Kris Richard News

Western Kentucky University shook up its starting line-up on Sunday afternoon against Tulane , resulting in a strong defensive outing in downing the Green Wave 62-48. It was the 500th win in the 47-year-history of E.A. Diddle Arena as the Hilltoppers improve to 30-2 in their last 32 home games.

UNO's Hart just took a dish from Billy Humphrey and layed it in uncontested to move ahead of Tulane 51-50 with 9.2 seconds left.

Kevin Sims scored a career-high 24 points for Tulane , but it was not enough as the Green Wave fell 62-48 to Western Kentucky on Sunday afternoon at E.A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Ky.

David Booker arrived at Fogelman Arena for a light practice Thursday afternoon exhausted.

By Larry Holder, Contributing sports writer... December 05, 2009, 2:00AM UNO is starting to win in bunches.

It made perfect sense that Ejike Hart would be ignored. All 6-feet-8, 225 pounds of him.

Talk about a pregnant pause. Tulane guard Kris Richard let several moments go by Monday night before describing the UNO rivalry.

Kevin Sims hit two free throws to move within three points of George Mason as we close in on halftime.

Kris Richard scored 21 points in 16 minutes of playing time as Tulane cruised to an 82-55 victory over Alabama State on Monday night.Richard was 8-for-10 from the field, including 4-for-6 from 3-point range, for the Green Wave .

By Larry Holder, Contributing sports writer... November 30, 2009, 12:15AM Forward Asim McQueen said there's only one way for Tulane to build on the Green Wave's win over George Mason on Saturday , and that's to not lay down tonight against Alabama State at Fogelman Arena.

In reviewing film from last weekend's Charleston Classic Tournament, Tulane forward Asim McQueen saw that he was a little soft in the post.

Mention George Mason , and one thought comes to mind for most basketball fans: bracket buster.

Tulane point guard Kevin Sims is no stranger to the capricious whims of the shooting game.

Augustus Gilchrist scored 21 points, 19 in the second half, to lead South Florida to a 65-58 victory over Davidson in the first round of the Charleston Classic on Thursday night.

Rodney Green was 4-for-4 from the foul line in the final 48 seconds, and La Salle held on to beat Tulane 61-59 on Sunday in the third round of the Charleston Classic.

Tulane's Kevin Sims made a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 19 seconds to play and the Green Wave held on to beat Penn State 63-60 Friday in the second round of the Charleston Classic at Carolina First Arena.

Dwayne Collins had 23 points and 14 rebounds as Miami overpowered Tulane 74-54 Thursday in the first round of the Charleston Classic.

The 20th-ranked Georgetown Hoyas lift the lid on the 2009-10 season with a trip to the Big Easy for a clash with the Tulane Green Wave.

Tulane still is tinkering with personnel rotations but hasn't found the right combination.

See this Tulane athletics communication video with Coach Dave Dickerson talking about kicking things off.