Schedule-Results (14-3, 3-0 C-USA)
Tigers On TV/Radio/Web Television: SportSouth/Comcast digital channel 52 (Pete Pranica, play-by-play; Sean Tuohy) Radio: WREC 600 AM (Dave Woloshin, play-by-play; Matt Dillon, color analyst; Forrest Goodman, studio host) Web: None
Game #18 C-USA Game #4
By The Numbers...
95.8
• Tigers’ win pct. vs. C-USA foes at FedExForum since 2005-06; second-best conference homecourt win pct. in nation over that span of time
89.3
• Memphis’ homecourt winning pct. against C-USA foes under Josh Pastner (25-3 record)
16.6
• Tigers force opponents into 16.6 turnovers per game, 3rd-best in C-USA; Tulane is best in C-USA in protecting the ball (11.8 TO/ gm)
5
• Five years ago this week, Memphis moved into the No. 1 spot of both national polls
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)............................... 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 u l a n e (based on previous game starters)
Memphis Starters
Tuesday, Jan. 22 • 7 pm CT FedExForum • Memphis, Tenn.
Tulane Starters
Tulane (13-5, 1-2) vs. Memphis (14-3, 3-0)
SETTING THE SCENE • Memphis (14-3, 3-0 C-USA) returns to Conference USA play Tuesday, Jan. 22 against Tulane (13-5, 1-2 C-USA) in a league match-up at FedExForum. The game, to be televised on SportSouth (Comcast digital channel 52), is scheduled for a 7 p.m. (CT) start. • The Tigers appeared in the Also Receiving Votes category of the Associated Press poll (No. 33). • The Tigers bounced back after their Dec. 15 setback to No. 6/6 Louisville with eight-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 and Harvard 60-50 Jan. 19. • 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. • Tulane has won six of its last eight, including a road victory at Alabama Dec. 30.
N ovem ber
No. 5 30 4 1 55
2 Antonio Barton 3 Chris Crawford 10 Tarik Black
No. 00 22 34 2 5
Name Shaq Goodwin D.J. Stephens Adonis Thomas Joe Jackson Geron Johnson
Name Josh Davis Kendall Timmons Tre Drye Ricky Tarrant Jordan Callahan
3 Louis Dabney 4 Ben Cherry 41 Tomas Bruha
Pos F F G/F G G G G F
Pos F F F G G G 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 9.2 5.5 6.5 6.5 10.8 4.2 13.7 4.5apg 9.6 3.9
Yr Ht/Wt Jr. 6-8/215 Sr. 6-5/215 So. 6-6/218 So. 6-2/190 Sr. 6-0/190 — Reserves — Fr. 6-3/210 Sr. 6-2/180 r-Jr. 7-0/235
PPG RPG 17.5 10.3 7.0 4.2 4.9 6.2 15.6 3.1 11.5 2.7
6.8 6.4 9.8
1.1 3.6 1.9
1.7 3.4 5.0
0.7 0.6 2.4
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