March 12, 2021
Conference USA Semifinals
(7) ECU (14-18) vs.
(3) Memphis (18-13)
We got some bad news earlier in the day as Amos Lusk ended up tearing a ligament in his thumb yesterday and he's out for the rest of the season. That means Mario Albertini will make his first start of the season in a pressure role. We got a bit lucky from a seeding standpoint as we get ECU instead of UAB, but they did split with us in the regular season, and we'll see how the guys react to the loss of Lusk.
Well it wasn't a great effort, as we were down early, but we rallied to lead by 2 at halftime. Neither team took care of the ball, but we forced 19 turnovers and only committed 17. That combined with the fact we made 7 more shots, and we advance to the C-USA Championship with a 70-60 win!
Code:
Memphis 70, East Carolina 60
Memphis (19-13, 10-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Troy Tomblin C 25 4-11 3-6 1 6 2 2 11
Monte Donofrio PF 35 3-5 0-0 3 14 1 3 6
John Breland SF 28 7-13 2-4 1 2 0 4 19
Antione Cantwell SG 22 4-9 0-0 2 4 1 4 9
Mario Albertini PG 32 2-5 1-2 0 1 5 3 6
Michael Higgins SG 17 3-4 4-4 0 0 4 4 10
Gerald Sena SF 12 0-1 0-0 0 2 3 2 0
Justin Bouldin SF 11 2-6 0-1 1 2 0 1 5
Eldridge Boyd C 10 2-4 0-0 3 6 0 0 4
Jerry Robertson SG 6 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0
Turnovers: 17 (M.Donofrio 4, J.Breland 3, A.Cantwell 4,
M.Albertini 3, M.Higgins 3)
Blocked Shots: 1 (M.Donofrio 1)
Steals: 8 (T.Tomblin 1, J.Breland 2, A.Cantwell 1,
M.Higgins 2, J.Bouldin 2)
3P FGs: 6-15 (J.Breland 3-5, A.Cantwell 1-3,
M.Albertini 1-3, J.Bouldin 1-4)
East Carolina (14-19, 8-8):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Z. Crutchfield C 31 3-6 0-1 2 8 0 2 6
Monte Tavares PF 31 2-6 4-5 0 6 1 3 8
Kenneth Voorhees SF 23 2-9 2-4 2 2 0 4 6
Bernard Deleon SG 33 2-9 4-5 5 8 5 1 8
Arlen Hague PG 35 6-14 1-2 1 3 3 1 16
Will Moya PF 11 1-2 1-2 2 6 1 0 3
Hans Reed PF 6 1-1 2-2 0 1 0 0 4
Larry Thorton SF 22 3-7 0-0 0 2 1 5 7
Joe Leiker SF 6 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0 2
G. Satterwhite PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Turnovers: 19 (Z.Crutchfield 2, M.Tavares 1, K.Voorhees
5, B.Deleon 7, A.Hague 3, J.Leiker 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (M.Tavares 1)
Steals: 8 (K.Voorhees 1, B.Deleon 1, A.Hague 2, W.Moya
1, H.Reed 1, L.Thorton 1, J.Leiker 1)
3P FGs: 4-24 (K.Voorhees 0-4, B.Deleon 0-5, A.Hague
3-11, L.Thorton 1-4)
Player of Game: SF John Breland (MMPHS)
Our opponent in the title game will be (1) Tulsa, who handled (4) Houston 85-67.