Oct. 1, 2008

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Click here to purchase your season tickets online.

The first season of University of Memphis women's basketball under Head Coach Melissa McFerrin is getting underway and fans can now order their tickets for the 15-game home schedule either online at www.gotigersgo.com or through the ticket office at 901-678-2331.

The Tigers will play seven of their first nine games at home this season, including non-conference contests against Northern Arizona and Louisiana Tech, an Ohio University team and a South Alabama squad that each won 20 games last year, and a match-up against SEC foe Arkansas. Memphis will then open the conference slate with three straight home games, before hosting defending regular season champion, UTEP, and tournament champion SMU, both NCAA tournament teams last season, in Memphis.

Chairback season tickets are available for $75, while general admission bleacher tickets are available for $50. Senior general admission tickets are available for $40. A Family 5-Pack of tickets is also available for the entire family to see a season of Memphis women's basketball for just $100. The family pack includes admission for two adults and three children.

Game-day parking in the garage attached to the Elma Roane Fieldhouse is also available for purchase. The parking passes are $45, which breaks down to $3.00 for parking per home game, a savings of $30 for the season.

Tickets can be purchased online from www.gotigersgo.com by clicking on Tickets in the left hand column. In the header Memphis Ticket Center click on Click Here to Order Online and you can purchase your tickets from your computer. Tickets can also be ordered by phone at 901-678-2331 or 1-888-867-UOFM (8636).

Memphis will open the season with an afternoon exhibition game against Team Essence on Nov. 7th at 11:30 a.m. That game will also kick off Memphis' participation in the Classroom on the Court program, a program with over 5500 Memphis elementary school children enrolled in a program that helps them utilize athletics in lesson plans in the classroom.