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Seattle, WA (SportsNetwork.com) - A pair of teams off to tremendous starts get together on Monday night, as the Tulane Green Wave have made the trek to the Pacific Northwest to challenge the Washington Huskies. Tulane brings a stellar 9-1 record into this contest, as the team has won nine in a row after dropping a 71-49 decision to Wake Forest in the season opener. During its lengthy win streak, the Green Wave have really only faced one team of consequence, that being the Mississippi State Bulldogs at home on Dec. 6. Tulane won that game, 59-54, and this will mark only its second true road bout of the season. Washington faced its second real test of the campaign in Saturdays matchup with No. 15 Oklahoma in Las Vegas, and coach Lorenzo Romars squad kept its perfect record in tact by slipping past the Sooners in a 69-67 final. The Huskies only other game of note took place roughly two weeks earlier, as they knocked off San Diego State in a defensive battle, 49-36. UW is 4-0 at home, 1-0 on the road, and 5-0 in neutral-site affairs, and this bout begins a brief two-game homestand, leading up to its Pac-12 Conference opener at California on Jan. 2. The Huskies won the only previous meeting between these two teams, taking a 73-62 decision in New Orleans last season. Tulane was last in action this past Friday, and used a tough defensive effort to knock off Jackson State, 56-49. Louis Dabney scored 22 points to pace the Green Wave, while Jay Hook came up just shy of logging a double-double by posting 10 points and nine rebounds. Neither player shot the ball well, combining to go 7-of-20 from the field, the team as a whole netting only 33.3 percent of its total shots, including a 3-of-12 showing from 3-point range. An unsightly 17 turnovers didnt help matters, but fortunately Jackson State converted only 31.6 percent of its field goal attempts. A 25-10 edge in points from the foul line also played a major role in the positive outcome for Tulane. The Green Wave are scoring a solid 72.9 ppg this season, dropping 48.4 percent of their total shots, which includes a 34.7 percent effort from beyond the arc. The same kind of accuracy cant be credited to the opposition, which shoots just 41.6 percent from the floor, 28.2 percent from long range and only 61.7 percent at the foul line. As a result, Tulane is permitting just 60.5 ppg. Dabney (13.1 ppg), Hook (12.1 ppg, 5.0 rpg) and Jonathan Stark (11.4 ppg, 3.9 apg) are all averaging double digits in the scoring column, with the latter two contributing in other areas as well. Washington jumped out to a 20-point lead in the first half, but needed to hold on from there as it narrowly prevailed in Saturdays clash with Oklahoma. The Huskies knocked down nearly half of their field goal attempts, and while no player scored more than 12 points (Jernard Jarreau), eight tallied at least seven points. Jarreau and Nigel Williams-Goss each grabbed eight rebounds, and the Huskies outscored the Sooners at the charity stripe, 14-8, while their reserves outscored those of OU by a 24-4 margin. Save for a momentary lapse or two, the Huskies are getting it done at both ends of the court this season, as they average 72.7 ppg while yielding a mere 58.5 ppg. A quartet of players are netting double digits on a consistent basis, with Williams-Goss leading the way with 13.9 ppg. Robert Upshaw is the only non-starter logging at least 10 ppg, but he is known more for his defensive prowess as he presently leads the nation in blocked shots with 45, while also spearheading UWs rebounding effort with 6.8 rpg. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! .The Ottawa Senators winger was relegated to a corner seat in the locker-room to allow Daniel Alfredsson to return to his regular stall one last time. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . Nick Young scored 17 points for Los Angeles, which lost five of its last seven before trouncing the Pelicans, who beat them handily last week in New Orleans. Jodie Meeks and Xavier Henry scored 15 points apiece for the Lakers, who led by 20 points in the first half before coasting to their 12th win in their last 13 regular-season meetings with New Orleans. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку!. Dwyane Wade took over in the fourth quarter. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . Today, their baseball playing sons were reportedly traded for each other. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Cubs dealt minor league outfield Trevor Gretzky to the Angels for catcher Matt Scioscia. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . Louis Cardinals pitcher Jaime Garcia will have surgery on his left shoulder this week and is expected to miss the rest of the season. ROME -- Roma rallied to beat Parma 3-1 on Monday night to maintain its unbeaten start to the Serie A season. Parma took a surprise lead six minutes from halftime when Jonathan Biabiany headed Mattia Cassanis deep cross into the bottom right corner. After conceding its first goal this season, Roma levelled through Alessandro Florenzi in the second minute after halftime. Captain Francesco Totti gave Roma the lead in the 70th minute when he controlled Kevin Strootmans ball over the defence and fired into the bottom left corner for his first goal of the season. Roma sealed the winn six minutes from time when Strootman got his first goal for the club with an unstoppable penalty after Gervinho had been tripped by Cassani.dddddddddddd "It was an important night," Totti said. "We wanted to win at all costs. Its been a long time since we won our first three games of the season. "We have the right spirit and mentality to have our say in the title race, but we have to keep our feet on the ground for now." Roma and last years runner-up Napoli are the only teams to have won all three of their opening matches this season. ' ' '