Schedule-Results (9-3, 0-0 C-USA)
Tigers On TV/Radio/Web Television: ESPN2/Comcast digital channel 24 (Rich Hollenberg, play-by-play; Mark Adams, color analyst) Radio: WREC 600 AM (Dave Woloshin, play-by-play; Matt Dillon, color analyst; Forrest Goodman, studio host) Web: ESPN3.com
Game #13
By The Numbers...
336
• Number of wins by Memphis since 2000-01, the 3rd-most in the nation over that span of time
86.7
• Josh Pastner’s winning pct. (13-2 record) vs. in-state foes; has 2-2 record vs. Tennessee
U18 1st
• Friday’s game is a Team USA U18 reunion; Goodwin (UofM), Stokes (UT) led the U.S. to gold medal at FIBA Americas U18 Championship last June • Friday is Memphis’ first true road game of the 2012-13 season; tied for second-latest road opener since 1975-76
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
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)................................7 pm 9 East Carolina* (SportSouth).................. 7 pm 12 at UAB* (CSS)..................................... 7:30 pm 16 at Rice* (CSS)............................................6 pm 19 Harvard (FSN)...................................11:30 am 22 Tulane* (SportSouth)............................... 7 pm 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 . T e n n e s s e e (based on previous game starters)
Memphis Starters
Friday, Jan. 4 • 7 pm CT Thompson-Boling Arena • Knoxville, Tenn.
No. 5 30 4 1 55
Name Shaq Goodwin D.J. Stephens Adonis Thomas Joe Jackson Geron Johnson
2 Antonio Barton 3 Chris Crawford 10 Tarik Black
Tennessee Starters
Memphis (9-3) vs. Tennessee (8-3)
SETTING THE SCENE • Memphis (9-3) travels to Knoxville, Tenn., Friday, Jan. 4 for its first true road game of the season to meet in-state rival Tennessee (8-3). The game, to be televised on ESPN2, is scheduled for a 7 p.m. (CT) start. • The Tigers did not appear in either national poll this week. • The Tigers bounced back after their Dec. 15 setback to No. 6/6 Louisville with three-consecutive wins over Lipscomb 62-56 Dec. 20, Oral Roberts 72-57 Dec. 28 and Loyola, Md., 78-64 Dec. 30. • 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. • Memphis returns four starters and 11 letterwinners from last year’s squad. • Tennessee is on a four-game win streak with victories over Wichita State, Presbyterian College, Western Carolina and Xavier. • Prior to the four-game win streak, the Volunteers dropped consecutive road games at Georgetown and Virginia.
N ovem ber
No. 5 20 1 11 13
Name Jarnell Stokes Kenny Hall Josh Richardson Trae Golden Skylar McBee
00 Yemi Makanjuola 3 Derek Reese 52 Jordan McRae
Pos F F G/F G G G G F
Pos F F G G G C G G
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 5.8 6.0 6.1 10.1 3.7 13.2 4.4apg 10.6 4.0
Hometown Atlanta, Ga. Killeen, Texas Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn. Dayton, Ohio
7.5 6.6 10.9
Baltimore, Md. Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn.
Yr Ht So. 6-8/270 Sr. 6-9/230 So. 6-6/188 Jr. 6-1/205 Sr. 6-3/195 — Reserves — So. 6-9/250 Fr. 6-8/208 Jr. 6-5/178
PPG RPG 11.4 7.4 6.8 6.3 7.4 5.1 12.5 4.5apg 6.6 1.3
Hometown Memphis, Tenn. Stone Mountain, Ga. Edmond, Okla. Powder Springs, Ga. Rutledge, Tenn.
2.5 7.0 10.3
Lagos, Nigeria Orlando, Fla. Midway, Ga.
1.6 3.8 5.0
3.4 0.0 3.0