Memphis dominates Tulane in a basketball game, leading throughout and securing a 90-78 victory. Tulane struggles to match Memphis' performance, falling behind early and never closing the gap. Memphis' David Jones shines with 23 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists. The Tigers' coach, Penny Hardaway, expresses disappointment despite the win, citing defensive lapses. Memphis records 21 assists and capitalizes on Tulane's turnovers, scoring 18 points off them.
Final stats from Memphis' 76-66 loss to North Texas. The Tigers gave up 16 3-pointers — the most they've allowed in regulation this season — and 22 points off of their 15 TOs in a game in which they trailed the Mean Green for 38 of 40 min. https://t.co/VSHtpWC1jT
Memphis Tigers fall to North Texas by double digits https://t.co/pZPEv9xoDd
Memphis loses to North Texas, eliminating their at-large chances. Worth noting: The Tigers were 9-2 before adding Nae'Quan Tomlin and 9-5 since. Not criticizing the player or person. But didn't love adding a player mid-season when you're rolling. Chemistry cleared impacted
Memphis loses at North Texas. No shame in losing to the Mean Green on the road … except that Memphis is now 3-5 in its last 8 games with some bad losses among those setbacks. Will be very difficult for the Tigers to make the tourney as an at-large team.
FINAL: North Texas 76, Memphis 66 The Tigers allowed the Mean Green to go 16-28 (57.1%) from 3-point range and had few answers on the other end. This one almost certainly is a bubble-burster.
UNT 71, Memphis 66 w/ 1:47 to go in game Less than 2 min left for the Tigers to keep alive their hopes of an at-large NCAA Tournament bid. Season essentially on the line here.
UNT 60, Memphis 51 w/ 7:32 left in game
Man, this is bad — again. UNT now on 10-0 run after that 3-pointer by Edwards. Crowd here at the Super Pit is louddd. Tigers' body language starting to revert to what we'd seen in their recent slump. UNT 49, Memphis 38 w/ 12:30 left in game
UNT 38, Memphis 33 w/ 15:59 left in game Tigers closed the first half shooting 9-18 from floor but have made just 1 of their 7 FG attempts this half.
#Tulane feels like it can't catch a break. Jaylen Forbes just hit a long 3 as a trailer but ref had blown whistle to look to see if SMU player down on floor at other end was there because of flagrant foul. Basket doesn't count.
HALF: North Texas 33, Memphis 30
Memphis 25, UNT 24 w/ 3:03 left in 1st half https://t.co/LZgImQ4Ozv
OK, somehow Memphis is still very much in this game. Jones pump fakes and hits Tomlin with a nice dish. Tomlin misses but gets fouled and hits 1 of 2 FTs. Tigers down only 4 points now.
UNT 24, Memphis 15 w/ 8:01 left in 1st half https://t.co/54m8C20jp3
UNT 24, Memphis 13 w/ 9:13 left in 1st half https://t.co/TYAzEVoiXH
Tigers now showing at least some signs of life — on 7-0 run over past 2:50. But I think that's more a product of UNT missing quality shots than anything else. Still *a lot* of open looks for the Mean Green. https://t.co/dlJgq8vrSw
UNT 18, Memphis 11 w/ 11:05 left in 1st half
Terrible start to the second half for #Tulane. Missed shots, turnovers at one end and open baskets at the other end. Wave's 4-point lead vs. SMU has become 4-point deficit, forcing Ron Hunter timeout with 16:47 left.
We're a little more than 5 min and Memphis already has 6 TOs. UNT has scored 9 points off of those. Mean Green shooting 5-7 from the floor and *5-5* from 3. Good God, man.
Wow. Another WIDE-OPEN 3 for UNT. UNT 15, Memphis 4 w/ 14:45 left in 1st half
UNT 9, Memphis 2 w/ 17:21 left in 1st half The Mean Green has hit three 3-pointers already — two of them WIDE open. Penny calls TO.
#Tulane played one of its better halves in a while and leads SMU 41-37 at the break. Task for Wave is to keep the same level for another 20 minutes.
#Tulane and SMU are tied at 25 with 7:08 left in first half. Both teams have 15 rebounds and five offensive boards, which represents dramatic improvement for the Wave from last meeting. Mustangs are first in the AAC in rebounding margin and Wave is last.
Memphis picks up convincing home win over Tulane https://t.co/aLDGss5Bem
Final stats from Memphis' 90-78 win over Tulane. The Tigers tallied 21 assists — tied for their second-highest in a game this season — on their 29 made FGs and scored 18 points off of the Green Wave's 14 TOs. https://t.co/EXRMya8jYW
Penny Hardaway: “Almost a flawless game — until we gave up 49 points in the 2nd half.” Says he was “embarrassed” when he went back and watched Memphis’ first game against Tulane. Served as motivation today. https://t.co/ETKdlrk1qa
FINAL: Memphis 90, Tulane 78 The Tigers led by as many as 25 points and left no doubt in a game for the first time in what feels like forever. David Jones w/ 23 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.
#Tulane falls 90-78 to Memphis at FedEx Forum in a game that was not ever close. Wave falls to 4-7 in American Athletic Conference.
Memphis 82, TU 67 w/ 4 min left to go
#Tulane trails Memphis 77-56 at under-8 media timeout. Sion James picked up technical foul (at least that is what has been recorded) as multiple players argued a foul call that looked like a foul to me.
Memphis has had lapses in both halves but it has not affected the score at all. #Tulane had chances to get back in the game but simply did not take them and trails by 22 withr 12:27 left.
Memphis 54, TU 34 w/ 17:05 left in game
Tulane came into this game SIXTH in the country in points per game (85.1 ppg) and 20th in FG% (48.8%). Green Wave don't even have 30 points at the half today. Wild.
#Tulane trails Memphis 46-29 at halftime. Deficit easily could have been 20-plus.
HALF: Memphis 46, Tulane 29
#Tulane trails Memphis 39-24 at final media timeout of first half. Tigers will shoot two free throws when game resumes.
Memphis 39, TU 24 w/ 3:38 left until halftime
#Tulane still having all sorts of trouble handling Memphis pressure, but Tigers have made a boatload of sloppy mistakes themselves while leading 28-13 at third media timeout.
Tigers calls TO after quick 5-0 run by Green Wave. Memphis 25, Tulane 11 w/ 9:21 to go in 1st half.
That's 6 TOs by Tulane and 8 points for Memphis off of those. https://t.co/VIyAyZCYu1