Game #35/NCAA 2nd Rd: • Memphis vs. MTSU/SMC • Page 3 2012-13 Memphis Numerical Roster No. Name Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown/High School/Last School 0 Ferrakohn Hall F 6-8 220 Sr. Memphis, Tenn./White Station HS/ Seton Hall University 1 Joe Jackson G 6-1 171 Jr. Memphis, Tenn./White Station HS 2 Antonio Barton G 6-2 178 Jr. Baltimore, Md./Lake Clifton HS/ Notre Dame Prep 3 Chris Crawford G 6-4 218 Jr. Memphis, Tenn./Sheffield HS 4 Adonis Thomas F/G 6-7 240 So. Memphis, Tenn./Melrose HS 5 Shaq Goodwin F 6-9 246 Fr. Atlanta, Ga./Southwest DeKalb HS 10 Tarik Black F 6-9 262 Jr. Memphis, Tenn./Ridgeway HS 11 Damien Wilson G 6-6 180 Fr. Atlanta, Ga./Oak Hill Academy 12 Anthony Cole G 6-0 184 Fr. Arlington, Tenn./Arlington HS 14 Hippolyte Tsafack F 6-8 235 So. Yaoundé, Cameroon/The Miller School (Va.) 15 Trey Draper G 5-10 170 Jr. Memphis, Tenn./Mitchell HS 23 Charles Holt G 5-10 175 Sr. Jackson, Tenn./Liberty Tech 30 D.J. Stephens F/G 6-5 188 Sr. Killeen, Texas/Harker Heights HS 32 Stan Simpson F 6-10 236 Sr. Chicago, Ill./ Simeon Career Academy/ Univ. of Illinois/John A. Logan College 55 Geron Johnson G 6-3 197 Jr. Dayton, Ohio/Dunbar HS/Chipola College (Fla.)/Garden City Community College (Kan.)
Pronunciation Guide TAR - ick Black...................................TAR - ick Josh PASTNER...............................PASS - ner AKI Collins..........................................AH - kee D.J. STEPHENS........................... STEF - fens FERRAKOHN Hall................FAIR - uh - CON Damon STOUDAMIRE....STAH - uh - MIRE GERON Johnson................................JARE - un HIPPOLYTE TSAFACK.....HIP - po - LEET ........................................................ CHA - fack • The Tigers earned C-USA’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and dropped a 61-54 decision to Saint Louis in the second round.
Memphis vs. Middle Tennessee Notes
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SCOUTING THE BLUE RAIDERS • Middle Tennessee brings a 28-5 overall record into NCAA Tournament play. • The Blue Raiders won the Sun Belt Conference regular season
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crown with a 19-1 league mark, with the lone setback a 66-60 overtime loss at Arkansas State Jan. 3. Of Middle Tennessee’s five losses, three were by single digits and two came in overtime. The Blue Raiders are 1-2 in neutral-site games this season. Marcos Knight is the Blue Raiders’ lone doublefigure scorer at 12.5 ppg. Raymond Cintron is the squad’s second-leading scorer at 8.7 ppg. Knight also leads Middle Tennessee on the glass with a 5.8 rebounding average. Shawn Jones is second on the team at 5.4 rpg. Bruce Massey is the squad’s top playmaker with 109 total assists (3.3 apg).
Memphis Starters
Probable Starters/Top Reserves v s . S a i n t M a r y ’ s (based on previous game starters) No. Name 5 Shaq Goodwin 30 D.J. Stephens 4 Adonis Thomas 1 Joe Jackson 55 Geron Johnson
3 Chris Crawford 10 Tarik Black 11 Damien Wilson
SMC Starters
No. 00 3 1 4 14
Name Brad Waldow Mitchell Young Jorden Page Matthew Dellavedova Stephen Holt
15 Beau Levesque 33 Matt Hodgson 35 James Walker III
Pos F F G/F G G G F G Pos F F G G G
Yr Ht/Wt PPG RPG Fr. 6-9/246 7.8 4.6 Sr. 6-5/188 7.6 6.7 So. 6-7/240 11.9 4.6 Jr. 6-1/171 13.6 4.8apg Jr. 6-3/197 10.5 4.6 — Reserves — Jr. 6-4/218 10.7 3.8 Jr. 6-9/262 8.0 4.8 Fr. 6-6/180 1.8 1.0
Hometown Atlanta, Ga. Killeen, Texas Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn. Dayton, Ohio Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn. Atlanta, Ga.
Yr Ht/Wt PPG RPG Hometown So. 6-9/260 10.2 6.1 Shingle Springs, Calif. Sr. 6-9/235 7.6 5.5 Logan, Australia Jr. 6-1/180 6.4 1.8apg Maroochydore, Australia Sr. 6-4/190 15.8 6.4apg Maryborough, Australia Jr. 6-4/195 11.8 5.4 Portland, Ore. — Reserves — F Jr. 6-6/220 10.7 4.4 Lafayette, Calif. C Jr. 6-11/255 3.0 2.1 Booval, Australia G Jr. 6-3/185 6.9 3.5 Long Beach, Calif.
MEMPHIS ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS
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Staff Ron Mears, Asst. AD/MRD.............................. rmears@memphis.edu Lamar Chance, Asst. MRD/MBB Contact...... lchance1@memphis.edu Tammy DeGroff, Asst. MRD/WBB Contact.... tdegroff@memphis.edu Brandon Kolditz, Asst. MRD............................ wkolditz@memphis.edu Jared Brown, Asst. MRD.................................. jsbrown8@memphis.edu Mark Taylor, Asst. MRD................................... mark.taylor@memphis.edu Martha Woods, Secretary.................................. mwoods@memphis.edu Brad Pope, Assistant......................................... sbpope@memphis.edu Blake Barington, Assistant................................ bcbrngtn@memphis.edu Travis Chell, Assistant...................................... tlchell@memphis.edu Jaclyn Berschler, Assistant................................ jfbrschl@memphis.edu
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TIGERS ON THE RADIO All Memphis basketball games are broadcast on the Tigers’ network flagship station, WREC 600AM. Dave Woloshin calls the playby-play, while Matt Dillon serves as the color analyst. Dillon and Forrest Goodman (in studio) host the pre- and postgame shows. WREC 600AM also broadcasts Josh Pastner’s weekly radio show, which is held at the Lynchburg Legends Bar & Grill located in the East Memphis DoubleTree Inn. Forrest Goodman serves as host of the weekly call-in show. The Pastner radio weekly call-in show started Nov. 26.
JOSH PASTNER TELEVISION SHOW Head coach Josh Pastner’s weekly television coach’s show is televised every Sunday night at 10 p.m. (CT) during the season by FOX 13/WHBQ-TV in Memphis. The show began Dec. 2. Dave Woloshin and Matt Stark serve as the show’s co-hosts.
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