Tigers Open Conference Play against Green Wave

Tuesday, December 29

Memphis, Tenn.

12 pm CT

University of Memphis

Tulane

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Photo by: Joe Murphy

Dec 28, 2015 | Men's Basketball

GAME INFORMATION
Memphis (8-3) vs. Tulane (7-6)
When: Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Tip-Off: 12:01 p.m. (CT)
Location: Memphis, Tenn.
Arena: FedExForum
TV: ESPNU / WatchESPN
Alex Faust, play-by-play
Jon Albright, analyst
Radio: Memphis Radio Network / 600 WREC
Dave Woloshin, play-by-play
Matt Dillon, analyst
Jeff Brightwell, pregame/postgame host
Live Stats: Memphis StatBroadcast
Game Notes: Memphis | Tulane
Rosters: Memphis | Tulane
Schedules: Memphis | Tulane
Media Guide: Memphis | Tulane

SCOUTING THE GREEN WAVE

Tulane comes into the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference opener after snapping a two-game losing skid with a 59-40 win over Southern Miss.

In the win, Malik Morgan scored a game-high 15 points, while Cameron Reynolds added 10 points off of the bench. Dylan Osetkowski scored seven points to go with a game-high nine rebounds, as the Green Wave out-rebounded southern Miss 50-to-26 in the game.

For the season, Louis Dabney has the team scoring lead at 13.5 points per game, while Morgan and Osetkowski average 11.2 and 10.0 points per game, each.

Osetkowski leads the team in rebounding, pulling down 117 on the season (nine per game), while Jernard Jarreau stands second on the squad with 79. Morgan leads a quartet of players with 20 or more assists with 37, as Dabney and Von Julien each have 29, and Osetkowski 27. Jarreau has blocked a team-best 18 shots, while Osetkowski has 21 steals to pace the squad.

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 359 times with 251 makes (both totals rank third in the country). That mark also moves the needle in a big category, as 28.8 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.

Below are the schools with the top five percentages of points coming from free throws since 2002-03.

Rk.	School	Year	Pct.
1.	North Carolina A&T	2013-14	32.3
2.	Memphis	2015-16	28.8
	Northern Illinois	2013-14	28.8
4.	Howard	2013-14	28.5
5.	Cal State Northridge	2013-14	28.3

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 1,089 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.	Student-Athlete	Years	Points	Needed
38.	Bob Neumann	1961-64	1,117	28
39.	Baskerville Holmes	1982-86	1,112	23
40.	Shaq Goodwin	2012-pres.	1,089	-
41.	Omar Sneed	1997-99	1,072
42.	Will Barton	2010-12	1,062

REBOUNDING FRENZY

With his 15 rebounds agianst Ole Miss Shaq Goodwin climbed into the top-10 in program history in career rebounds. Below are the players in the four spots ahead of Shaq, and the amount he needs to catch each.

Rk.	Student-Athlete	Years	Rebounds	Needed
6.	Robert Dozier	2005-09	961	264
7.	David Vaughn	1991-95	903	206
8.	Don Holcomb	1969-72	870	173
9.	James Bradley	1976-79	716	19
10.	Shaq Goodwin	2012-pres.	697

YOUNG UP-AND-COMER

Memphis freshman Dedric Lawson is not only sitting in fifth in the American Athletic Conference in scoring and second in rebounding, he also has the 11th-highest scoring total and third-highest rebounding fifth-highest blocked shot averages, and fourth-highest double-double total among freshman players. Below are the top freshmen in each of the respective categories as of December 26.

Rk.	Student-Athlete	School	Pts	Nat. Rank
1.	Marcus Evans	Rice	19.9	t-33
2.	Ben Simmons	LSU	19.1	49
3.	Jordon Varnado	Troy	17.6	89
4.	Chris Clemons	Campbell	17.5	t-91
5.	Tookie Brown	Georgia Southern	17.3	t-108
6.	Malik Beasley	Florida State	17.3	t-110
7.	Dwayne Bacon	Florida State	17.2	117
8.	Jamal Murray	Kentucky	17.1	t-119
9.	Henry Ellenson	Marquette	16.7	134
10.	Tyler Hall	Montana State	16.3	t-151
11.	Dedric Lawson	Memphis	15.5	t-217

Rank	Student-Athlete	School	Rebs	Nat. Rank
1.	Ben Simmons	LSU	13.1	3
2.	James Thompson IV	Eastern Michigan	11.7	8
3.	Dedric Lawson	Memphis	9.5	36

Rank	Student-Athlete	School	Blks.	Nat. Rank
1.	Yankuba Sima	St. John's (N.Y.)	3.5	3
2.	Tacko Fall	UCF	2.6	t-18
3.	Tyler Lydon	Syracuse	2.4	t-23
	Cameron Oliver	Nevada	2.4	t-23
5.	Dedric Lawson	Memphis	2.3	t-30

Rank	Student-Athlete	School	D-D	Nat. Rank
1.	Ben Simmons	LSU	8	t-7
2.	James Thompson IV	Eastern Michigan	7	t-9
3.	Henry Ellenson	Marquette	6	t-14
4.	Dedric Lawson	Memphis	5	t-31
	Caleb Swanigan	Purdue	5	t-31
	Jordan Hall	Minnesota	5	t-31
	Jordon Varnado	Troy	5	t-31