Panthers overcome slow start against Sevier County and advance to girls basketball state semifinals.

Justin Morgan was home-schooled. Alden Applewhite has bounced around schools. Both landed at Murray State, where fans are family and family can be fans.

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.

Seth Bell, a 22-year-old native Memphian, even got David Jones himself to join in on the fun.

On Monday night in Brooklyn, New York, Taylor Jenkins went where only one other Memphis Grizzlies coach has gone before: to a 200th regular-season win.

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Parth Upadhyaya, Tim Buckley and Greg Gaston discuss a Memphis Tigers team, led by David Jones, that is back in the NCAA Tourney conversation after winning four in a row.

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss which players they find the most interesting the rest of the way for the Memphis Grizzlies. 

The two players join the Grizzlies’ long list of injured players that includes Ja Morant, Desmond Bane and Marcus Smart.

Memphis’ David Jones and Jahvon Quinerly expected to be subbed out in the second half versus UAB. Penny Hardaway “ignored them.”

Ridgeway and Bolivar Central will complete their game, which was suspended due to a fight that occurred as the teams were warming up after halftime, on Wednesday, March 6.

The Panthers have plenty of motivation for early morning matchup Wednesday in Murfreesboro.

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The lead changed 11 times. It was tied 10 times. But the Grizzlies found a way to win in Brooklyn on Monday. 

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NBA box score for Monday’s game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Brooklyn Nets. 

Who are some teams that climbed into Upadhyaya’s Top 25 less than two weeks before Selection Sunday?

Memphis lost two straight to the Trail Blazers, but falling behind them in the standings still looks very unlikely. 

Memphis point guard Jahvon Quinerly kicked off a 46-9 run that saw the Tigers turn a 22-point deficit into a 19-point win Sunday against UAB.

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Memphis Mayor Paul Young met with gang members last week and asked for a “truce.” But you know what’s better than a truce? Giving kids an alternative to joining gangs in the first place. That’s where Memphis Rox comes in. And it could use your support.

With his big sister Flor watching from the stands, David Jones and his Memphis teammates put on a show for her and all the Tiger faithful.

After trailing by 22 points in the first half, the Tigers used a 46-9 run to roar back and eventually blow out the Blazers. 

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Box score: Memphis 106, UAB 87

Here is the box score for the Memphis Tigers’ game against the UAB Blazers at FedExForum Sunday, March 3. 

Daily Memphian sports staff was recognized nationally for outstanding work during 2023 with multiple top 10 finishes from beat writing, features, columns, photographs and investigative work.

Daryl Braden has been around the block, from Memphis high school basketball to following Larry Finch and Gene Bartow to UAB in the 1970s. After struggles with cocaine and crime, he’s back in Birmingham preaching against the pitfalls that sucked him in.

With two seconds left in the game, First Assembly Christian School’s Cello Jackson drove the winning basket Saturday, March 2, bringing a victory in the TSSAA BlueCross Division 2-A boys title game in Cookeville, Tennessee.

The Memphis Grizzlies were doubled up in the fourth quarter and blew a 17-point lead against the Portland Trail Blazers in a loss on Saturday. 

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