Memphis defeated South Florida 80-65 in Tampa Thursday night for Penny Hardaway’s 150th win as the University of Memphis Head Coach. The 14th ranked Tigers (21-4, 11-1 AAC) have won eight in a row and maintain their two game lead for first place in the AAC over North Texas with six games left in the regular season.
Memphis lit up Tulsa 83-71 on neon night in FedExForum on Wednesday night to improve to 19-4 overall and 9-1 in AAC play, good for first place in the conference.
Dain Dainja slipped to the hoop early in the game, and PJ Haggerty bounced the ball to him for what was a thunderous slam over AAC Preseason Player of the Year Yaxel Lendeborg. Dainja swung from the hoop, holding on for perhaps a second or two too long, right into the face of Lendeborg.
Wearing their Sounds throwbacks, the Grizzlies rallied to beat the Timberwolves in the most special game of their regular season.
The Tigers did just enough to avoid a catastrophic home loss.
Memphis will face two of their toughest AAC tests this week in FAU and North Texas.
Moussa Cisse was a force inside for the Tigers against his former team.
Harris did not play at Virginia, so he will be immediately eligible to play for the Tigers.
The Tigers never got it going offensively in front of the largest home crowd of the season.
Memphis trailed by as many as 11, but they rallied to start the second half.
