Tigers Celebrate Play4Kay Game Against Tulane Sunday

Sunday, February 18

Memphis, Tenn.

2:00 PM

University of Memphis

Tulane

Tickets

Photo by: UCF Athletics

Tigers Celebrate Play4Kay Game Against Tulane Sunday

Feb 17, 2018 | Women's Basketball

This is the first matchup between the Tigers and the Green Wave this season

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis women's basketball team returns home for the next three-straight, starting with the Tulane Green Wave Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. CT. The game will broadcast on ESPN2 and is the annual Play4Kay game for the Tigers.

GAME 26
Memphis (7-18; 2-10 AAC) vs. Tulane (12-13; 4-8 AAC)
Tip-off: 2:00 p.m. CT?
Location: Elma Roane Fieldhouse – Memphis, Tenn.
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Last season during the annual Play4Kay game at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse, the Tigers pulled away victorious against UCF. Not only was it the second win of the season against UCF, but it was head coach Melissa McFerrin's 200^th career victory. This season, the Tigers have the opportunity to win its third-straight against Tulane and fourth out of the last five meetings.

Sunday is the first meeting between Memphis and Tulane this season. During the second meeting of the 2016-17 year, Cheyenne Creighton scored 18 points and pulled down six rebounds in the win. Entering Sunday's game against Tulane, here are some tidbits about the Memphis women's basketball team:

Brea Elmore is now 24 points away from reaching the 1,000-point milestone. Elmore would become the 25^th member of the Memphis 1,000-point club. She scored 21 points to lead Memphis against ECU.
Cheyenne Creighton registered her 10^th double-double this season and 18^th of her career against ECU. The last time that a Memphis player had 10 or more double-doubles in a season was Jasmine Lee during the 2011-12 campaign. Lee finished the year with 16.
Creighton is also the 13^th player in program history to eclipse 1,000 points and 600 rebounds in her career.
Jada Stinson and Alana Davis continue to be in the starting line-up for Memphis. Against ECU, the two combined for 14 points and almost 60 minutes played.
Elmore and Creighton lead Memphis offensively with 14.7 and 14.3 points per game, respectively. Both have started in every game for Memphis.
A Memphis victory would improve the Tigers to 8-18 on the year and 3-10 in American Athletic Conference play.

A Look At Tulane
Tulane enters the Play4Kay game against Memphis with a 12-13 overall record and 4-8 mark in American Athletic Conference play. Kolby Morgan continues to be the top offensive player for Tulane, averaging a team-high 19.6 points per game. She is the only player to average in double-digits.

Tulane and Memphis share common victories in conference play. The Green Wave have defeated Tulsa, twice, and ECU once. The only other win for Tulane was at home against Temple, a team Memphis has yet to play.

Lisa Stockton is the head coach of the Green Wave and is currently in her 24^th season at the helm. Stockton is currently nine victories shy of 500 all-time wins at Tulane. The Green Wave are in eighth place in the league, half of a game ahead of SMU.

About Play4Kay
During the final stages of her battle with cancer, Coach Kay Yow had a vision to unite a nation of coaches, players, and the women's basketball community to do something for the greater good that far exceeds wins and losses on the court. Our mission is to extend and improve the lives of all women battling cancer by raising money for research and assisting the underserved.

Coach Yow believed we could make a greater impact as a collective team. She felt as if basketball coaches not only shared a profession but a community. Her public battle with cancer served as the platform to rally coaches to be a part of one team against one opponent—cancer. Coach Yow's vision for the Fund encompassed not only her wish to fund cancer research but also her desire for coaches to enrich their lives by serving others.

Before her death, she also partnered with the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and The V Foundation for Cancer Research to form the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization committed to the fight against women's cancers. Since the Fund's inception, $5.38 million has been granted for scientific research focused on women's cancers thanks to the support of our donors.

Final Details
Tipoff against Tulane is set for 2 p.m. CT on ESPN2 at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Fans are encouraged to join along with the women's basketball team in wearing pink in support of the Play4Kay initiative. Fans can also listen to 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.