Trailing by 10 with just over 4 minutes to play in their preseason opener, the Grizzlies’ young guns fueled an 18-3 run to close the game and carry Memphis to a 107-102 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.
For the first time since it was ruled that the Memphis men’s basketball program would not face a postseason ban as a result of their recruitment of James Wiseman, Head Coach Penny Hardaway discussed the ruling that can only be viewed as a major win for the program.
Morant averaged 27 points and almost seven assists a game last season while leading the Grizzlies to a 56 and 26 record and No. 2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs.
Smith, a forward, scored the game-winning goal off a head in the 95th minute of extra time as the boys from the Bluff City beat Louisville City on the Road 2-1.
For the second week in a row, a pair of Memphis Tigers, Alberto Cruz, and Lineker Rodriguez dos Santos are listed on the American Athletic Conference Weekly Awards.
On a day where their offense wasn’t at their best, Memphis rode a few game-changing defensive plays to a 44-34 win over future conference rivals North Texas.
The 901 came in 5 points back, and Louisville gets on past Trey Muse early in the second half for the first goal against 901 FC in almost three full games.
The Memphis Tigers play their first afternoon game at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium on Saturday, hosting future American Athletic Conference member North Texas.
With just five matches left in the United Soccer League regular season, Memphis 901 FC will get an early taste of a playoff atmosphere on the road Friday night.
After a one-year absence due to the pandemic, the Memphis Sports Hall of Fame returns this fall with its second annual induction class, which includes many of the biggest names in the history of athletics in the Bluff City.
Memphis native Hunter Goodman wrapped up his first full professional season in the Colorado Rockies’ system on Sunday, ending the year with a minor-league best 36 home runs in 134 games across three different levels.
Emoni Bates, a former basketball prodigy who transferred to Eastern Michigan from Memphis, was charged with two felonies Monday after police found a gun in a car during a traffic stop.
It was a cold Night in November of 2021 the last time the Memphis Tigers played a football game at home. In the 10 months since a whole lot has happened before this year’s home opener.
Regional rivalries are always just a little more fun, and college football fans in the Mid-South will get exactly that on Saturday when Arkansas State makes the 70-mile trip from Jonesboro to Memphis to take on the Tigers.
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