Memphis Basketball Game Notes at SMU - Feb. 6, 2013

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Schedule-Results (18-3, 7-0 C-USA)

Tigers On TV/Radio/Web Television: None Radio: WREC 600 AM (Dave Woloshin, play-by-play; Matt Dillon, color analyst; Forrest Goodman, studio host) Web: Game to be streamed live on the Memphis Tiger Network on the Memphis athletics web site at gotigersgo.com via All-Access (must register to view game)

Game #22 C-USA Game #8

By The Numbers...

82.5

• Tigers’ win pct. vs. C-USA foes on the road (52-11 record) since 2005-06

81.8

• Tigers’ win pct. in games played in the Dallas-Fort Worth area since 2000-01 (9-2 record)

73.3

• Josh Pastner’s win pct. (11-4 record) vs. C-USA head coaches with North Carolina ties; faces UNC grad Larry Brown Wednesday

39.6

• Memphis’ FG pct. defense, which is 2nd-best in C-USA; SMU is 3rd in C-USA at 40.1 percent

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

Memphis Starters

Wednesday, Feb. 6 • 7 pm CT Moody Coliseum • Dallas, Texas

SETTING THE SCENE • Memphis (18-3, 7-0 C-USA) opens a short two-game road trip Wednesday, Feb. 6 when it travels to Dallas, Texas, for a Conference USA showdown with SMU (12-11, 2-6, C-USA). The game is not televised, but can be viewed on the Memphis Tiger Network via All-Access on www.gotigersgo.com. • The Tigers appeared in the Also Receiving Votes category of both national polls this week. Memphis is No. 30 in the Associated Press poll and No. 32 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll. • The Tigers bounced back after their Dec. 15 setback to No. 6/6 Louisville with 12-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, Tulane 71-60 Jan. 22, Marshall 73-72 Jan. 26, East Carolina 75-68 Jan. 30 and Tulsa 94-64 Feb. 2. • Prior to the Dec. 15 loss, Memphis had won four straight with victories over Northern Iowa

SMU Starters

Memphis (18-3, 7-0) vs. SMU (12-11, 2-6)

No. 5 30 4 1 55

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).............................. 73-72, W 30 at East Carolina*..................................75-68, W

2 Tulsa* (CBS SN).............................. 94-64, W 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 . S M U (based on previous game starters) Name Shaq Goodwin D.J. Stephens Adonis Thomas Joe Jackson Geron Johnson

2 Antonio Barton 3 Chris Crawford 10 Tarik Black

No. 2 15 1 12 21

N ovem ber

Name Shawn Williams Cannen Cunningham Ryan Manuel Nick Russell Jalen Jones

5 Uche Ofoegbu 11 London Giles 30 Jordan Dickerson

Pos F F G/F G G G G F

Pos F C G G G F G C

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 6.7 6.7 10.4 3.8 14.1 4.6apg 9.5 3.9

Yr Ht/Wt r-Jr. 6-7/230 So. 6-10/225 So. 6-4/185 r-Jr. 6-4/210 So. 6-6/220 — Reserves — Fr. 6-4/200 r-Sr. 6-3/185 Fr. 7-0/240

PPG RPG 7.9 5.2 8.7 5.7 12.1 4.0 14.1 4.3apg 15.3 8.1

6.6 7.4 9.6

0.5 3.0 0.4

1.5 3.7 5.1

1.4 1.4 0.9

Hometown Atlanta, Ga. Killeen, Texas Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn. Dayton, Ohio Baltimore, Md. Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn.

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