Memphis Men's Basketball Postgame Notes at Tulane

Jan. 24, 2015

Box Score

  Series Notes

With tonight's win, Memphis now leads the all-time series 46-10.
Tonight's win was the ninth-straight over Tulane in New Orleans. The last time Tulane defeated the Tigers in the "Big Easy" was in 1999-2000, a 64-63 victory on Feb. 9, 2000.
Tonight's Memphis win prevented Tulane from a regular-season sweep of the Tigers. The last time the Green Wave swept the regular-season series over Memphis was back in 1982-83.

  Team Notes

Tonight's win extended Memphis' win streak to 11 straight when playing in the city of New Orleans. The last time Memphis lost in the city of New Orleans was in 1999-2000 (64-63 loss to Tulane).
Tulane out-rebounded Memphis 34-31 tonight. Memphis is 2-5 when out-rebounded by its opponents this season.
The Tigers had 17 turnovers tonight (for the second-straight game), the most since they had 19 miscues vs. USC Upstate Dec. 17.
Memphis was 5-of-17 from the three-point arc vs. Tulane. It was the 474th-consecutive game in which the Tigers hit at least one three-pointer. The last time Memphis failed to hit a three-pointer was vs. Alabama in November of 2001.

  Players Notes

Markel Crawford scored a season-high 15 points. He also hit a season-best 6 FGM. He tied a season high with two three-pointers.
Markel Crawford had a season-high five steals.
Avery Woodson hit three three-pointers tonight. It is the 13th time this season that he has hit two or more three-pointers in a game.
Austin Nichols scored 17 points tonight for his 15th double-figure scoring game of the season. It is his 12th double-digit performance in last 13 games.
Austin Nichols had two blocked shots tonight and now has 104 for his career.
Austin Nichols has 16 multi-block shot games this season and 28 for his career.
Austin Nichols started his 53rd-straight game Saturday.

  Up Next Notes

Memphis returns home to host American Athletic Conference foe East Carolina Wednesday, Jan. 28. Game time for the league match-up is 8 p.m. (CT) from FedExForum. CBS Sports Network is televising the contest.

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