Memphis women’s basketball defeats Samford, improves to 2-1 on season
Alasia Smith’s career-high 28 points helped the Tigers improve to 2-1 in the 2024-25 season.
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November 2024
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Memphis women basketball starts season with win over MVSU
The Tigers will hit the road to take on Mississippi State on Thursday, Nov. 7, in Starkville at 6:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
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Memphis women’s basketball opens season at 11 a.m. Monday
The Tigers are 6-0 all-time against Mississippi Valley State, with this matchup being the sixth of seven played in Memphis.
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October 2024
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Tigers coach sees building blocks in exhibition loss to No. 1 South Carolina
“There’s a reason that we play games like this,” Memphis coach Alex Simmons said. “No. 1, to get better. No. 2, to see what it feels like to play at a level that literally nobody in the country plays at.”
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Memphis women’s basketball gets no love in AAC preseason coaches’ poll
Coach Alex Simmons’ team got little attention in the American Athletic Conference’s preseason coaches’ poll. Memphis also didn’t have a single player land on the preseason All-AAC first or second team.
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New-look Tigers introduce themselves in Blue and Gray Showcase
The men’s and women’s Memphis Tigers teams played scrimmages at the Showcase, which were the highlights of the Tigers’ 2024-25 season tipoff event.
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June 2024
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Date set for Tigers’ home game against Tennessee Lady Vols
The time of the game has not been set but a date has been scheduled.
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Tigers coach Silverfield talks ‘excitement’ at standing-room-only event in Lakeland
Interim athletics director Jeff Crane says the stadium funding is right on schedule.
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Alex Simmons: Women’s basketball ‘always existed’ but getting noticed now
While the fandom and media coverage of women’s basketball has grown to new heights, Memphis women’s basketball coach Alex Simmons doesn’t want to lose the momentum.
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April 2024
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Tigers coach Simmons speaks on FedEx NIL, women’s college basketball
Simmons talks about how FedEx’s commitment should go a long way in providing her and the program with the momentum needed in today’s world of college athletics.
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March 2024
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Tigers’ women win streak ends at North Texas
The five-game winning streak ends with a loss at North Texas. The Tigers next game will be in the AAC Tournament on Sunday against East Carolina.
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Tigers women’s basketball getting hot at the right time
A 21-point victory over UAB on Saturday was the fifth consecutive win for Memphis.
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November 2023
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Tigers roll past Hornets for first victory in the Simmons era
Madison Griggs and Raven Sims combine for 34 points in a dominant performance.
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Memphis women’s basketball ready to begin new chapter with Simmons
Even as they start over with their third coach in four years, the Tigers are excited for what the 2023-24 season holds with first-year coach Alex Simmons on the sideline.
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October 2023
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Tigers women’s basketball coach says record number of season tickets sold ‘shows the love for this program’
Memphis’ support has fueled the Tigers’ women’s basketball team as they head into the 2023-24 season, says head coach Alex Simmons.
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Simmons finds early success in establishing culture
First-year coach Alex Simmons is looking to take Memphis women’s basketball to new heights.
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Memphis women’s basketball picked to finish fifth in AAC, Griggs gets preseason All-AAC nod
Tigers fifth-year guard Madison Griggs made the preseason All-AAC first team.
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Tigers, students mix, dunk and dance at U of M’s first Student Madness event
Memphis basketball’s first-ever student-only season tip-off event allowed the university’s student body to familiarize itself with players on both the men’s and women’s teams.
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Memphis women’s Tigers basketball conference games and TV announced
Fans will get the chance to see first-year coach Alex Simmons and her Tigers team play 13 times at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse.
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July 2023
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Tigers women’s basketball to schedule home-and-home series with Lady Vols
A game between the University of Memphis and the University of Tennessee will happen this upcoming season, and newly hired Tigers coach Alex Simmons will be coaching against her alma mater.
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New program, same staff for Tigers women’s basketball coach
The three assistant coaches and three players Alex Simmons brought from Gardner-Webb have helped make the transition to Memphis much easier.
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May 2023
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New Tigers basketball coach is in transfer player’s life ‘for a reason’
“She took a chance on me, and ever since then, our bond grew stronger and stronger every single year,” new Tiger Ki’Ari Cain, who lost her mother last year, said of Coach Alex Simmons.
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April 2023
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New Tigers women’s basketball coach Alex Simmons seems to be perfect fit
Alex Simmons took pride in representing the state as a player at the University of Tennessee, and now she gets to do the same as the head women’s basketball coach at the University of Memphis.
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Tigers hire Alex Simmons as new women’s basketball coach
Simmons coached five years at Gardner-Webb University and led the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament last season.
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