Men's Basketball Looks to Improve to 3-1 on Monday

Monday, November 23

Memphis, Tenn.

7:30 pm CT

University of Memphis

UT Arlington

Tickets

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Nov 22, 2015 | Men's Basketball

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Following an 18-point win over the Grambling State Tigers on Thursday evening, the Memphis Tigers will look to improve to 3-1 on the season while picking up its second straight win with a 7:30 p.m. tip-off agaginst the UT Arlington Mavericks, who are coming off of a win against Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio.


Memphis Tigers (2-1)	Game Information	UT Arlington Mavericks (2-1)
Game Notes (.pdf)	TV: ESPNEWS	Game Notes (.pdf)
Schedule	Allen Bestwick (pxp) Mark Wise (analyst)	Schedule
Roster	Radio: 600 AM WREC	Roster
Media Guide	Dave Woloshin (pxp) Matt Dillon (analyst)	Media Guide
	Live Stats: StatBroadcast

SCOUTING MEMPHIS
Memphis comes into its third game of the season following a hard-fought 84-78 loss to No. 8 Oklahoma on Tuesday afternoon. In the game, freshman Dedric Lawson became the first player since 2008 to have a 20-point, 10-rebound double-double with 22 points and 15 rebounds. Avery Woodson and Markel Crawford each scored a dozen points, while Trahson Burrell added 10 scores. Dedric Lawson's 15 rebounds were a game-high, as the teams ended the game with each pulling down 48 rebounds.

Behind his big effort against the Sooners, Lawson leads the team in scoring (17.5 points per game) and rebounding (9.5 per game), and is second on the team with seven assists, five blocked shots, and five steals. Shaq Goodwin (11.0), Burrell (10.5), and Woodson (10.5) also average in double-figure scoring. Dedric Lawson (9.5) and Goodwin (8.0) hold the lead in rebounding for the Tigers, while Ricky Tarrant has a team-best nine assists and six steals.

SCOUTING UT ARLINGTON
UT Arlington comes into Memphis riding high off of a 73-68 win over Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio.

In the victory, the Mavericks had three players reach double-figures in the scoring column, led by Kevin Hervey who scored 18 points while Erick Neal put up 17 tallies in the win. Faith Pope scored 11 points off of the bench. Drew Charles pulled down a game-high-tying nine rebounds, while Jorge Bilbao had eight points to go with his nine rebounds.

For the year, Neal paces UT Arlington with a 15.7 point per game scoring average, while Hervey averages 13.3 per game. Four others, Pope (8.3), Kaelon Wilson (7.3), Jalen Jones (7.3), and Bilbao (7.0) all average over seven points per game.

Bilbao leads the team with a 6.7 rebound oer game average, helping the Mavericks to a +4.7 rebounding margin through three games in the season (77-72 win against Fordham, 80-68 loss at Louisiana Tech, and Ohio State). Neal has dished out 12 assists, as Wilson leads the team with six steals.

MEMPHIS VS. SUN BELT CONFERENCE
Josh Pastner and the Memphis Tigers have met on the hardwood against seven teams currently in the Sun Belt Conference, and boast a 63-29 overall record, including a 10-0 mark against UL Monroe and 1-0 against Monday opponent UT Arlington.

YOUNG AND HUNGRY
Not only does the roster for the 2015-16 season include seven freshman, it also features a head coach that is one of just 37 head coaches in NCAA Division I basketball to be younger than 40 years of age (Josh Pastner does not turn 39 until September of next year). Of that group of 37 coaches, he has the second-most wins, behind only Shaka Smart of Texas. Below are the top five winningest NCAA Division I coaches under 40 years of age (records updated as of 11/21/2015)

ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST UT ARLINGTON
Memphis and UT Arlington have met two times prior, the first coming on December, 1968, and the latter as part of the NCAA First Round in 2008; however, the last of the two meetings - both victories by Memphis - was later vacated by the NCAA.