“Coach Ryan Silverfield and the Tigers still have a chance for a 10-win season, yet so much more could have been accomplished.”

NCAA football box score for Saturday’s game at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium between the Memphis Tigers and SMU Mustangs.

The Mustangs broke a four-game road losing streak against the Tigers with SMU’s first victory in Memphis since 2013.

The transfer from St. John’s scores 22 in the Memphis Tigers’ win over Alabama State.

Southwind and Fairley also advance in their respective classifications.

It wasn’t always pretty — at all, actually — but Memphis finished the game shooting 52.5% from the floor and 44% from 3. It also had four players tally double-digit points.

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Box score: Memphis 92, Alabama State 75

Tony Madlock returns to his ‘roots’ when Memphis hosts Alabama State

The Memphis Tigers defeated the Alabama State Hornets at FedExForum on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. 

The Tigers will face Pittsburgh in the round of 16 at 6 p.m. Sunday in Fayetteville.

Here are some Grizzlies items of note as the weekend double-dip looms, with a road game Saturday at San Antonio and a home game Sunday against Boston. All without Marcus Smart.

The Memphis Tigers haven’t lost a game in more than a month, mainly because their offense has found another gear.

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Oher has been battling the Tuohys in court about a conservatorship that gave the couple control over Oher’s finances, education and medical decisions as well as the ability to sign contracts on his behalf.

SMU has a high-scoring offense and a stingy defense. The Memphis offense is right behind the Mustangs in scoring, but the defense is boom or bust when it comes to allowing points and forcing takeaways. 

Alabama State coach Tony Madlock was teammates with coach Penny Hardaway on the Tigers’ 1992 Elite Eight team and served as an assistant under Hardaway for three seasons before starting his head coaching journey.

The Tigers punched their ticket to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history on Thursday night.

The voters have spoken, and they have chosen Jamarion Morrow as the final Daily Memphian high school football player of the week.

The contest will take place on Dec. 9 at 2:30 p.m. at Memphis University School.

“This thing is about us as a whole group and no individual person,” Jahvon Quinerly said Thursday. “That’s just something that we’ve been preaching all summer.”

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Guards Marcus Smart and Luke Kennard were injured in Memphis’ road loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Anthony Landphere and Brendan Doyle are getting it done for Memphis in a key four-game stretch.

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Coach Taylor Jenkins said after the loss on Tuesday that “brighter days are ahead” for the Memphis Grizzlies. 

A local judge ruled Thursday that Tennessee’s “stand your ground” law applies to a civil lawsuit involving Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant.

Beat writer Frank Bonner II and columnist John Martin debate before Saturday’s big AAC between the Tigers and Mustangs.

Memphis’ matchup versus Alabama State on Friday will be the Tigers’ final time playing at FedExForum for more than three weeks.

Covington, Fairley, Germantown, Houston, Memphis Business Academy and Southwind are all hoping to extend their seasons Friday.

Several top teams from the region will be on hand Monday and Tuesday in an event that salutes Lynn Whitfield.