Memphis Men's Basketball Game Notes - vs. Murray State - December 11, 2011

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2011

Tigers On TV/Radio/Web

Sunday, Dec. 11 • 5 pm CT FedExForum • Memphis, Tenn.

By The Numbers...

1400

• Memphis and Murray State both have won more than 1,400 games in their histories

59.1

• Chris Crawford’s FG pct in last 3 games (all starts); in 4 nonstarts, shot 27.8 pct

40.0

• Memphis (40.2) and Murray State (43.1) shoot over 40 pct from arc; both defend the arc well also (UofM, 30.2 pct/MSU, 25 pct)

1st

• Murray State is making its 1st trip to FedExForum; is 2nd of 4 teams to play for 1st time in arena

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 (5-2) returns home to the friendly confines of FedExForum Sunday, Dec. 11 to host Murray State (9-0) in a non-conference clash. The game, to be televised on Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS), is slated for a 5 p.m. (CT) start. • The Tigers are ranked No. 21 in the Associated Press (AP) and No. 20 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches polls, which were released Dec. 5. Murray State is in the Also Receiving Votes category of both polls (No. 40 AP/No. 34 coaches). • After competing in the 2011 EA Sports Maui Invitational on the Island (1-2 record), the Tigers returned to the mainland with three-straight victories over Jackson State (70-45) Nov. 28, Austin Peay (91-60) Dec. 3 and Miami, Fla. (71-54) Dec. 6.

Schedule-Results (5-2, 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) ..................................91-60, W at Miami, Fla. (ESPN2)............................71-54, W 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 . M u r r a y S t a t e (based on previous game starters) Memphis Starters

RV/RV Murray St. (9-0) vs. #21/20 Memphis (5-2)

No. 11 32 1 3 5 2 10 35

MSU Starters

Game #8

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. 2 42 3 11 33 1 4 13

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 Ed Daniel Ivan Aska Isaiah Canaan Donte Poole Jewuan Long

Pos F F G G G

Stacy Wilson Latreze Mushatt Brandon Garrett

F G F

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 7.7 4.6 4.7 2.7 12.4 3.0apg 7.1 3.4apg 19.4 8.0

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

6.7 8.0 10.4

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

Yr Ht/Wt Jr. 6-7/220 Sr. 6-7/230 Jr. 6-0/193 Sr. 6-3/190 Sr. 6-1/180 — Reserves — Jr. 6-3/185 Jr. 6-5/210 Jr. 6-9/205

PPG RPG 4.9 3.4 12.7 5.8 20.3 3.8 13.0 3.2 8.2 3.8apg 5.2 3.9 3.2

2.0 3.3 3.7

1.0 3.8 2.6

Hometown Birmingham, Ala. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Biloxi, Miss. Las Vegas, Nev. Jackson, Tenn. Mullins, S.C. Saginaw, Mich. Phoenix, Ariz.


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