Tigers Basketball Insider: Avoiding slow starts a point of ‘emphasis’ for Memphis
University of Memphis guard Jahvon Quinerly (middle) hits a game-winning 3-point shot against SMU during action on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
“Coming out so flat, these teams are getting up 10, 15 on us early on. I think that just needs to be a (point of) emphasis on the way we start games and us being the physical team first,” said Memphis point guard Jahvon Quinerly.
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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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