Tigers Basketball Insider: Hardaway needs PJ Haggerty ‘out of his shell’
Memphis guard PJ Haggerty (4) celebrates after scoring against North Texas during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Jan. 5. (Nikki Boertman/AP file)
PJ Haggerty is on his way to becoming a household name in college basketball.
About halfway through the season, Memphis’ 6-foot-3 combo guard has been the most valuable player for Coach Penny Hardaway’s No. 19 Tigers (12-3, 2-0 AAC).
Haggerty is averaging a team-high 22.2 points to go with 5.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2 steals per game while shooting 50% from the floor and 44.7% from 3-point range. His scoring average ranks No. 4 in the country.
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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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