National Basketball Association
Michigan 73, Memphis 61
When: 3:00 PM ET, Monday, November 21, 2011
Where: Lahaina Civic Center, Lahaina, Hawaii
Officials:
# Dick Cartmell, # Scott Thornley, # Ryan Wells
Attendance:
2400
By SportsDirect Inc.
Tim Hardaway Jr. collected 21 points, seven rebounds and five assists as No. 15 Michigan shut down No. 8 Memphis 73-61 in the EA Sports Maui Invitational on Monday.
Michigan (4-0) will meet Duke in Tuesday's semifinals while Memphis (1-1) plays Tennessee in the losers' bracket.
Trey Burke added 14 points and four assists for the Wolverines, who shot 54 percent (27-of-50) from the floor.
The Tigers had only one tune-up before coming to Hawaii, but certainly looked as though points would not be a problem when they lit up Belmont 97-81 last week.
Michigan, though, shut them down almost completely, playing a zone defense and controlling the tempo so that Memphis could not get into its transition game. The Tigers ended up shooting 33 percent against that wide zone, including 4-of-21 from 3-point range.
The Wolverines took control in the last three minutes of the first half, closing the period with a 10-0 run to take a 37-31 lead into the break. Memphis would keep it around single digits until Burke capped a 6-0 run with a free throw at the 2:41 mark to make it 71-56 and put the game away.
Charles Carmouche scored 14 points to lead Memphis, which was outrebounded 35-21.
Top Game Performances
Michigan |
|
Memphis |
Tim Hardaway, Jr. 21 |
Scoring |
Charles Carmouche 14 |
Tim Hardaway, Jr. 5 |
Assists |
Antonio Barton 2 |
Evan Smotrycz 8 |
Rebounds |
Will Barton 4 |
Tim Hardaway, Jr. 9 |
Free Throws Made |
Tarik Black 5 |
Stu Douglass 1 |
Steals |
Tarik Black 2 |
Jon Horford 4 |
Blocks |
Adonis Thomas 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Michigan
|
73 |
54.0 |
6-20 |
13-18 |
15 |
36 |
6 |
2 |
|
Memphis
|
61 |
33.3 |
4-20 |
19-26 |
6 |
23 |
4 |
8 |
|