Feb. 27, 2006
Memphis is the No. 12 seed for the C-USA Championships, which begin on Thursday, Mar. 2nd. Memphis will play No. 5 seed Marshall in the second game of the day, following the No. 8 ECU vs. No. 9 UAB game. The winner of the Memphis/Marshall game will face Southern Miss in the quarterfinals.
The game will be shown online on CSTV All-Access for fans who purchased the package earlier in the season. A special package will be available starting Feb. 28th for $19.95 and it will include 20 men's and women's tournament games. This includes every game except the two championship games. Log on to conferenceusa.com or cstv.com for more information.
Tickets are available for the C-USA Women's Basketball Championships. A tournament pass costs $35.
Against Marshall (14-13, 9-7 C-USA)
This will be the third meeting between the two programs of the 2005-06 season. Marshall leads the overall series, 2-0, following a 65-52 win in Memphis and a 74-54 win in Huntington. Sikeetha Hall-Shephard leads Marshall with 15.1 ppg, while Modupe Ishola, a big player inside for the Thundering Herd, average 11.1 points and 7.7 rebounds. In the previous two games against Memphis, Reshundra Smiley has averaged 19.0 points and 6.0 rebounds and has posted four steals, while hitting 48.1 percent of her shots from the field.
Howard Adds Another Double-Double
Finishing with 15 points and 13 rebounds, junior guard Ashley Howard posted her fourth double-double of the season in the loss to Rice. The 13-rebound effort was her ninth double-digit rebounding effort of the season, as well as a career-high, and her fourth in the last six games. She has also scored double-digit points in six of the last 10 games. Over the last six games, Howard is averaging 10.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game.
Gorman a More Productive Part of Lady Tiger Offense
Gresh Gorman led the team with five assists against Houston and has had a litte more success scoring in the last 10 games, where she is averaging 6.1 points per game. Gorman has gotten to the free-throw line for more than two attempts in eight of the last nine games. She also posted her first career block Sunday against Houston and is fifth on the team with 30 steals. She has started 24 consecutive games for Memphis and is averaging over 25 minutes a game despite playing through mono and her asthma.
Butler Moves to Third All-Time in Threes
Senior Tamika Butler passed Kelly Herron on the career three-point list, as she hit five threes against Houston. She is now third with 133 career threes. Memphis would have to get hot and run deep in the league championships if Butler is going to catch Kitty Allen for second all-time. Allen capped her career in 1997 with 152 threes.
Bradley Battling Foul Troubles
As the home schedule wound down, senior center Jamie Bradley found foul trouble, fouling out of both home games this weekend. On the season, the senior leads the team with 33 blocks, the highest single season total since Tamika Whitmore had 41 blocks in 1998-99.
Necaise Carrying Heavy Scoring Load
Junior guard Devin Necaise leads Memphis with 19 double-digit scoring games on the season, including eight of the last nine games. She has set new scoring career highs three different times this season, including 29 points at UAB, and is the lone Lady Tiger to start all 27 games this season. Just three times in conference play has she been held to single-digit points -- 7 against ECU, 7 against UCF and 6 against USM. She averages 15.2 ppg in C-USA games and has hit 37 of her 55 threes against league competition.
