Tigers Return Home for Three-Straight, Starting with IUPUI Wednesday

Wednesday, November 29

Memphis, Tenn.

6:00 PM

University of Memphis

IUPUI

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Photo by: Joe Murphy

Tigers Return Home for Three-Straight, Starting with IUPUI Wednesday

Nov 28, 2017 | Women's Basketball

Memphis Game Notes

Memphis will play IUPUI, Illinois, and UAB in this stretch of home contests

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis women's basketball team returns home for three-straight contests, beginning with IUPUI Wednesday evening at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Tipoff against the Jaguars is set for 6 p.m. and will be streamed on www.gotigersgo.com.

GAME EIGHT
Memphis (1-6) vs. IUPUI (4-1)
Tip-off: 6 p.m. CT
Location: Elma Roane Fieldhouse
Promotion: ResLife Game
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The Tigers return to Memphis looking to improve to 2-1 on its home floor with the three-straight games coming up. Despite dropping three games during its trip to Las Vegas last week, several individual Memphis players had solid performances throughout the week. Coming into Wednesday's game, here are five things to know about the Memphis women's basketball team.

Senior forward Cheyenne Creighton has picked up where she left off and comes into the IUPUI game with back-to-back double-doubles. Creighton now has 11 in her career and is one of just 16 Memphis players in history to achieve at least 11 double-doubles in their career.
Creighton is also approaching 1,000 points and is on pace to do so after the start of conference play. The Pickering, Ontario native is now just 148 points shy of being the 24^th player in program history to reach the milestone. In Las Vegas, Creighton had 22 points against No. 21 DePaul.
Senior Brea Elmore led Memphis offensively in Las Vegas, posting a pair of 16-point games and a team-high 20 points against Kent State. It was Elmore's fifth career 20+-point performance.
Freshman forward Alana Davis scored a career-high 16 points against No. 9/8 Ohio State to open the Play4Kay Showcase. She ranks third on the team and first among freshmen with 7.5 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.
The Tigers are much improved from the free throw line this year compared to just a season ago. In 2016-17, Memphis finished with a team mark of 64.1 percent from the line, whereas this season the Tigers are second in the conference at 75.5 percent. Breigha Wilder-Cochran has hit all 10 of her free throws taken this season.

A Look At IUPUI
IUPUI enters into Wednesday's game with a 4-1 overall record and wins against Northern Iowa, Georgetown (Ky.), Indiana State, and Wyoming. The Jaguars lone loss this season was to American Athletic Conference foe UCF on the road by a score of 63-59.

Danielle Lawrence leads the team in scoring this season with 13.2 points per game. She's also the team leader in steals with nine. In addition to Lawrence, Sydney Hall is adding double-figures as well with 10.4 points per contest. Macee Williams leads the team in rebounding with 7.8 per game. As a team, the Jaguars outrebound their opponent by over six rebounds per game.

Offensively, IUPUI has defeated its four opponents by an average of over 18 points per game. The team is shooting 42.5 percent from the floor and only commits 14.2 turnovers per game.

Austin Parkinson is the head coach of the Jaguars and is currently in his eighth season at the helm, where he has won 124 games. IUPUI was selected to finish seventh in the Horizon League poll. This is the first season as a member of the Horizon League after moving from the Summit League.

Series History With IUPUI
This is the first-ever meeting between the Tigers and the Jaguars. Prior to IUPUI's departure from the Summit League, Memphis was 3-0 against Summit League schools (North Dakota State, South Dakota State, and Western Illinois).

Against schools in the Horizon League, the Tigers hold a 4-2 all-time advantage. Youngstown State is the only squad to have set the Tigers back when playing a Horizon League team.

Final Details
Tipoff against IUPUI is slated for 6 p.m. at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Fans can hear the game on the air waves at 91.7 FM WUMR with Jeff Brightwell on the call or watch the game at www.gotigersgo.com. For more information on the Memphis women's basketball team, follow the team on Twitter at @MemphisWBB.