Feb. 27, 2008

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NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane women's basketball team plays host to Tulsa on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Fogelman Arena to start the final home weekend of the regular season. The Green Wave will hold senior night on Saturday at 5 p.m. against SMU in a nationally televised game on CSTV.

Tulane seniors Nikki Luckhurst, Alendra Brown and Dominique Philpots will play their final two regular season home games, beginning Thursday night against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.

Tulsa (10-17 overall, 6-8 Conference USA) has lost six of seven entering the contest. The Green Wave (14-13 overall, 4-10 C-USA) are 3-3 in their last six games.

The Green Wave dropped a 64-56 decision at Tulsa on January 31, with Luckhurst connected for four three-pointers and a team-high 12 points.

Starting with that game, Luckhurst has heated up since behind the three-pointer line, connecting on 16 of 41 three-pointers.

She now ranks third all-time in Tulane's career three's made list with 181, six behind Grace Daley for second place.

Philpots ranks fifth on Tulane's all-time blocks list entering her final home weekend, having rejected 84 shots in her career. She is six behind Angela Rust for fourth all-time.

Fellow senior Alendra Brown is Tulane's leading rebounder this season, at 6.2 per game. she is just outside Tulane's top 15 in total rebounds for her career with 503 boards.

On Saturday, the trio look to continue Tulane's run of success on Senior Night. Every senior to play under head coach Lisa Stockton has won on their senior day, as the Green Wave have a 13-0 record in the final regular season home game in Stockton's tenure.

Senior Night ceremonies will take place at approximately 4:50 p.m. prior to the Green Wave's 5 p.m. tip-off with SMU. The game was moved to a 5 p.m. start to air live nationally on CSTV (Cox Digital Cable channel 315 in New Orleans).