University of Memphis Athletics
Sunday, February 16
Wichita, Kan.
11:00 AM
University of Memphis
at
Wichita State
Photo by: Matthew A. Smith
No. 14 Tigers Travel to Wintry Wichita State Looking for 9th-Straight Win
Feb 15, 2025 | Men's Basketball
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The No. 14 Memphis Tigers put their winning streak on the line Sunday morning with an American Athletic Conference trip to Wichita State. Game time is set for 11 a.m. on ESPN inside Charles Koch Arena.
On the strength of Thursday's 80-65 road win at South Florida that gave head coach Penny Hardaway win No. 150 for his career, the Tigers will carry an 8-game win streak and a full head of steam into Sunday's showdown at The Roundhouse. Memphis (21-4) currently sits two games clear at the top of The American at 11-1.
It's the best start in league play for Memphis since joining the AAC, and its best overall start to a conference season since 2012-13 when the Tigers finished 16-0 in
their final year as a Conference USA member.
Sunday's contest will be a homecoming for Tiger sharpshooter Colby Rogers after spending the previous two seasons with Wichita State before transferring to Memphis in the summer. He led the Shockers in scoring (16.4) in 2023-24, while also breaking the single-season school record with 99 made three-pointers.
The Shockers (14-10, 4-7) have been on somewhat of a heater as of late, winning their last three games after starting league play 1-7 through January. They picked up back-to-back road wins at Charlotte (66-58) and South Florida (75-70), before taking down UTSA (69-64) at home earlier this week.
The Shockers are 9-4 at home this season.
Wichita State will be looking for its first win over a ranked opponent since Feb. 18, 2021 against No. 6 Houston; The Shockers have lost 10-straight to ranked foes since.
Memphis leads the all-time series with Wichita State, 21-13, after taking nine of the last 10 matchups, including a 61-53 victory last month at FedExForum (Jan. 23).
PJ Haggerty (22 points, five rebounds, four assists, four steals) and Tyrese Hunter (16 points, four steals, three rebounds) led the then No. 24 Tigers in a win where Memphis needed to overcome an eight-point deficit and trailed for more than 23 minutes.
Four Shockers are putting up double digits this season, led by Xavier Bell's 14.6 points per game on 43.0 percent shooting overall and a 37.9 percent clip from 3-point range.
GAME DETAILS
#14 Memphis Tigers (21-4, 11-1 AAC) at Wichita State (14-10, 4-7 AAC)
Sunday, February 16, 2025 | 11 a.m.
Charles Koch Arena (18,400); Wichita, Kan.
Television: ESPN (James Westling, pxp; Terrence Oglesby, analysis)
Radio: 98.9 THE ROAR OF MEMPHIS (Dave Woloshin, pxp; Matt Dillon, analysis)
BY THE NUMBERS
SCOUTING THE SHOCKERS
UP NEXT
After a short and busy weekend that have the Tigers traveling nearly 3,000 miles roundtrip back-and-forth to Tampa and Wichita, Memphis will get some much needed rest this week.
The Tigers will have their final midweek break of the season following the matchup with the Shockers before hosting Florida Atlantic in a return visit next Sunday (Feb. 23) at 1 p.m. inside FedExForum.
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 X, Instagram and Facebook.
On the strength of Thursday's 80-65 road win at South Florida that gave head coach Penny Hardaway win No. 150 for his career, the Tigers will carry an 8-game win streak and a full head of steam into Sunday's showdown at The Roundhouse. Memphis (21-4) currently sits two games clear at the top of The American at 11-1.
It's the best start in league play for Memphis since joining the AAC, and its best overall start to a conference season since 2012-13 when the Tigers finished 16-0 in
their final year as a Conference USA member.
Sunday's contest will be a homecoming for Tiger sharpshooter Colby Rogers after spending the previous two seasons with Wichita State before transferring to Memphis in the summer. He led the Shockers in scoring (16.4) in 2023-24, while also breaking the single-season school record with 99 made three-pointers.
The Shockers (14-10, 4-7) have been on somewhat of a heater as of late, winning their last three games after starting league play 1-7 through January. They picked up back-to-back road wins at Charlotte (66-58) and South Florida (75-70), before taking down UTSA (69-64) at home earlier this week.
The Shockers are 9-4 at home this season.
Wichita State will be looking for its first win over a ranked opponent since Feb. 18, 2021 against No. 6 Houston; The Shockers have lost 10-straight to ranked foes since.
Memphis leads the all-time series with Wichita State, 21-13, after taking nine of the last 10 matchups, including a 61-53 victory last month at FedExForum (Jan. 23).
PJ Haggerty (22 points, five rebounds, four assists, four steals) and Tyrese Hunter (16 points, four steals, three rebounds) led the then No. 24 Tigers in a win where Memphis needed to overcome an eight-point deficit and trailed for more than 23 minutes.
Four Shockers are putting up double digits this season, led by Xavier Bell's 14.6 points per game on 43.0 percent shooting overall and a 37.9 percent clip from 3-point range.
GAME DETAILS
#14 Memphis Tigers (21-4, 11-1 AAC) at Wichita State (14-10, 4-7 AAC)
Sunday, February 16, 2025 | 11 a.m.
Charles Koch Arena (18,400); Wichita, Kan.
Television: ESPN (James Westling, pxp; Terrence Oglesby, analysis)
Radio: 98.9 THE ROAR OF MEMPHIS (Dave Woloshin, pxp; Matt Dillon, analysis)
BY THE NUMBERS
- 4: Offensive rebounds allowed by Memphis on Thursday at South Florida, the fewest of the season by an opponent. It's the fewest allowed by the Tigers since Feb. 21, 2024 against Charlotte (4).
- 5.5: Assists per game over the last six games for PJ Haggerty, which is 2nd-best in the AAC in that span behind Tulsa's Dwon Odom (6.5).
- 6: Straight games with at least eight made 3-pointers for Memphis entering Sunday. It's the most consecutive games with at least eight triples made since six-in-a-row last season (Feb. 3-21, 2024).
- 8: Games this season with 10+ steals for Memphis. It only had three such outings in the first 16 games this season. Since then, they have swiped double digit thefts in 5-of-10; all coming against AAC teams.
- 16.2: Offensive rebounding percentage for Moussa Cisse this season. That total ranks 13th in the country, per KenPom.com.
- 50.3: Memphis' field goal percentage in conference play, which is tops in the league. The Tigers are 350-of-696 overall and have eclipsed 50% in 6-of-12 conference contests.
- 62-3: Memphis' record under head coach Hardaway when shooting 50% overall in a game, including a 17-2 mark on the road. The Tigers are 10-1 this season when hitting 50% and have done so six times in AAC play.
- 71.4: Field goal percentage (45-63) for Dain Dainja over the last six games, which leads the AAC. He is averaging 17.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists in that span
SCOUTING THE SHOCKERS
- Wichita State has won three straight conference games for the first time since March of 2021.
- The Shockers allowed 88+ points in each of the first three conference games, but have since held six of their last eight opponents to 70 points or fewer.
- Wichita State will present a challenge for the Tigers on the boards, as the Shockers are third in the American and 51st nationally at 38.2 rebounds per game. They lead the conference (39th NCAA) with 27.0 defensive boards each time out.
- The Shockers are coming off back-to-back games where they outrebounded the opponent by 20+ rebounds. The last time Wichita State had consecutive games of a +20 rebounding margin was 2017. Wichita State's 50 rebounds vs. UTSA marked a season high.
- Xavier Bell, the 10th-leading scorer in the AAC (14.6), has scored 20+ in five games this season. In league action, he's putting up 15.6 points in conference play.
- Corey Washington is the team's second-leading scorer (13.5) and rebounder (7.7) this season.
- Justin Hill ranks third on the squad at 13.3 points per game and leads the Shockers with 3.4 assists per game.
- Big man Quincy Ballard has eight double-doubles this season (3rd AAC) and is averaging 10.4 points and 8.7 rebounds on the year. He is shooting 76.3 percent from the field and leads the AAC in blocks per game (1.87).
- Wichita State is eighth in the league in scoring (74.3) and sixth in scoring defense (73.0).
UP NEXT
After a short and busy weekend that have the Tigers traveling nearly 3,000 miles roundtrip back-and-forth to Tampa and Wichita, Memphis will get some much needed rest this week.
The Tigers will have their final midweek break of the season following the matchup with the Shockers before hosting Florida Atlantic in a return visit next Sunday (Feb. 23) at 1 p.m. inside FedExForum.
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 X, Instagram and Facebook.
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