GAME PREVIEW

• After a record breaking performance at home Tuesday, Sacramento State (1-2) returns to the road on Friday to take on Tulane (2-0). Tip-off at Fogelman Arena is set for 4 p.m. PST.
• Sacramento State is coming off a 128-66 victory over Pacific Union (NAIA institution) in which the Hornets set seven school records.
• That was the first victory of the season after the Hornets suffered a pair of defeats in guarantee games at Nevada (77-63) and Stanford (91-73).
• In the Nevada game, the Hornets trailed by six points with 3:30 left, but the Wolf Pack closed on a 10-2 run.
• Sacramento State currently leads the nation in 3-pointers attempted (37.3 per game), and ranks fourth in 3-pointers made (13.0 per game).
• Friday is the first leg of a season-long stretch of five straight games away from home. In fact, the Hornets are playing seven of their first eight of the season away from the Nest.
• Tulane is 2-0 and has won both its games at home vs Nicholls and Northwestern State.
• The Green Wave will go seven straight days without a game before Friday's contest.
• Sacramento State and Tulane have played twice, and both were double-figure wins by the Green Wave. The teams have gone nearly 30 years without playing each other.
• Tulane posted a 97-48 victory in 1994, and a 12-point win (85-73) in 1995. Sacramento State was in its third year of Div. I status in that 1994 loss.
• Tulane was a 20-win team a year ago (20-11), and finished 12-6 in the American Athletic Conference. The Green Wave is 15-3 in their last 18 home games.
• Current Hornet guard Brandon Betson, in his first season after transferring from Tulsa, was very good against Tulane last season. It two games, he averaged 12.5 points and 4.0 assists on 54% (7-13) shooting from the 3-point line.
• The Hornets are beginning the second season of the David Patrick era. Last year's squad finished 14-18 overall and 7-11 in the Big Sky Conference. The 14 wins were the most by a first-year head coach during the Div. I era (1991-pres.), and third most in program history.
• Despite fielding a roster that consists of just four returners and 11 newcomers, Sacramento State was selected to finish fourth in the Big Sky preseason coaches poll.
• The fourth place prediction in the coaches poll is the highest showing for the program since the 2014-15 team was also selected fourth. In addition, it ties for the second highest prediction since the Hornets joined the Big Sky in 1996 - the 2005-06 team was third.

MULTIMEDIA OPTIONS

• Friday's game at Tulane will stream on ESPN+.
• This will mark the third straight season all Hornet home games, and games played at a Big Sky Conference venue, will stream on ESPN+. The subscription-based service will stream on watchespn.com and the ESPN App.
• Links for all multimedia options, including live stats for every game, can be found next to each game on the men's basketball schedule at hornetsports.com.

A LOOK AT THE PACIFIC UNION GAME

• Sacramento State set seven school records on the way to a 128-66 victory over Pacific Union on Tuesday evening at the Nest.
• 128 points are most in the Div. I era (1991-pres)
• 33 assists are a new program record (1948-pres)
• +44 in the rebounding department is a new program record
• 18 3-pointers made are a new program record
• 50 field goals made are a new program record
• 62-point margin of victory is a program record
• 66 rebounds are the most in the Div. I era
• Just three points shy of the program-record 131 points set during the 1987-88 season
• Seven Hornets scored in double figures, including all five starters. In fact, each of those starters all posted at least a +32 in plus/minus.
• Leading the way was Duncan Powell (20 pts, 13 reb), Jacob Holt (10 pts, 11 reb), Zee Hamoda (19 pts, 5 reb, 4 ast), Brandon Betson (17 pts, 5 ast), Austin Patterson (17 pts), Alex Kovatchev (15 pts), Emil Skytta (13 pts) and Bailey Nunn (11 ast).
• The Hornets held huge advantages in points in the paint (62-14), second chance points (31-4), fast break points (24-4), bench points (47-16) and points off turnovers (19-4).

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