IN THE RANKINGS
Memphis is up one spot to No. 18 in the latest AP Top 25 and up three places to No. 17 in the latest USA Today Coaches Poll.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINE
UAB’s Yaxel Lendeborg is tied for fifth in Division I with 10 double-doubles on the season. He is fourth all-time in The American with 29 career double-doubles.
For the second season in a row, Lendeborg is averaging a double-double, with 16.7 points and 10.1 rebounds per game.
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.
Memphis’ PJ Haggerty is third in Division I in scoring with 22.2 points per contest, while Spears is sixth with 21.4 points per game and Temple’s Jamal Mashburn Jr. is 10th at 20.7.
Against East Carolina on January 11, Haggerty became the 57th player to reach 1,000 points while playing in The American.
CLAMPING DOWN ON DEFENSE
North Texas ranks fifth 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 tops in Division I with 19.12 fastbreak points per game. UTSA is eighth with 17.47 points per game on the break, partly due to averaging 10.0 steals per game, which ranks 12th in Division I.
SCHEDULE/RESULTS
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
Memphis 74, East Carolina 70
Temple 73, Rice 70
Tulane 73, South Florida 70
UTSA 88, Wichita State 75
SUNDAY, JANUARY 12
Tulsa 69, Charlotte 63
UAB 81, Florida Atlantic 76
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.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18
Tulsa at South Florida (ESPN+)…………………… 3 p.m.
North Texas at UTSA (ESPN+)…………………….. 4 p.m.
East Carolina at Wichita State (ESPN+)…….. 7 p.m.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 19
Tulane at Temple (ESPNU)…………………………… 1 p.m.
Rice at Florida Atlantic (ESPN+)………………….. 1 p.m.
Memphis at Charlotte (ESPN2)………………….. 3 p.m.
All times ET and subject to change
