National Basketball Association
Alabama A&M 68, Tulane 67
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, November 13, 2015
Where: Devlin Fieldhouse, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials:
Attendance:
1126
By The Sports Xchange
With seven new faces, Tulane figured to experience some growing pains this season. Those expectations came true Friday night in the Green Wave's season opener in New Orleans.
Alabama A&M senior Ladarius Tabb, the 2015-16 SWAC Preseason Player of the Year, scored 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds and point guard Jacob Perry hit a game-winning layup at the buzzer to give the Bulldogs a 68-67 overtime win over Tulane.
Tulane and Alabama A&M seemed to be running on empty in the extra frame as between the two only two field goals and five total points were scored.
Senior guard Louis Dabney made a layup with 4:00 left for Tulane's only basket in OT. A Nicholas West free throw for the Bulldogs cut the deficit to one with 2:27 remaining, setting up Perry's heroics on the final possession.
Tulane closed the game going 0 of 4 from the field with three turnovers.
West scored 20 points and added eight boards for Alabama A&M, which shot just 39.1 percent from the field but held Tulane to 38.6 percent shooting and forced 19 Green Wave turnovers.
Senior Jernard Jarreau, a fifth-year graduate student transfer from Washington, scored 16 points to lead Tulane.
Top Game Performances
| Alabama A&M |
|
Tulane |
|
Ladarius Tabb 22 |
Scoring |
Jernard Jarreau 16 |
|
Rakiya Battle 3 |
Assists |
Von Julien 4 |
|
Ladarius Tabb 9 |
Rebounds |
Dylan Osetkowski 12 |
|
Ladarius Tabb 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Jernard Jarreau 6 |
|
Ladarius Tabb 4 |
Steals |
Malik Morgan 3 |
|
Nicholas West 1 |
Blocks |
Jernard Jarreau 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Alabama A&M
|
68 |
39.1 |
8-29 |
10-17 |
10 |
31 |
1 |
12 |
15 |
| Tulane
|
67 |
38.6 |
7-27 |
16-26 |
11 |
41 |
7 |
6 |
19 |
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