Sept. 23, 2002

St. Charles, IL -

The University of Memphis Tiger golf team battled windy and cool conditions and turned in scores of 298-308. The Tigers are currently in second place going into the final round of the BlueDemon Invitational which is being played at Prairie Landing Golf Club in St. Charles, Illinois.

DePaul leads the team competition with a 36-hole total of 602. Eastern Illinois is in third place at 607, one stroke behind Memphis. Conference USA members Marquette and Saint Louis are tied for fourth at 610.

Kyle Maxwell of Eastern Illinois leads all individuals after carding a second round score of 69 to go with his opening total of 76. Memphis' sophomore Allan Thomas is in third place after posting rounds of 72-75--147. Tiger junior Alan Weant is tied for sixth with a 149 and Richard Jones is tied for 13th at 153.

Final round action is slated for 8 AM Tuesday.

TEAM SCORES: 1. DePaul 602 2. Memphis 606 3. Eastern Illinois 607 4. Marquette 610 Saint Louis 610 6. Loyola-Chicago 615 7. Western Illinois 617 Bradley 617 9. Chicago State 696

MEMPHIS SCORES: 3 Allan Thomas 72-75--147 T6 Alan Weant 76-73--149 T13 Richard Jones 74-79--153 T28 Clayton Ellis 76-81--157 T37 David Jeans 79-81--160