Tulane University Women s Basketball 2014-15 Quick Facts --General-- Name of School... Tulane University Location... New Orleans, La. Founded...1834 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) 865-5500 Ticket Office Phone... (504) 861-WAVE --History-- First Season of Women s Basketball...1975-76 All-Time Record... 621-496 (.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...5/2010 --Media Relations-- Asst. AD/Media Relations... Roger Dunaway Office Phone... (504) 862-8240 Cell Phone... (504) 452-2906 E-Mail... roger@tulane.edu Associate Director...Brian Miller Office Phone... (504) 314-7219 Cell Phone... (504) 390-6772 E-Mail...bmiller@tulane.edu Assistant Director...Richie Weaver Office... (504) 314-7232 Cell... (504) 352-5802 E-Mail...rweaver@tulane.edu Assistant Director...Curtis Akey Office... (504) 314-7271 Cell... (504) 495-4073 E-Mail... cakey@tulane.edu Assistant Director/WBB Contact...Josh Bates Office... (504) 865-5504 Cell... (504) 355-6283 E-Mail...jbates3@tulane.edu Grad. Assistant For New Media... Nicole Cartier Office... (504) 314-2458 Cell... (612) 741-4033 E-Mail...ncartier@tulane.edu Office Fax... (504) 865-5512 Press Row Phone... (504) 862-8122 Athletic Website...www.TulaneGreenWave.com Mailing Address... Tulane University Athletic Media Relations James W. Wilson, Jr. Center New Orleans, LA 70118 --Women s Basketball Staff-- Head Coach... Lisa Stockton Alma Mater...Wake Forest, 1986 Record at Tulane... 416-204 (.671)/21st Season Career Record... 479-231 (.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) 865-5672 --Team Information-- 2013-14 Record...20-11 (.645) Home...11-5 (.688) Away... 7-5 (.583) Neutral... 2-1 (.667) 2013-14 Conference USA Record/Finish...11-5 (.686)/4th Home... 5-3 (.625) Away... 6-2 (.750) Final Ranking... N/A Lettermen Returning/Lost...9/2 Starters Returning/Lost...5/0 Redshirts Returning...1 Newcomers...3 --Local Media-- Local Paper... Times-Picayune Phone... (504) 826-3405 E-Mail...sports@nola.com Beat Writer...Rachel Whittaker E-Mail...rachel_whittaker@nola.com School Paper...The Hullabaloo Phone... (504) 865-5657 E-Mail...thehullabaloo.sports@gmail.com Radio...WRBH 88.3 FM Play-By-Play... Gus Kattengell E-Mail... gkattsports@gmail.com
2014-15 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
Roster Breakdown Starters Returning (R) and Lost (L) R/L Pos. Name Ht. Cl. GP/GS Pts/PPG Reb/RPG Ast Blk St 2013-14 Honors/Notes (R) F Tiffany Dale 6-1 Sr. 30/27 356/11.9 243/8.1 32 49 34 Shot.576 from the field (R) F Adesu Ebomwonyi 5-10 Sr. 31/23 264/8.5 220/7.1 43 13 46 Career highs - 20 pts, 15 reb (R) G Danielle Blagg 5-11 Sr. 27/23 323/12.0 129/4.8 25 12 20 Led team wth 12.0 ppg (R) G Leslie Vorpahl 5-6 So. 30/14 266/8.9 72/2.4 94 1 32 13 double-digit scoring games (R) G Jamie Kaplan 5-8 Sr. 31/31 361/11.6 90/2.9 209 1 37 Tulane record 209 assists in season Other Letterwinners Returning or Lost (R) C Chinwe Duru 6-2 Jr. 30/11 196/6.5 137/4.6 12 39 9 3rd best FG % on team (.458) (R) G Courtnie Latham 5-11 So. 31/9 194/6.3 102/3.3 60 6 36 Averaged most min off bench (21.8) (R) G Tierra Jones 5-9 Jr. 31/17 104/3.4 135/4.4 19 7 31 Shot a career high 14 pts on 12/28 (L) G Katye Magee 5-10 RS-Sr. 27/0 45/1.7 16/0.6 6 2 6 3rd best 3PT FG % on team (.293) (R) G Morgan Rogers 6-3 RS-So. 16/0 19/1.2 23/1.4 0 1 2 5 multiple-rebound games (R) G Brook LaFloe 5-2 Sr. 4/0 0/0.0 0/0.0 0 0 0 Played a total of 6 min in 4 games (L) F Brook Blankenship 5-10 -- 6/0 0/0.0 0/0.0 1 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 2018-19 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 20-11 in 2013-14, 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 (2006-07) single season record (207 assists) when she recorded 209 assists in 2013-14 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 67-31 (.684) and have accounted for 47.1 percent of the team s scoring total (3022 of 6419 pts) since the 2011-12 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 2013-14 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... Lake Charles, La....2:00 pm Wednesday / Nov. 19...at LSU... Baton Rouge, La....7:00 pm Monday / Nov. 24...N.C. State... Devlin Fieldhouse... 5:00 pm...hofstra Tournament Friday / Nov. 28... vs. Western Kentucky... Hempstead, N.Y...1:00 pm Saturday / Nov. 29... 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. 18...Miami (Fla.) vs. UCLA... Devlin Fieldhouse...5:00 pm Thursday / Dec. 18...Samford... Devlin Fieldhouse... 7:00 pm Friday / Dec. 19...UCLA vs. Samford... Devlin Fieldhouse...5:00 pm Friday / Dec. 19...Miami (Fla.)... Devlin Fieldhouse... 7:00 pm Monday / Dec. 22...Florida State... Devlin Fieldhouse... 7:00 pm Sunday / Dec. 28...at Cincinnati*...Cincinnati, Ohio...1:00 pm Tuesday / Dec. 30...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. 13...at UCF*...Orlando, Fla....6:00 pm Saturday / Jan. 17...SMU*... Devlin Fieldhouse... 2:00 pm Tuesday / Jan. 20...Tulsa*... Devlin Fieldhouse... 7:00 pm Sunday / Jan. 25...at USF*... Tampa, Fla...3:00 pm Tuesday / Jan. 27...at Houston*... Houston, Texas...7:00 pm Saturday / Jan. 31...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. 10...UCF*... Devlin Fieldhouse... 7:00 pm Saturday / Feb. 14...at UCONN*... Storrs, Conn....3:00 pm Tuesday / Feb. 17...at Temple*... Philadelphia, Penn....6:00 pm Saturday / Feb. 21...Memphis*... Devlin Fieldhouse... 2:00 pm Monday / Feb. 23...UCONN*... Devlin Fieldhouse... 7:00 pm Saturday / Feb. 28...at Tulsa*... Tulsa, Okla...2:00 pm March 6-9...at American Athletic Conference Tournament... Uncasville, Conn....TBA March 20-23...NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds... TBA...TBA March 27-30...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
2013-14 Tulane Women's Basketball Tulane Green Wave Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 29, 2014) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 20-11 11-5 7-5 2-1 CONFERENCE 11-5 5-3 6-2 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 9-6 6-2 1-3 2-1 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 27-23 781 28.9 113-317.356 61-155.394 36-54.667 39 90 129 4.8 53 0 25 54 12 20 323 12.0 22 DALE,Tiffany 30-27 855 28.5 132-229. 576 0-1. 000 92-130. 708 87 156 243 8.1 70 1 32 65 49 34 356 11.9 23 KAPLAN, Jamie 31-31 1017 32.8 120-306.392 21-80.263 100-146.685 15 75 90 2.9 46 0 209 110 1 37 361 11.6 11 VORPAHL, Leslie 30-14 752 25.1 84-225. 3 7 3 36-109. 3 3 0 62-81. 7 6 5 15 57 72 2.4 57 0 94 69 1 32 266 8.9 15 EBOMWONYI,Adesuw 31-23 803 25.9 107-235.455 14-49.286 36-52.692 103 117 220 7.1 74 0 43 43 13 46 264 8.5 45 DURU, Chinwe 30-11 560 18.7 77-168.45 8 0-0.00 0 42-60.70 0 46 91 137 4.6 90 3 12 33 39 9 196 6.5 33 LATHAM, Courtnie 31-9 676 21.8 73-173.422 8-33.242 40-55.727 30 72 102 3.3 44 0 60 59 6 36 194 6.3 30 JONES, Tierra 31-17 517 16.7 31-90.34 4 0-0.00 0 42-77.54 5 53 82 135 4.4 85 2 19 42 7 31 104 3.4 03 MAGEE,Katye 27-0 211 7.8 14-48.292 12-41.293 5-6.833 6 10 16 0.6 7 0 6 5 2 6 45 1.7 42 ROGERS, Morgan 16-0 88 5.5 6-25. 2 4 0 0-0. 0 0 0 7-14. 5 0 0 9 14 23 1.4 15 1 0 8 1 2 19 1.2 01 LaFLOE, Brook 4-0 6 1.5 0-1.000 0-0.000 0-0.000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 34 BLANKENSHIP,Brook 6-0 9 1.5 0-1. 0 0 0 0-0. 0 0 0 0-0. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 58 49 107 1 14 Total... 31 6275 757-1818. 416 152-468. 325 462-675. 684 461 813 1274 41.1 543 7 501 502 131 253 2128 68.6 Opponents... 31 6275 708-1838.385 170-573.297 391-582.672 421 733 1154 37.2 589-419 499 93 251 1977 63.8 TEAM STATISTICS TLN OPP SCORING 2128 1977 Points per game 68.6 63.8 Scoring margin +4.9 - FIELDGOALS-ATT 757-1818 708-1838 Field goal pct.416.385 3 POINT FG-ATT 152-468 170-573 3-point FG pct.325.297 3-pt FG made per game 4.9 5.5 FREETHROWS-ATT 462-675 391-582 Free throw pct.684.672 F-Throws made per game 14.9 12.6 REBOUNDS 1274 1154 Rebounds per game 41.1 37.2 Rebounding margin +3.9 - ASSISTS 501 419 Assists per game 16.2 13.5 TURNOVERS 502 499 Turnovers per game 16.2 16.1 Turnover margin -0.1 - Assist/turnoverratio 1.0 0.8 STEALS 253 251 Steals per game 8.2 8.1 BLOCKS 131 93 Blocks per game 4.2 3.0 ATTENDANCE 15013 16590 Home games-avg/game 16-938 12-909 Neutralsite-Avg/Game - 3-1895 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Tulane Green Wave 989 1101 38 2128 Opponents 938 1012 27 1977 Date Opponent Score Att. 11/08/13 NEW ORLEANS W 81-46 1227 11/11/13 MCNEESESTATE W 74-49 812 11/19/13 SOUTHEASTERNLOUISIANA W 80-52 618 11/22/13 at UNC-Wilmington W 55-50 331 11/24/13 at NC State L 55-69 801 11/30/13 OLE MISS L 66-89 316 12/03/13 at Auburn L 52-62 1611 12/08/13 LOYOLA WOLFPACK W 82-66 673! 12/20/13 vs Virginia Wot 79-72 1453! 12/21/13 vs Saint Francis (Pa.) W 89-67 1832 # 12/28/13 NORTHEASTERN W 85-49 879 # 12/29/13 INDIANASTATE W 51-45 854 01/05/14 LSU L 35-63 2844 * 01/09/14 at Marshall W 77-61 349 * 01/11/14 at Old Dominion W 92-62 2158 * 01/15/14 EASTCAROLINA L 65-69 418 * 01/18/14 SOUTHERNMISS Wot 73-71 1493 * 01/22/14 at Charlotte Wot 78-76 839 * 01/25/14 LOUISIANATECH W 75-61 618 * 01/29/14 at Rice W 62-55 402 * 02/01/14 UTEP L 72-86 764 * 02/05/14 NORTHTEXAS W 56-55 1067 * 2/8/14 at UTSA W 68-54 910 * 2/12/14 at FAU W 74-62 481 * 02/15/14 FIU W 66-55 642 * 2/22/14 at UAB L 79-81 397 * 02/26/14 TULSA W 65-61 940 * 3/1/14 at Southern Miss L 67-79 1566 * 03/05/14 MIDDLETENNESSEE L 52-64 848 03/13/14 vs FIU L 55-69 2401 03-20-14 at Mississippi State L 68-77 1059! = FGCU Hilton Garden Inn/Homewood Suites Classic (Fort Myers, Fla.) # = Tulane/DoubleTree Classic (Devlin Fieldhouse) * = Conference game