Julius Thedford, Mason Matthews lead Tigers event for local families in need
The Memphis Tigers basketball teams helped five families spend gift cards of $1,000 each at Kroger on South Mendenhall Road on Wednesday night as part of a charity event in collaboration with Kroger and PepsiCo. (Parth Upadhyaya/The Daily Memphian)
The towering Tigers, along with Memphis women’s basketball players Daejah Richmond and Brooklyn Alexander, and Tigers women’s coach Alex Simmons, helped five families spend gift cards of $1,000 each.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Julius Thedford Mason Matthews Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater MemphisParth 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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