Tigers Go for Fourth-Straight Win Wednesday Night against Tulane

Wednesday, February 9

Memphis, Tenn.

7 p.m.

University of Memphis

Tulane

Tickets

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Tigers Go for Fourth-Straight Win Wednesday Night against Tulane

Feb 08, 2022 | Men's Basketball

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – With four home games remaining on the regular season schedule, the Memphis Tigers host Tulane Wednesday night before embarking on a three-game road trip. Tip-off Wednesday is scheduled for 7 p.m. on ESPN+.

The game against the Green Wave is the Military & First Responders Game, as well as the Slive Foundation Game for prostate cancer research.

The Tigers currently sit in fifth place in the American Athletic Conference standings, one win behind fourth-place Tulane and one win ahead of sixth-place Cincinnati. The top five seeds receive a first-round bye in the AAC Tournament. Including Tulane, each of Memphis' next five opponents are either ahead of it in the standings or directly behind.

Tulane is one of the conference's surprises this season, with seven league wins after being picked to finish in a tie for ninth place in the preseason coaches poll. Tulane's seven AAC wins are already its most since joining the conference in 2014-15.

Memphis has won seven-straight games at FedExForum against the Green Wave, since dropping a 74-66 decision on Jan. 3, 2015. The Tigers lead the overall series with Tulane, 59-12, but the Green Wave defeated Memphis earlier this season by one point. Memphis' 71 games against the Green Wave are its fourth-most against an opponent in program history, behind Southern Miss (91), Louisville (90) and Cincinnati (83).

Following Wednesday's game, the Tigers hit the road for an important three-game stretch. Memphis plays at No. 6/7 Houston Saturday, at Cincinnati next Tuesday, Feb. 15 and at SMU next Sunday, Feb. 20. The Tigers then return home to host Temple on Feb. 24 and Wichita State on Feb. 27.

Wednesday's game is presented by Conway Services.

GAME DETAILS
Memphis Tigers (12-8, 6-4 AAC) vs. Tulane Green Wave (10-10, 7-4 AAC)
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 | 7 p.m. CT
FedExForum (18,400); Memphis, Tenn.
Television: ESPN+ (Greg Gaston, pxp; Jon Albright, analysis; Cassie Carlson, reporter)
Radio: 98.9 THE ROAR OF MEMPHIS (Dave Woloshin, pxp; Matt Dillon, analysis)

BY THE NUMBERS

28.7: Memphis' opponent field goal percentage over the last two games (39-136), which is the Tiger defense's best two-game stretch this season.
8: AAC statistical categories in which Memphis ranks first or second (FG%, 1st; blocks per game, 1st; steals per game, 1st; scoring offense, 2nd; rebounds per game, 2nd; rebounding defense, 2nd; rebounding margin, 2nd; assists per game, 2nd).
25-9: Memphis' record when DeAndre Williams plays (.735), compared to 7-7 when he does not (.500).
7: Consecutive wins in the month of February for the Tigers, dating back to Feb. 29, 2020; Memphis is 16-7 in February under head coach Penny Hardaway.
40.4: Lester Quinones' 3-point percentage in the 12 Tiger wins (21-52), compared to 22.2 percent in Memphis' eight losses (6-27).

THE LAST TIME OUT

After UCF pulled within a point at the start of the second half, the Tigers turned on the jets and ran away with an 88-60 win over the Knights Saturday night at FedExForum.
Memphis has won three-straight games and six of its last nine overall.
The 28-point margin of victory is the Tigers' second largest of the season, behind a 90-51 win over North Carolina Central in the season's second game on Nov. 13.
The Tigers were led by Josh Minott's 16 points in just 14 minutes of action.
Tyler Harris added 15 points and five assists in 17 minutes of play, and Jalen Duren recorded a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Lester Quinones contributed 10 points, Alex Lomax had nine and Landers Nolley II scored eight points and had four assists.
Lomax was playing in his 100th career game as a Tiger.
Duren (2), Jayden Hardaway (4), Nolley II (4) and DeAndre Williams (6) were all back in action after missing multiple games due to injury.
Memphis led at the half, 36-27, after shooting 55.2 percent from the floor (16-29).
UCF came out and scored the first eight points of the second half to bring the game within a point at 36-35, but the Tigers ripped off six-straight after that to regain some breathing room.
UCF got no closer than three points after that, and Memphis played the final 8:16 with a double-digit lead.
The Tigers ended the game shooting 56.5 percent from the field (35-62) and had 12 turnovers.
Memphis outrebounded the Knights, 41-36, and never trailed in the game.

NOTING THE OPPONENT

Tulane returns three starters from last season's team that went 10-13 and finished 10th in the AAC with a 4-12 league mark.
The Green Wave were picked to finish in a tie for 9th place in the conference in the preseason coaches poll, equal to South Florida and ahead of East Carolina.
Sophomore guard Jaylen Forbes was voted to the preseason all-conference second team after finishing fourth in the AAC in scoring as a freshman at 16.4 points per game.
Forbes is currently second on the team and seventh in the AAC in scoring at 15.6 points per outing, with Jalen Cook leading the squad and ranking second in the conference at 19.3 points per game.
Kevin Cross is ninth in the AAC at 14.1 points per game, giving the Green Wave three players in the top-10 in scoring with only Tulsa also having more than one.
Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway won at Tulane as a sophomore on March 4, 1992, 68-67, when Tulane was ranked 21st in the country.
The 20th-ranked Green Wave bested Hardaway and the Tigers the following year at The Pyramid in Memphis, 86-85, on Dec. 9, 1992.

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