Both the men and women's University of Memphis basketball teams will hit the hardwood this weekend to continue to chip away at their early season schedules.
The men's team returns to the FedExFourm to play the Colonels of Nicholls State University, while the women head to Arkansas to face the Trojans of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Nicholls State (0-3) has yet to get a win this season. The Southland Conference school has scored a total of 194 points in the span of three games, while their opponents have scored a combined 245 against them.
The Colonels had their first game of the season on Nov. 8 against Auburn University and fell 76-54. Nicholls State returned to action Nov. 14 and picked up their second loss of the season with the 92-78 loss to the University of North Texas, followed by the 77-62 defeat to Troy University on Tuesday.
Senior guard Dantrell Thomas led the team in points in two of the three games. The six-foot-two, 200-pound veteran scored 27 points for Nicholls State in the North Texas matchup and 14 points against Troy.
After the devastating loss Oklahoma State University inflicted to the U of M on Tuesday, head coach Josh Pastner and his team of Tigers will try to remedy their early week blunder.
In a press conference on Wednesday, Pastner said the Nicholls State game would allow the players a chance to make some corrections.
"I think what we got to focus on is just trying to get that next day and just focus on us getting better," he said. "I think we will be able to see from Saturday to next week and then as we move forward kind of see the progression."
The Tigers (1-1) will have their first shot at improvement Saturday. Tipoff is slated for 5 p.m. and will be broadcast on SportSouth. Fans can also listen on 600 WREC.
On the women's side, the U of M (3-1) will battle UALR (1-2) on Friday with action set to commence at 7 p.m. in the Jack Stephens Center.
The Trojans collected their loan win of the young season on Nov. 10 at home against Sam Houston State University. UALR walked away with the tight 69-65 victory. Since hitting the road, the Trojans have dropped two consecutive games. The team fell to Missouri State University 72-68 on Nov. 13 and again Tuesday to the University of Southern Mississippi 72-60.
The Tigers head to Arkansas with back-to-back wins. The U of M defeated Wright State University 83-75 on Nov.15 and Jackson State University 77-64 on Monday.
U of M fans can turn the radio to WUMR 91.7 FM or participate in a live game day blog on gotigersgo.com.
