University of Memphis Athletics
Postgame Notes
Feb 05, 2011 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 5, 2011
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• Memphis has now won all on all three visits to Spokane to play Gonzaga. The victory will serve as Memphis' lone non-conference road win of the season.
• Junior Charles Carmouche scored in double figures for the first time since Jan. 19 at Southern Miss. He finished with 13 points, including the 600th of his collegiate career.
• After shooting 3-for-6 from three-point range, freshman Antonio Barton is now shooting 49.1percent (27-for-55) from beyond the arc this season.
• Memphis went cold in the second half, going almost 12 minutes without a made field goal. In that time, a 13-point Memphis lead turned into a tie ball-game with 1:43 left following a Carmouche three-pointer.
• Freshman Will Barton filled up the stat sheet for the Tigers. In addition to scoring in double figures for the seventh game in a row (12 points), he led Memphis in assists (career-high tying six), steals (three) and tied for the lead in rebounds (seven). He also scored his 300th career point as a Tiger.
• After holding Gonzaga to 35.8 percent shooting from the field, Memphis is now 13-1 when the opponent shoots worse than 45 percent from the floor.
• Freshman Antonio Barton led all scorers with 17 points, his first double-digit scoring effort since Jan. 22 at UAB.
• Ball Protection: Memphis committed a season-low 10 turnovers.
• The Tiger bench outscored Gonzaga's reserves, 44-19; Memphis is averaging outscoring the opponents bench by 14.3 points (207-107) in the past seven games.
• Sophomore Drew Barham attempted his 100th career shot as a Tiger.