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@MemphisWBKB Hosting Austin Peay Tuesday Night
Dec 01, 2014 | Women's Basketball
Memphis is 3-1 all-time against the Lady Govs in games played in Memphis. This is the first meeting with the Lady Govs for a Melissa McFerrin-coached Tiger team.
Hearn on 20-point streak
Junior guard Ariel Hearn has scored 20 or more points in each of the last three games. That marks the first time in Hearn's career that she has had three straight 20-plus point games and is the first time a Tiger has scored three in a row since Brittany Carter did it in the 2009-10 season. Carter scored 28 points in a loss to ECU in the conference tournament, then scored 22 in a WBI First round win over UMKC and 25 in a WBI Second round win over Wichita State.
Hearn's 22 points against UALR marked her 20th career game with 20 or more points.
Looking to snap a streak
Both Austin Peay and Memphis come in to Tuesday night's game looking to put a losing streak to rest. Austin Peay is carrying a three-game streak in to the game, while Memphis has lost four straight.
The Tigers have suffered four losses to teams all ranked in the upper third of the college RPI rankings.
Tiger Opponents and Current RPI
(According to RealTimeRPI.com)
Missouri State (262)
Samford (176)
Illinois (105)
Minnesota (134)
Southern Illinois (51)
UALR (63)
Memphis' highest-RPI team in the non-conference slate is still to come: Central Michigan has an RPI of 35 and visits the Elma Roane Fieldhouse, Saturday.
More coaching ties
This schedule has featured a number of ties to head coach Melissa McFerrin. McFerrin coached at both Minnesota and Central Michigan and has a connection to SIU coach Cindy Stein through both of their tenures at Missouri.
The Tuesday night game against Austin Peay features another coaching tie, but this one for associate coach David Midlick. Midlick served as an assistant coach on Carrie Daniels' staff from 2010-2012, leaving Clarksville to become the head coach at Delta State, where he guided DSU to two NCAA tournament berths.
Valuing the Basketball
Memphis committed a season-high 23 turnovers in the loss to UALR, the nation's No. 7 ranked defense, on Saturday. That marked the third time in six games Memphis has had 20 or more turnovers, and the ones against UALR were especially costly because a number of them came on the Tigers' offensive end of the floor. Of the 23 Memphis turnovers, UALR grabbed just six steals, meaning the rest were just lost possessions for Memphis.
The Tigers will have to be particularly aware of taking care of the ball on Tuesday night. Lady Govs' guard Tiasha Gray ranks third in the country in the latest NCAA stats with 4.5 steals a game.
Double-double number two for Wright
Junior post Brianna Wright posted her second career double-double in the loss to UALR Saturday. Wright finished with 14 points and 16 rebounds.
That marked the second double-double for Wright this season and the fourth for the Tigers this year.
Double-Doubles
Brianna Wright vs. Missouri State, 11 pts, 16 reb (11/14/14)
Courtney Powell vs. Samford, 11 pts, 11 reb (11/16/14)
Mooriah Rowser vs. SIU, 13 pts, 10 reb (11/26/14)
Brianna Wright vs. UALR, 14 pts, 16 reb (11/29/14)
