Memphis handles Alabama State to snap 3-game losing streak
Led by point guard Dug McDaniel’s 23 points, the Tigers picked up an 88-67 win over Alabama State on Monday night at FedExForum.Related content:
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Led by point guard Dug McDaniel’s 23 points, the Tigers picked up an 88-67 win over Alabama State on Monday night at FedExForum.Related content:
Box score for the NCAA basketball game between the Memphis Tigers and the Alabama State Hornets at FedExForum on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025.
The Commodores outscored the Tigers 15-8 in the five-minute overtime period.Related content:
Box score for the NCAA basketball game between the Memphis Tigers and the Vanderbilt Commodores at FedExForum on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025.
Coach Mark Byington’s Vanderbilt Commodores are undefeated and on what is currently the nation’s fifth-longest win streak.
Memphis coach Penny Hardaway, point guard Dug McDaniel and wing Zach Davis spoke about the significance of the Tigers renewing their rivalry with Louisville ahead of their matchup with the No. 11 Cardinals on Saturday.
Guard Quante Berry’s 17 points led the attack. Five other Tigers scored in double digits, including point guard Dug McDaniel, who had 11 points and 10 assists. Tigers coach addresses why Aaron Bradshaw didn’t play against New OrleansRelated content:
Box score for the NCAA basketball game between the University of Memphis Tigers and the New Orleans Privateers at FedExForum on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025.
You could almost start to see the vision of the rest of the season. Sure, it was a really bad loss to UNLV. But Memphis would escape the Bahamas with a 1-1 record, the team is playing hard, and players are settling into roles. But it all came undone. Slowly, then all at once.
Box score for the NCAA basketball game between the University of Memphis Tigers and the Southern Illinois University Salukis at FedExForum on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025.
“We have a roster that can win,” Penny Hardaway said after the Tigers’ first 1-4 start to a season since 1996-97. “We just haven’t figured out how to finish (games). And hopefully these losses hurt bad enough that when we get in those situations, (we do better).”
The Tigers must take care of business against Southern Illinois to avoid the program’s first five-game losing streak under coach Penny Hardaway.
NCAA men’s basketball box score for Thursday’s game between the Purdue Boilermakers and Memphis Tigers.
CBS Sports analyst Emeka Okafor called the gutty win for Purdue “championship vitamins.” But the truth is that even a close loss like this one — to the top dog in the sport — will make Memphis fans feel a whole lot better.
Led by point guard Dug McDaniel’s 18 points, six assists and six rebounds, the Tigers went toe to toe with the Boilermakers — and were even ahead with less than six minutes to go — for 35 of the 40 minutes of gametime.
Box score for Baha Mar Hoops Championship game between the Memphis Tigers and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the Bahamas on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025.
Wake Forest’s Myles Colvin hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer that gave the Demon Deacons the one-point win over the Tigers.Related story:
Against top-ranked Purdue in the Baha Mar Hoops Championship, Memphis struck first and never stopped fighting. Wake Forest is up next.
Memphis was led by point guard Dug McDaniel’s 15 points, seven assists and seven rebounds and guard Curtis Givens III’s 18 points.Related content:
Box score for the NCAA basketball game between the Memphis Tigers and the Ole Miss Rebels in Oxford, Mississippi, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025.
John Calipari is heading to the Sweet 16 for the 16th time and Memphian Billy Richmond III had much to do with Sunday’s win over St. John’s. Richmond, son of former Memphis Tiger standout Billy Richmond Jr., scored 16 points to lead the Hogs.
Though Memphis’ Sweet 16 drought continues, Hardaway brought the Tigers closer to their peak as a program as they’d been in a long time this season. Scenes from Seattle: Did Penny Hardaway know it would go this way?Related content:
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