New Tiger Curtis Givens III has found his way ‘back home’
Curtis Givens III announced his transfer to the University of Memphis following a freshman season at LSU. (Courtesy Memphis Athletics)
When Curtis Givens III runs out of the tunnel at FedExForum for the University of Memphis’ regular-season opener in November, it won’t be his first time playing a game on the Tigers’ home court.
The newly acquired 6-foot-3 point guard competed there a little more than three years ago, as a high school sophomore at Memphis University School.
After announcing his transfer to Memphis last month following a freshman season at LSU, Givens should have plenty of chances to do just that during a chapter of his story that will officially begin in about five months.
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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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