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No. 12 Memphis Pounds Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 79-52
Nov 15, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 15, 2005
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Freshman Shawne Williams and senior Rodney Carney scored 17 points each to lead No. 12 Memphis to a 79-52 victory over Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Tuesday night in the first round of the Preseason NIT.
Darius Washington added 16 points, and Kareem Cooper had 14 for the Tigers, who held the Panthers to 22-percent shooting and had 11 blocks.
Memphis (1-0) will play No. 15 Alabama in the second round Thursday night. The Crimson Tide beat Miami (Ohio) 64-58 on Tuesday night.
Joah Tucker led Wisconsin-Milwaukee (0-1) with 23 points.
Wisconsin-Milwaukee closed to eight points on Avery Smith's drive with 14:33 left, but Memphis answered with a 21-6 run to make it 63-40.
Carney had 11 points in the stretch, including a trio of 3-pointers, while Williams, a freshman forward, added six more points.
Memphis built a 19-point first-half lead before taking a 40-28 advantage at the break behind 12 points from Washington, who was 4-of-5 from the field, and 11 from Williams.
At one point, Wisconsin-Milwaukee went more than 6 minutes without scoring in the first half and only had three shots during the stretch. Wisconsin-Milwaukee's final 11 points of the half came from the foul line.
Tucker scored 14 points in the half.
