisa Stockton Alma Mater...Wake Forest, 1986 Record at Tulane (.671)/21st Season Career Record (.675)/24th Season Assistant Coach...Beth Dunkenberger Alma Mater...Randolph-Macon, 1988 Assistant Coach...Alan Frey Alma Mater... New Orleans, 1988 Assistant Coach...Doshia Woods Alma Mater...Western Illinois, 2001 Graduate Assistant... Olivia Grayson Alma Mater... Tulane, 2013 Director of Basketball Operations... Lindsay Werntz Alma Mater... IPFW, 2002 Athletic Trainer... Jill Sparrow Alma Mater...Applalachian State, 2006 Program Coordinator... Tiffany Aidoo Alma Mater...Tulane University, 2011 Women s Basketball Office Phone... (504) Team Information Record (.645) Home (.688) Away (.583) Neutral (.667) Conference USA Record/Finish (.686)/4th Home (.625) Away (.750) Final Ranking... N/A Lettermen Returning/Lost...9/2 Starters Returning/Lost...5/0 Redshirts Returning...1 Newcomers Local Media-- Local Paper... Times-Picayune Phone... (504) sports@nola.com Beat Writer...Rachel Whittaker ...rachel_whittaker@nola.com School Paper...The Hullabaloo Phone... (504) thehullabaloo.sports@gmail.com Radio...WRBH 88.3 FM Play-By-Play... Gus Kattengell ... gkattsports@gmail.com

2 Team Roster Numerical No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown High School/Previous School 1 Brook LaFloe G 5-2 Sr. 1L St. Paul, Minn. Johnson HS/Macalester College 3 Kolby Morgan G 5-8 Fr. HS Hammond, La. John Curtis Christian 11 Leslie Vorpahl G 5-6 So. 1L San Antonio, Texas Winston Churchill 13 Caylah Cruickshank G 5-9 Fr HS Montreal, Quebec Dawson College 15 Adesuwa Ebomwonyi F 5-10 Sr. 3L Pflugerville, Texas Pflugerville HS 20 Danielle Blagg G 5-11 Sr. 3L San Antonio, Texas Smithson Valley HS 22 Tiffany Dale F 6-1 Sr. 3L Lavon, Texas Community HS 23 Jamie Kaplan G 5-8 Sr. 3L Sebastian, Fla. Florida Air Academy 24 Paije Hall F 6-2 RS-Fr. RS Lafayette, La. St. Thomas More HS 30 Tierra Jones G 5-9 Jr. 2L Madison, Ala. Bob Jones HS 33 Courtnie Latham G 5-11 So. 1L Houston, Texas Clear Springs HS 42 Morgan Rogers C 6-3 RS-So. 1L Shreveport, La. Loyola Prep 45 Chinwe Duru C 6-2 Jr. 2L Round Rock, Texas Vista Ridge HS Alphabetical No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown High School/Previous School 20 Danielle Blagg G 5-11 Sr. 3L San Antonio, Texas Smithson Valley HS 13 Caylah Cruickshank G 5-9 Fr HS Montreal, Quebec Dawson College 22 Tiffany Dale F 6-1 Sr. 3L Lavon, Texas Community HS 45 Chinwe Duru C 6-2 Jr. 2L Round Rock, Texas Vista Ridge HS 15 Adesuwa Ebomwonyi F 5-10 Sr. 3L Pflugerville, Texas Pflugerville HS 24 Paije Hall F 6-2 RS-Fr. RS Lafayette, La. St. Thomas More HS 30 Tierra Jones G 5-9 Jr. 2L Madison, Ala. Bob Jones HS 23 Jamie Kaplan G 5-8 Sr. 3L Sebastian, Fla. Florida Air Academy 1 Brook LaFloe G 5-2 Sr. 1L St. Paul, Minn. Johnson HS/Macalester College 33 Courtnie Latham G 5-11 So. 1L Houston, Texas Clear Springs HS 3 Kolby Morgan G 5-8 Fr. HS Hammond, La. John Curtis Christian 42 Morgan Rogers C 6-3 RS-So. 1L Shreveport, La. Loyola Prep 11 Leslie Vorpahl G 5-6 So. 1L San Antonio, Texas Winston Churchill Head Coach: Lisa Stockton (Wake Forest, 1986; 21st Season) Assistant Coaches: Beth Dunkenberger (Randolph-Macon, 1988; 3rd Season), Alan Frey (New Orleans, 1988; 9th Season), Doshia Woods (Western Illinois, 2001; 5th Season) Graduate Assistant: Olivia Grayson (Tulane, 2013; 2nd Season) Director of Basketball Operations: Lindsay Werntz (IPFW, 2002; 3rd Season) Athletic Trainer: Jill Sparrow (Appalachian State, 2006; 2nd Season) Program Coordinator: Tiffany Aidoo (Tulane, 2011; 1st Season) Pronunciation Guide Cruickshank Crook-shank Chinwe Duru Chin-way Doo-roo Adesuwa Ebomwonyi A-dess-oo-wa Ebb-uhm-whan-ee Paije Page LaFloe La-flow Latham Lay-thum Vorpahl Vor-paul Roster Breakdown By Class By State Freshmen: 3 Alabama: 1 Sophomores: 3 Florida: 1 Juniors: 3 Louisiana: 3 Seniors: 5 Minnesota: 1 Quebec: 1 By Position Texas: 6 Guards: 8 Forwards: 3 Centers: 2

3 Roster Breakdown Starters Returning (R) and Lost (L) R/L Pos. Name Ht. Cl. GP/GS Pts/PPG Reb/RPG Ast Blk St Honors/Notes (R) F Tiffany Dale 6-1 Sr. 30/27 356/ / Shot.576 from the field (R) F Adesu Ebomwonyi 5-10 Sr. 31/23 264/ / Career highs - 20 pts, 15 reb (R) G Danielle Blagg 5-11 Sr. 27/23 323/ / Led team wth 12.0 ppg (R) G Leslie Vorpahl 5-6 So. 30/14 266/8.9 72/ double-digit scoring games (R) G Jamie Kaplan 5-8 Sr. 31/31 361/ / Tulane record 209 assists in season Other Letterwinners Returning or Lost (R) C Chinwe Duru 6-2 Jr. 30/11 196/ / rd best FG % on team (.458) (R) G Courtnie Latham 5-11 So. 31/9 194/ / Averaged most min off bench (21.8) (R) G Tierra Jones 5-9 Jr. 31/17 104/ / Shot a career high 14 pts on 12/28 (L) G Katye Magee 5-10 RS-Sr. 27/0 45/1.7 16/ rd best 3PT FG % on team (.293) (R) G Morgan Rogers 6-3 RS-So. 16/0 19/1.2 23/ multiple-rebound games (R) G Brook LaFloe 5-2 Sr. 4/0 0/0.0 0/ Played a total of 6 min in 4 games (L) F Brook Blankenship /0 0/0.0 0/ Tallied 1 assist in 6 games played Newcomers G Kolby Morgan 5-8 Fr. 3-star recruit by CrownScout.com; Invited to the 2013 Canadian Junior National Team tryouts G Caylah Cruickshank 5-9 Fr. State title winner (So.) and runner-up (Jr.); John Curtis all-time leading scorer (2,229 pts) Notes Head Coach Lisa Stockton signed a contract extension through the season This year marks Tulane s first season in the American Athletic Conference. Stockton led the Green Wave to a Conference-USA best 397 total victories The Green Wave went in , marking Stockton s 13th 20-win season Made fifth straight trip to the postseason with their 2014 WNIT Tournament appearance -15th postseason appearance under Stockton Jamie Kaplan claimed honorable mention All-America recognition from the Associated Press Kaplan broke Ashley Langford s ( ) single season record (207 assists) when she recorded 209 assists in Both Kaplan and Danielle Blagg received Second-Team and All-Louisiana honors Leslie Vorpahl garnered C-USA All-Freshmen Team honors Tulane returns 10 of 12 letterwinners from a year ago, aka, 97.9 percent of its scoring Three players could potentially join the 25-member 1,000 point club: Danielle Blagg (923 pts), Tiffany Dale (757), Jamie Kaplan (729) Tulane s 4 seniors (Blagg, Kaplan, Dale, Ebomwonyi) have posted an overall record of (.684) and have accounted for 47.1 percent of the team s scoring total (3022 of 6419 pts) since the season Tulane ranked 33rd in the country in assists (16.2 apg), 58th in blocked shots (4.2) and 69th in assist to turnover ratio (1.00) Danielle Blagg ranked third in C-USA in three-point field goal percentage (.394) and 44th in the nation Jamie Kaplan s 6.7 assists per game was second in C-USA and seventh in the NCAA Tiffany Dale s 1.6 blocks per game ranked fifth in C-USA and 77th in the country Danielle Blagg 2nd-Team All-Conference USA 3rd-Team All-Louisiana Louisiana Player of the Week (12/23/13) Brooke Blankenship Tiffany Dale Honorable-Mention All-Louisiana DoubleTree Classic All-Tournament Team Adesuwa Ebomwonyi Honors/Awards Tierra Jones DoubleTree Classic All-Tournament Team Jamie Kaplan Honorable Mention AP All-American 2nd-Team All-Conference USA 2nd-Team All-Louisiana 1st-Team Capital One Academic All- District 6 C-USA All-Academic Team DoubleTree Classic Most Valuable Player Courtnie Latham Katye Magee Leslie Vorpahl Conference USA All-Freshman Team C-USA Freshman of the Week (1/13/14) C-USA Freshman of the Week (11/25/13)

2014-15 Tulane Women s Basketball Schedule DAY/DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME Friday / Nov. 14...Mississippi Valley State... Devlin Fieldhouse... 7:00 pm Sunday/ Nov. 16...at McNeese State.

4 Tulane Women s Basketball Schedule DAY/DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME Friday / Nov Mississippi Valley State... Devlin Fieldhouse... 7:00 pm Sunday/ Nov at McNeese State... Lake Charles, La....2:00 pm Wednesday / Nov at LSU... Baton Rouge, La....7:00 pm Monday / Nov N.C. State... Devlin Fieldhouse... 5:00 pm...hofstra Tournament Friday / Nov vs. Western Kentucky... Hempstead, N.Y...1:00 pm Saturday / Nov vs. Nothern Iowa / Hofstra... Hempstead, N.Y...1:00/3:00 pm Wednesday / Dec. 3...Nicholls State... Devlin Fieldhouse... 7:00 pm Saturday / Dec.6...at Arkansas-Little Rock... Little Rock, Ark....12:00 pm...doubletree Classic Thursday / Dec Miami (Fla.) vs. UCLA... Devlin Fieldhouse...5:00 pm Thursday / Dec Samford... Devlin Fieldhouse... 7:00 pm Friday / Dec UCLA vs. Samford... Devlin Fieldhouse...5:00 pm Friday / Dec Miami (Fla.)... Devlin Fieldhouse... 7:00 pm Monday / Dec Florida State... Devlin Fieldhouse... 7:00 pm Sunday / Dec at Cincinnati*...Cincinnati, Ohio...1:00 pm Tuesday / Dec Houston*... Devlin Fieldhouse... 7:00 pm Sunday / Jan. 4...USF*... Devlin Fieldhouse... 4:30 pm Wednesday / Jan. 7...at East Carolina*... Greenville, N.C...6:00 pm Tuesday / Jan at UCF*...Orlando, Fla....6:00 pm Saturday / Jan SMU*... Devlin Fieldhouse... 2:00 pm Tuesday / Jan Tulsa*... Devlin Fieldhouse... 7:00 pm Sunday / Jan at USF*... Tampa, Fla...3:00 pm Tuesday / Jan at Houston*... Houston, Texas...7:00 pm Saturday / Jan East Carolina*... Devlin Fieldhouse... 2:00 pm Tuesday / Feb. 3...at SMU*... Dallas, Texas....7:00 pm Saturday / Feb. 7...Temple*... Devlin Fieldhouse... 11:00 am Tuesday / Feb UCF*... Devlin Fieldhouse... 7:00 pm Saturday / Feb at UCONN*... Storrs, Conn....3:00 pm Tuesday / Feb at Temple*... Philadelphia, Penn....6:00 pm Saturday / Feb Memphis*... Devlin Fieldhouse... 2:00 pm Monday / Feb UCONN*... Devlin Fieldhouse... 7:00 pm Saturday / Feb at Tulsa*... Tulsa, Okla...2:00 pm March at American Athletic Conference Tournament... Uncasville, Conn....TBA March NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds... TBA...TBA March NCAA Regionals... TBA...TBA April 5 & 7... NCAA Women s Final Four... Tampa Bay, Fla...TBA ---Schedule time subject to change--- *American Athletic Conference Opponents Bold - Tulane home game All game times Central & subject to change

5 Tulane Women's Basketball Tulane Green Wave Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 29, 2014) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 20 BLAGG, Danielle DALE,Tiffany KAPLAN, Jamie VORPAHL, Leslie EBOMWONYI,Adesuw DURU, Chinwe LATHAM, Courtnie JONES, Tierra MAGEE,Katye ROGERS, Morgan LaFLOE, Brook BLANKENSHIP,Brook Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS TLN OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELDGOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREETHROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnoverratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutralsite-Avg/Game Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Tulane Green Wave Opponents Date Opponent Score Att. 11/08/13 NEW ORLEANS W /11/13 MCNEESESTATE W /19/13 SOUTHEASTERNLOUISIANA W /22/13 at UNC-Wilmington W /24/13 at NC State L /30/13 OLE MISS L /03/13 at Auburn L /08/13 LOYOLA WOLFPACK W ! 12/20/13 vs Virginia Wot ! 12/21/13 vs Saint Francis (Pa.) W # 12/28/13 NORTHEASTERN W # 12/29/13 INDIANASTATE W /05/14 LSU L * 01/09/14 at Marshall W * 01/11/14 at Old Dominion W * 01/15/14 EASTCAROLINA L * 01/18/14 SOUTHERNMISS Wot * 01/22/14 at Charlotte Wot * 01/25/14 LOUISIANATECH W * 01/29/14 at Rice W * 02/01/14 UTEP L * 02/05/14 NORTHTEXAS W * 2/8/14 at UTSA W * 2/12/14 at FAU W * 02/15/14 FIU W * 2/22/14 at UAB L * 02/26/14 TULSA W * 3/1/14 at Southern Miss L * 03/05/14 MIDDLETENNESSEE L /13/14 vs FIU L at Mississippi State L ! = FGCU Hilton Garden Inn/Homewood Suites Classic (Fort Myers, Fla.) # = Tulane/DoubleTree Classic (Devlin Fieldhouse) * = Conference game

--General-- Women s Basketball Staff-- --History-- --Team Information-- --Media Relations-- --Local Media--

--General-- Women s Basketball Staff-- --History-- --Team Information-- --Media Relations-- --Local Media-- --General-- Name of School... Tulane University Location... New Orleans, La. Founded...1834 Enrollment...13,531 Nickname...Green Wave School Colors...Olive Green and Sky Blue Home Court... Avron B. Fogelman