The Tulane women's basketball team found itself in a close game in the first half against North Florida on Wednesday at Devlin Fieldhouse before a crowd of screaming schoolchildren and the Warren Easton band for an education day matinee game.

The second half was a different matter. Although the Green Wave demolished North Florida in rebounding, guard Kanija Daniel provided a big boost to spur Tulane to a 77-54 rout.

Tulane next will play host to No. 5 LSU at 6 p.m. Monday.

Daniel scored 12 of her game-high 20 points in the third quarter as the Green Wave (2-1) went from a five-point halftime lead to 57-42 at the end of the third quarter. Tulane stretched the lead to 67-47 midway through the fourth quarter.

“When I started the game, I started kind of slow, and Coach picked me up and my

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