Schedule-Results (25-4, 14-0 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 #30
Tuesday, Mar. 5 • 8:15 pm CT Haskins Center • El Paso, Texas
By The Numbers...
2011
• Tigers won the 2011 C-USA Tourney title on UTEP’s homecourt 67-66 Mar. 12; two weeks earlier (Feb. 26), UofM suffered worse loss in Josh Pastner era
2010
• On Jan. 20, 2010, UTEP ended Tigers’ C-USA wins streaks at 52-straight (reg. season) and 64-straight (reg. season + tour.)
100
• With the Tigers’ 76-67 win at UCF, Josh Pastner recorded his 100th win as a head coach (10033 record)
45.0
• Chris Crawford’s 3-pt. FG pct. since Jan. 19 (27-of-60); in 8 games prior to Jan. 19, was shooting 5 percent from the arc
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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)...............89-76, W 13 UCF* (CBS SN)................................ 93-71, W 16 at Marshall* (CBS SN)........................71-59, W 20 Houston* (CSS)................................ 81-74, W 23 Southern Miss* (FSN)...................... 89-73, W 26 at Xavier (ESPN2)................................62-64, L
D ec em ber
J anuar y
Febr uar y
M ar c h
2 at UCF* (FSN)....................................76-67, W 5 at UTEP* (CBS SN)............................. 8:15 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 . U T E P (based on previous game starters) Memphis Starters
#25/20 Memphis (25-4, 14-0) vs. UTEP (16-12, 9-5)
SETTING THE SCENE • Memphis (25-4, 14-0 C-USA) closes its threegame road swing Tuesday, Mar. 5 when it travels to El Paso, Texas, for a league encounter with UTEP (16-12, 9-5 C-USA). The game, scheduled for an 8:15 p.m. (CT) start, is slated for a CBS College Sports (Memphis Comcast channel 222) telecast. • The Tigers remained in the national polls for a fourth-straight week. Memphis dropped to the No. 25 spot in the Associated Press poll and No. 20 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll. • Memphis bounced back after its Feb. 26 setback at Xavier with a 76-67 victory at UCF Mar. 2. The win clinched the outright Conference USA championship for the Tigers. • Prior to its win at UCF, Memphis had its 18game winning streak snapped Feb. 26 when it dropped a narrow 64-62 decision at Xavier. The Tigers’ previous loss came 72 days before on Dec. 15 to No. 6/6 Louisville. • UTEP has a 3-2 mark in its last five outings. The Miners have won two straight with victories over Houston and Rice. • The Miners are 13-2 overall and 6-1 in C-USA play at the Haskins Center this year.
No. 5 30 4 1 55
UTEP Starters
C-USA Game #15
N ovem ber
3 Chris Crawford 10 Tarik Black 11 Damien Wilson
No. 4 21 11 13 25
Name Shaq Goodwin D.J. Stephens Adonis Thomas Joe Jackson Geron Johnson
Name Julian Washburn John Bohannon Jacques Streeter McKenzie Moore Konner Tucker
2 Jalen Ragland 31 Cedrick Lang 32 Chris Washburn
Pos F F G/F G G G F G Pos F F G G G F 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. 6-4/218 Jr. 6-9/262 Fr. 6-6/180
PPG RPG 8.2 4.8 7.3 6.8 11.7 4.4 13.9 4.8apg 10.4 4.5
Yr Ht/Wt So. 6-7/205 Jr. 6-10/210 Sr. 6-0/175 So. 6-6/190 Gr. 6-4/185 — Reserves — So. 6-6/175 So. 6-9/225 Fr. 6-8/240
PPG RPG 11.4 4.2 11.1 6.5 7.8 5.1apg 8.9 5.3 10.7 1.8
8.7 8.7 2.1
4.2 5.1 4.4
3.9 4.6 1.0
1.0 5.4 3.0
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