Memphis faced Rice in a basketball game, with Rice taking an early lead. Memphis struggled with turnovers and failed to find offensive rhythm. At halftime, Rice led 33-22. Despite Memphis making a comeback in the second half, Rice ultimately won 74-71, handing Memphis their worst loss of the season. The Tigers had 16 turnovers and allowed Rice to shoot 49% from the floor. Memphis lost their fourth straight game.
JAHVON. QUINERLY. WOW. JQ drills a 3 from right wing to give Tigers their first lead of game. It's his first make from floor after 12 misses. Memphis 63, WSU 62 w/ 39.6 secs left
Halftime score in Stillwater: Oklahoma State 29, K-State 27. Cam Carter leads all scorers with 10 points.
Wow... Tigers' body language back to not looking great. Heads hanging, faces in disbelief — first time they've looked like this today. Things getting a bit out of hand here. WSU 52, Memphis 40 w/ 7:55 left in game
7-0 RUN. TIMEOUT MEMPHIS. 9:54 2H | WSU 48, MEM 37 https://t.co/h7CMVkRc2Z
Penny calls TO after a 7-0 Shockers run over past 1:31. WSU 48, Memphis 37 w/ 9:54 left in game
WSU 30, Memphis 27 w/ 19:16 left in game That last Malco steal and fastbreak slam got the Tigers hyped up. Let's see if they keep that fire the rest of the way.
Penny calls TO w/ less than 30 secs left in 1st half WSU 30, Memphis 24 w/ 24.4 secs to go until halftime
WSU 24, Memphis 22 w/ 2:08 left until halftime
WSU 21, Memphis 19 w/ 7:10 left in 1st half
WSU 15, Memphis 10 w/ 10:46 left in 1st half Tigers are clearly scrapping harder than they had in the past 4 games but still haven't led in this one.
WSU in 2-min scoring drought now and 1-7 on last 7 FGs, but Tigers struggling to take advantage on other end. Memphis w/ 4 TOs already at 12:07 mark of 1st half
Young finds a cutting Malco, Malco finishes in paint through contact for and-1 bucket. Misses FT. WSU 13, Memphis 8 w/ 13:43 left in 1st half
WSU 11, Memphis 6 w/ 15:09 left in 1st half Shockers have hit 3 3-pointers already — less than 5 min in. Shooting 4-7 overall.
WSU 6, Memphis 0 w/ 18:00 left in 1st half Shockers with two quick 3s here https://t.co/hQrBmse7wd
Final stats from Memphis' 74-71 loss to Rice. The Tigers totaled 16 TOs, allowed the Owls to shoot 49% from the floor (47.6% from 3) and led for just 3:12 out of 40 min to pick up their fourth straight loss. https://t.co/V6FZK03cbH
Mekhi Mason, Travis Evee lead Rice to win at Memphis https://t.co/qCeWjgMCvu via @houstonchron
Mekhi Mason, Travis Evee lead Rice to win at Memphis https://t.co/insRJ8gj3R
Congrats to Rice on beating Memphis https://t.co/UFXs7c0wtC
FINAL: Rice 74, Memphis 71 The Tigers fall to an Owls squad that was 1-6 in conference before tonight to take their worst loss of the season. Extends what is now a four-game losing streak.
WHAT A WIN! Rice defeats Memphis, 74-71! https://t.co/Gw39jceLQt
Rice 70, Memphis 67 w/ 22.7 secs left JQ makes a runner to cut Tigers' deficit to three and stop an 8-0 Owls run. Penny calls TO.
A Memphis team that has lost 3 straight games to South Florida (NET: 117), Tulane (119) and UAB (137) is now tied with Rice (248) at home with a minute left.
Walton and Tomlin knock in back-to-back 3-pointers — the Tigers' first two 3s of the game — to cut the deficit to three points. Rice 55, Memphis 52 w/ 6:59 left
Rice 42, Memphis 38 w/ 13:07 left in game
Rice 42, Memphis 33 w/ 15:59 left in game
HALF: Rice 33, Memphis 22
Rice 29, Memphis 22 w/ 43.6 secs left in 1st half
I'm sorry, man. There's absolutely no excuse for *Rice* coming into your building and being in full control the way the Owls have been from opening tip. This is a team that's 1-6 in the AAC. Rice 26, Memphis 16 w/ 2:26 until halftime
Rice 24, Memphis 16 w/ 3:21 left until halftime
They just overturned that goaltending call on Malco from earlier. Called it a clean block. Rice 15, Memphis 10 w/ 7:30 left in 1st half
Rice 17. Memphis 10 w/ 7:30 left in 1st half Man, turnovers stopping Tigers from getting in any sort of rhythm offensively. They've got 9 TOs already and 0 assists...
Rice 17. Memphis 10 w/ 7:30 left in 1st half Man, turnovers stopping Tigers from getting in any sort of rhythm offensively. They've got 8 TOs already and 0 assists...
Rice 10, Memphis 5 w/ 11:54 left in 1st half
Rice 8, Memphis 3 w/ 13:23 left in 1st half Penny calls TO after Tigers turn it over for 4th time in 5:51.
About that time. ⏳ Memphis searching for a get-right game tonight against Rice. Tipoff in about 10 min. https://t.co/y4wvAhSOCl