Postgame Notes

Feb 04, 2012 | Men's Basketball

Feb. 4, 2012

Recap |  Box Score |  Quotes |  Photo Gallery 

Memphis (16-7) 72, Xavier (15-8) 68
February 4, 2012
FedEx Forum (Memphis, Tenn.)
Memphis Postgame Notes

Series Notes

Career/Season Highs

Joe Jackson tied career high and set a season high with eight assists. This is the third time Jackson has had eight assists in a game. 
Tarik Black logged a season and career high for minutes with 38, his previous season and career and season high was 36 minutes against Tennessee (01/04/12)

Game Leaders

Coming off of the bench Joe Jackson led Memphis with 14 points, the second time he has led the team in scoring this season. Jackson's double-figure game was the 10th of this season and the 28th of his career. 
Tarik Black lead Memphis with nine rebounds; this marked the fourth time that Black has led the team in rebounds this season. 
Joe Jackson had eight assists to lead the Tigers, the ninth time Jackson has led in assists this season. 
Ferrakohn Hall, Antonio Barton, and Joe Jackson each had one block a piece to lead the Tigers. The third time for Hall, the first time for Barton, and the first time for Jackson to lead the team this season.

Game Notes

Will Barton's 13 points was his team leading 19th double-figure scoring game of the 2011-2012 campaign. Barton now has 42 double figure scoring games for his career at Memphis. 
The Tigers have trailed at halftime 10 times this season. In those 10 games Memphis has a 3-7 record. 
Memphis connected on 22-of-51 (43.1%) shots. The Tigers have 7-5 record when shooting below 50 percent. 
Joe Jackson was a perfect 12-of-12 from the charity stripe. On the season Jackson is 83-of-96 in free throws and leads the team in free throw percentage (.865). 
Wesley Witherspoon scored in double-figures with 12 points, all of them coming in the second half in the last 16 minutes of the game.
Tarik Black (13), Will Barton (13), Joe Jackson (14), and Wesley Witherspoon (12) each hauled in double-figures in total points. This marked the fifth time this season Memphis had four players in double-figures. This also marked 16th time this season the Tigers have had at least three players in double-figures, and the fourth consecutive game to do so. The Tigers are 11-5 on the season when they have at least three players in double-digits.