Schedule-Results (15-3, 4-0 C-USA)
Tigers On TV/Radio/Web Television: FOX Sports Net (SportSouth in Memphis)/Comcast digital channel 52 (Ron Thulin, play-by-play; Mike Gminski, color analyst; Jenn Hildreth, sideline reporter) Radio: WREC 600 AM (Dave Woloshin, play-by-play; Matt Dillon, color analyst; Forrest Goodman, studio host) Web: None
Game #19 C-USA Game #5
By The Numbers...
150 95.8 32 +11.3
• Number of miles Josh Pastner’s birthplace of Glendale, W.Va., is from Huntington, W.Va., home of Marshall University • Tigers’ win pct. vs. C-USA foes at FedExForum since 2005-06 (69-3 record); 2nd-best conference homecourt win pct. in nation over that span of time • Number of points Joe Jackson needs to reach 1,000 for his career • Memphis’ rebounding margin in C-USA games only (4 games); leads C-USA
Athletics Communications 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
12 17 22 23 24 29
North Florida (CSS)..............................81-66, W Samford%................................................65-54, W vs. VCU^ (NBC SN).................................. 65-78, L vs. Minnesota^ (AXS.tv)............................ 75-84, L Northern Iowa^ (AXS.tv).........................52-47, W UT Martin (SportSouth).......................93-65, W
5 Ohio (CBS SN).................................. 84-58, W 8 Austin Peay (SportSouth)................. 83-65, W 15 #6/6 Louisville (FSN).........................78-87, L 20 Lipscomb (SportSouth)...................... 62-56, W 28 Oral Roberts (CSS)......................... 72-57, W 30 Loyola, Md. (CSS)........................... 78-64, W
4 at Tennessee (ESPN2).........................85-80, W 9 East Carolina* (SportSouth).......... 67-54, W 12 at UAB* (CSS)....................................69-53, W 16 at Rice* (CSS).....................................77-51, W 19 Harvard (FSN).................................. 60-50, W 22 Tulane* (SportSouth)....................... 71-60, W 26 Marshall* (FSN)...................................... 1 pm 30 at East Carolina*.........................................6 pm
2 Tulsa* (CBS SN)...................................... 1 pm 6 at SMU*......................................................7 pm 9 at Southern Miss* (CBS SN)......................3 pm 13 UCF* (CBS SN)........................................ 7 pm 16 at Marshall* (CBS SN)...............................7 pm 20 Houston* (CSS)........................................ 8 pm 23 Southern Miss* (FSN)............................ 12 pm 26 at Xavier (ESPN2)......................................6 pm
D ec em ber
J anuar y
Febr uar y
M ar c h
2 at UCF* (FSN).........................................12 pm 5 at UTEP* (CBS SN)...................................8 pm 9 UAB* (CBS SN)...................................... 11 am 13-16 Conference USA Tournament (Tulsa, Okla./BOK Center) Home games in bold small caps *C-USA Game %Battle 4 Atlantis Opening Game (Memphis) ^Battle 4 Atlantis (Nassau, The Bahamas)
Probable Starters/Top Reserves v s . M a r s h a l l (based on previous game starters)
Memphis Starters
Saturday, Jan. 26 • 1 pm CT FedExForum • Memphis, Tenn.
SETTING THE SCENE • Memphis (15-3, 4-0 C-USA) closes its threegame homestand Saturday, Jan. 26 when it hosts Marshall (9-10, 2-2 C-USA) in a Conference USA showdown at FedExForum. The game, to be televised on FOX Sports Net (SportSouth in Memphis and the Mid-South), is scheduled for a 1 p.m. (CT) start. • The Tigers appeared in the Also Receiving Votes category of this week’s Associated Press poll (No. 33). • The Tigers bounced back after their Dec. 15 setback to No. 6/6 Louisville with nine-consecutive wins over Lipscomb 62-56 Dec. 20, Oral Roberts 72-57 Dec. 28, Loyola, Md., 78-64 Dec. 30, Tennessee 85-80 Jan. 4, East Carolina 67-54 Jan. 9, UAB 69-53 Jan. 12, Rice 77-51 Jan. 16, Harvard 60-50 Jan. 19 and Tulane 7160 Jan. 22. • Prior to the Dec. 15 loss, Memphis had won four straight with victories over Northern Iowa 52-47 Nov. 24, UT Martin 93-65 Nov. 29, Ohio 84-58 Dec. 5 and Austin Peay 83-65 Dec. 8.
Marshall Starters
Marshall (9-10, 2-2) vs. Memphis (15-3, 4-0)
N ovem ber
No. 5 30 4 1 55
2 Antonio Barton 3 Chris Crawford 10 Tarik Black
No. 1 24 11 23 50
Name Shaq Goodwin D.J. Stephens Adonis Thomas Joe Jackson Geron Johnson
Name Dennis Tinnon Elijah Pittman Nigel Spikes D.D. Scarver DeAndre Kane
0 Chris Martin 2 Robert Goff 4 Jamir Hanner
Pos F F G/F G G G G F
Pos F F C G G G F F
Yr Ht/Wt Fr. 6-9/246 Sr. 6-5/188 So. 6-7/240 Jr. 6-1/171 Jr. 6-3/197 — Reserves — Jr. 6-2/178 Jr. 6-4/218 Jr. 6-9/262
PPG RPG 8.9 5.4 6.4 6.7 10.4 4.0 13.8 4.4apg 10.2 3.9
Yr Ht/Wt Sr. 6-8/232 Jr. 6-9/219 Sr. 6-10/240 Jr. 6-4/202 Jr. 6-4/195 — Reserves — So. 6-0/185 Sr. 6-9/240 So. 6-8/210
PPG RPG 10.5 8.8 14.8 4.2 5.7 8.2 13.3 2.1 14.5 7.3apg
6.5 6.8 9.9
3.6 3.7 4.4
1.6 3.3 4.9
1.1 3.3 3.2
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