IN THE RANKINGS
Memphis is up two spots to No. 19 in the latest AP Top 25 and up five places to No. 20 in the latest USA Today Coaches Poll.
MEMPHIS LEADING NATION IN KEY WINS
After earning a Quad 2 victory with a 68-64 home win over North Texas on January 5, Memphis leads Division I in Quad 1 and Quad 2 victories with 10. No other team has nine such victories, while four schools have eight Q1 and Q2 wins.
POURING IN THE POINTS
UTSA’s Primo Spears became the sixth player in conference history to score 40 points in a game, dropping 40 against Tulsa on January 7.
Spears moved up to third in Division I in scoring with 22.4 points per game, while Memphis’ PJ Haggerty is fourth in Division I with 22.2 points per contest.
Haggerty has 990 total points in two seasons at Tulsa and Memphis. With 10 more points, he will become the 57th player to reach 1,000 points while playing in The American.
CLAMPING DOWN ON DEFENSE
North Texas ranks sixth in Division I in scoring defense at 58.7 points per game allowed. The Mean Green lead The American in turnover margin at +3.8 per contest.
ON THE RUN
UAB is second in Division I with 19.44 fastbreak points per game. UTSA is seventh with 17.36 points per game on the break, partly due to averaging 10.1 steals per game, which ranks 11th in Division I.
FROM DOWNTOWN
Memphis is fifth in Division I in 3-point percentage at 41.1 percent, led by Tyrese Hunter, who leads The American and is 15th in D1 at 45.3 percent.
GETTING TO THE LINE
UTSA has converted 81.8 percent of their free throws this season, third in Division I. Charlotte and Temple have made 19.5 free throws per game, 11th and 12th in Division I.
Memphis’ PJ Haggerty has made the most free throws in Division I this season with 110 and ranks fourth in attempts at 134. Charlotte’s Nik Graves ranks 12th with 94 free throws made and eighth in attempts (125). North Texas’ Atin Wright is shooting 93.6 percent, eighth in Division I.
SCHEDULE/RESULTS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3
Temple 91, Wichita State 85
SATURDAY, JANUARY 4
UAB 83, Tulsa 51
Rice 68, Charlotte 55
Tulane 92, UTSA 63
SUNDAY, JANUARY 5
Florida Atlantic 78, East Carolina 76
Memphis 68, North Texas 64
MONDAY, JANUARY 6
South Florida 91, Wichita State 72
TUESDAY, JANUARY 7
UAB 81, Tulane 69
Tulsa 82, UTSA 77
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8
Florida Atlantic 75, Charlotte 64
East Carolina 80, Temple 79
North Texas 81, Rice 59
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11
East Carolina at Memphis (ESPN+)……………. 2 p.m.
Temple at Rice (ESPN+)………………………………. 2 p.m.
South Florida at Tulane (ESPN+)………………… 2 p.m.
Wichita State at UTSA (ESPN+)………………….. 4 p.m.
Charlotte at Tulsa (ESPNU)………………………… 6 p.m.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 12
UAB at Florida Atlantic (ESPN)…………………… 5 p.m.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14
North Texas at East Carolina (ESPN+)……….. 7 p.m.
Charlotte at Wichita State (ESPN+)……… 7:30 p.m.
UTSA at Rice (ESPN+)………………………………….. 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15
UAB at South Florida (ESPN+)……………………… 7 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at Tulane (ESPN+)……….. 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16
Memphis at Temple (ESPN2)……………………… 7 p.m.
All times ET and subject to change
