Schedule-Results (19-3, 8-0 C-USA)
Tigers On TV/Radio/Web Television: CBS Sports Network/Comcast digital channel 222 (Dave Ryan, play-by-play; Pete Gillen, analyst) Radio: WREC 600 AM (Dave Woloshin, play-by-play; Matt Dillon, color analyst; Forrest Goodman, studio host) Web: None
Game #23 C-USA Game #9
By The Numbers...
96
• D.J. Stephens’ number of career dunks; needs 4 slams to reach 100 for his career
50
• Number of Tigers’ C-USA road wins since 2005-06; the 50 road wins are more than 10 of 11 other C-USA schools’ home win totals
9
• Memphis’ current road win streak, the longest in the nation; Tigers’ last road loss at Southern Miss Feb. 1, 2012
3.4
• Average margin of victory in last 7 Memphis-Southern Miss games; 5 of 7 encounters decided by 3 or fewer points
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).............................. 73-72, W 30 at East Carolina*..................................75-68, W
2 Tulsa* (CBS SN).............................. 94-64, W 6 at SMU*...............................................60-52, W 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
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J anuar y
Febr uar y
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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 o u t h e r n M i s s (based on previous game starters) Memphis Starters
Saturday, Feb. 9 • 3 pm CT Green Coliseum • Hattiesburg, Miss.
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
USM Starters
Memphis (19-3, 8-0) vs. Southern Miss (18-5, 7-1)
SETTING THE SCENE • Memphis (19-3, 8-0 C-USA) closes out a short two-game road trip Saturday, Feb. 9 when it travels to Hattiesburg, Miss., for a Conference USA encounter with longtime rival Southern Miss (18-5, 7-1 C-USA). The game, scheduled for a 3 p.m. (CT) start, is slated for a CBS Sports Network (Comcast digital channel 222) telecast. • The Tigers appeared in the Also Receiving Votes category of this week’s national polls. Memphis is No. 30 in the Associated Press poll and No. 32 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll. Southern Miss was also in the coaches poll Also Receiving Votes category at No. 34. • The Tigers bounced back after their Dec. 15 setback to No. 6/6 Louisville with 13-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, Tulsa 94-64 Feb. 2 and SMU 6052 Feb. 6.
N ovem ber
No. 4 11 24 5 23
Name Dwayne Davis Daveon Boardingham Jonathan Mills Neil Watson Jerrold Brooks
10 Cedric Jenkins 21 Norville Carey 44 Michael Craig
Pos F F G/F G G G G F
Pos F F F G G G F G/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 8.6 5.4 6.5 6.7 10.6 4.0 13.8 4.5apg 10.0 4.1
Yr Ht/Wt Sr. 6-5/205 Jr. 6-7/225 Sr. 6-5/240 Jr. 5-11/160 Jr. 6-0/185 — Reserves — Jr. 6-1/195 Fr. 6-5/230 Jr. 6-5/230
PPG RPG 12.9 4.5 7.7 3.5 9.0 6.7 9.3 5.0apg 10.7 2.4
6.5 7.4 9.1
5.5 5.5 9.1
1.5 3.5 4.9
1.3 2.6 5.3
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