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THE SKIP PROSSER TOURNAMENT
Dec. 11,
2011
TULANE CAPS OFF TOURNEY WITH WIN
NEW ORLEANS - A solid defensive showing was what guided the
Tulane men's basketball team to a 59-51 victory over
Jacksonville State Sunday night in the final game of the Skip
Prosser Tournament held at Fogelman Arena.
The Green Wave (11-1), off to the best start since the 1991-92
season was 16-1, held Jacksonville State (3-7) to just 35.2
percent shooting for the game and came up with some big
defensive stops in the final two-plus minutes of the game.
After the Gamecocks cut the deficit to 52-49 with 2:18 remaining
in the game with a lay-up by Brian Williams, Tulane buckled down
and didn't allow a field goal the rest of the way while
outscoring JSU 7-2.
"I loved our competitiveness tonight," Tulane head coach Ed
Conroy said. "We were really battling out there against a very
good Jacksonville State team. Tonight was our 12th game and it
seems like we've had eight here in the last 10 days. We hit a
little bit of a lull, and we needed a spark, we needed some
energy. Some guy's heads were dropping a little bit and some
guys came off the bench and really battled, and it was fun to
watch."
Jordan Callahan led the way on the offensive end for Tulane with
15 points on his way to earning all-tournament honors. Ricky
Tarrant added 10 points and also was named to the all-tournament
team. Tre Drye added 10 points of the bench in 16 minutes of
action.
Tarrant added seven of Tulane's 42 rebounds and Josh Davis
pulled down a game-high 11 boards. JSU grabbed 31 rebounds led
by Stephen Hall's six.
Tulane hit 39.6 percent of its shots from the floor, including
four of 12 from 3-point range. The Green Wave also managed just
17 of 30 from the free throw line.
Williams finished the game for JSU with a game-high 21 points
and earned a spot on the all-tournament team. Tarvin Gaines
added 13 points for the Gamecocks.
The game saw 10 lead changes and four ties, all in the first
half. Tulane took the lead for good with 1:16 left in the
opening half on a jumper by Callahan that made the score 24-23.
Drye added a lay-up less than a minute later to give the Green
Wave a 26-23 halftime lead. Tulane did build as much as a
12-point lead midway through the second half, 37-25, after a
free throw from Drye.
Skip Prosser Tournament All-Tournament team:
Quinton Doggett - Southern
Derick Beltran - Southern
Brian Williams - Jacksonville State
Ricky Tarrant - Tulane
Jordan Callahan - Tulane
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