Tigers Look for Rebound Against Jaguars

Tuesday, December 22

Memphis, Tenn.

7 pm CT

University of Memphis

IUPUI

Tickets

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Dec 21, 2015 | Men's Basketball

GAME INFORMATION
Memphis (7-3) vs. IUPUI (4-9)
When: Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Tip-Off: 7:01 p.m. (CT)
Location: Memphis, Tenn.
Arena: FedExForum
TV: ESPN3 / WatchESPN
Greg Gaston, play-by-play
Jon Albright, analyst
Radio: Memphis Radio Network / 600 WREC
Dave Woloshin, play-by-play
Matt Dillon, analyst
Forrest Goodman, pregame/postgame host
Live Stats: Memphis StatBroadcast
Game Notes: Memphis | IUPUI
Rosters: Memphis | IUPUI
Schedules: Memphis | IUPUI
Media Guide: Memphis | IUPUI

SCOUTING THE JAGUARS

IUPUI comes into the game after a 14-point victory over the Southern Utah Thunderbirds on December 19. In the game, Darell Combs scored 19 points, while Marcellus Barksdale added 15 points and seven rebounds. Matt O'Leary scored 12 points with nine rebounds, as Evan Hall scored 14 points in the win.

For the season the Jaguars' four leading scorers are all transfers, led by Combs - a transfer from Eastern Michigan - who scores a team-high 16.2 point per game, while Jordan Pickett - a Loyola (Ill.) transfer - averages 10.2 points per game. O'Leary - also a transfer from Loyola - averages 9.9 points per game, with a third Loyola transfer, Nick Osborne, averaging 8.1 tallies per contest.

Osborne leads the team by averaging 6.5 rebounds per game, as the Jaguars get out-rebounded by an average of 1.2 rebounds per contest. Combs and O'Leary have 29 and 28 assists, each, as Barksdale leads the team with 23 steals.

MAKING A HOME AT THE CHARITY STRIPE

This season, the Memphis Tigers have made a point of taking the ball to the basket, and as such, have went to the free throw line 333 times with 231 makes (the makes rank third in the country, attempts fourth). That mark also moves the needle in a big category, as 29.4 percent of Memphis' points come from the free throw line this season, highest such total in the country. A season ago the Tigers made just 385 total free throws, tied for 286th, while their 17.9 percent of points at the charity stripe ranked 310 of 351 schools. The point distribution is on pace to shatter the highest mark by the Tigers in the category since 2003, as the next best total is the 23.7 percent of points coming from free throws from the 2004-05, which ranked 24th.

CLIMBING INTO THE POINTS CLUB

Against Ohio State on November 27, Memphis senior forward Shaq Goodwin became the 50th member of the program's 1,000-point club with an ally-oop dunk with eight minutes remaining in the first half. He now has 1,080 career points, which puts him 40th in the school record book. Below is where Goodwin stands, and the two former standouts ahead of, and behind him in the record book.

Rk.	Player	Years	Points	Needed
38.	Bob Neumann	1961-64	1,117	37
39.	Baskerville Holmes	1982-86	1,112	32
40.	Shaq Goodwin	2012-pres.	1,080	-
41.	Omar Sneed	1997-99	1,072
42.	Will Barton	2010-12	1,062

YOUNG UP-AND-COMER

Memphis freshman Dedric Lawson is not only sitting in third in the American Athletic Conference in scoring and second in rebounding, he also has the 10th-highest scoring total and third-highest rebounding and blocked shot averages among freshman players. Below are the top freshmen in each of the respective categories as of December 21.

Rk.	Student-Athlete	School	Pts.	Nat. Rank
1.	Marcus Evans	Rice	19.7	37
2.	Ben Simmons	LSU	18.7	t-56
3.	Chris Clemons	Campbell	17.9	t-76
4.	Jordan Varnado	Troy	17.7	t-84
5.	Malik Beasley	Florida State	17.4	t-102
6.	Jamal Murray	Kentucky	17.1	t-117
7.	Dwayne Bacon	Florida State	16.9	t-124
8.	Tyler Hall	Montana State	16.7	142
9.	Henry Ellenson	Marquette	16.5	t-153
10.	Dedric Lawson	Memphis	16.4	160

Rk.	Student-Athlete	School	Rebs.	Nat. Rank
1.	Ben Simmons	LSU	13.9	1
2.	James Thompson IV	Eastern Michigan	11.8	t-8
3.	Dedric Lawson	Memphis	9.5	t-34