NCAAB

Memphis Tigers at UTSA Roadrunners

· NCAA Men's Basketball
25-5, 11-2 Away
Final
75 - 70
11-18, 7-7 Home

Dainja, No. 16 Memphis beat UTSA 75-70, clinch share of AAC regular-season title

Memphis Tigers vs. UTSA Roadrunners: Game Highlights

The Tigers — who won their first regular-season conference title since 2012-13, their final season in Conference USA — will be the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament, which begins March 12.

PJ Haggerty added 18 points, going 6 of 6 from the free-throw line in the final 10 seconds for Memphis (25-5, 15-2 American Athletic Conference). Nick Jourdain added 13 points and Colby Rogers scored 10.

Jonnivius Smith led UTSA (11-18, 5-12) with a season-high 18 points. Marcus Millender added 16, Primo Spears finished with 14 points and seven assists and Tai’Reon Joseph scored 12.

Rogers hit a jumper that gave the Tigers the lead for good almost seven minutes into the game and followed with 3 before Haggerty made a layup to cap a 13-1 run that made it 17-11. Smith hit a 3-pointer that trimmed UTSA's deficit to 23-21 with 8:35 left in the first half but Dainja answered with back-to-back baskets and the Roadrunners got no closer.

Takeaways Memphis: The Tigers showed some grit, digging in defensively and closing out a road victory despite committing a season-high 22 turnovers.

UTSA: The Roadrunners played swarming defense, keeping Memphis out of rhythm throughout much of the contest but went cold offensively down the stretch.

Key moment Millender made the first of two free throws with 3:23 left to cut UTSA's deficit to 69-67 but the Roadrunners didn't score again until Millender hit a 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds remaining.

Key stat The Tigers outrebounded UTSA 45-25 and made more free throws (20) than the Roadrunners attempted (18).

Next up Memphis wraps up the regular season at home against South Florida on Friday. UTSA plays its finale Sunday at Charlotte.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 75 - 70
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 75 - 70
2nd 0:00 PJ Haggerty made Free Throw. 75 - 70
2nd 0:00 PJ Haggerty made Free Throw. 74 - 70
2nd 0:00 Foul on Jonnivius Smith. 73 - 70

Statistics

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25-54 FG 24-62
46.3 Field Goal % 38.7
5-12 3PT 9-31
41.7 Three Point % 29.0
20-27 FT 13-18
74.1 Free Throw % 72.2
45 Rebounds 25
13 Offensive Rebounds 7
32 Defensive Rebounds 18
12 Assists 16
6 Steals 13
6 Blocks 5
22 Turnovers 10
1 Team Turnovers 2
22 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
16 Points Off Turnovers 19
19 Fast Break Points 10
32 Points in Paint 24
16 Fouls 17
13 Largest Lead 6

Game Information

Venue: UTSA Convocation Center

Location: San Antonio, TX
Attendance: 1,429 | Capacity:

2024-25 American Athletic Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Memphis 16-2 - 29-6
North Texas 14-4 2 27-9
UAB 13-5 3 24-13
Tulane 12-6 4 19-15
East Carolina 10-8 6 19-14
Florida Atlantic 10-8 6 18-16
Temple 9-9 7 17-15
Wichita State 8-10 8 19-15
South Florida 6-12 10 13-19
Tulsa 6-12 10 13-20
UTSA 6-12 10 12-19
Rice 4-14 12 13-19
Charlotte 3-15 13 11-22
Full Standings