Memphis Men's Basketball Game Notes vs Austin Peay - December 8, 2012

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Tigers On TV/Radio/Web

Saturday, Dec. 8 • 12 pm CT FedExForum • Memphis, Tenn.

By The Numbers...

1970

• Austin Peay head coach Dave Loos is a 1970 graduate of Memphis (letterwinner from 1966-69)

150

• Tigers are looking for win No. 150 at FedExForum Saturday; enter Austin Peay game with 14917 record at FedExForum

84.6

• Tigers’ winning percentage vs. in-state foes under Josh Pastner (11-2 record)

9

• Memphis is one of nine NCAA Division I programs to win 20 or more games each of the last 10 seasons (since 2002-03)

Media Relations Info Contact .........................Lamar Chance Office ............................ 901-678-2349 Cell................................ 901-734-9949 Home ............................ 901-465-4247 Email ............lchance1@memphis.edu Mailing/Overnight Address ............... 203 Athletic Office Building 570 Normal St. Memphis, TN 38152

Schedule-Results (5-2, 0-0 C-USA) N ovem ber 7 12 17 22 23 24 29

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS#..............................65-54, W NORTH FLORIDA (CSS) .............................81-66, W SAMFORD%................................................65-54, W vs. VCU^ (NBC SN) ................................. 65-78, L vs. Minnesota^ (AXS.tv)........................... 75-84, L Northern Iowa^ (AXS.tv) ........................52-47, W UT MARTIN (SPORTSOUTH) ......................93-65, W

5 8 15 20 28 30

OHIO (CBS SN) ................................. 84-58, W AUSTIN PEAY (SPORTSOUTH)...................... 12 PM LOUISVILLE (FSN) ................................. 1:30 PM LIPSCOMB (SPORTSOUTH)............................. 7 PM ORAL ROBERTS (CSS) ................................ 7 PM LOYOLA, MD. (CSS) .................................. 7 PM

4 9 12 16 19 22 26 30

at Tennessee (ESPN2)................................7 pm EAST CAROLINA* (SPORTSOUTH) ................. 7 PM at UAB* (CSS) .................................... 7:30 pm at Rice* (CSS) ...........................................6 pm HARVARD (FSN) ..................................11:30 AM TULANE* (SPORTSOUTH) .............................. 7 PM MARSHALL* (FSN)..................................... 1 PM at East Carolina*........................................6 pm

2 6 9 13 16 20 23 26

TULSA* (CBS SN) ..................................... 1 PM at SMU*.....................................................7 pm at Southern Miss* (CBS SN) .....................3 pm UCF* (CBS SN) ....................................... 7 PM at Marshall* (CBS SN) ..............................7 pm HOUSTON* (CSS) ....................................... 8 PM SOUTHERN MISS* (FSN)........................... 12 PM at Xavier (ESPN2) .....................................6 pm

D ec em ber

J anuar y

Febr uar y

M ar c h 2 5 9 13-16

at UCF* (FSN) ........................................12 pm at UTEP* (CBS SN) ..................................8 pm UAB* (CBS SN) ..................................... 11 AM Conference USA Tournament (Tulsa, Okla./BOK Center) Home games in bold SMALL CAPS *C-USA Game #Exhibition %Battle 4 Atlantis Opening Game (Memphis) ^Battle 4 Atlantis (Nassau, The Bahamas)

Probable Starters/Top Reserves v s . A u s t i n P e a y (based on previous game starters) Memphis Starters

Austin Peay (4-4) vs. Memphis (5-2)

SETTING THE SCENE • Memphis (5-2) hosts Austin Peay (4-4) Saturday, Dec. 8 at FedExForum. The game, to be televised on SportSouth, is scheduled for a 12 p.m. (CT) tip. • The Tigers are in the Also Receiving Votes category of the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll (No. 40). Memphis did not appear in the Associated Press poll. • The Tigers’ return to the mainland has been a successful one with back-to-back home victories over UT Martin 93-65 Nov. 29 and Ohio 84-58 Dec. 5. • Prior to the Nov. 29 contest, Memphis went 2-2 in the 2012 Battle 4 Atlantis, posting wins over Samford and Northern Iowa and falling to VCU and Minnesota. • Before its participation in the 2012 Battle 4 Atlantis, Memphis opened its 2012-13 campaign with an 81-66 win over North Florida Nov. 12. • Memphis returns four starters and 11 letterwinners from last year’s squad. • Three of Austin Peay’s four victories came at home. Two of the Governors’ four losses were road setbacks at Western Kentucky and DePaul.

Austin Peay Starters

Game 8

Television: SportSouth/Comcast digital channel 52 (Pete Pranica, play-by-play; Sean Tuohy, color analyst) Radio: WREC 600 AM (Dave Woloshin, play-by-play; Matt Dillon, color analyst; Forrest Goodman, studio host) Web: None

No. 5 32 4 1 3

Name Shaq Goodwin Stan Simpson Adonis Thomas Joe Jackson Chris Crawford

Pos F F G/F G G

2 10 55

Antonio Barton Tarik Black Geron Johnson

G F G

No. 10 25 5 4 22 15 20 23

Name Will Triggs Anthony Campbell Chris Horton Travis Betran Herdie Lawrence Chris Freeman Corey Arentsen AJ Lynch

Pos F F C G G F G G

Yr Ht/Wt Fr. 6-9/246 Sr. 6-10/236 So. 6-7/240 Jr. 6-1/171 Jr. 6-4/218 — Reserves — Jr. 6-2/178 Jr. 6-9/262 Jr. 6-3/197

PPG RPG 9.3 5.9 2.8 1.8 12.0 4.3 10.4 4.0apg 9.7 5.1

Hometown Atlanta, Ga. Chicago, Ill. Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn.

7.6 9.2 10.3

Baltimore, Md. Memphis, Tenn. Dayton, Ohio

Yr Ht Jr. 6-6/230 r-Sr. 6-7/215 Fr. 6-8/195 Jr. 6-3/185 So. 6-1/175 — Reserves — So. 6-6/205 Fr. 6-5/185 Fr. 6-2/170

PPG RPG 9.9 5.4 12.9 5.0 9.6 6.4 15.1 2.5 3.6 2.1apg 7.9 6.4 5.4

2.3 4.7 3.5

7.4 1.5 3.5apg

Hometown Edwardsville, Ill. Edwardsville, Ill. Decatur, Ga. Harlem, N.Y. Lawrenceville, Ga. San Antonio, Texas Breese, Ill. Mobile, Ala.


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