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GAME #30: MEMPHIS (17-12, 9-7) VS. CONNECTICUT (17-11, 10-6) THURSDay, MAR. 5 • 8 Pm (ct) • GAMPEL PAVILION • STORRS, CONN.
By The Numbers...
2002 72.7
• 2001-02 was last season Memphis did not play a regular season and/or conf. tourney game at home in month of March • Tigers’ win pct. vs. defending NCAA champs in their history (8-3 record); 3-0 record under Josh Pastner
13.1/ 9.9
• Shaq Goodwin’s ppg and rpg in month of Feb. (8 games); prior to Feb., averaged 7.5 ppg and 5.9 rpg
1/3
• Memphis is 1 of 3 schools in The American to play 3 “Senior Day/Night” game; ECU, Tulsa are other 2 to do so • Memphis is the only American Athletic Conference school to play its last two regular-season games on the road
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SETTING THE SCENE • Memphis (17-12, 9-7 The American) closes its 2014-15 regular season with a two-game road swing to Connecticut and Cincinnati. • The Tigers start their road trip Thursday, Mar. 5 when they travel to Storrs, Conn., to face the Connecticut Huskies (17-11, 10-6 The American). • Thursday’s game, to air on ESPN2, is slated for an 8 p.m. (CT) tip from Gampel Pavilion, the Huskies’ on-campus arena. • The Tigers were not ranked in the Mar. 2 polls and also did not appear in the Also Receiving Votes category of either poll. Connecticut was not ranked in either poll. • Memphis is 4-4 in its last eight games entering Thursday’s American Athletic Conference contest versus the Huskies. • In that stretch, the Tigers’ four victories came over Jacksonville State 74-48 Feb. 4, USF 75-48 Feb. 14, Connecticut 75-72 Feb. 19 and UCF 7565 in overtime Feb. 22. • The four losses in that eight-game span were to Temple 61-60 Feb. 7, East Carolina 64-53 Feb. 10, No. 21 SMU 66-57 Feb. 26 and Tulsa 74-72 in overtime Feb. 28. • Memphis returns two starters and only four letterwinners from last year’s squad. • Connnecticut is 17-11 overall and has won three straight and six of its last eight contests. • The Huskies’ most recent three-game win streak includes victories over Tulane, East Carolina and No. 21 SMU.
Memphis Starters
Probable Starters/Top Reserves vs. CONNECTICUT
UCONN Starters
No. Name 2 Shaq Goodwin 40 Calvin Godfrey 1 Markel Crawford 15 Kedren Johnson 20 Avery Woodson
0 Trahson Burrell 5 Nick King 12 D’Marnier Cunningham
No. 1 5 35 11 44
Name Phillip Nolan Daniel Hamilton Amida Brimah Ryan Boatright Rodney Purvis
3 Terrence Samuel 12 Kentan Facey 21 Omar Calhoun
Pos F F G G G F F G Pos F F C G G G F G
Yr Ht/Wt Jr. 6-9/231 Sr. 6-8/233 r-Fr. 6-4/200 Jr. 6-4/218 So. 6-2/196 — Reserves — Jr. 6-7/182 So. 6-7/225 Jr. 5-9/163
PPG RPG 9.1 7.0 3.7 3.2 5.9 2.3 6.2 2.5apg 8.6 2.5
Hometown Atlanta, Ga. Milwaukee, Wis. Memphis, Tenn. Lewisburg, Tenn. Waynesboro, Miss.
8.4 7.6 2.8
5.3 5.1 1.7apg
Albany, N.Y. Memphis, Tenn. Chicago, Ill.
Yr Ht/Wt Jr. 6-10/237 Fr. 6-7/190 So. 7-0/230 Sr. 6-0/175 r-So. 6-4/205 — Reserves — So. 6-4/202 So. 6-9/206 Jr. 6-5/205
PPG 1.0 10.8 10.4 17.7 10.5
RPG 1.5 7.6 4.9 4.3 2.2
Hometown Milwaukee, Wis. Los Angeles, Calif. Accra, Ghana Aurora, Ill. Raleigh, N.C.
3.8 4.7 5.6
2.6 5.6 1.5
Brooklyn, N.Y. Trelawny, Jamaica Brooklyn, N.Y.
Email: Lchance1@memphis.edu
Tigers On TV/Radio/Web Television: ESPN2 (Mike Patrick, play-by-play; Len Elmore, analyst) Radio: WREC 600 AM; WKBQ 93.5FM (Dave Woloshin, play-by-play; Matt Dillon, color analyst; Forrest Goodman, studio host) Web: WatchESPN/ESPN3.com
Schedule-Results (17-12, 9-7 American) November
18 24 27 28
vs. #11 Wichita State% (ESPN).................... 56-71, L PRAIRIE VIEW A&M^ (ESPN3)...............77-49, W vs. Baylor# (FOX Sports 1)........................... 47-71, L vs. Indiana State# (FOX Sports 1).............. 72-62, W
december
2 6 13 15 17 20 23 31
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN^ (ESPNews)..............52-64, L BRADLEY (ESPNU)..................................73-45, W OKLAHOMA STATE (ESPN2)...................... 55-73, L N.C. CENTRAL (ESPN3)............................81-47, W USC UPSTATE (ESPN3).............................83-73, W ORAL ROBERTS (CBS SN)........................78-63, W WESTERN ILLINOIS (ESPN3)....................78-51, W HOUSTON* (ESPNU)...............................73-54, W
january
3 8 11 15 17 21 24 28 31
TULANE* (ESPNU)....................................66-74, L at SMU* (ESPN2)......................................... 59-73, L at Houston* (CBS SN)................................ 62-44, W CINCINNATI* (ESPN/2)...........................63-50, W UCF* (ESPNews).....................................99-79, W at Tulsa* (ESPNU)........................................ 55-73, L at Tulane* (ESPNU)................................... 57-55, W EAST CAROLINA* (CBS SN).....................70-58, W at #3/3 Gonzaga (ESPN2)............................ 64-82, L
february
4 7 10 14 19 22 26 28
JACKSONVILLE STATE (ESPN3)................74-48, W TEMPLE* (ESPNews).................................60-61, L at East Carolina* (ESPNU)........................... 53-64, L at USF* (ESPNU)........................................ 75-48, W CONNECTICUT* (ESPN)...........................75-72, W at UCF* (CBS SN)................................ (ot) 75-65, W #21/21 SMU* (ESPN2)..............................57-66, L TULSA* (ESPNU)................................ (ot) 72-74, L
march 5 8 12-15
at Connecticut* (ESPN2)..................................8 pm at Cincinnati* (CBS)........................................11 am American Athletic Conference Tournament (Hartford, Conn./XL Center)
Home games in bold blue CAPS * American Athletic Conference Game % Game played at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D. ^ Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational (non-bracket) # Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational (bracket)