Author Archives: James Alford

Memphis made a concentrated effort to pound the ball inside early, and freshman forward Austin Nichols benefited from the strategy. Nichols scored 18 points, and Joe Jackson added 16 points and eight assists as the 24th-ranked Tigers jumped to an early lead before dominating Rutgers 101-69 on Tuesday night. The Tigers (17-5, 7-3 American Athletic […]

“We got punched in the mouth at the start of the second half and we didn’t recover,” Memphis coach Josh Pastner said. “As I told our guys in the postgame, there’s no time to have the woe-is-me syndrome, we can’t feel sorry for ourselves. I was fine with our energy and effort. We just didn’t […]

Joe Jackson scored 17 points and guards Chris Crawford and Michael Dixon added 12 each to help Memphis defeat Central Florida 69-59 on Wednesday night. Guard Geron Johnson added 10 points for the Tigers (16-4, 6-2), who methodically pulled away from UCF in the final 10 minutes of the game.    

Chris Crawford had 15 points to lead No. 23 Memphis to an 80-58 rout of South Florida on Sunday. Joe Jackson had 14 points and seven assists, while Shaq Goodwin added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Tigers (15-4, 5-2 ACC), who have won three straight. The Tigers, meanwhile, closed the half on a […]

Goodwin had 20 points, while Joe Jackson added 18 points and seven assists for Memphis. The Tigers (14-4, 4-2) never trailed and led by 17 in the first half of their fourth win in five games. Memphis lost its previous two conference home games, to Cincinnati and Connecticut. Memphis has not dropped its first three […]

Nick King scored 18 points and No. 17 Memphis defeated the Magicians 101-78 on Saturday, a needed relief for the Tigers (13-4) who had dropped consecutive home games to Cincinnati and Connecticut before the victory. Meanwhile, LeMoyne-Owen (4-10), a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, lost its third straight and fifth in the last […]

The No. 17 Tigers couldn’t keep pace with Connecticut down the stretch Thursday night and dropped their second consecutive home game, losing to the Huskies 83-73. The defeat, coupled with a 69-53 home loss to Cincinnati on Jan. 4, marked the first time since 1979 that the Tigers lost consecutive home games by double digits. […]

Shaq Goodwin had 23 points and 11 rebounds as Memphis dominated Temple. The Tigers out-rebounded the Owls 45-28 and outscored them 42-26 in the paint. Memphis turned 16 offensive boards into 17 second-chance points. Down four early in the second half, Pastner’s Tigers used a 17-6 run lasting nearly seven minutes to finally pull away […]

All five Memphis starters score in double figures in a 73-67 win. Trailing by six with five and a half minutes to go, the Tigers began to cut down their deficit with a 9-3 run capped off by a three-point play from Johnson to tie the game at 64-all with 3:13 to play. The Tigers […]

Geron Johnson lead Memphis with 19 points and a couple of powerful dunks.