Game #35/NCAA 2nd Rd: • Memphis vs. MTSU/SMC • Page 11 sonal goal, but also placed Memphis among another elite collegiate club. The following lists the schools with the most 1,000-point scorers: Most 1,000-Points Scorers (NCAA Division I) 1. North Carolina..... 67 7. Notre Dame.......52 2. Louisville............. 63 8. Marshall.............49 3. Duke..................... 60 UCLA................49 4. Kentucky.............. 58 10. Wake Forest.......48 5. Syracuse............... 57 West Virginia.....48 6. Kansas.................. 54 Memphis...........48 “G” FOR A KEY THREEEEEE! • Junior Geron Johnson, who is called “G” by his coaches and teammates, has hit only 38 three-pointers, but some have come at key times for the Tigers and the following details them: Southern Miss/Mar. 16 (91-79 win) • With the Tigers down 74-72 in the second overtime, Johnson hit a three-pointer to put Memphis back in front 75-74 with 3:46 left. His trey started a 15-3 run that propelled the Tigers to the championship victory. Xavier/Feb. 16 (64-62 loss) • With the Tigers down 41-33, Johnson hit three treys in a 17-8 run over a four-minute span to give Memphis a 50-49 lead with 6:27 left. Marshall/Feb. 16 (71-59 win) • After the Herd cut a 43-26 Tigers’ halftime lead to 46-41, Johnson hit a trey at the 10:30 mark of the second half to halt the Marshall run. Johnson’s three-pointer started a 10-2 spurt that stretched the lead back to double digits. Southern Miss/Feb. 9 (89-76 win) • After a Southern Miss 7-0 run late in the first half that cut the Memphis lead from 42-32 to 42-39, Johnson hit a three-pointer to halt the Golden Eagles’ spurt and help Memphis to a 4739 halftime lead. • After Southern Miss cut the Memphis lead to 65-61 with 9:12 left in the second half, Johnson nailed a trey to start a 7-2 run to push the lead back to nine at 72-63. SMU/Feb. 6 (60-52 win) • After SMU cut a 34-22 Memphis lead to 45-40 with under five minutes to play, Johnson hit a three-pointer with 4:12 to go to push the lead back to eight at 48-40. The closest the Mustangs got the rest of the way was six points. Tennessee/Jan. 4 (85-80 win) • After the Volunteers sliced a 42-28 Memphis halftime lead to 66-60 with under seven minutes to go, Johnson swished a three-pointer to extend the lead to nine at 69-60. • After Tennessee scored back-to-back baskets to cut the lead to 69-64, Johnson hit a secondstraight trey from the same spot to push the Memphis advantage back to 72-64. TIGERS AMONG ELITE GROUP • Memphis is among the winningest NCAA Division I programs since 2000-01 and 2005-06, but it doesn’t end there.
• The Tigers are a part of another elite group at the NCAA Division I level. • Memphis is one of nine programs that has won 20 or more games each of the last 10 seasons. All nine programs have also won 20 games in 2012-13. • The following lists the nine NCAA Division I programs that have 20 or more wins the each of the last 11 years (2002-03 to 2012-13): Duke Florida Gonzaga Kansas Louisville
Memphis Pittsburgh Syracuse Utah State
ANOTHER 20 IN THE BOOKS • With its 89-76 victory over Southern Miss Feb. 9, Memphis recorded another 20-win season. The Tigers current overall record is 30-4. • This year’s 20-win season is the Tigers’ schoolrecord, 13th-consecutive, 20-win campaign. • The following shows the top-five longest streaks of 20-win seasons in Tigers history: Consec. 20-Win Seasons Yrs. 13........................................... 2001-13 8............................................ 1982-89 3............................................ 1975-77 2..................................... 4 different spans (1995-96, 1992-93, 1972-73, 1956-57) “CLOSE-CALL” PASTNER • In 2012-13, Memphis has a 9-3 record in singledigit games and a 4-1 mark in games decided by five or fewer points. • Last season, Memphis was 6-7 in single-digit outcome games and 4-5 in games decided by five or fewer points. • Overall, Josh Pastner’s teams have a 38-20 record (.655 winning percentage) in games decided by single digits. Pastner’s Close Calls Record 5 Pts or Fewer Single Digits 2012-13 4-1 9-3 2011-12 4-5 6-7 2010-11 13-2 16-3 2009-10 4-4 7-7 Total 25-12 38-20 Pct. .676 .649 “CLUTCH” HITTING HIS STRIDE • Chris Crawford, whose nickname is “Clutch,” has found his range from the arc in recent games. • The 6-foot-4 junior is shooting 48.7 percent from the three-point line (56-of-115) since Jan. 19 versus Harvard. • In the eight games prior to Jan. 19, Crawford shot 5.0 percent from the arc (1-of-19).
“CLUTCH” SETS TOURNEY TREY MARK, TIES ANOTHER • On his way to winning the Conference USA Tournament MVP, Chris “Clutch” Crawford put on one of the best three-point shooting performances in Memphis and C-USA history. • In the three C-USA Tournament games, Crawford was 19-of-35 from the arc (54.3 percent). • The 19 three-pointers made set a C-USA Tournament record. • His eight treys made versus Tulsa in the C-USA Tournament semifinal Mar. 15 tied a tourney single-game mark. • The eight three-pointers are tied for the secondmost in a single game in Tigers history. DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE • Senior D.J. Stephens recorded the Tigers’ latest double-double in the team’s C-USA Tournament semifinal victory over Tulsa Mar. 15. • Stephens had 10 points and 10 boards to go along with six career high-tying six blocked shots. • What makes his Mar. 15 double-double performance even more impressive was that he flew earlier that day to Killeen, Texas, to attend his grandmother’s funeral and returned to Tulsa around two hours prior to tip-off. • It was Stephens’s third double-double of the season and the fourth of his career. • The following tracks Memphis’ double-doubles this season: Player/Opponent Dbl-Dbl Stephens/Tulsa (C-USA Tour.)...............10-10 Jackson/UAB........................................ 17-10ast Crawford/Houston...................................11-13 Stephens/Houston....................................14-10 Thomas*/Marshall...................................23-10 Jackson/UCF......................................... 21-10ast Stephens/Tulsa.........................................15-13 Jackson*/Rice..........................................13-12 Black/UAB...............................................10-13 Goodwin*/UT Martin.............................17-12 Crawford*/Northern Iowa.......................18-12 *first career double-double
100 AND COUNTING • He’s wowed Tigers fans with his high-flying acrobatics during his career. • His dunks have been in ESPN’s SportsCenter Top-10 five times in 2012-13. • And he was Intersport’s Dunks of the Year winner in 2011-12. • And, with his three slams Feb. 13 versus UCF, senior D.J. Stephens surpassed 100 dunks for his career. He currently has 122 career slams. • The following is a year-by-year breakdown of Stephens’ dunks: Senior............64 Sophomore....... 27 Junior............19 Freshman.......... 12
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