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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Memphis 77, Tulane 65
When: 1:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Where: FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee
Officials: # Chris Beaver, # Don Daily, # Mike Stuart
Attendance: 10721

Forward Trahson Burrell scored 21 points and forward Shaq Goodwin added 17 points as Memphis defeated Tulane 77-65 Tuesday afternoon at FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn.

Two other Tigers -- guard Ricky Tarrant Jr. (16 points) and forward K.J. Lawson (15 points) -- scored in double figures as Memphis (9-3, 1-0 American Athletic Conference) won its conference opener.

Guard Malik Morgan led the Green Wave (7-7, 0-1) with 18 points and forward Dylan Osetkowski and guard Cameron Reynolds each added 15 points.

A three-minute span midway through the second half doomed the Green Wave. With the scored knotted at 46-46, Tulane proceeded to turn the ball over four times and went ice cold from the field.

Memphis took advantage of the opportunity opening up a five-point lead when Burrell knocked down a 3-point shot to give the Tigers a 58-50 lead.

Tulane trailed most of the first half and Memphis’ largest lead was eight at 24-16. But the Tigers went cold and scored only three points in the final 4:52 of the half.

The Green Wave chipped away and took their first lead since the opening moments on Morgan's layup that made the score 36-34 with 1:38 left in the half.

Memphis missed all five 3-point attempts in the first 20 minutes, but ended up sinking five of 15 attempts for the game.

The Tigers, the nation's No. 3 rebounding team were outrebounded by the Green Wave, 44-40.
Top Game Performances
 
Tulane   Memphis
Malik Morgan 18 Scoring Trahson Burrell 21
Louis Dabney 4 Assists Ricky Tarrant 6
Dylan Osetkowski 11 Rebounds Trahson Burrell 13
Louis Dabney 4 Free Throws Made Shaq Goodwin 7
Louis Dabney 2 Steals Trahson Burrell 4
Jernard Jarreau 3 Blocks Trahson Burrell 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Tulane 65 35.3 5-15 12-17 12 43 10 5 17
Memphis 77 39.7 5-15 18-22 13 34 8 9 9