After a hot start, the Tulane men’s basketball team fell asleep against Nicholls on Friday at Devlin Fieldhouse.

It was a whole lot of ugly for a long stretch, but the Green Wave woke up in time to apply a knockout punch.

Asher Woods broke out of a recent slump to score a team-high 19 points and Curtis Williams keyed a decisive 21-1 that gave the Wave a 74-60 lead at the 4:27 mark on its way to an 82-72 victory in front of a crowd of 1,168.

Tulane (5-2) led 11-1, forcing an early timeout by Nicholls coach Tevon Saddler. From there, the Wave got sloppy on offense and inattentive on defense for the next 24 minutes, mimicking what coach Ron Hunter observed in a Thanksgiving day practice following an emotional overtime win against Boston College on Sunday.

“I’m glad we got the win,” he sa

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