Memphis Men's Basketball Game Notes - Austin Peay Dec. 3, 2011

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2011

Tigers On TV/Radio/Web

Saturday, Dec. 3 • 7:30 pm CT FedExForum • Memphis, Tenn.

By The Numbers...

1969

• Austin Peay head coach Dave Loos is a 1969 graduate of Memphis (letterwinner from 1966-69)

189

• Number of wins by Memphis since 2005-06 season, 2nd-most in nation during that span of time (Kansas is 1st with 194)

69.9

• Winning pct. for Tigers in month of December since 19992000

50.0

• Key pct. mark for Tigers to hit for assists on made baskets; have 2-0 record this yr when hit mark (had 13-3 record last yr)

Media Relations Info Contact ......................Lamar Chance Office ..........................901-678-2349 Cell..............................901-734-9949 Home ..........................901-465-4247 Email .........lchance1@memphis.edu Mailing/Overnight Address ............ 203 Athletic Office Building 570 Normal St. Memphis, TN 38152

SETTING THE SCENE • Memphis (3-2) hosts Austin Peay (0-8) in a non-conference game on Saturday, Dec. 3 at FedExForum. The game, to be televised on Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS), is slated for a 7:30 p.m. (CT) start. • The Tigers are ranked No. 22 in the Associated Press (AP) and No. 21 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches polls, which were released Nov. 28. Austin Peay is unranked. • Memphis is off to a 3-2 start in 2011-12. The Tigers returned to the mainland with a 70-45 victory over Jackson State Nov. 28. • Memphis returns all five starters and 10 letterwinners from last year’s squad. • Austin Peay is off to a 0-8 start, the worst beginning to a Governors’ basketball campaign since 1963-64. The Governors dropped a 67-59 decision at Lipscomb in their last outing on Nov. 28.

Schedule-Results (3-2, 0-0 C-USA) N ovem ber 15 21 22 23 28

BELMONT^ (ESPN) ..................................97-81, W vs. #15/15 Michigan^ (ESPN2)................ 61-73, L vs. Tennessee^ (ESPN2) .................(2ot) 99-97, W Georgetown^ (ESPN2)....................... (ot) 88-91, L JACKSON STATE (SPORTSOUTH).................70-45, W

3 6 11 17 19 22 29 31

AUSTIN PEAY (CSS) .................................... 7:30 PM at Miami, Fla. (ESPN2)...................................8 pm MURRAY STATE (CSS).......................................5 PM at Louisville% (CBS Sports)...........................3 pm LIPSCOMB (CSS) ...............................................6 PM at Georgetown (ESPN2)..................................6 pm ROBERT MORRIS (CSS) ....................................6 PM CHARLOTTE (CSS) ............................................8 PM

4 7 11 14 18 21 25 28

TENNESSEE (FSTN)...........................................7 PM at UAB* (CBSSN) ..........................................8 pm SOUTHERN MISS* (CSS) ...................................6 PM at Houston* (CBSSN) .....................................8 pm at UCF* (CBSSN) ...........................................7 pm SMU* (SPORTSOUTH).....................................12 PM RICE* (SPORTSOUTH) ........................................7 PM MARSHALL* (CSS)............................................8 PM

1 4 8 11 15 18 22 25 28

at Southern Miss* (CBSSN) ...........................7 pm XAVIER (SPORTSOUTH) ....................................12 PM at East Carolina* (CSS)...................................6 pm UAB* (CSS) .....................................................7 PM at Tulane* ......................................................... TBA UTEP* (SPORTSOUTH)...................................12 PM EAST CAROLINA* (CBSSN) .............................7 PM at Marshall* (SPORTSOUTH)..............................3 pm UCF* (CSS) .....................................................8 PM

D ec em ber

J anuar y

Febr uar y

M ar c h 3 7-10

at Tulsa* (CBS Sports) .................................. 11 am Conference USA Tournament (Memphis, Tenn./FedExForum) Home games in bold SMALL CAPS *C-USA Game ^EA Sports Maui Invitational %Basketball Hall of Fame Shootout

Probable Starters/Top Reserves v s . A u s t i n P e a y (based on previous game starters) Memphis Starters

Austin Peay (0-8) vs. #22/21 Memphis (3-2)

No. 11 32 1 3 5 2 10 35

APSU Starters

Game #6

Television: Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS)/Comcast digital channel 22 (Greg Gaston, play-by-play; Brian Oliver, color analyst) Radio: WREC 600 AM (Dave Woloshin, play-by-play; Matt Dillon, color analyst; Forrest Goodman, studio host) Web: Fans in certain states can watch the Memphis vs. Austin Peay game live in AllAccess. Please note that video is not available for streaming in the CSS broadcast territory states (AR, KY, WV, NC, VA, TN, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA and TX) due to television broadcast restrictions.

2012

Memphis Tigers Basketball

No. 10 20 1 12 23 15 25 32

Name Wesley Witherspoon Stan Simpson Joe Jackson Chris Crawford Will Barton

Pos F/G F G G G

Antonio Barton Tarik Black Adonis Thomas

G F G/F

Name Will Triggs Melvin Baker Jerome Clyburn TyShwan Edmondson Josh Terry

Pos F F G G G

Chris Freeman Anthony Campbell Justin Blake

F F/G G

Yr Ht/Wt Sr. 6-9/207 Jr. 6-10/232 So. 6-0/175 So. 6-4/205 So. 6-6/175 — Reserves — So. 6-2/165 So. 6-8/243 Fr. 6-6/222

PPG RPG 9.6 4.6 4.6 3.0 13.6 3.2apg 6.4 3.0 17.4 5.8

Hometown Atlanta, Ga. Chicago, Ill. Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn. Baltimore, Md.

7.4 7.4 10.0

Baltimore, Md. Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn.

Yr Ht/Wt So. 6-6/230 Sr. 6-7/215 Jr. 6-1/180 Sr. 6-4/175 Sr. 6-5/200 — Reserves — Fr. 6-6/205 r-Jr. 6-7/215 Jr. 6-3/190

PPG RPG 9.4 6.1 9.0 5.5 7.4 4.1apg 13.4 4.5 12.1 4.6 3.6 4.0 4.0

2.0 2.4 2.4

2.5 3.1 1.0

Hometown Edwardsville, Ill. Amarillo, Texas Orange Park, Fla. Hopkinsville, Ky. Henderson, Ky. San Antonio, Texas Edwardsville, Ill. Dyersburg, Tenn.


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