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PJ Haggerty, right on cue, steps up in 2nd half to lift Memphis over UNLV

By , Daily Memphian Updated: November 11, 2024 3:33 PM CT | Published: November 09, 2024 9:49 PM CT

LAS VEGAS — Even PJ Haggerty himself struggles to explain it.

As Memphis’ 6-foot-3 combo guard sat outside the visitor’s locker room at Las Vegas’ Thomas & Mack Center on Saturday night, a reporter asked him about how he’d done it again — how he’d carried his team in the second half of its come-from-behind 80-74 win against UNLV.

Haggerty finished with a game-high 29 points to go with three assists and three rebounds, with 16 of those points coming after halftime. After the Tigers (2-0) found themselves in a 12-point hole. After the Runnin’ Rebels’ home crowd had gotten a little too into it.

But to Haggerty, his second-half outburst — his second only two games into the season, too — was inevitable.

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Parth Upadhyaya

Parth Upadhyaya

Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.


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