6:32 pm
November 25

Memphis v. Charleston

Who will WIN this matchup?

Memphis Tigers (3-2)

Charleston Cougars (4-2)

 

Current odds:

Memphis Tigers: (+110)

Charleston Cougars: (-130)

 

• The line for this game is Charleston by 2 points.

• Memphis has alternated wins and losses in its first five games, but the team hopes to end that pattern Sunday. The Tigers look to post back-to-back wins for the first time this season when they face Charleston in the fifth-place game of the AdvoCare Invitational at Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Memphis reached this point by defeating Canisius 71-63 in Friday’s contest behind Kyvon Davenport’s 16 points and 10 rebounds. Three other players scored in double figures for Memphis, which is beginning to play a more disciplined style under first-year coach Anfernee Hardaway.

• Charleston trounced UAB on Friday after falling to LSU in its tournament opener.

• Hardaway changed the starting lineup in Friday’s contest after going with the same five-man lineup in each game to that point. Hardaway inserted seniors Mike Parks Jr. and Raynere Thornton into the starting lineup because “we needed energy, and Big Mike and Raynere bring energy. … That’s why I went with that decision,” Hardaway said. Parks and Thornton finished a combined 9-of-11 from the field with eight rebounds and three blocks in 40 combined minutes against Canisius and are likely to start again.

• The Cougars rode Grant Riller (33 points on 13-of-17 shooting) to a 74-51 triumph over UAB as the senior guard stepped up after totaling 11 points on 4-of-24 shooting in the previous two games. Riller averages 18.8 points but is just 2-of-23 from the arc after shooting 39.4 percent from 3-point range last season. Jarrell Brantley is the top man on the Charleston scoring chart with an average of 19.3 points, including an average of 25.5 points in the earlier matchups with LSU and Oklahoma State.

• After scoring 16 points on 5-of-17 shooting in his first four games, Memphis freshman G Antwann Jones was 6-of-14 from the field for 14 points versus Canisius.

• Charleston starting F Nick Harris has four points (and only five shot attempts) in 113 minutes.

• Memphis G Jeremiah Martin has scored in double digits in all five games but is just 7-of-20 from the field in this tournament.

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