Tigers fall to ECU in AAC Women’s Tournament
East Carolina eliminates Memphis from the conference tournament for the third straight year.
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East Carolina eliminates Memphis from the conference tournament for the third straight year.
Injuries have been a major factor for Memphis women’s basketball team and that will continue heading into Sunday’s game against East Carolina (6 p.m. Sunday, ESPN+) in the second round of the AAC Tournament.
Memphis’ record at Elma Roane Fieldhouse improves to 6-5 on the season with two home games left.
The University of Memphis Tigers women lost to the University of Texas San Antonio Saturday on the Roadrunners’ home court.
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.
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.
Tigers bounce back from a 17-2 deficit but fall to 2-6 in American Athletic Conference play.
A late technical foul hurts Memphis in the final seconds of a home loss to UTSA.
The Tigers will head home to prepare for UTSA. The game will tip at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 15.
The Tigers led after the first quarter, 22-19, but lost the middle two quarters by a total score of 40-19 in their first road conference game of the season.
With the win, the Tigers (3-9, 1-0 AAC) are 1-0 in conference play for the first time since the 2011-12 season and the first time as a member of the AAC.
Coach Alex Simmons expects some players who’ve been out with injuries to be back by the time Memphis begins the conference schedule against Wichita State on Jan. 1.
Coach Alex Simmons and her Tigers basketball team will play 18th-ranked Tennessee on Wednesday before hosting Louisville on Saturday. Both games will be held at FedExForum.
In a game that entered the fourth quarter tied and saw the lead change three times, the Tigers (2-3) came up short in their attempt to tie the game with 29 seconds left.
Elauna Eaton led the way for the Tigers with a career-high 20 points. The Tigers will return home to play Southeastern Louisiana on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m.
Alasia Smith’s career-high 28 points helped the Tigers improve to 2-1 in the 2024-25 season.
Tilly Boler led Memphis with 23 points while Alasia Smith added 10 points. Quinzia Fulmore grabbed a team-best eight rebounds.
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+.
The Tigers are 6-0 all-time against Mississippi Valley State, with this matchup being the sixth of seven played in Memphis.
All 18 of Memphis’ women’s AAC games will be broadcast on ESPN+.
“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.”
Memphis coach Penny Hardaway and Tigers coach Alex Simmons’ teams are expected to approach Tuesday’s exhibitions the same way they would any other game. Former NBA competitors Penny Hardaway and Hubert Davis team up for St. Jude AAC Tournament to move from Fort Worth after current season Memphis unranked, receives no votes in preseason AP Top 25 pollRelated content:
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.
South Carolina Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley is bringing her team to town for the Hoops for St. Jude Tip Off Classic.
The format remains the same. Each team in the 13-team AAC will still play 18 conference games.