Getting to Know the Memphis Tigers

[SoonerTraveler]

Memphis opens the season on Saturday night, hosting Southern Mississippi.

Key Players

Ricky Tarrant (Senior, G, 6-2, 184) ... Birmingham, Alabama
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Is a graduate transfer from Alabama following an injury at Bama last season. Played at Tulane as a freshman and sophomore. Ranks 34th in Tulane school history in career scoring (1,013 career points) ... His 123 three-pointers made at Tulane rank eighth in career school history for the Green Wave ... Has the sixth-best assist-to-turnover ratio (1.45) in Tulane history.

Shaq Goodwin (Senior, F, 6-9, 229) ... Atlanta, Georgia
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2014-15 Season (Junior) - Played in 31 of the squad’s 32 games (25.9 minutes played) … Made 24 starts … Averaged 9.6 points (second on team) and 7.1 rebounds (led team) … Second on the squad with 35 blocked shots … Also had 49 assists and 20 steals … Shot 54.4 percent from the field, 27.8 percent from the three-point arc and 64.2 percent from the free throw line.

Dedric Lawson (Freshman, G/F, 6-9, 228) ... Memphis, Tennessee
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Played only three seasons of high school basketball … Reclassified to the 2015 class and enrolled at the University of Memphis in the summer of 2015 ... Joins his brother, K.J., on the 2015-16 Tigers squad ... Scored over 1,700 points and grabbed over 1,100 rebounds in his three-year prep career … After reclassification, still remained a consensus top-50 recruit ... Rated among the nation’s top players by ESPN.com (No. 26), 247sports.com (No. 35), Rivals.com (No. 26) and Scout.com (No. 46) in the rankings released in the spring of 2015 ... Selected to play in both the McDonald’s All-America and Jordan Brand Classic all-star games in April of 2015

Avery Woodson (Junior, G, 6-2, 189) Waynesboro, Mississippi
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2014-15 Season (Sophomore) - Only Tigers player to see action in all 32 games … His 30 starts also were the most of any Tigers player … Averaged 27.3 minutes per game, the second-most on the squad … Averaged 7.9 points (fourth on team) and 2.4 rebounds … Recorded 11 double-figure scoring games … Shot 37.4 percent from the floor, 37.7 percent from the three-point arc and 82.1 percent from the free throw line … Led team in three-pointers made (61) and three-point attempts (162).

Markel Crawford (Sophomore, G, 6-5, 205) ... Memphis, Tennessee
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2014-15 Season (Redshirt Freshman) - Played his first full season of NCAA Division I basketball in 2014-15 … Saw action in 30 games (22.7 minutes played/game) … Made 22 starts … Averaged 5.9 points and 2.3 rebounds … Had 54 assists, three blocked shots and 32 steals … Tied for team lead in steals … Shot 40.4 percent from the floor, 30.1 percent from the three-point line and 73.1 percent from the free throw line.

Trahson Burrell (Senior, G/F, 6-7, 187) .. Albany, New York
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2014-15 Season (Junior) - Averaged 9.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists … Third on team in both scoring and rebounding … Had 17 blocked shots and 27 steals … Shot 44.9 percent from the field, 29 percent from the three-point arc and 64.2 percent from the free throw line … Third on team in field goal percentage … Ranked among the American Athletic Conference statistical leaders in scoring (29th), rebounding (14th) and field goal percentage (12th) … Posted 15 double-figure scoring games.

K.J. Lawson (Freshman, G/F, 6-7, 204) .. Memphis, Tennessee
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A consensus top-50 recruit ... Rated among the nation’s top players by ESPN.com (No. 40), 247sports.com (No. 45), Rivals.com (No. 55) and Scout.com (No. 42)

Nick Marshall (Freshman, F, 6-11, 248) ... Lexington, Tennessee
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Jeremiah Martin (Freshman, G, 6-2, 179) Memphis, Tennessee
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Craig Randall (Freshman, G, 6-4, 173) Youngstown, Ohio
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[usedtobe1]

I'm replying just to bump this up to the top of the board. Good synopsis.

I'm linking their box score from their 1st game where they won 67-49 against Southern Mississippi on Saturday. They played 4 true freshmen in their main 9 man rotation. The other players just got minutes as the game got out of hand (I assume). Shaq Goodwin is a former McDonald's All-American and is a big, strong post player. He had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Another player of note is freshman Dedric Lawson. He's a 6'9" true freshman who reclassified from 2016 to 2015. He should be a HS senior and scored 13 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, and had 3 steals in his first college game. His true freshman older brother had 7 points and 5 rebounds in his first game.

Memphis - Southern Miss box score