Memphis Earns Road Win at Cincinnati

Sunday, January 22

Cincinnati, Ohio

Noon

University of Memphis

15-5,5-2AAC

Cincinnati

14-7,5-3AAC

Memphis

Cincinnati

Jan 22, 2023 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

CINCINNATI -- The Memphis Tigers picked up their third-straight win with a 75-68 win at Cincinnati Sunday afternoon.

With the win, Memphis moved to 15-5 overall and into third place in the league standings with a 5-2 AAC mark. Houston sits at the top of the table at 6-1 and Temple is second at 6-2.

Memphis was led by DeAndre Williams' 26 points and eight rebounds. Kendric Davis had 21 points, five rebounds and a team-high six assists, while Keonte Kennedy rounded out the double-figure scoring with 10 points.

Memphis led by as many as 13 points in the first half and held a 42-32 advantage at the break. The Tigers shot 51.6 percent in the first half (16-31) and held Cincinnati to 34.5 percent shooting (10-29).

Cincinnati pulled back even with just over 12 minutes to play, 50-50, but Davis scored six-straight points and Williams added a triple to put the Tigers back up by eight at 59-51. The Bearcats cut it back to four, but Kennedy connected on his second long ball of the game and the home team got no closer than seven points in the final five minutes.

Memphis ended the game hitting 11 of its last 12 free throws to ice the win in snowy Cincinnati.

The Bearcats (14-7, 5-3 AAC) was led by Viktor Lakhin's 22 points and 10 rebounds. Landers Nolley II added 18 points and David DeJulius contributed 15.

UP NEXT
Memphis comes back home for two of the next three games. The Tigers host SMU at 6 p.m. Thursday on ESPN2 for a blackout and the Billy Buford celebration game where 1,000 bobbleheads will be handed out. They will then play at Tulsa next Sunday at 4 p.m. before coming back to FedExForum the following weekend to host Tulane at 1 p.m. on Feb. 4.

POSTGAME NOTES

Memphis used the starting lineup of Kendric Davis, DeAndre Williams, Keonte Kennedy, Elijah McCadden and Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu for the third-straight game.
- Memphis has used five different starting lineups in 20 games this season.
Memphis has won four-straight games against Cincinnati for the first time since 2005-06 through 2008-09.
Head coach Penny Hardaway earned career win No. 99. He will go for 100 Thursday at home against SMU.
Memphis ended the game shooting 48.1 percent from the floor (25-52).
- The Tigers are 10-1 this season when shooting 48.0 percent or better with the only loss coming at UCF in double overtime.
The Tigers were 20-for-24 from the free throw line in the game (.833).
- Memphis has five games this season shooting at least 80.0 percent from the free throw line.
- It's also the fifth time this season they have made 20-plus at the stripe.
Kendric Davis and DeAndre Williams have each scored 20-plus points in three consecutive games.
- It marks the second time in Williams' career he has achieved the feat and the fourth time Davis has done so in three-straight outings this season.
DeAndre Williams led the Tigers in scoring for the ninth time this season, and the third-straight overall.
- He has led the Tigers in rebounding 11 times on the year.
- He scored double figures in his 16^th-consecutive game and is up to averaging 19.9 points per game in conference play.
Keonte Kennedy logged his second-straight double-digit scoring game for the first time this season with 10 points. He has made six three-pointers over the last two games after making six total in his previous six outings.
Kendric Davis moved into third all-time on the AAC scoring list with his 21-point outing.
- He passed UConn's Christian Vital and how has 1,748 career points in the conference.
- Davis recorded his fourth game of the season with at least 20 points, five rebounds and six assists.
- He has scored 20-plus points in four consecutive outings and notched his fourth game of 10 or more made free throws in league play with a 12-of-14 day.
Elijah McCadden added six points and five rebounds in 29 minutes.
Memphis outscored Cincinnati 15-11 off turnovers and 12-9 off the bench.
The Tigers outrebounded the Bearcats 34-31 and grabbed seven offensive boards.
Memphis moved to 10-0 on the year when holding an opponent to under 70 points.

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