NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Shockers' second quarter slump gave the Green Wave the go ahead as Wichita State fell 68-64 in Fogelman Arena.
 
Junior Princess Anderson led all scoring with a career high 25 points, her third 20-point performance in four games, and sophomore Salese Blow put up 17 points with four steals. Five Shockers grabbed five or more rebounds with redshirt-junior Jayla Murray leading the way with seven.
 
Three Tulane players finished in double figures with Sherese Pittman recording a 17-point 15-rebound double-double, Victoria Keenan had 16, and Kyren Whittington had 12.
 
Wichita State shot just 23-for-79 (29.1 percent) from the field, and Tulane out-rebounded the Shockers 51-46.
 
Anderson hit a three to score the first points of the game and finished the quarter with nine points to lead all scoring after one. The Shockers went on a 6-0 run during the first period with points from Blow and Bre'Yon White to go up 10, but Tulane held the Shockers scoreless through the last two minutes of the quarter to make it a four-point game.
 
The Shockers' scoring drought continued in the second quarter as the Green Wave scored 12-straight to capture their first lead of the game and go up four. Blow hit a three to give Wichita State its first points in seven and a half minutes, but Tulane finished the quarter on a 13-3 run, holding the Shockers to 2-for-17 shooting and just six points in the period, tying for the lowest scoring quarter of the season for WSU. Anderson's three to end the quarter gave her 12 first half points as the Shockers entered halftime down 11.
 
Tulane shared the ball in the first half as eight Tulane players scored in the first half while only three Shockers put points on the board before halftime.
 
The Green Wave went up 14 out of the break before the Shockers went on an 8-0 run early in the third quarter to cut the deficit to six, but Tulane stretched it back to 13 by the end of the quarter.
 
Tulane was up by as many as 17 in the fourth as Wichita State tried to chip away. The Shockers' defense forced six turnovers over five and a half minutes, getting four-straight stops down the stretch couldn't convert on the other end. Anderson hit a buzzer-beater three to end the game as the Shockers lost by four to the Green Wave for the second time this season.
 
The Shockers fall to 9-20 (3-13 AAC), and Tulane improves to 16-10 (9-6 AAC).
 
Wichita State returns home for its final two games of the regular season, taking on Charlotte on Saturday, March 1 at 2 p.m. and Tulsa on Tuesday, March 4 at 6 p.m.