March 29, 2019
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
(7) #14 Memphis (27-8) vs. (3) #22 Auburn (25-9)
I'm not quite sure how Auburn did so well this season, other than about 3 blue/green rated players on their roster, the rest are yellow, orange, or red. Aldo Waring and James Ange are the guys to stop, if we can contain them, we've got a good chance. If not we probably end our season today.
What we needed to do, we didn't. Ange lit us up for 30 points, Waring had 15, and they had 2 other guys in double figures. They certainly didn't beat the tar out of us, as the lead never got into double digits, but it was steady, holding between 6 and 9 most of the game. We led once, and that was only because we scored the first basket. Our season ends with a 90-81 loss.
Code:
Auburn 90, Memphis 81
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Auburn (26-9, 12-4):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Thomas Mello C 23 2-5 6-8 1 4 2 4 10
Brett Witkowski PF 20 1-4 0-0 5 5 2 4 2
Aldo Waring SF 33 5-19 4-5 7 17 1 1 15
James Ange SG 34 9-17 6-7 0 2 4 4 30
Malik Tucker PG 34 2-7 9-10 1 5 3 3 13
Patrick Hirsch SG 14 2-7 2-2 0 2 1 2 7
Michael Williams PG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Sidney McCormick SG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Wes Lathrop SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Charles Nix C 26 3-3 0-0 2 4 0 1 7
Harland Barton PF 11 2-2 2-2 2 3 0 3 6
Turnovers: 12 (T.Mello 3, A.Waring 3, J.Ange 3,
M.Tucker 1, P.Hirsch 1, C.Nix 1)
Blocked Shots: 6 (C.Nix 6)
Steals: 8 (A.Waring 1, J.Ange 2, M.Tucker 2, P.Hirsch
1, C.Nix 1, H.Barton 1)
3P FGs: 9-33 (T.Mello 0-1, A.Waring 1-13, J.Ange 6-11,
M.Tucker 0-2, P.Hirsch 1-5, C.Nix 1-1)
Memphis (27-9, 14-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Franklyn Crandell C 33 2-7 1-1 3 8 2 4 5
Gaston Lytle PF 27 5-11 8-10 2 4 0 5 18
David Berg SF 22 5-7 4-4 2 3 1 5 16
Thomas Diaz SG 33 2-6 7-8 0 3 0 3 13
Antione Cantwell PG 29 0-3 4-4 2 4 8 3 4
Carrol Nilsen SF 17 4-9 2-2 2 6 0 2 10
Mark Cohen PF 11 1-3 1-1 2 6 2 2 3
Kurt Marshall C 3 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 2
John Breland SF 7 3-6 0-0 0 0 0 2 8
Michael Higgins PG 16 1-5 0-0 0 2 2 0 2
Gerald Sena PG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 13 (F.Crandell 2, G.Lytle 2, D.Berg 2,
T.Diaz 3, A.Cantwell 2, C.Nilsen 1, M.Higgins 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (F.Crandell 2, T.Diaz 1, C.Nilsen 2)
Steals: 4 (D.Berg 2, M.Higgins 2)
3P FGs: 6-20 (F.Crandell 0-1, D.Berg 2-3, T.Diaz 2-5,
A.Cantwell 0-3, J.Breland 2-4, M.Higgins 0-4)
Player of Game: SG James Ange (AUBRN)