Tigers Travel To Cincinnati For Sunday Matchup

Sunday, January 21

Cincinnati, Ohio

1:00 PM

University of Memphis

Cincinnati

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Jan 20, 2018 | Women's Basketball

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Sunday marks the only regular season game against Cincinnati this season

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis women's basketball team is set to hit the road this weekend for a Sunday afternoon game against Cincinnati. The game tips off at 1 p.m. CT at Saint Ursula Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio. This is the only time during the regular season that Memphis and Cincinnati will square off this year.

GAME 18
Memphis (7-11; 2-3 AAC) at Cincinnati (11-7, 3-2 AAC)
Tip-off: 1:00 p.m. CT?
Location: Saint Ursula Academy – Cincinnati, Ohio
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With the addition of Wichita State combined with a 16-game conference schedule, Cincinnati is one of the six league schools Memphis will play just one time this season. Along with the Bearcats, Memphis' road-only games are at Houston and at Temple.

Memphis is coming off of a hard-fought setback to USF last Wednesday. Brea Elmore hit a three-pointer as time expired in the first half to give Memphis a 30-29 halftime lead, but a run to start the fourth quarter by No. 23 USF put the game out of reach of the Tigers. A win at Cincinnati will improve the Tigers back to .500 in conference play with a pair of home games coming up next week.

Entering into Sunday's game against Cincinnati, here are some tidbits to know about the Memphis women's basketball team:

Brea Elmore continues her strong play into the conference season. Elmore added 16 points against USF and put herself just 123 points shy of 1,000 career points. If she maintains the pace she is on, she would become the 25^th member of the Memphis 1,000-point club.
Elmore has also cracked the top-10 all-time three-pointers list with 111. Taylor Williams previously held the 10^th spot and claimed it during her senior year in 2016-17.
Taylor Barnes scored a season-high and team-high 18 points against USF. She is averaging a career-high 8.4 points per game during her sophomore campaign. She's also one of three players to have started in all 18 games to-date.
Memphis currently sits in sole possession of seventh place in the American Athletic Conference, a half of a game behind Wichita State.
A Memphis victory would improve the Tigers to 8-11 on the year and 3-3 in American Athletic Conference play. A win for the Tigers will also snap a two-game skid against Cincinnati. All-time, however, Memphis holds a 35-16 advantage.

A Look At Cincinnati
Cincinnati comes into Sunday's game with an 11-7 overall record and 3-2 mark in American Athletic Conference play. The Bearcats haven't played a game since Jan. 13 when Cincinnati defeated Temple by a score of 80-72 in Cincinnati.

The only setbacks in conference play are against USF and Tulsa. Memphis also fell to the Bulls, but defeated Tulsa by 21 on the road.

Nikira Goings leads the team offensively with 13.1 points per game. She is one of three players on the Bearcats squad to average in double-digits. Shanice Johnson is the leading rebounder on Cincinnati's team with 6.3 boards per contest. She's also averaging 9.4 points per game. The Bearcats average almost 69 points per game while holding their opponents to under 62. Cincinnati is also a team that shoots almost 44 percent from the floor.

Jamelle Elliott is the head coach of the Bearcats and is currently in her ninth season at the helm. Cincinnati was selected to finish eighth in the AAC behind Memphis.

Series History With Cincinnati
Sunday will be the 52nd all-time meeting against Cincinnati, coming second only to Southern Miss and UAB all-time. The Tigers have a 36-15 all-time advantage. Cincinnati defeated Memphis, twice, in 2017 by less than 10 points in each game. Prior to last year, Memphis had won the previous five match-ups.

Final Details
Tipoff against Cincinnati is set for 1 p.m. CT at Saint Ursula Academy. Fans can listen the game on the airwaves at 91.7 FM WUMR with Jeff Brightwell on the call. For more information on the Memphis women's basketball team, follow the team on Twitter at @MemphisWBB.