Memphis Looks to Continue Momentum Tuesday Night against Tulsa

Tuesday, January 4

Memphis, Tenn.

8 p.m.

University of Memphis

Tulsa

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Photo by: Wichita State Athletics

Memphis Looks to Continue Momentum Tuesday Night against Tulsa

Jan 03, 2022 | Men's Basketball

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – After handing Wichita State its largest home loss since 2003, the Memphis Tigers return to FedExForum for their American Athletic Conference home opener Tuesday night against Tulsa. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m., and the game will be televised on ESPNU.

Memphis shot 52.4 percent as a team and held the Shockers to 29.5 percent shooting Saturday morning, and the Tigers never trailed by more than two points in the game. Wichita State's previous largest home defeat before Memphis won by 18 on New Year's Day was a 94-59 setback to Southern Illinois on Feb. 1, 2003.

Tulsa enters Tuesday's game after a 74-69 loss to SMU on Dec. 29 in its first conference game of the year. The Golden Hurricane are 6-6 on the year, but their last three losses are by five points apiece and their first two of the season were by one point and four points. Tulsa has had Memphis' number in recent seasons, as the Golden Hurricane won both matchups last year and three-straight overall, plus four of the last five and five of the last seven.

The Golden Hurricane are led by Jeriah Horne's 16.6 points and 7.8 rebounds per game, and the graduate student leads the AAC in rebounding and ranks fifth in scoring. Horne's father, Jerrell, was teammates with Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway on the 1992-93 Tigers.

Following Tuesday's game, the Tigers remain home to host Cincinnati Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
Sunday's game will be televised on ABC.

Tuesday's game is presented by Regional One Health.

GAME DETAILS
Memphis Tigers (7-5, 1-1 AAC) vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (6-6, 0-1 AAC)
Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022 | 8 p.m. CT
FedExForum (18,400); Memphis, Tenn.
Television: ESPNU (Anish Shroff, pxp; Tim Welsh, analysis)
Radio: 98.9 THE ROAR OF MEMPHIS (Dave Woloshin, pxp; Matt Dillon, analysis)

BY THE NUMBERS

1: Only one freshman in the country has more points in fewer minutes than Josh Minott's 62 points in 128 minutes.
4: Consecutive games with a positive assist-to-turnover ratio for Memphis after accomplishing it just twice in the first eight games of the year.
7: Straight AAC home wins for the Tigers, dating back to a 56-49 loss to Tulsa on Dec. 21, 2020.
14: Assists by Landers Nolley II in his last three games are the most in any three-game stretch in his 72-game collegiate career.
2019: The last time Memphis scored 80-plus points in three-straight conference games (102 vs. Tulane, 2/20; 88 at Wichita State, 2/23; 81 vs. Temple, 2/26).

THE LAST TIME OUT

The Tigers led by as many as 28 points and ran away with an 82-64 win at Wichita State Saturday morning in Wichita, Kan.
Memphis was paced by Josh Minott's 15 points, and he also had six rebounds and two steals.
Jalen Duren and DeAndre Williams added 14 points apiece, and Landers Nolley II was also in double figures with 11 points.
Malcolm Dandridge, Lester Quinones and Earl Timberlake all had seven points in starting efforts.
The Tigers scored 21 points over Wichita State's season average of 61.8 points per game by its opponents.
Memphis shot 52.4 percent as a team (33-63) and held a 74-46 lead with 7:46 to play in the game.
The Tigers blistered the nets in the first half and led 49-34 at the break.
Memphis shot 58.8 percent from the floor (20-34) in the opening 20 minutes, with Minott, Williams and Duren combining for 29 points.
Wichita State (9-4, 0-1 AAC) was led by Tyson Etienne's 17 points, but the Tigers held him to 4-of-11 shooting and 2-of-8 from 3-point range.
The Tigers limited Wichita State to 29.5 percent shooting (18-61), the second-lowest percentage by a Memphis opponent this season.

NOTING THE OPPONENT

Tulsa brings back two starters, Curtis Haywood II and Keyshawn Embery-Simpson, and co-Sixth Man of the Year Darien Jackson from last season's squad that went 11-12 overall and finished seventh in the AAC with a 7-9 record.
To the mix, the Golden Hurricane added three Division I transfers this season.
Among Tulsa's departures from last season includes All-AAC Second Team member Brandon Rachal and his 15.0 points per game a year ago.
Tulsa was picked to finish seventh in the preseason coaches poll, ahead of Temple, South Florida, Tulane and East Carolina.
The Golden Hurricane have finished higher than their preseason place in seven of eight seasons in The American.
Tulsa ranks second in the AAC in turnover margin, +4.3, behind only Houston's +6.3.
The Golden Hurricane are second in the league in free throw percentage (.777) and fifth in field goal percentage (.452), 3-point percentage (.361) and steals per game (7.6).
Tulsa is last in field goal defense at .453.
Two seasons ago, the Golden Hurricane shared the regular-season conference title after being picked 10th in the preseason poll.
On the historic side, Memphis played its first game in the 2007-08 season as the nation's No. 1 team at Tulsa on Jan. 23, 2008.
The Tigers moved to the top of both polls on Jan. 21.

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