Tigers Women's Basketball Hosts Tulsa Sunday

Sunday, January 10

Memphis, Tenn.

1 pm CT

University of Memphis

Tulsa

Tickets

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Jan 09, 2016 | Women's Basketball

Memphis-Tulsa match-up tips at 1 p.m. (CT) at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Is that a light at the end of the tunnel? That's what the University of Memphis women's basketball team must be thinking as it prepares for its fourth game in a week when it hosts Tulsa Sunday.

The Tigers and Golden Hurricane meet at 1 p.m. (CT) at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. The game can be viewed on the web at the American Digital Network (ADN; theamerican.org/watch).

Although the week has been tiring for the Tigers, it also has been a good one with three-consecutive victories. Memphis started the "four-games-in-a-week" stretch with an 83-67 victory over Tulane last Sunday. The Tigers then followed that performance with wins over Houston 74-57 Tuesday and Cincinnati 64-47 Thursday.

On Sunday, Memphis looks to keep its New Year's record perfect, as a win would give the Tigers a 4-0 mark in the 2016 calendar year. The last time Memphis had a longer New Year's win streak was in the 1997-98 campaign. That season, the Tigers won 10 straight to start the 1998 New Year.

Radio: 91.7 FM (WUMR)
Internet Video: American Digital Network (ADN; theamerican.org/watch)
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Tigers Tidbits/Five Notes To Know
• Memphis looks to go to 4-1 in American Athletic Conference play Sunday with a victory over Tulsa. If successful, it would be the first time the Tigers began conference action with a 4-1 record since 2011-12. That season, Memphis started its Conference USA schedule with a 6-1 record.

• The Memphis-Tulsa series is tied at 6-6. The Golden Hurricane, though, has had the upper hand recently, winning the last three meetings. Tulsa swept both games last season, including a narrow 65-62 victory at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse Feb. 24, 2015. The Tigers' last win in the series was a 66-64 victory at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse Feb. 26, 2012.

• A big reason for the Tigers' recent success is the team's hot-shooting hand. In the last three victories, Memphis shot 51.4 percent from the floor (92-of-179). The Tigers shot a season-best 55.8 percent in their Jan. 5 win over Houston.

• Senior Asianna Fuqua-Bey put her name in the program's record book in last Sunday's victory over Tulane, securing the No. 10 spot on the Tigers' all-time rebounds chart. This Sunday, Fuqua-Bey hopes to hit a milestone by collecting her 700th board. She enters the game with 699 rebounds.

• Sophomore Cheyenne Creighton is seemingly hitting everything she shoots in recent games. The 6-foot-1 forward is shooting a team-best 59.8 percent from the field, which also is second-best in the American Athletic Conference. In league play only (four games), she is hitting 80 percent from the floor (20-of-25).

Scouting Tulsa
The Golden Hurricane wrap up a three-game road trip with its game Sunday at Memphis. Tulsa's three-game road swing began Jan. 6 at Connecticut (95-35 loss) and then moved on to Philadelphia, Pa., for a Jan. 8 game with Temple (66-46 loss). The Golden Hurricane have a 5-10 overall record and a 2-2 American Athletic Conference mark. Prior to the Jan. 6 loss to Connecticut, Tulsa posted narrow wins over East Carolina and SMU. Ashley Clark (12.5 ppg), Erika Wakefield (10.4 ppg) and Kelsee Grovey (10.0 ppg) all average double figures for Tulsa. Clark also is the squad's top rebounder (6.6 rpg).