No. 19 Memphis Takes Win Streak Into Thursday's Battle at Tulane

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The No. 19 Memphis Tigers return to the road with a trip to the Big Easy and a matchup with Tulane on Thursday. The Tigers (16-4, 6-1) and the Green Wave (11-9, 5-2) are scheduled for an 8 p.m. jump on ESPN2.

The Tigers have won seven of their last eight games, including a three-game win streak, and climbed five spots in the Associated Press poll this week, but they must now carry that momentum into Avron B. Fogelman Arena on Thursday, a place that has sent Memphis home with a loss in three-straight seasons. The Tigers last win in New Orleans was Dec. 16, 2020.

Memphis enters the matchup fresh off perhaps its best and most compete performance of the season on Sunday, with a 100-77 drubbing of UAB inside FedExForum.

The Tigers shot a season-high 62.3 percent from the floor and put five players in double figures. PJ Haggerty led the group with 23 points, a career high-tying nine assists and three steals, while Dain Dainja dropped a season-high 21 points and eight boards in his first start since Nov. 15.

GAME DETAILS
#19/16 Memphis Tigers (16-4, 6-1 AAC) at Tulane (11-9, 5-2 AAC)
Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 | 8 p.m.
Fogelman Arena (4,000); New Orleans, La.
Television: ESPN2 (Mike Monaco, pxp; Jon Crispin, analysis)
Radio: 98.9 THE ROAR OF MEMPHIS (Dave Woloshin, pxp; Matt Dillon, analysis)

BY THE NUMBERS

1st: Memphis owns the top field goal percentage (50.3) and field goal percentage defense (39.7) in the AAC in league play. The Tigers
2nd: PJ Haggerty is the nation's 2nd-leading scorer entering Thursday at 22.1 points per game. He is also averaging 5.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.2 steals per game while shooting 50.7 percent overall and 42.6 percent from three-point range. He is also No. 2 nationally in free throws made (140) and free throws attempted (174).
8th: Memphis enters Thursday at No. 8 in the country in 3-point percentage with a 39.5% clip (157-of-397). Bradley leads the nation at 40.6%.
24: Number of assists by the Tigers in Thursday's win over UAB, which was the 2nd-most in a game under Coach Hardaway. It was the most in a game for the Tigers since Jan. 14, 2024 at Wichita State.
38: Field goals made against the Blazers also rank as the 2nd-most in seven seasons under Hardaway for his Tigers.
38-7: Record against Tulane since 1999-2000, which included a 12-game winning streak from 2016-2021. Since the AAC opener on Dec. 29, 2021, the Green Wave have won four of the last seven in the series.
64.4: Field goal average by Dain Dainja in AAC play, which ranks 4th in the league. The big man is 38-of-59 from the floor and has shot 50% or higher in six of the seven conference contests.

SCOUTING TULANE

Tulane enters Thursday's contest with an 11-9 record, including a 5-2 mark in the American after winning three of its last four games.
The Green Wave are coming off an 82-71 road victory at Rice last Saturday.
Junior forward Kaleb Banks leads the Green Wave in both scoring (17.5) and rebounding (7.5), good for fifth and sixth in the conference, respectively. He's also eighth in blocks (1.2).
Redshirt sophomore guard Rowan Brumbaugh is second on the team with 14.5 points and is second in the league-lead with 4.7 assists.
Freshman Kam Williams is scoring 9.9 points. He's second in the conference in three-point field goal percentage, connecting on 42.9%, while hitting 2.1 threes per good, tied for ninth.
Junior guard Asher Wood is averaging 9.5 points and is second in the AAC in free throw percentage, hitting 89.3% from the charity stripe.
Tulane is averaging 76.6 points per game and is second in the American, allowing just 68.6.
The Green Wave opponents are connecting on just 39.3% from the field and 29.9% from behind the arc, which are first and second in the AAC, respectively.
The Green Wave lead the league in blocks with 4.7 per game.
Head coach Ron Hunter is in his sixth season at the helm of the Tulane men's basketball program, where he has an 81-83 record. In 31 years as a head coach, Hunter is 526-397.

UP NEXT
The Tigers head to Houston for their first visit to Rice as AAC members on Sunday for a 2 p.m. tip to wrap up the first half of its conference season.

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No. 19 Memphis Takes Win Streak Into Thursday's Battle at Tulane

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