Post-Game Notes

Feb 27, 2010 | Men's Basketball

Feb. 27, 2010

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Memphis Post-Game Notes
Memphis 76, Southern Miss 69
Memphis (21-8), Southern Miss (16-12)
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Feb. 27, 2010

Memphis improves to 60-23 all-time against Southern Miss. The Tigers have won the last 14 games in the series with the Golden Eagles

The Tigers staved off back-to-back Conference USA losses for the third time this season. Memphis has not lost back-to-back Conference USA games since they lost four-straight to end the 2004-05 regular-season

Elliot Williams' 22 second-half points are the most points he has scored in one half since the sophomore guard tallied 25 against Southern Miss in Hattiesburg to open the 2010 C-USA season

Roburt Sallie scored a season-high 20 points against the Golden Eagles. Sallie has tallied 20 points on three occasions this season

The Tigers shot 45.5-percent from beyond the arc on Saturday night. Southern Miss' three-point defense coming into the game led C-USA, giving up only 29.2-percent from beyond the arc on average

Wesley Witherspoon has tallied double figures in 17 of the last 21 games, including the last eight-straight contests

Saturday marked the eighth time this season that Memphis has hit 10 or more three-pointers in a game

Willie Kemp has tallied five or more assists in each of the last five games

Elliot Williams has scored 20 or more points on 16 occasions this season. Saturday marked the first time he has scored over 20 since tallying 27 points against Tulsa on Feb. 13. Williams is six games with 20 or more points shy of tying Anfernee Hardaway's 22 games with 20 or more points in 1992-93, which is a program best since the 1991-92 season

The Tigers are only the fifth opponent this season to score over 70 points against Southern Miss

Southern Miss scored the first eight points in the game

Seven of the first nine Memphis points came on the charity stripe

The Tigers outscored Southern Miss 29 to 17 in the final 12 minutes of the first half. The Golden Eagles had outscored Memphis 15 to four in the first eight minutes