1/11/14 Memphis Men's Basketball Game Notes at Temple

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athletics communications contact/info: Lamar Chance

Cell: 901-734-9949

Office: 901-678-2349

gm #15: #24 Memphis (11-3, 2-1) VS. TEMPLE (5-8, 0-3) SATURday, JAN. 11 • 2 Pm (ct) • LIACOURAS CENTER • PHILADELPHIA, PA.

By The Numbers...

1,500

66.7

• With its win at Louisville Jan. 9, Memphis recorded the program’s 1,500th all-time victory; UofM is 5th American program to have 1,500 wins • Tigers’ win pct. in single-digit outcome games under Josh Pastner (42-21 record); 3-1 record in 2013-14 • Memphis brings a 14-game conference road win streak into Saturday’s game at Temple (12 C-USA wins, 2 American wins)

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• Tigers have won last 3 games in the city of Philadelphia, dating back to the 1994-95 season

3 1st

• Saturday’s game is the first time Memphis and Temple face each other as conference foes

SETTING THE SCENE • Memphis (11-3, 2-1 The American) remains on the road and travels to Philadelphia, Pa., to meet new American Athletic Conference foe Temple (5-8, 0-3 The American) Jan. 11. ESPN2 is televising Saturday’s 2 p.m. (CT) contest from the Liacouras Center. • The Memphis-Temple game also can be viewed via the web at ESPN3.com/WatchESPN. • The Tigers remained in both national polls released Jan. 6. Memphis is in the No. 24 spot in the Associated Press (AP) poll and the No. 22 position in the USA Today coaches polls. Temple is not ranked. • Memphis enters Saturday’s American Athletic Conference match-up having won 10 of its last 12 games. The 10 victories came over Nicholls, Siena, LSU, No. 5/8 Oklahoma State, Northwestern State, UALR, Southeast Missouri, Jackson State, USF and No. 8/12 Louisville. The Tigers’ two setbacks were to No. 16/17 Florida 77-75 in the 2013 Jimmy V Classic and Cincinnati 69-53. • The Tigers are 2-1 in true road games this season and 5-2 in contests played away from FedExForum. • Memphis returns three starters, but only five letterwinners from last year’s squad. • Temple is 1-4 at home this season. • All five Owls games at the Liacouras Center have been decided by single digits.

Memphis Starters

P r o b a b l e S ta r t e r s / T o p R e s e r v e s v s . T E M P L E (based on previous game starters)

TEMPLE Starters

No. Name 2 Shaq Goodwin 4 Austin Nichols 1 Joe Jackson 3 Chris Crawford 55 Geron Johnson

5 Nick King 11 Michael Dixon Jr. 12 David Pellom

Pos F F G G G F G F

No. Name 3 Anthony Lee 15 Jimmy McDonnell 2 Will Cummings 25 Quenton DeCosey 32 Dalton Pepper

Pos F F G G G

1 Josh Brown 10 Mark Williams 23 Devontae Watson

G F F/C

Yr Ht/Wt So. 6-9/242 Fr. 6-8/212 Sr. 6-1/174 Sr. 6-4/222 Sr. 6-3/203 — Reserves — Fr. 6-7/220 Sr. 6-1/200 Gr. 6-7/224 Yr Ht/Wt Jr. 6-9/230 Jr. 6-10/210 Jr. 6-2/175 So. 6-5/180 Sr. 6-5/220 — Reserves — Fr. 6-3/185 Fr. 6-8/240 So. 6-10/210

PPG RPG 12.3 6.8 8.5 4.1 15.0 3.5apg 8.8 4.2 8.3 4.9

Hometown Atlanta, Ga. Collierville, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn. Dayton, Ohio

5.8 11.4 6.6

Memphis, Tenn. Kansas City, Mo. Wilmington, N.C.

3.3 2.2 4.3

PPG RPG 14.3 9.5 1.9 1.7 16.5 4.0apg 15.8 3.3 16.7 5.5

Hometown Columbia, Md. Jackson, N.J. Jacksonville, Fla. Union, N.J. Levittown, Pa.

2.6 4.7 1.4

Irvington, N.J. Cleveland, Ohio Ambridge, Pa.

2.0 4.3 3.0

Email: Lchance1@memphis.edu

Tigers On TV/Radio/Web Television: ESPN2 (Mike Patrick, play-byplay; Len Elmore, analyst)/Memphis Comcast channel 24 Radio: WREC 600 AM (Dave Woloshin, playby-play; Matt Dillon, color analyst; Forrest Goodman, studio host) Web: WatchESPN (ESPN3.com)

Schedule-Results (11-3, 2-1 American) November

14 19 23 28 29

AUSTIN PEAY (SportSouth)................ 95-69, W at #7/9 Oklahoma State% (ESPN)........ 80-101, L NICHOLLS (SportSouth)..................... 98-59, W vs. Siena# (ESPN2)............................... 87-60, W vs. LSU# (ESPN2)................................. 76-69, W

december

1 7 13 17 21 28 31

#5/8 Oklahoma State# (ESPN2)........... 73-68, W NORTHWESTERN STATE (ESPN3)........ 96-76, W UALR (ESPN3).................................... 73-59, W vs. #16/17 Florida& (ESPN)................... 75-77, L SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (SportSouth).77-65, W JACKSON STATE (ESPNU)................... 75-61, W at USF* (ESPN2).................................. 88-73, W

january

4 9 11 16 18 23 26 29

CINCINNATI* (ESPN2)..........................53-69, L at #12/8 Louisville* (ESPN)................. 73-67, W at Temple* (ESPN2)....................................2 pm CONNECTICUT* (ESPN/ESPN2)................ 6 pm LEMOYNE-OWEN (SportSouth)................ 1 pm HOUSTON* (ESPNews)............................ 7 pm USF* (CBS SN)......................................... 1 pm at UCF* (ESPNU).........................................6 pm

february

1 4 8 12 15 20 22 27

at SMU* (CBS SN).......................................1 pm RUTGERS* (CBS SN)................................. 6 pm GONZAGA (ESPN Gameday/ESPN)........... 8 pm UCF* (ESPNU)......................................... 8 pm at Connecticut* (ESPN/ESPN2)................11 am at Rutgers* (CBS SN)..................................6 pm TEMPLE* (ESPNU).............................. 8:30 pm at Houston* (CBS SN).................................8 pm

march 1 6 8 12-15

LOUISVILLE* (CBS Sports)........................ 1 pm Cincinnati* (ESPN/ESPN2)..........................6 pm SMU* (ESPN/ESPN2)............................. 11 am American Athletic Conference Tournament (FedExForum/Memphis, Tenn.)

Home games in bold CAPS * American Game % Old Spice Classic Opening Game (Memphis) # Old Spice Classic (Orlando, Fla.) & Jimmy V Classic (New York, N.Y.)


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