Feb. 27, 2007

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NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane basketball team will play its final home game of the regular season this Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. against East Carolina at Fogelman Arena. The Green Wave will honor its three-member senior class in a pre-game ceremony.

The Green Wave (14-12, 7-7 C-USA) is 10-4 overall at home and sports a mark of 4-3 in league games on its home floor this season. TU's 10 wins are the most at home since the 2003-04 campaign. Tulane brings a three-game home win streak into the ECU contest, and has won four out of its last five games. The Wave's only loss was a one-point setback to Tulsa on a last-second shot.

TU is currently sitting in a four-way tie for fifth place with Southern Miss, Tulsa, UAB, and has won five out of its last seven games.

For the year, Tulane is averaging 69.4 points and 38.1 rebounds per game and is shooting 45.1 percent from the field, 35 percent from behind the three-point line and 67.1 percent from the free-throw line. Junior David Gomez is TU's top scorer and rebounder with 13.8 points and 6.2 boards per game, while freshman Kevin Sims is averaging 10.2 points per outing.

East Carolina (6-21, 1-13 C-USA) snapped a 13-game skid and recorded its first conference win this season with a one-point victory at home over UTEP (79-78). Previously, ECU had not only lost 13 consecutive games, but was a combined 1-20 since opening the season with a 4-1 mark.

The Pirates are 1-12 overall on the road this season and remain winless on the road in league play with a 0-6 mark.

Darrell Jenkins leads the ECU attack with 12.6 points and 5.6 assists per game, while Courtney Captain is second in scoring with 11.3 points per outing. Gabe Blair is the top rebounder on the team with 7.0 boards per contest. East Carolina is averaging 59 points and 34.6 rebounds per game, while shooting 39.4 percent from the field, 31.3 percent from behind the three-point line and 56.9 percent from the foul line.

Wednesday's game marks the seventh all-time meeting between Tulane and East Carolina, and the Green Wave leads the series, 5-1. TU has captured four straight victories in the series and will look to earn a season sweep against the Pirates for the second straight year. Tulane has a mark of 3-0 against ECU in New Orleans. Earlier this season in Greenville, TU notched its first conference win of the year with a 65-56 road win. The Wave's only loss in the series came on the road during the 2003-04 campaign.

The East Carolina game marks the final home game for three Tulane seniors. Kory Castine, Andrew Garcia and Chris Moore will don their white home jerseys in Fogelman Arena for the final time on Wednesday.

Castine has played in 86 career games with 18 starts and has been a productive player for the Green Wave during his four seasons. Although he has been sidelined in the past few weeks with an injury, he has enjoyed the best season of his career in 2006-07. He is a media arts major, who will receive his bachelor's degree from Tulane in May 2008.

Garcia has played in 54 career games with 10 starts and is on the verge of becoming just the 10th player in school history to lead the team in assists in consecutive seasons. A May 2006 graduate with a bachelor's degree in history, he is currently working towards a master's degree in history, and is a two-time member of the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Moore has played in 108 career games with 63 starts and is Tulane's third all-time leader for career three-point field goals with 135, and his 420 three-point attempts also ranks third all-time. He has connected on five three-point field goals three different times in his career, which ranks 10th on the Green Wave's single game list. Two weeks ago, he became the third player in school history to receive Conference USA Player of the Week honors and he collected the same weekly award from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.

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