Tigers baseball splits doubleheader against Redhawks on opening day
Memphis coach Matt Riser liked what he saw from the team’s pitching and defense, but wants to see more consistency at the plate.
There are 2587 article(s) tagged Memphis Tigers:
Memphis coach Matt Riser liked what he saw from the team’s pitching and defense, but wants to see more consistency at the plate.
Led by center Dain Dainja’s 20 points, coach Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers looked dangerous in its 80-65 victory over USF. The win was Hardaway’s 150th as coach of the Tigers.Related content:
Tyrese Hunter had dealt with a tender right kneecap since the early portion of this season.
Parth Upadhyaya and John Martin try to determine if the Tigers playing up and down to their competition will ultimately bite them.
Memphis ranks No. 4 in opponent adjust, a metric created by college basketball analytics expert Evan Miyakawa.
This is the box score for the NCAA basketball game between the University of Memphis Tigers and the University of South Florida Bulls on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida.
The Tigers’ game against USF on Thursday will be their final chance to turn heads before the NCAA Tournament’s Selection Committee televises the first in-season reveal of the top 16 seeds Saturday.
The Tigers (6-17, 4-8 AAC) opened the game on a heater but were overpowered by one of the conference’s best defenses as the game continued.
Hunter visited Memphis team orthopedist Barry Phillips on Monday afternoon after being sidelined in Sunday’s 90-82 home win against Temple.
The Tigers are ranked in the AP Top 25 for the seventh consecutive week.
The No. 17 Tigers eventually got the revenge they desired in a 90-82 win over the Owls, even with the absence of starting point guard Tyrese Hunter, who was ruled out just 20 minutes before tipoff. With injured Tyrese Hunter out, Dante Harris makes first Tigers startRelated content:
After losing to Temple in Philadelphia on Jan. 16, the No. 17 Tigers are looking for some “get-back” against the Owls on Sunday at FedExForum.
Haggerty finished with a game-high 23 points against Tulsa, the team he played for last season before transferring to Memphis.Related story:
Led by guard PJ Haggerty and center Dain Dainja, Memphis shot 56.7% from the floor and 42.9% from deep, and finished with 20 assists on its 34 made field goals to go with only eight turnovers. PJ Haggerty’s performance against former team just ‘another game’ for Tigers’ starRelated content:
Memphis will look to carry its momentum into the back half of its AAC schedule when it takes on Tulsa on Wednesday at FedExForum.
This is the box score for the NCAA basketball game between the Memphis Tigers and the University of Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, at FedExForum.
The Tigers fell behind the Owls by as much as 17 points. They used a big second-half run to get the lead down to four but did not come any closer.
Ninety-four-year-old Thelma Scott gave up her season ticket this year. But give up on her Tigers? Not a chance. The university gave her a life she couldn’t have imagined. And it is still giving her friends.
Memphis is No. 1 in the country in 3-point percentage, hitting better than 40%.
The Tigers move up in the AP Top 25 after a pair of road wins. Tigers beat writer Parth Upadhyaya’s latest AP Top 25 ballotRelated content:
Where did Upadhyaya rank the Tigers after they went 2-0 in back-to-back road games against Tulane and Rice?
While some may have been surprised by PJ Carter’s heroics in Memphis’ narrow win over Rice on Sunday, almost no one inside the Tigers’ program was shocked.Related content:
PJ Carter finished with 19 points and two assists and made multiple timely plays down the stretch to allow the Tigers to win their fifth straight game
Memphis has been knocking off the same AAC foes it lost to a season ago. A matchup against Rice on Sunday in Houston offers it another opportunity to do just that.
Memphis is ‘a totally different team’ when Colby Rogers is hitting shots. That much proved to be true again in the No. 19 Tigers’ 68-56 win over Tulane on Thursday. Colby Rogers emerges as late hero to lift Memphis over TulaneRelated content: