#Tulane baseball team won against Yale 11-1 with a 10-run rule. They also beat Yale 11-4, clinching the series. In basketball, #Tulane lost to FAU 79-73 and to USF 85-72. Jaylen Forbes scored 17 points for Tulane against USF.
FINAL: @USFMBB 85, Tulane 72 Bulls have won 15 in a row. Haven't lost since Jan. 7. The win streak is now TWO MONTHS long.
After playing very well on the road against very good team for 35 minutes, #Tulane disintegrated in final 5, losing 85-72 to USF. Wave has dropped seven in a row and will play Wichita State at home Friday needing a win to avoid last place in AAC.
Down by 2, #Tulane absolutely imploded. Jaylen Forbes picked up 4th foul on reach-in 40 feet away from basket, Cross misssed chippie that led to easy basket, Wave threw it away, Sion James missed 3 and Cross had ball stolen. Just like that, deficit is 11 under 4-minute mark.
Bulls finally pulling away, on a 9-0 run. Brandon Stroud's baseline trey followed by Youngblood's layup off a steal. #USF up 78-67 with 3:33 to play.
Brock Slaton, pinch hitting for Matthias Hass in lefty-righty switch, hit two-run homer to finish off mammoth 6-run inning for #Tulane in 4th. Both of them hit homers tonight. Wave up 7-5 on Nicholls.
#USF 69, Tulane 65 with 7:30 to play. Should be a fun final stretch. Both teams sharp offensively, and have been the whole game.
#Tulane hanging in there with USF. Tie-up gives the ball back to Wave heading into media timeout down 69-65 with 7:30 left.
#Tulane had rough stretch with quick shots that led to run-out lay-ups for USF. Bulls lead by 5 and will shoot two free throws after media timeout with 9:38 left.
#Tulane had rough stretch with quick shots that led to run-out lay-ups for USF. Bulls lead by 5 and will shoot two free throws after media timeout with 9:39 left.
Jackson Linn triple and Colin Tuft two-RBI double pull #Tulane within 5-4 in 4th. Wave chased Dylan Farley, who confounded them two weeks ago, in the process without recording out.
After #Tulane fell behind by 7, Jaylen Forbes hit treys No. 6 and 7 (in eight attempts) to pull deficit back to 1. That's where it stands at timeout with 11:20 left.
#Tulane trails Nicholls 5-2 after solo homer by Nathan Rose in the 4th. Jake Saum did not make it through the third inning.
#Tulane and South Florida are tied at 50 at first media timeout of second half. Wave fell behind by 6 after Jaylen Forbes missed contested run-out layup that would have given it the lead, but it responded with three straight baskets. High-energy game from both teams.
Bulls have got to start guarding 6-5 Tulane senior Jaylen Forbes. Dude has 17 points, 5 of 7 from long range including awkward trey from atop key to end half. #USF
Nicholls responded with two-out, three-run homer in bottom 2nd. #Tulane trails 3-1.
Jaylen Forbes hits contested 3 right before halftime for his fifth trey of the game. #Tulane trails 44-43. Bulls hit nine 3s on 17 attempts but only made 6 of 19 shots from inside the arc. Wave 6 of 12 from long range and 10 of 17 inside the arc. Trailing b/c of 8 turnovers.
HALF: @USFMBB 44, Tulane 43 Both teams shooting extremely well, a combined 15 of 29 from long range. Green Wave 55.2% overall (16 of 29) from floor.
USF, a terrific 3-point shooting team that gets streaky hot, has already hit 6, some of them indefensible in transition. #Tulane trails by 5 at third media timeout.
USF pulls ahead of #Tulane 18-17 going into second media timeout. Bulls have drained four 3s and Wave has none.
#Tulane jumped out to quick 7-0 lead on USF but has not scored in three minutes. Still up 7-3 at first media timeout. Bulls will shoot two free throws when game resumes.
#Tulane may or not be able to play a baseball game at Nicholls tonight, depending on the weather and field conditions. Either way, here's a notebook focusing on catcher Colin Tuft and pitcher Henry Shuffler. https://t.co/1vEx5mq8h5
Groundout with runners on second and third ends it. #Tulane shuts out Yale 4-0 and completes its first home sweep since the 2022 season-opening series against UMass Lowell. Wave improves to 7-4 and has its first four-game win streak under Jay Uhlman, outscoring Yale 26-5.
Logan Hurd on the mound to try to close out the sweep for #Tulane. James Agabedis has replaced Gavin Schulze at third base.
Brady Marget provides an insurance run with an RBI single in the 8th off Yale reliever after Gavin Schulz led off with a single and stole second. #Tulane up 4-0.
#Tulane's Colin Tuft has thrown out four base-stealers in a row.
Yale starter Reid Easterly has finished seven innings and allowed a total of two base runners in six of them. #Tulane leads 3-0 because it capitalized on its one big inning it and Yale failed, leaving the bases loaded after three straight singles with no outs in the 5th.
Yale starter Reid Easterly has finished even innings and allowed a total of two base runners in six of them. #Tulane leads 3-0 because it capitalized on its one big inning it and Yale failed, leaving the bases loaded after three straight singles with no outs in the 5th.
Will Clements leaves after giving up leadoff single in seventh. Henry Shuffler on the mound for #Tulane to preserve 3-0 lead. Shuffler hit a batter in the first and allowed three straight singles in the 5th but retired everyone else until the last batter. Five Ks.
Teo Baks walks, steals second and scores game's first run on Connor Rasmussen double. Then Rasmussen scores when center fielder butchers ball in front of him and lets it get by him off the bat of Nathan Rose for single and error. #Tulane up 2-0 on Yale.
#Tulane order different facing Yale lefty Reid Easterly. Catcher Colin Tuft led off. Brady Marget and Teo Banks switched 2nd and 3rd spots, Connor Rasmussen up 1 to cleanup, Nathan Rose up 1 to , lefty Brock Slaton down 5 to 6. Tuft singled and stole second but stranded at 3rd.
Colin Tuft just threw out his third consecutive base-stealer after beginning the year 0 for 13. #Tulane catcher rounding into form with his arm. That one beat the runner easily.
#Tulane beats Yale 11-4, clinches series. Wave will go for sweep tomorrow and first four-game win streak in Jay Uhlman's two-year tenure.
Colin Tuft makes it two caught base-stealers in a row as #Tulane's Jacob Moore has easy 8th. Wave needs four in bottom of frame to run-rule Yale again.
#Tulane leads Yale 9-3 after 7. Same script as last night today. Wait until the Bulldogs starter leaves and then pounce.
#Tulane is doing damage against Yale bullpen again. A pair of not-close walks started the bottom of the 7th. Pitching changed led to hit batter before Connor Rasmussen hit sacrifice fly Jackson Linn laced RBI single with two outs. Wave up 6-3.
#Tulane bullpen has been good this year, and Jacob Moore coaxed infield pop-up on second pitch to preserve Wave's 4-3 lead on Yale.
Yale's Davis Hanson responds with two-out, two-RBI double into the gap in right-center. #Tulane lead cut to 4-3 and Chandler Welch comes out with tying run on second. Jacob Moore takes mound.
#Tulane chases Yale starter Colton Shaw, who threw 94 pitches, when Colin Tuft walks to lead off sixth. Last night when from close to a rout immediately after the Bulldogs went to their bullpen.
Yale has had exactly one hit in every inning--all singles. Four came with no one on and two outs. #Tulane's Chandler Welch has been good.
The streak is over. #Tulane throws out a base-stealerfor the first time in 14 attempts, but call of safe had to be overturned by reviewConnor Rasmussen was sure he applied the tag in time, and replays confirmed he was right. Chandler Welch has gone thru 6 while allowing 1 run.
After driving in #Tulane's first run in 2nd, Gavin Schulz scores go-ahead in 5th mostly by himself. Leadoff single, sacrifice to second, then goes to third on ground ball to third and comes home when throw by first baseman is wide of bag. Aggressive base-running pays off.
For the second straight game, #Tulane is not doing a whole lot against Yale starting pitcher. 1-2-3 fourth, all on groundouts, leaves score tied at 1. Wave has two hits.
Second time through the Yale batting order was smoother than the first for Chandler Welch. Five ground-ball outs, two fly-outs and two singles. #Tulane coming to bat in bottom 4th with score tied at 1.
One area where #Tulane has struggled this year is throwing out base-stealers. Yale made it 12 for 12 on the season against catcher Colin Tuft and various pitchers but did not score in the third.
Two-out RBI single by #Tulane's Gavin Schulz tied it at 1 before Yale shortstop made a nice running catch of a ball that looked like it might fall fair down the line in shallow left.
Chandler Welch gets fly ball to get out of trouble after loading the bases (single, two walks) and prompting a mound visit with two outs in the second. #Tulane, just like last night, avoids falling behind more than 1-0 early.
Chandler Welch gave up a towering home run that stayed just inside the foul pole down the left field line. #Tulane comes to bat trailing 1-0.
Chandler Welch gave up a towering home run that stayed just inside the foul poll down the left field line. #Tulane comes to bat trailing 1-0.
#Tulane-Yale baseball game is underway. Chandler Welch on the mound trying to pitch more like he did against Northwestern than against very good UC Irvine team.
FAU with a must-win of sorts today at home against Tulane. The Owls were considered a 9-10 seed before today. Next up at North Texas and Memphis in Boca. Vlad Goldin averaging 21.7 points over his last 4 games. Had 21 points while Nelly Davis finished with 8 points and 5…
#Tulane, which trailed by 19 at one point early in the second half, kept competing and pulled within 5 of FAU with 13 seconds left but never really made it a game. Missed free throws throughout hurt the Wave again in 79-73 loss. Tulane falls to 13-15 overall and 4-12 in AAC.
#Tulane trails FAU 56-39 and Jaylen Forbes just got into it with the Owls' Johnell Davis. Play is being reviewed during timeout.
#Tulane trails FAU 48-33 at first media timeout of second half. Wave offense has come to a grinding halt since the midpoint of the first half.
#Tulane scored 3 points in the last 8:44 of the first half against FAU. Owls were not exactly shooting the lights out, either. Wave trails 36-27 at the break. Bringing Forbes off the bench did not get him going offensively. He went 1 for 5 and all of the looks were good.
#Tulane has fallen behind FAU 33-26 while missing a lot of open shots. Owls are on 14-2 run.
#Tulane leads FAU 24-19 at third media timeout. Wave is 11 for 19 from the floor.
#Tulane leads FAU 17-15 at second media timeout. Kolby King will be at the foul line to try to complete 3-point play when game resumes. Gregg Gleen is 3 of 3 from the floor and has 6 points.
FAU is at it early for its game against Tulane! https://t.co/yVkX2MBM62
#Tulane scores 4 in the 8th, beats Yale 11-1 by 10-run rule. No one in press box had any idea the coaches had agreed to a run rule tonight. Wave improves to 5-4. Bulldogs fall to 0-4.
Interesting inning there for #Tulane reliever Michael Lombardi. He walked three and the Yale stole three bases, but an easy groundout ended the threat without a run with the bases loaded. #Tulane leads 7-1 headed to bottom 8th.
Heck of a diving catch by Yale right fielder prevents #Tulane from scoring 1 or 2 more runs off the bat of Colin Tuft.
Billy Price has retired seven in a row and has not allowed a hit in three innings. He's in line to get the win for #Tulane, which leads Yale 6-1 headed to bottom 7th.
Marcus Cline breaks it open with bases-clearing triple over the center fielder's head after #Tulane chases Yale starter Daniel Cohen. Reliever Tate Evans did not fare well against the first batter he faced. Wave up 5-1.
Perfect bunt by Colin Tuft on sacrifice attempt loads bases with no outs for #Tulane. This is the best bunting team the Wave has had in a long time.
1-2-3 inning for Billy Price in 6th. #Tulane co-captain has allowed one earned run in 7.2 innings this year.
Teo Banks loops one into center field for a single in his third at-bat. Maybe that one will get #Tulane star going.
Teo Banks loops one into center field for a single in his second at-bat. Maybe that one will get #Tulane star going.
Billy Price gets out of 5th after issuing back-to-back walks with two outs. It has not been easy, but #Tulane pitchers have allowed only one run thru 5. Yale has left seven on base in last four innings.
#Tulane leads Yale 2-1 after 4. Colin Tuft sacrifice fly gave the Wave its second run.
Nice play by #Tulane shortstop Marcus Cline fielding slow roller with two outs and firing to first after Yale loaded the bases with back-to-back walks after RBI single. Any mistake there would have made it 2-0 or 3-0.
#Tulane and Yale are scoreless through 2. Yale starter Daniel Cohen struggled last week against Northern Florida but has pop on his fastball and a good breaking ball. He's retired six in a row to start the game.