Tigers Venture to SEC Country for Showdown at Missouri

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis basketball preps for its first road trip of the season, as the Tigers travel into SEC country Friday for a matchup against Missouri. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. CT on SEC Network inside Mizzou Arena.

Fans can tune in and listen to the game on The Varsity Network mobile app and 98.9 FM (WKIM).

The Bluff City Tigers enter Friday's game 1-0 after defeating Jackson State 94-77 in Monday's season opener. It marked the 21^st-straight win for the program in home openers.

Missouri will also bring a 1-0 mark into the weekend after routing Arkansas Pine-Bluff, 101-79.

Memphis will make its first trip to Columbia, Missouri since Dec. 14, 2002, when the Tigers fell to No. 11 Missouri 93-78. Billy Richmond scored a game-high 22 points off the bench for Memphis, while Antonio Burks added 15 points and five assists.

GAME DETAILS
Memphis Tigers (1-0) at Missouri Tigers (1-0)
Friday, Nov. 10, 2023 | 8 p.m. CT
Mizzou Arena (15,061); Columbia, Mo.
Television: SEC Network (Kevin Fitzgerald, pxp; Jimmy Dykes, color)
Radio: 98.9 The Roar of Memphis (Jeff Brightwell, pxp; Matt Dillon, analysis)
Live Stats: www.Memphis.StatBroadcast.com

BY THE NUMBERS

7-5: Memphis' all-time record against Missouri, with its last meeting coming March 27, 2009 when Missouri put an end to Memphis' 27-game win streak to advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.
11: The Tigers are ranked 11^th in the nation averaging 15.0 steals per game. Memphis had just three games all of last season with 15 or more thefts.
781: The combined number of Division I experience the Tigers have amongst 15 players. Seven of those have played 50-plus games in their career with four having at least 100 games under their belt.
3: Programs in the nation that have won at least 18 games in each of the last 22 seasons starting in 2000-01 (Memphis, Kansas, Gonzaga).
1: Memphis is tied for first in the nation in KenPom's adjusted tempo rating with a 76.1. That rating is an estimate of team possessions per 40 minutes a team would have against the team that wants to play an average D-I tempo.
9: The number of potential Power Five opponents Memphis will play in the non-conference portion of the schedule. They will face a minimum of eight with another potential matchup in the final game of the Battle 4 Atlantis during Feast Week.

THE LAST TIME OUT

Memphis shot 50.9 percent from the floor as a team and led for over 35 minutes of game time in a 94-77 season-opening win over Jackson State.
Senior guard Jaykwon Walton made a statement in the opener, pacing the way with a game-high 19 points. He did most of his work in the first half, however, dropping 17 points on 6-of-6 shooting to go along with four rebounds in the first 20 minutes.
Big man Jordan Brown came off the bench to drop 11 points, five boards and two blocks in 21 minutes.
Caleb Mills tallied 10 points and pulled down a team-high seven boards, while fifth-year center Malcolm Dandridge got the start and finished with 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting in 17 minutes.
The Tigers were sluggish out of the gate, turning the ball over 10 times in the first 11 minutes and falling behind by as many as six. Midway through the first half, Walton nailed triple to spark a 10-0 run and put Memphis in front for good.

SCOUTING MISSOURI

Missouri opened its season Monday at home with a 101-79 win over Arkansas Pine-Bluff in front of 11,486 fans.
Five Tigers scored in double figures to lead MU to victory, the first time the Tigers accomplished that feat since November 15, 2022 against SIUE.
Sean East II led the way with a career-high 21 points.
Graduates Caleb Grill and Tamar Bates each reached double figures. Grill turned in 15 points and seven boards, while Bates added 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting.
Mizzou led by 17 at the halftime break and increased its advantage to as many as 32 before finishing off the victory.
Missouri shot 56.3 percent from the field with a 12-of-30 clip (40.0 percent) from 3-point range.
The Tigers held the Golden Lions to 40.4 percent from the field with an 8-of-29 mark from behind the arc.

UP NEXT
Memphis will get a few days off before returning to the court next Friday, Nov. 17 when Alabama State comes to town. It will be the final game of head coach Penny Hardaway's suspension and the final outing before heading to the Bahamas for the Battle 4 Atlantis.

How to follow the Tigers: For complete information on Memphis Tiger Men's Basketball, visit www.GoTigersGo.com and follow the team's social media channels on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Tigers Venture to SEC Country for Showdown at Missouri

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Jordan Brown

Malcolm Dandridge

Caleb Mills

Jaykwon Walton

Tigers Venture to SEC Country for Showdown at Missouri

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Jordan Brown

Malcolm Dandridge

Caleb Mills

Jaykwon Walton

Related Videos