No. 17 Tigers Back at FedExForum Wednesday to Face Tulsa

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The No. 17 Memphis Tigers begin the second half of their American Athletic Conference schedule Wednesday night when the Tulsa Golden Hurricane storm into town. Tipoff inside FedExForum is set for 7 p.m. on ESPN+.

The Tigers will go for their sixth-consecutive win and their 10^th overall in the last 11 games.

Memphis is coming off a two-game road swing that saw it pick up wins at Tulane (68-56) on Thursday, and at Rice (86-83) on Sunday.

PJ Haggerty led the Tigers against the Owls with 26 points, eight rebounds and five assists in a homecoming in front of a large contingent of friends and family.

Haggerty was named to two midseason watch lists this week – the Oscar Robertson Trophy and the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award – and enters Wednesday as the No. 4 scorer in the country at 21.6 points per game.

After an impressive showing on the hardwood in those two wins, fifth-year guard PJ Carter landed a spot on the AAC's Weekly Honorable Mention after coming off the bench to average 16.5 points with nine made 3-pointers.

Tulsa (9-13, 3-6 AAC) brings a two-game skid into the matchup after falling 78-68 at home to UAB last Wednesday and 59-56 on the road at Tulane on Sunday.

The Golden Hurricane is just 1-5 on the year in true road games with their only victory coming against UTSA, 82-77, on Jan. 7 in San Antonio.

The two sides have met 54 times in the series history with the Tigers leading 33-21 overall, including 13-3 inside FedExForum and 17-9 in games played in Memphis.

GAME DETAILS
Memphis Tigers (18-4, 8-1 AAC) vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (9-13, 3-6 AAC)
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025 | 7 p.m.
FedExForum (18,400); Memphis, Tenn.
Television: ESPN+ (Greg Gaston, pxp; Trey Draper, analysis; Matt Infield, sideline)
Radio: 98.9 THE ROAR OF MEMPHIS (Dave Woloshin, pxp; Matt Dillon, analysis)

BY THE NUMBERS

1^st: The Tigers enter Wednesday ranked No. 1 in the nation in 3-point percentage at 40.1% after making 177-of-441 deep shots on the year. The school record for a season is 38.8% in 2009-10.
4^th: PJ Haggerty is the nation's No. 4 scorer entering Wednesday at 21.6 points per game. He has 15 games of 20 or more points and has failed to reach double figures just once in his last 48 games.
9: Consecutive American Athletic Conference home wins for the Tigers, dating back to a 74-71 loss to Rice on Jan. 31, 2024.
15.7: Scoring average for PJ Carter over the last three games, which is second best on the team in that span. The sharpshooter has been scorching with 11 threes (55%) in just 21.2 minutes off the bench. He scored a season-high 19 points Sunday at Rice with five made triples.
25: Consecutive seasons that Memphis has won at least 18 games, dating back to 2000-01. Kansas and Gonzaga join the Tigers as the only three teams in the nation to have done so, once they get to 18 this year. They both currently sit at 16 wins.
46-3: Memphis' record under Penny Hardaway when holding its opponent under 60 points scored. The Tigers have done so twice in their last four games – Wichita State (53) and Tulane (56). They have won 26-straight games when doing so. The last loss was Jan. 17, 2021 at Tulsa (58-57).
62: Total assists for the Tigers over their last three games, including the top two totals of the season against UAB (24) and Rice (20). The last time Memphis had two 20+ assist outings in a 3-game span was Dec. 17-29, 2022.

SCOUTING TULSA

The Golden Hurricane were tabbed 10^th in the AAC Preseason Coaches' Poll with 44 total points.
Tulsa has lost four-straight games to Memphis entering the contest, with its last victory coming Jan. 17, 2021 in Tulsa (58-57).
- It also took the meeting in Memphis that season as well, 56-49, on Dec. 21, 2020.
Grad transfer Dwon Odom leads four players scoring double figures at 13.8 points per game.
- He also adds 5.3 rebounds and a league-leading 5.1 assists per game, while his 54.9 field goal percentage is second best in the AAC.
  - Odom has scored in double figures 14 times this season.
Graduate guard Keaston Willis is second on the squad at 13.4 points per game and has made at least three triples in each of his last seven games.
- Willis leads the conference in three-point attempts (171), three-point makes (68) and ranks second in three-pointers made per game (3.1).
  - He comes in 42^nd in the country and second in the AAC in free throw percentage (87.9) after draining 31 of his last 33 trips.
Jared Garcia is third on the team in scoring (11.8) and Tyshawn Archie is fourth (10.1).
Freshman Ian Smikle is the team's top rebounder at 5.8.
Tulsa leads the conference in defensive rebounding (26.86), ranks second in 3-point attempts per game (26.6) and third in 3-pointers made per game (8.6) and fewest fouls (15.6).
The Golden Hurricane are getting outscored 80.3 to 67.3 on the road this season.

UP NEXT
The Tigers will host Temple at 1 p.m. on Sunday in their first conference rematch of the season. Temple defeated Memphis 88-81 in Philadelphia earlier this season, its only AAC loss to this point.

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No. 17 Tigers Back at FedExForum Wednesday to Face Tulsa

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