Tigers Suffer Setback to Little Rock Sunday

Sunday, November 12

Little Rock, Ark.

3:00 PM

University of Memphis

1-1

Little Rock

1-0

Memphis

Little Rock

Photo by: Little Rock Athletics

Nov 12, 2017 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Memphis moves to 1-1 the year; Creighton led Tigers with a career-high 28 points

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The University of Memphis women's basketball was unable to overcome an early push by the Little Rock Trojans and ultimately fell by a score of 86-57 Sunday afternoon. The Tigers move to 1-1 on the year with another road trip on the horizon next Thursday against Louisiana Tech.

How It Happened
Little Rock opened the game on a 7-2 run with the lone Memphis basket belonging to Cheyenne Creighton. The Tigers cut the Little Rock lead to two with 3:53 in the first on a Creighton jumper.

The Trojans responded with a 17-9 run to go up 10 halfway through the second quarter. A three-pointer at the end of the first half ultimately gave Little Rock a 13-point lead over Memphis. Creighton led the Tigers at the break with 13 points while Jasmine James had five rebounds.

A 12-0 run by the Trojans to open the second half built Little Rock's lead to 25 and put the game out of reach of the Tigers. Creighton finished the contest with a career-high 28 points and James led Memphis with seven rebounds.

Turning Point
A 17-8 run by Little Rock from the end of the first quarter into the second put the Trojans up by double-digits. The Tigers ultimately cut the Little Rock lead down to nine on multiple occasions in the first half, but that proved to be as close as Memphis would come.

Notables

Brea Elmore extended her consecutive made three-point streak to 24 games.
Cheyenne Creighton finished the game with a career-high 28 points. She also hit her first three-pointer of the season in the game.
It was Creighton's eighth 20+-point performance of her career and second-straight after scoring a team-high 21 points against Tennessee State in the home opener.
Memphis finished the game shooting 15-for-18 from the free throw line.
The Tigers went 4-for-8 from beyond the arc with four different players making three's.
Jasmine James led the Tigers in rebounding with seven. Creighton finished with six.
Breigha Wilder-Cochran, in her first appearance this season, recorded five assists.

Melissa McFerrin Quotable
"That's a typical Little Rock team. They put it to us today. I thought we made some young mistakes, some passing mistakes. They move well in transition and made us pay."

Next Up For The Tigers
The Tigers will hit the road again this upcoming Thursday for a trip to Louisiana Tech. Tip-off against the Lady Techsters is slated for 6:30 p.m. and can be heard on the airwaves at 91.7 FM WUMR. For more information on the Memphis women's basketball team, follow the Tigers on Twitter at @MemphisWBB or go online to www.gotigersgo.com.