HOLIDAY TOURNAMENTS ON DECK
Teams around The American will be participating in holiday tournaments. Memphis has already completed their games in the Bahamas, while UAB spent time in Alaska. East Carolina will spend the early week in Nassau, while Charlotte is in Puerto Rico, South Florida is in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Tulane is in the Cayman Islands. Wichita State will be in Daytona Beach, Florida, while SMU will be playing in San Diego, Tulsa in Katy, Texas and North Texas in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC SUFFOCATES STETSON
The Florida Atlantic Owls used a dominant defensive effort on Monday night to overcome a fourth quarter deficit and defeat the Stetson Hatters. The Owls scored 20 unanswered points and allowed just two points in the final 10 minutes of action to win 50-39.
GRIGGS BREAKS MEMPHIS THREE POINT RECORD
5th Year Memphis guard Madison Griggs broke the all-time three-point record at Memphis for men and women, set by Rodney Carney in 2006 in Monday’s game against Middle Tennessee. She has 290 in her career, which is 4th all-time in The American for women’s basketball, and just three away from moving into third place.
20 POINT PLAYERS
Through four games this season, there are four players in The American that are averaging over 20 points per game – SMU’s Tiara Young (22.8), FAU’s Aniya Hubbard (22.5), and Tulsa teammates Delanie Crawford (22) and Temira Poindexter (21.3). UAB’s Mia Moore is just under 20 points, averaging 19.3 on the season.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20
Wichita State 92, Omaha 86
Florida Atlantic 50, Stetson 39
15/10 Ohio State, East Carolina 55
Middle Tennessee 64, Memphis 57
Texas Tech 63, UTSA 58
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22
East Carolina vs Seton Hall (FloHoops)_______________ 11 a.m.
Temple vs Saint Joseph’s (ESPN+)___________________ 6 p.m.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23
Charlotte vs Southern Illinois_______________________ 11 a.m.
South Florida vs High Point (ESPN+)__________________ 6:45 p.m.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24
Tulane vs Virginia__________________________________ 11 a.m.
Wichita State vs Akron (FloHoops)___________________ 11 a.m.
Charlotte vs West Virginia__________________________ 11 a.m.
North Texas vs Samford (ESPN+)____________________ 2 p.m.
SMU vs Toledo (ESPN+)_____________________________ 3 p.m.
South Florida vs Arizona State (ESPN+)_______________ 6:45 p.m.
Tulsa vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff________________________ 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25
North Texas vs North Dakota (ESPN+)________________ 10 a.m.
Tulane vs 9/9 Virginia Tech___________________________ 11 a.m.
Wichita State vs Dayton (FloHoops)__________________ 11 a.m.
UAB vs Valparaiso (ESPN+)__________________________ 1 p.m.
Charlotte vs George Washington____________________ 1:30 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at Kennesaw State (ESPN+)__________ 2 p.m.
Tulsa vs Clemson___________________________________ 2:30 p.m.
Rice at Stephen F. Austin (ESPN+____________________ 3 p.m.
UTSA at Sam Houston (ESPN+)_______________________ 4 p.m.
SMU vs Harvard (ESPN+)____________________________ 5:30 p.m.
South Florida vs 12/11 Texas (ESPN+)__________________ 9 p.m.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26
Tulsa vs 25/RV Mississippi State______________________ 2:30 p.m.
All times Eastern and subject to change
