‘Go out there and fight': How Tyrese Hunter’s halftime speech inspired Memphis’ win over Mizzou
Memphis guard Tyrese Hunter (left) helped inspire his team to play out of a double-digit halftime deficit against Mizzou. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Thanks to some key words by Tyrese Hunter at halftime, Memphis came out in the second half with new life in a come-from-behind effort that resulted in an 83-75 win.
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Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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