Men's Basketball Posts Exhibition Win Over LeMoyne-Owen

Thursday, November 2

Memphis, Tenn.

7 PM

University of Memphis

101

LeMoyne-Owen (Exhibition)

LeMoyne-Owen

Memphis

101

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Men's Basketball Posts Exhibition Win Over LeMoyne-Owen

Nov 02, 2017 | Men's Basketball

Box Score Memphis-LeMoyne Owen Boxscore Coaches Postgame Quotes

Davenport leads with 19 points, Brewton Jr. adds 11 points and nine assists.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – University of Memphis junior Kyvon Davenport netted a team-high 19 points and added seven boards and three blocked shots to lift the "new-look" Tigers to a 101-78 men's basketball exhibition game victory over LeMoyne-Owen at FedExForum Thursday.

Davenport led five Tigers scoring in double figures, with four of those being newcomers to the program in 2017-18. Kareem Brewton Jr., another Tigers newcomer, nearly posted a double-double with 11 points and nine assists. Freshman Jamal Johnson scored 14 points, and freshman Victor Enoh added 11 points and six boards.

Junior Jeremiah Martin, one of three returnees from 2016-17, scored 14 points and had four steals.

Memphis started hot in the first half, shooting 60.7 percent from the floor, 44.4 percent from the arc and 88.2 percent from the free throw line (15-of-17). The Tigers finished the contest hitting 49.2 percent from the floor and 76.9 percent from the charity stripe. Memphis also took care of the ball, committing only 13 miscues on the night.

LeMoyne-Owen's Reshun Ellis led all scorers with 26 points.

The Tigers defense held the Magicians to 40.3 percent shooting from the field and 25 percent from the arc. Memphis forced 17 LeMoyne-Owen turnovers.

How It Happened

The Tigers led 54-38 at the break and were unable to shake the Magicians early in the second half.
Memphis continued to hold their 15-plus point advantage, and when Kyvon Davenport converted a layup with 12:43 left, the Tigers led 71-54.
LeMoyne-Owen made one final push with an 8-2 run over the next 1:30 to cut the Tigers' advantage to 11 at 73-62. It was the closest the Magicians got to Memphis since being down 33-23 with over eight minutes left in the first half.
Jalen Myrie keyed the Magicians' spurt with consecutive treys.
Memphis, though, answered with a 14-2 run to extend its lead out to 23 points at 87-64 and put the game out of reach.
Jamal Johnson began the run with eight-straight points (2 treys/jumper), and Jeremiah Martin capped the spurt with a layup.
From there, Memphis cruised to the win. Alex Moffatt scored a layup with :52 left to push the Tigers over the century mark.
The first half began with LeMoyne-Owen playing the Tigers close, and five minutes into the contest, the Magicians were down only one at 14-13.
Memphis responded with six-straight points for some breathing room at 20-14.
The Tigers continued to slowly pull away, and a Davenport dunk at the 11:39 mark gave Memphis its first double-digit lead of the game at 26-16.
LeMoyne-Owen quickly cut the lead to nine at 28-19 on a Reshun Ellis three-point play with 11:11 left in the first half. That was as close the Magicians got the rest of the game.
The Tigers went on a 12-4 run over the next four minutes to take a 40-23 advantage.
Martin had six points, and Davenport added a trey in the run.
The largest lead Memphis held in the first half was 20 points on two occasions – 45-25 with 6:10 left and 47-27 with 5:07 left.
The Tigers led 54-38 at halftime.

Up Next
The Tigers travel to Annapolis, Md., to face Alabama in the Veterans Classic Friday, Nov. 10. Game time is 5:30 p.m. (CT), and CBS Sports Network is televising the contest.