Former Ole Miss coach feels fine about the Memphis Tigers’ NCAA Tournament hopes after watching them dismantle his UAB Blazers.

The No. 24 Tigers played with a purpose in a 100-77 win against the Blazers in front of a blue-and-white striped-out FedExForum crowd. 

PJ Haggerty scored 23 points, Dain Dainja had a season-high 21 points and eight rebounds to lead Memphis to the win at home over UAB.

Here is the NCAA men’s basketball box score for Sunday’s game at FedExForum between the Memphis Tigers and UAB Blazers.

Nick Walker, the Memphis parks director, is leaving for North Carolina. He has some thoughts before he goes about why he loves the city, what bothers him about Memphians and what he’d like to see change.

Zach Edey isn’t afraid of a fight. He continued to earn the respect of his teammates by defending Ja Morant on Saturday night. 

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Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 22 of his game-high 29 points in the second half to lead the Grizzlies to their fifth straight win. He added a career-high-tying seven assists as he produced yet another piece of evidence in his growing case as one of the league’s best players. 

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NBA trade season is arriving, and Memphis continues to be brought up in the conversation around disgruntled Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler. 

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Fred Motley, a senior at Rossville, and Fallon Drzyzga, of St. Agnes, were voted the prep basketball players of the week by The Daily Memphian readers.

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In the first half, the Memphis Grizzlies tied their season high with 78 points. In the second half, they gave up 72 points to the Charlotte Hornets.

Memphis was up 13 at the end of the first quarter and outscored the Hornets 40-23 in the second. It was enough to easily weather a 12-0 run by Charlotte to close the period.