Samford 72, at Tulane 85

NEW ORLEANS (Interstat) — In a season-opening men’s NCAA Division I basketball game Monday night, the Tulane Green Wave used a dominant offensive performance and a stifling defensive effort to defeat the Samford Bulldogs 85-72 at Devlin Fieldhouse. A crowd of 1,467 watched as the Green Wave, favored to win by national statistical models, lived up to expectations by shooting a blistering 58.5 percent from the field and converting Samford’s mistakes into easy points. Tulane scored 24 points off 11 Samford turnovers, while the Bulldogs managed just five points off seven Tulane giveaways. The game was decided by efficiency. Tulane… Read more...