Memphis Meets Stanford to Wrap Up Disney Trip

Sunday, November 27

Orlando, Fla. / State Farm Field House

10:00 AM

University of Memphis

Stanford

Tickets

Nov 26, 2022 | Men's Basketball

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ORLANDO, Fla. – After a 73-61 win over Nebraska Friday night, the Memphis Tigers will play in the first game Sunday morning against Stanford at 10 a.m. CT on ESPNU.

The Tigers (3-2) and Cardinal (3-3) will meet on the hardwood for only the second time ever in the final matchup of the ESPN Events Invitational. The lone meeting came 22 years ago on Nov. 24, 2000 when No. 5 Stanford won an 83-60 decision.

Memphis took care of the Cornhuskers Wednesday night behind four Tigers forcing a season-high 20 turnovers and putting four in double figures.

Kendric Davis, DeAndre Williams, Alex Lomax and Keonte Kennedy combined for 60 points, 17 rebounds, 11 assists and 11 steals while going 6-of-12 from three-point range. Davis produced his third consecutive 20-point outing, just the fourth time he's done so in his career, while Lomax and Kennedy each recorded season highs.

Lomax climbed into the top-10 of the program's steal chart with four thefts against the Huskers, giving him 175 for his career and tying Cedric Henderson ('93-97) for 10^th-most all-time.

Following Sunday's game, the Tigers return home for three straight games at FedExForum. They will host North Alabama at 7 p.m. on Wednesday before welcoming Ole Miss on Dec. 3 (6:30 p.m.) and Little Rock on Dec. 6 (7 p.m.).

GAME DETAILS
Memphis Tigers (3-2) vs. Stanford (3-3)
ESPN Events Invitational
Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022 | 10 a.m. CT
State Farm Field House (5,000); Kissimmee, Fla.
Television: ESPNU (Mark Neely, pxp, Chris Spatola, color)
Radio: 98.9 THE ROAR OF MEMPHIS (Jeff Brightwell, pxp; Trey Draper, analysis)

BY THE NUMBERS

20: Memphis' national rank in adjusted defensive efficiency (90.8 points allowed per 100 possessions against the average Division I offense); Tigers are one of only four teams not from a power conference in the top 24.
23.0: Points per game averaged by Memphis senior guard Kendric Davis over his last three games. He's also averaging 6.7 assists per game during the stretch.
5-3: Memphis' all-time record in the ESPN Events Invitational with its most recent participation coming in 2018 during head coach's Penny Hardaway's first season at the helm.
58.3: Points per game allowed by opponents in the team's three wins. In their two losses, that number jumps to 80.0 points per game. Memphis is also shooting 47.3 percent from the floor in the wins and 42.1 percent in the defeats.
4: KenPom top-56 games in the next six for Memphis - Alabama (12), Auburn (16), Ole Miss (51) and Texas A&M (58).

NOTING THE CARDINAL

Stanford enters the game 3-3 on the year after splitting two games in Orlando. They lost to Ole Miss 72-68 on Thanksgiving before knocking off Florida State 70-60 on Friday.
Four players are averaging double figures, led by Michael Jones' 12.0 ppg.
Spencer Jones (10.8 ppg), Harrison Ingram (10.5 ppg) and Brandon Angel (10.0 ppg) are just behind.
Last season, Ingram was Stanford's first Pac-12 Freshman of the Year since 2000.
Stanford is shooting 44.6 percent from the field this season, but has struggled from long distance, knocking down just 37-of-133 (27.8%) attempts.
They are averaging 69.7 points per game and allowing 64.5.
The Cardinal was picked fifth in the Pac-12's preseason poll, behind UCLA, Arizona, Oregon and USC.
They return eight of their top nine rotational players from a season ago, while also bringing in the program's first transfer in 12 years and the first graduate transfer in program history in Michael Jones (Davidson).
Head coach Jerod Haase is 101-93 in his seventh season at the helm of the Cardinal program.