Memphis Tigers pull away late to put away Rice
Memphis big man Dain Dainja (42) shoots over Rice forward Andrew Akuchie (13) on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Dainja scored 25 points and added 10 rebounds to lead the Tigers to the 84-72 victory. (Nikki Boertman/AP)
Tied at 70 with 3:52 left, the Tigers ended the game on a 14-2 run to pick up their 23rd win of the season.
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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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