March 11, 2020
Conference USA First Round
(9) Tulsa (15-15) vs.
(8) Memphis (10-20)
I've never been in this position in my young coaching career, playing so early in a conference tournament. We lost to Tulsa by 2 at their place, but won by 17 at home. This is a neutral game, so it'll be interesting to see how it plays out. They've got a great guard tandem of Lamar Coble and Jere Salter, so if we can contain them, our chances are good. We got lucky as Coble only played 11 minutes due to foul trouble, and Salter only scored 9 points. They did have 2 that had 16, but we had 4 in double figures led by Troy Tomblin with 18. The result was a 73-60 win, and we are one step closer to going back to the NCAA Tournament.
Code:
Memphis 73, Tulsa 60
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Tulsa (15-16, 6-10):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Leandro Pena C 30 0-5 0-0 2 8 0 4 0
Dewey Rasmussen PF 21 1-1 0-0 1 4 0 5 2
D. Ghesquier SF 27 4-17 0-0 3 5 1 2 10
Lamar Coble SG 11 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 4 0
Jere Salter SG 32 3-12 1-2 2 6 5 3 9
Everette Sapp PG 27 6-12 1-2 2 2 1 3 16
James Stauffer PG 3 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Paul Porter SG 15 5-11 3-4 1 1 2 3 16
Abraham Hillard PF 16 0-1 0-0 1 5 0 0 0
Ricky Braziel C 11 1-4 0-0 3 5 1 0 2
Lamont Nordstrom SF 5 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 3
Charles Marino PF 2 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Turnovers: 7 (D.Rasmussen 1, D.Ghesquier 2, L.Coble 2,
J.Salter 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (L.Pena 1, P.Porter 1)
Steals: 3 (J.Salter 3)
3P FGs: 11-39 (L.Pena 0-1, D.Ghesquier 2-11, L.Coble
0-1, J.Salter 2-9, E.Sapp 3-5, J.Stauffer 0-2,
P.Porter 3-8, L.Nordstrom 1-2)
Memphis (11-20, 7-9):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Troy Tomblin C 25 4-8 10-13 2 6 1 1 18
Monte Donofrio PF 27 1-3 2-2 1 8 3 4 4
John Breland SF 29 6-13 0-0 1 6 0 3 13
Gerald Sena SG 35 4-6 4-4 0 2 3 0 14
Antione Cantwell PG 33 5-13 3-4 2 3 0 2 13
Brenton Tweedy C 22 2-3 0-1 2 12 0 0 4
Jerry Robertson SG 19 1-5 5-8 0 1 0 3 7
Stan Martin SF 9 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Scottie Harris C 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 6 (M.Donofrio 3, J.Breland 1, A.Cantwell 1,
S.Martin 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (A.Cantwell 1, B.Tweedy 2, J.Robertson
2)
Steals: 1 (G.Sena 1)
3P FGs: 3-13 (J.Breland 1-2, G.Sena 2-4, A.Cantwell
0-3, J.Robertson 0-4)
Player of Game: PF Troy Tomblin (MMPHS)
March 12, 2020
Conference USA Quarterfinals
(8) Memphis (11-20) vs. (1) Tulane (22-8)
We played Tulane to a 1 point loss at their place, and if that team shows up, we've got a great chance to win this game. It's not going to be easy though. They've got very balanced scoring, and Wilton Glaser is their stud, averaging 20 points a game. We'll definitely be keying tight on him. While Glaser did score his 14 points, John Breland was sensational for us, scoring 31 points in this shootout. We trailed by 5 at halftime but turned it on in the second half to stun Tulane, as we move to the semifinals with an 84-77 victory!
Code:
Memphis 84, Tulane 77
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Memphis (12-20, 7-9):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Troy Tomblin C 18 4-5 3-4 1 3 0 4 11
Monte Donofrio PF 34 3-4 1-2 1 4 2 2 7
John Breland SF 34 12-29 0-0 2 9 1 0 31
Gerald Sena PG 37 5-8 3-3 1 4 1 1 15
Antione Cantwell PG 10 1-2 8-10 0 1 0 4 10
Brenton Tweedy C 10 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 5 0
Jerry Robertson SG 22 0-1 0-0 0 3 1 4 0
Stan Martin SF 19 4-7 2-2 2 7 3 2 10
Scottie Harris C 16 0-2 0-0 1 5 1 0 0
Turnovers: 10 (M.Donofrio 2, J.Breland 2, G.Sena 1,
B.Tweedy 1, J.Robertson 1, S.Martin 3)
Blocked Shots: 4 (M.Donofrio 1, J.Breland 1, S.Martin
1, S.Harris 1)
Steals: 5 (J.Breland 1, G.Sena 2, J.Robertson 1,
S.Martin 1)
3P FGs: 9-18 (J.Breland 7-14, G.Sena 2-2, S.Martin 0-1,
S.Harris 0-1)
Tulane (22-9, 13-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
C. Pomerleau C 30 6-13 3-5 4 7 4 3 15
Stephen Jarboe PF 30 2-4 4-6 1 6 2 0 9
Herschel Xiong SF 28 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 2 3
Wilton Glaser SG 30 4-12 3-4 1 6 5 5 14
Floyd Leos PG 15 5-6 0-0 0 2 0 5 13
Gerardo Clark SG 24 2-4 4-4 0 1 1 2 10
Stanton Mangum PF 17 1-2 3-4 0 3 1 2 5
Wayne Whitehouse PG 13 2-5 1-2 0 2 0 0 6
John Dunning PF 5 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Charles Clawson SG 5 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 2 0
Basil Jenkins PG 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Charles Poland SF 2 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
Turnovers: 13 (S.Jarboe 2, H.Xiong 3, W.Glaser 4,
S.Mangum 2, W.Whitehouse 1, J.Dunning 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (G.Clark 1)
Steals: 3 (H.Xiong 2, W.Whitehouse 1)
3P FGs: 11-24 (S.Jarboe 1-2, H.Xiong 1-3, W.Glaser 3-8,
F.Leos 3-3, G.Clark 2-3, W.Whitehouse 1-3, B.Jenkins
0-1, C.Poland 0-1)
Player of Game: SF John Breland (MMPHS)