University of Memphis Athletics
Postgame Notes
Mar 18, 2011 | Men's Basketball
March 18, 2011
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• Junior Wesley Witherspoon had his first double-digit scoring game since scoring 13 points, Feb. 22, against Houston. He finished with 10 points, including his 200th of the season, in 28 minutes off the bench.
• In their past four NCAA Tournament games, Memphis is shooting 51.7 percent from the field.
• Memphis pulled down a season-low 12 first-half rebounds.
• The Tigers and Arizona shot a combined .889 percent (24-for-27) from the free-throw line in the first half.
• The Tigers gave up 41 first-half points, the most allowed in one half since giving up 55 in an eventual loss to Tennessee, Jan. 5.
• For the fourth game in a row, Memphis scored double-digits in points off turnovers, finishing with 21. The Tigers averaged 17.3 points off turnover in their past four games.
• Bombs Away: Memphis' three-point shooting has been especially efficient over the past three games. The Tigers are shooting 45.3 percent (24-for-53) since the semifinals of the C-USA tournament.
• Freshman Antonio Barton led the Tigers in scoring for the sixth time, finishing with 17 points.
• Memphis got another superb boost from the bench in this game. Led by Witherspoon Joe Jackson, the Tiger bench contributed 29 points, the fifth game in a row with better than 20 bench points. The Tiger bench scored an average of 30.1 points off the bench this season.
• Senior Will Coleman tied a season-high with 11 rebounds in his final game in a Tiger uniform. It served as his first double-digit rebounding effort since Feb. 2 against Tulsa.
• Freshman Chris Crawford contributed a career-high tying three steals to the Tigers cause against Arizona, his 19th game this season with at least two steals. He also led Memphis with six assists, his 17th game this season leading the Tigers in assists.
• Coming up Big: Though thought of as undersized all season, Memphis outrebounded its opponent for the ninth contest in a row (33-29).
• The loss snaps Memphis' 10-game winning streak in the city of Tulsa.
• Memphis finished the season 16-3 in single-digit outcomes; the 19 single-digit contests are tied for second-most all-time in a single season.
• This is the second time in seven trips to the NCAA Tournament since 2003 that Memphis lost in their first game, and it looked familiar. In 2003, the Tigers lost in the state of Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) to a team from Arizona (Arizona State) despite scoring more than 70 points (71); in 2003, the Tigers were also in the West Regional.
• In four postseason games, freshman Joe Jackson averaged 16.5 points; he scored 10 in 19 minutes off the bench.
• Freshman Tarik Black was held without a rebound for the first time since Nov. 23 against UT Martin.
• Memphis finishes the 2010-11 season at 25-10; 25 wins for coach Josh Pastner is second-most in school history for a coach in his second season.
