Memphis Basketball Game Notes vs East Carolina - 2/8/2012

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Tigers On TV/Radio/Web

Memphis (16-7, 6-2) vs. East Carolina (12-10, 3-6) Wednesday, Feb. 8 • 6 pm CT Williams Arena • Greenville, N.C.

By The Numbers...

59.1

• Chris Crawford’s 3-point FG pct. in C-USA road games (4 games)

37.3

• Memphis 3-point FG pct, which is 2nd in C-USA; East Carolina leads C-USA in 3-pointers made per game at 7.5

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• Will Barton is one of three players in NCAA Division 1 hoops averaging at least 16.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 2.5 apg

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• Memphis is one of five teams in NCAA Division 1 hoops to rank in top-20 in FG pct. and FG pct. def.

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 (16-7, 6-2 C-USA) returns to league action on Wednesday, Feb. 8 when it travels to Greenville, N.C., to meet East Carolina (1210, 3-6 C-USA) in a Conference USA clash at Williams Arena. The game, to be televised on Comcast Sports Southeast, is slated for a 6 p.m. (CT) start. • The Tigers were not ranked in the national polls, which were released Feb. 6. East Carolina was not ranked in either national poll. • Memphis enters Wednesday’s encounter having won 10 of its last 12. • The Tigers bounced back after a Feb. 1 loss at Southern Miss with a come-from-behind 72-68 victory over Xavier Feb. 4. • Before that Feb. 1 loss, Memphis had won three straight with victories over SMU 63-45 Jan. 21, Rice 73-51 Jan. 25 and Marshall 83-76 Jan. 28.

Schedule-Results (16-7, 6-2 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) ..................................91-60, W at Miami, Fla. (ESPN2)............................71-54, W MURRAY STATE (CSS)................................ 72-76, L at #4/4 Louisville% (CBS Sports) ............ 87-95, L LIPSCOMB (CSS) .......................................85-75, W at #16/16 Georgetown (ESPN2) ............... 59-70, L ROBERT MORRIS (CSS) ............................64-47, W CHARLOTTE (CSS) ....................................67-58, W

4 7 11 14 18 21 25 28

TENNESSEE (FSTN)...................................69-51, W at UAB* (CBSSN) ...................................62-59, W SOUTHERN MISS* (CSS) ...........................60-58, W at Houston* (CBSSN) ..............................89-55, W at UCF* (CBSSN) ..................................... 67-68, L SMU* (SPORTSOUTH)...............................63-45, W RICE* (SPORTSOUTH) ................................73-51, W MARSHALL* (CSS)....................................83-76, W

1 4 8 11 15 18 22 25 28

at Southern Miss* (CBSSN) ..................... 72-75, L XAVIER (SPORTSOUTH) ..............................72-68, W at East Carolina* (CSS)...................................6 pm UAB* (CSS) .....................................................7 PM at Tulane* .........................................................7 pm 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 . E a s t C a r o l i n a (based on previous game starters) Memphis Starters

C-USA Game #9

No. 0 10 2 3 5 1 11 30

ECU Starters

Game #24

Television: Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS)/Comcast digital channel 22 (Mike Morgan, 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. East Carolina 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. 1 2 0 20 23 11 12 22

Name Ferrakohn Hall Tarik Black Antonio Barton Chris Crawford Will Barton

Pos F F G G G

Joe Jackson Wesley Witherspoon D.J. Stephens

G F/G F/G

Name Darrius Morrow Maurice Kemp Miguel Paul Shamarr Bowden Erin Straughn

Pos F F G G G

Corvonn Gaines Robert Sampson Paris Roberts-Campbell

G F G

Yr Ht/Wt Jr. 6-8/224 So. 6-8/243 So. 6-2/165 So. 6-4/205 So. 6-6/175 — Reserves — So. 6-0/175 Sr. 6-9/207 Jr. 6-5/187

PPG RPG 3.8 3.4 9.7 4.9 7.5 2.3 9.0 3.6apg 18.4 8.3

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

10.4 6.1 1.7

Memphis, Tenn. Atlanta, Ga. Killeen, Texas

Yr Ht/Wt Sr. 6-8/245 Jr. 6-8/185 Jr. 6-1/180 Jr. 6-4/170 Jr. 6-6/205 — Reserves — Jr. 6-4/215 So. 6-8/215 Fr. 6-3/175

PPG RPG 13.9 6.4 10.7 6.2 16.0 5.5apg 7.7 1.3 6.2 4.8 3.4 4.1 5.4

3.4apg 3.4 1.6

2.5 4.8 1.2

Hometown Atlanta, Ga. Miami, Fla. Winter Haven, Fla. Greensboro, N.C. Pensacola, Fla. Madison, Wis. Atlanta, Ga. Charlotte, N.C.


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