Game • Recaps • And • Boxscores Memphis couldn’t survive a cold start to the second half and fell at No. 16 Georgetown, 70-59. The Hoyas opened the second half with a 19-6 run en route to building a 20-point lead at 54-34 with 12:13 left in the game. The Tigers struggled from the floor during the opening spurt, connecting on just one of their first seven shots. Memphis, though, responded by hitting eight of its next 10 to cut the Hoyas’ lead to nine. After a basket by Georgetown pushed the lead back out to double-digits, Ferrakohn Hall followed a Chris Crawford miss with a tip-dunk, and Crawford finished a layup to pull Memphis within seven at 61-54 heading into the under four-minute media timeout. Will Barton had a chance to cut into an eight-point deficit when he was fouled with 1:41 remaining, but couldn’t connect on the one-and-one. Henry Sims for the Hoyas knocked down a pair at the other end of the floor to push the lead back to 10. Tigers Tails Crawford led the Tigers in scoring with a season- • Chris Crawford collected a season-high 17 points on 6-of-9 high 17 points on 7-for-11 shooting and five assists. Will shooting from the field. Barton scored 12 points and hauled in 11 boards, giving • Will Barton finished with him his fifth double-double of the season. 12 points marking the sixth Despite its cold start from the floor in the second straight game and ninth time half, Memphis finished the game going 22-of-51 (43.1 this season he has scored in percent) from the field. Georgetown also knocked down double figures. 22-of-51 (43.1 percent) of its shots, including 5-of-14 • Memphis falls to 8-3 in the final game before Christmas dating (35.7 percent) from three. back to the 2000-01 season. Georgetown’s ability to get to the free throw line • Will Barton finished with 12 proved to be the difference, as the Hoyas connected on points and 11 rebounds for 21 free throws to the Tigers’ 12. his fifth double-double of the Jason Clark paced the Georgetown with 18 points. season and of his career. The Sims scored 12 points and grabbed nine boards and double-double was Barton’s fourth in the last six games. Thompson Hollis scored 17, while also hauling in nine rebounds. Georgetown jumped out of the gate and built a ninepoint lead early in the game. Memphis, however, slowly worked its way back. The Hoyas’ Gregg Whittington picked up a flagrant foul for swinging his elbows, and Will Barton connected on the ensuing free throws to cut the lead to 17-14. Hall eventually tied the game at 23 on a dunk from the right baseline.
Memphis 64 • Robert Morris 47 Dec. 29, 2011 • Memphis, Tenn.
GAME #12
GAME #11
#16/16 Georgetown 70 • NR/RV Memphis 59 Dec. 22, 2011 • Washington, D.C.
Memphis used suffocating defense to knock off Robert Morris 64-47 at FedExForum. Sophomore guard Will Barton posted his sixth double-double of the season with 27 points and 13 boards. Freshman forward Adonis Thomas added 15 points. The Tigers held the Colonials to 23.2 percent (16-for-69) shooting and blocked 13 shots, both season-bests for the U of M. Memphis connected on 23-of-45 (51.1 percent) of its shot attempts, including 6-for-11 (54.5 percent) from beyond the arc. Sophomore forward Tarik Black totaled a career-high seven blocked shots, tied for the seventh-most for a single-game total in the program’s history, while also scoring eight points and hauling in six rebounds. In his first start as a Tiger, Ferrakohn Hall recorded a season-high-tying seven points and pulled down a career-high eight boards. Tigers Tails Stingy defense helped the Tigers head into the • Tarik Black set a career high locker room with the lead, 32-18. Memphis held Robert with seven blocks. He leads the team with 21 blocks this Morris without a field goal for over six-and-a-half minseason. His seven blocked shots utes, during which the Colonials only mustered three free are tied for the seventh-most for throws. Robert Morris connected on a mere 19.4 percent a single game in school history. (6-for-31) of its field-goal attempts in scoring its 18 • Ferrakohn Hall set a career high with eight rebounds. points, both are the lowest by a Tiger opponent this year. Hall also played a career-high Memphis previously held Jackson State to 19 points on 29 minutes. Hall tied a career high with two blocks. 25.9 percent (7-for-27) shooting in the first half. Will Barton recorded 15 points, including a crowd- • Robert Morris shot 23.2 percent from the field, the Tigers’ pleasing alley-oop dunk served by Chris Crawford, and best FG percentage defense six rebounds in the half. Crawford handed out four assince their 2005-06 season opener versus Wisconsinsists in the frame, including alley-oops to both Barton Milwaukee (22.2 percent). and Black. Robert Morris was paced by Lucky Jones with 10 points and six rebounds. Mike McFadden chipped in seven points and nine boards. The Tiger defense held Velton Jones to just seven points, the first time in the last 20 games that he was held to single digits.
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Robert Morris vs Memphis Tigers 12/29/11 6:00 p.m. at Memphis, Tenn. (FedExForum)
Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Memphis Tigers vs Georgetown 12/22/11 7:00 at Verizon Center Robert Morris 47 • 10-4
Memphis Tigers 59 • 6-5 ## 01 03 05 10 35 00 02 11 32
Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA
Player Jackson,Joe Crawford,Chris Barton,Will Black,Tarik Thomas,Adonis Hall,Ferrakohn Barton,Antonio Witherspoon,Wesley Simpson,Stan Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:
9-22 2-6 8-9
* * * * *
40.9% 33.3% 88.9%
0-7 7-13 3-10 3-4 4-8 2-3 3-6 0-0 0-0
0-2 2-5 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-0
2-2 1-2 5-7 1-2 1-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
22-51
3-13
12-17
2nd half: 13-29 2nd half: 1-7 2nd half: 4-8
44.8% 14.3% 50.0%
Rebounds Off Def Tot PF
TP
1 2 3 1 0 4 4 2 6 5 11 2 0 0 0 5 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 4 0 4 4 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11 18 29 24
Game: 22-51 Game: 3-13 Game: 12-17
2 17 12 7 9 6 6 0 0
A TO Blk Stl
3 5 3 0 1 0 2 0 0
Min
4 3 4 1 2 1 2 1 0
0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
59 14 18
4
7 200
43.1% 23.1% 70.6%
27 35 38 13 36 22 20 5 4
Deadball Rebounds 1
Player
01
McFADDEN, Mike BRIDGES, Lawrence JOHNSON, Russell JONES, Velton WILLIAMS, Coron APPOLON, David MYERS, Anthony JONES, Lucky ARMSTRONG, Keith Team Totals
24 34 02 03 04 05 22 45
FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:
## 01 05 14 21 34 02 22 55
Player Thompson, Hollis Starks, Markel Sims, Henry Clark, Jason Lubick, Nate Whittington, Greg Porter, Otto Trawick, Jabril Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 13-25 3FG % 1st Half: 3-6 FT % 1st Half: 6-8
* * * * *
52.0% 50.0% 75.0%
5-10 5-12 3-12 7-12 0-1 0-0 2-4 0-0
2-6 2-4 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0
5-6 2-3 6-9 3-6 2-2 0-1 1-1 2-2
22-51
5-14
21-30
2nd half: 9-26 2nd half: 2-8 2nd half: 15-22
34.6% 25.0% 68.2%
Rebounds Off Def Tot PF
TP
4 5 9 2 1 0 1 3 3 6 9 2 2 3 5 2 2 2 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 2 2 1 3 1 4 16 22 38 17
Game: 22-51 Game: 5-14 Game: 21-30
17 14 12 18 2 0 5 2
A TO Blk Stl
1 3 2 1 3 0 3 0
3 1 5 3 1 2 0 0
0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
0 2 2 4 0 0 1 1
##
Player
Min
00
38 31 34 37 17 6 28 9
10
Hall,Ferrakohn Black,Tarik Thomas,Adonis Barton,Antonio Barton,Will Jackson,Joe Crawford,Chris Carmouche,Charles Tsafack,Hippolyte Draper,Trey Holt,Charles Stephens,D.J. Laird,Preston Simpson,Stan Team Totals
3 10 200
43.1% 35.7% 70.0%
Deadball Rebounds 4
Officials: John Cahill, Les Jones, Jamie Luckie Technical fouls: Memphis Tigers-None. Georgetown-None. Attendance: 12045 Score by periods Memphis Tigers Georgetown
1st
2nd
28 35
31 35
Last FG - MEM 2nd-02:16, GU 2nd-03:50. Largest lead - MEM None, GU by 20 2nd-12:11.
02 05 01 03 04 14 15 30 31 32
FG % 1st Half: 11-23 3FG % 1st Half: 3-5 FT % 1st Half: 7-10
Total
59 70
35
23
70 13 15
6-31 1-8 5-8
Points MEM GU
In Paint 30 32
Off T/O 19 17
2nd Chance 9 12
Fast Break 8 7
Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 0 times.
Bench 12 7
f f f g g
19.4% 12.5% 62.5%
3-10 1-3 2-9 2-13 1-8 1-3 3-11 3-11 0-1
0-0 0-0 0-4 0-2 0-3 1-1 1-5 1-3 0-0
1-6 2-2 0-0 3-4 2-2 0-0 1-1 3-4 0-0
16-69
3-18
12-19
2nd half: 10-38 2nd half: 2-10 2nd half: 7-11
26.3% 20.0% 63.6%
Rebounds Off Def Tot PF
5 4 9 3 0 3 3 2 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 0 2 1 3 2 0 3 3 1 6 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 5 1 6 23 16 39 15
Game: 16-69 Game: 3-18 Game: 12-19
TP
A TO Blk
7 4 4 7 4 3 8 10 0
1 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 0
0 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0
1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stl
Min
2 1 1 1 0 3 4 0 0
31 21 26 31 26 13 24 20 8
47
8
7
4 12 200
23.2% 16.7% 63.2%
Deadball Rebounds 4,1
Memphis Tigers 64 • 7-5
Georgetown 70 • 10-1 Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA
Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA
##
Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA
f f f g g
47.8% 60.0% 70.0%
3-4 4-6 6-9 0-3 10-15 0-2 0-2 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0
0-0 0-0 1-1 0-1 5-7 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0
1-2 0-1 2-4 2-2 2-2 0-0 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0
23-45
6-11
12-17
2nd half: 12-22 2nd half: 3-6 2nd half: 5-7
54.5% 50.0% 71.4%
Rebounds Off Def Tot PF
3 5 8 3 1 5 6 2 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 13 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 9 33 42 17
Game: 23-45 Game: 6-11 Game: 12-17
TP
A TO Blk
7 8 15 2 27 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 3 3 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 2 5 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Stl
Min
0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 31 28 15 30 21 19 13 1 1 1 4 1 6
2 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
64 15 20 13
51.1% 54.5% 70.6%
4 200 Deadball Rebounds 1
Officials: Steve Olson, Doug Shows, Randy Heimerman Technical fouls: Robert Morris-None. Memphis Tigers-None. Attendance: 16436 Score by periods Robert Morris Memphis Tigers
1st
2nd
18 32
29 32
Last FG - RMU 2nd-00:47, MEM 2nd-03:50. Largest lead - RMU by 1 1st-14:21, MEM by 28 2nd-07:57.
Total
47 64
Points RMU MEM
In Paint 22 30
Off T/O 13 4
2nd Chance 12 10
Fast Break 6 12
Bench 21 5
Score tied - 2 times. Lead changed - 2 times.
2011-12 • Memphis • Tigers • Basketball