Tigers Return Home Saturday to Host No. 13 Clemson in White Out

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis Tigers are prepped for a Saturday afternoon clash against No. 13 Clemson at FedExForum. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. on ESPN+, and the Tigers will be looking to extend a two-game winning streak.

Saturday's game is a White Out as the Tigers return home for the first time in nearly a month. When the ball is tipped it will have been 29 days since Memphis last played inside FedExForum, the longest stretch between home games since the 1951-52 season. That year, Memphis played 14 games away from home over 41 days (Dec. 6, 1951 to Jan. 15, 1952) in Eugene Lambert's first season as head coach. It was also the first season the Tigers played at Memorial Gymnasium.

Memphis brings a two-game winning streak into Saturday's contest after its 81-75 win at No. 21 Texas A&M on Dec. 10 in College Station.

No. 13 Clemson enters the day as one of only seven undefeated teams in the country at 9-0. They defeated TCU, 74-66, last weekend in Canada to improve to 5-0 this season away from its home floor.
It will be the first-ever meeting between the programs.

Memphis is No. 39 in the NET rankings through games of Dec. 14 and has a Quadrant 1 opportunity Saturday. Clemson comes to town ranked No. 11 in the NET with a 3-0 record in Q1 games. They are tied for second nationally and one of only six teams with three or more Q1 victories (Alabama, South Carolina, Pittsburgh).

The reigning AAC Player of the Week and Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week David Jones leads the league and ranks 23^rd nationally in scoring at 20.1 points per game. Combined with his 6.6 rebounds and 2.4 steals, he is one of only seven players in the country to lead their team in points, rebounds and steals.

Senior point guard Jahvon Quinerly ranks third in the league in assists (4.8) after dishing at least four in 8-of-9 games. He is coming off back-to-back games with at least 20 points and five dimes.

Senior guard Caleb Mills has produced his two best games of the season after insisting he come off the bench. The Arden, North Carolina product is averaging 15.0 points and 3.5 rebounds in the wins over VCU and Texas A&M. In that span, he is 8-13 from the floor, 4-5 from deep and 10-12 at the free throw line.

GAME DETAILS
RV/RV Memphis Tigers (7-2) vs. No. 13/11 Clemson (9-0)
Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023 | 2 p.m. CT
FedExForm (18,400); Memphis, Tennessee
Television: ESPN+ (Greg Gaston pxp; Jon Albright color; Trey Draper sideline)
Radio: 98.9 The Roar of Memphis (Dave Woloshin pxp; Matt Dillon, analysis)
Live Stats: www.Memphis.StatBroadcast.com

BY THE NUMBERS

2: The number of players in the country averaging 20.0 points and 6.0 rebounds while shooting 40.0 percent from three-point range. Both are in the building Saturday with Memphis' David Jones and Clemson's PJ Hall.
4: The number of teams in Division I that have seven or more wins this season with only two or less coming at home. (Memphis, Long Beach State, Delaware, Cornell).
1: Memphis is the only team in the nation entering Saturday that has at least four wins against Power Five programs away from its home floor. They have won at Missouri and Texas A&M, and have beaten Arkansas and Michigan on a neutral court.
7: Only seven Memphis players since 2010-11 have recorded multiple games of 20 points, five assists and four rebounds in a single-season. Jahvon Quinerly has done so in the last two games at VCU and Texas A&M.
2019: The last time a Tiger had recorded at least 25 point and seven rebounds in a game while making five three-pointers was Jeremiah Martin in 2019 against Tulane. David Jones accomplished the feat against the Aggies. He is the only Tiger to do that on the road since at least 2010-11.

LAST TIME OUT

Memphis picked up a statement win with an 81-75 victory over No. 21/19 Texas A&M Sunday afternoon in College Station. It was the first true road win over a ranked opponent for Memphis since 2022 at Houston.
The Tigers earned their third win over an SEC opponent this season and have two against AP ranked squads.
David Jones led the Tigers with 29 points and seven rebounds, while Jahvon Quinerly added 24 points and a team-high five assists.
Caleb Mills also finished in double figures with 13 points, 11 of which came in the second half.
Jones ripped off 14-straight points in the middle of the first half to help the Tigers to a 38-29 lead at the break.
Jones, Quinerly and Mills scored 34 of the 43 points in the second half and helped Memphis build a 14-point lead with less than three minutes to play.
The Tigers shot 48.1 percent from the field, converting on 25-of-52 shot attempts. They also hit 9-of-22 from deep (40.9%) and 22-of-29 at the charity stripe (75.9%).
Memphis' defense limited the Aggies to just 39.1 percent shooting (25-64) and locked them down from long range.
Texas A&M made just 6-of-33 three-pointers Sunday after making 14 – which tied for the second most in school history – against DePaul on Wednesday.

SCOUTING CLEMSON

Clemson comes to Memphis as the highest-ranked nonconference team to enter FedExForum since No. 6 Alabama visited Dec. 14, 2021. The Tigers won that game 92-78.
Clemson is just one of seven remaining unbeaten teams in the country.
The Tigers are ranked No. 1 in the RPI, No. 11 in the NET and Coaches Poll and No. 13 in the AP Poll.
PJ Hall is the straw that stirs their drink as the 6-foot-11 big man can do it all. He averages 20.1 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game, while shooting 55.0 percent overall (66-120) and 40.5 percent from long range (17-42).
Hall ranks 18^th nationally in blocks per game.
Syracuse transfer Joseph Girard III has been a welcomed addition, as he's producing 15.1 points, 3.4 assists and 3.1 rebounds each night out. He is the team's top deep threat with 28 three-point makes this season at a team-high 44.4-percent clip.
Girard's 3.1 three-pointers per game are 24^th nationally.
The Tigers are scoring 78.7 points as a team and allowing 68.2 points from their opponents.
They shoot the rock at 47.1 percent from the floor and convert from long range 39.2 percent of the time, the 22^nd best mark in the country.

UP NEXT
After Saturday's game, the Tigers continue their stretch of three home games in eight days with No. 22 Virginia coming to town Tuesday for a 6 p.m. tilt on ESPN2. Following the clash with the Cavaliers, Memphis welcomes Vanderbilt Saturday, Dec. 23 for a pre-Christmas showdown on CBS at 3 p.m. It will be the fifth SEC opponent the Tigers have faced this season.

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