Tigers Fall to Billikens in St. Louis

Tuesday, November 15

Saint Louis, Mo.

8 p.m.

University of Memphis

1-1,0-0AAC

RV/NR Saint Louis

3-0,0-0Atlantic 10

Memphis

Saint Louis

Nov 15, 2022 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – In an early-season heavyweight battle, the Memphis Tigers nearly completed a second-half comeback, but ultimately fell to Saint Louis 90-84 Tuesday night inside a raucous Chaifetz Arena.

Senior DeAndre Williams recorded a double-double with a team-high 21 points and 12 rebounds, while Kendric Davis finished with 18 points, four assists and three boards.

Keonte Kennedy added 10 points and four rebounds in 20 minutes.

The Tigers trailed for nearly 37 minutes and even found themselves down by 15 with 4:36 to play, but stingy defense and gutsy buckets pulled Memphis to within 86-84 with 1:06 remaining on a tough layup from Davis.

After the Billikens (3-0) hit 1-of-2 at the line, the Tigers had a couple of chances, trailing by three with 30 seconds on the clock.

Jayden Hardaway got off a contested three and Williams cleaned it up to keep Memphis alive. After a Tiger timeout, Davis got the ball in the corner and drove to the basket for a tough look. The Billikens grabbed the rebound and iced the game on the other end at the charity stripe.

Memphis (1-1) shot 40 percent from the floor as a team (28-70) and won the battle on the boards (39-38). The Tigers made 9-of-31 from long range for a 29-percent clip. That was the second-most 3-pointers attempted by Penny Hardaway team, and the most since throwing up 34 against SMU on Jan. 19, 2019.

UP NEXT
The Tigers return to Memphis for their home opener on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 4 p.m. against VCU. After that, the Tigers will head to Orlando for the ESPN Events Invitational, where they will kick off tournament play against Seton Hall at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 24.

POSTGAME NOTES

Memphis used the starting lineup of Alex Lomax, Kendric Davis, DeAndre Williams, Malcolm Dandridge and Keonte Kennedy.
The Tigers shot 13-for-27 (48.15%) in the first half, including 6-for-14 from three (42.86%).
Memphis had 15 offensive boards to St. Louis' nine, and out-rebounded the Billikens 39-38 overall.
Williams recorded the 11th double-double and 12th-career double-digit rebound game of his career with a team-high 21 points and 12 rebounds, adding three assists, two blocks and a steal.
Tonight marked the 76th game of Davis' career scoring in double figures, finishing with 18 points on the night.
Lomax is just six steals away from cracking into the program's all-time top 10. The fifth-year senior has 169 steals in his career.

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