The Memphis Tigers forced 25 turnovers and received 27 points from Tyreke Evans to defeat the Northeastern men's basketball team 80-48 Wednesday afternoon at FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn.
The Huskies fall to 6-5 while the Tigers improve to 10-3. Manny Adako led the Huskies with 16 points on 7-of-7 shooting. Northeastern as a team shot 36 percent from the field, but did not have many opportunities due to Memphis' forceful full-court press.
The Huskies played strong early on, opening up on a 12-4 run. Adako dominated with 11 of the team's first 14 points. He opened the scoring with a jumper at 18:59. He then followed with his second career three-pointer at 16:44, a long bucket from the top of the key. He hit a jumper at 15:19 and then slammed a home a dunk on a pass from Chaisson Allen at 14:51. NU had an 11-4 lead and had forced three early Memphis turnovers.
Memphis cut NU's lead to two, 14-12, after Evans' three-pointer at 12:10, but the Huskies found their shooting rhythm as Allen drained a three-pointer at 11:23, Lima followed with a three of his own in the left corner at 10:33 and then Matt Janning took the ball to the hoop with a layup at 10:06. Memphis took a timeout with the Huskies leading 22-15.
However, that was when the game took a turn in Memphis' favor as the Tigers went on a 15-0 run that included a bizarre squence when the two teams got into an altercation on the court. Adako was charged with a technical foul and Memphis made both free throws.
Northeastern finally broke the run when Evans was charged with a technical foul of his own and Janning connected on the free throws. Nkem Ojougboh then dunked the ball home to close the deficit to four, 30-26.
But the Tigers finished off the half with an 8-0 run to go into the break with a 38-26 lead.
In the second half, the Huskies continued to struggle with Memphis' full-court pressure, committing 14 turnovers, most coming as they tried to in-bound the ball or bring it up the court. The Huskies were no closer than 10 points in the second half.
Memphis uncharacteristically was solid from the free throw line, making 31 of 35 attempts for a 88.6 percentage. Coming into the game, the Tigers were shooting just 65.6 percent from the charity stripe.
Northeastern will now focus on the Colonial Athletic Association as the Huskies will play three conference games in five days, starting with Saturday's home contest against William & Mary at Matthews Arena at 1 p.m. The Huskies will then play Hofstra on Monday at Matthews at 7 p.m.
Official Basketball Box Score
Northeastern vs Memphis
12/31/08 1:00 pm at Memphis, Tenn. (FedExForum)
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VISITORS: Northeastern 6-5
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
24 Spates, Eugene...... f 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 11
32 Adako, Manny........ f 7-7 1-1 1-2 3 3 6 4 16 0 2 2 1 28
54 Ojougboh, Nkem...... c 3-6 0-0 1-2 2 2 4 5 7 0 2 0 1 28
03 Allen, Chaisson..... g 1-9 1-3 2-2 0 3 3 1 5 3 5 1 1 28
23 Janning, Matt....... g 2-12 0-4 2-2 1 2 3 2 6 4 5 0 2 35
01 Etherly, Erik....... 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
02 Alvarez, Chris...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 2 18
11 Lima, Vinny......... 2-3 2-3 0-0 2 2 4 2 6 2 3 0 1 24
15 McDonald, Brian..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
20 Smith, Matt......... 0-1 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8
25 Bataille, Baptiste.. 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 12
31 Aragbaye, Allen..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
33 Felix, Ben.......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
TEAM................ 2 3 5
Totals.............. 17-47 5-18 9-12 12 16 28 22 48 12 25 4 9 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-24 37.5% 2nd Half: 8-23 34.8% Game: 36.2% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd Half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 27.8% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd Half: 4-6 66.7% Game: 75.0% 1,1
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HOME TEAM: Memphis 9-3
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
02 DOZIER, Robert...... f 3-8 0-1 10-10 4 4 8 2 16 3 2 1 2 35
04 HENDERSON-NILES, P.. f 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 5 5 2 2 0 1 1 3 20
05 ANDERSON, Antonio... g 3-12 0-1 5-6 1 0 1 1 11 1 0 0 1 29
12 EVANS, Tyreke....... g 9-13 4-5 5-6 0 2 2 3 27 4 5 1 7 29
20 MACK, Doneal........ g 0-5 0-4 2-2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 19
00 TAGGART, Shawn...... 2-3 0-0 3-4 2 1 3 1 7 0 0 0 1 18
01 KEMP, Willie........ 1-4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 20
03 SALLIE, Roburt...... 1-3 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 12
10 MCGRADY, Chance..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
11 WITHERSPOON, Wesley. 3-3 0-0 2-3 0 3 3 3 8 0 2 0 2 11
15 SIMPKINS, Matt...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
31 LAIRD, Preston...... 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2
TEAM................ 4 3 7
Totals.............. 22-51 5-13 31-35 13 19 32 15 80 11 13 4 18 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-27 37.0% 2nd Half: 12-24 50.0% Game: 43.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 1-5 20.0% Game: 38.5% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 14-15 93.3% 2nd Half: 17-20 85.0% Game: 88.6% 3,1
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Officials: Terry Moore, Bret Smith, James Hicks
Technical fouls: Northeastern-Adako, Manny. Memphis-EVANS, Tyreke.
Attendance: 17164
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Northeastern.................. 26 22 - 48
Memphis....................... 38 42 - 80
Points in the paint-NU 18,MEM 30. Points off turnovers-NU 14,MEM 41.
2nd chance points-NU 6,MEM 11. Fast break points-NU 10,MEM 8.
Bench points-NU 14,MEM 22. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-2 times.
Last FG-NU 2nd-04:50, MEM 2nd-03:21.
Largest lead-NU by 8 1st-14:01, MEM by 35 2nd-01:34.
