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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Murray St. 74, Memphis 72
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, December 10, 2021
Where: FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee
Officials: # Pat Adams, # Gerry Polland, # Vladimir Voyard-Tadal
Attendance: 13607

Tevin Brown scored 22 points, Justice Hill had 20 and Murray State made 14 3-pointers to pull out a 74-72 victory over host Memphis in a nonconference game on Friday night.

Brown shot 8-for-16 from the field and 6-for-13 from long range, while Hill made 5 of 6 attempts from beyond the arc and 6 of 13 overall, to go along with six assists. Carter Collins scored 13 points, including 3-for-6 from distance.

Murray State (8-1), which overcame a 14-point halftime deficit to extend its winning streak to five games, shot 10-for-15 (66.7 percent) from 3-point range in the second half and 14-for-29 (48.3 percent) for the game.

Tyler Harris had 15 points and four assists, and Jalen Duren added 14 points and five rebounds for Memphis (5-4), which has lost four straight games.

Murray State, which also got 13 points and a game-high-tying eight rebounds from KJ Williams, shot 46.6 percent (27-for-58) from the field.

Memphis went 25-for-51 (49 percent) from the field, including 8-for-20 (40 percent) from beyond the arc. However, the Tigers missed eight of their 22 free throws.

Trailing 74-72 with 5.7 seconds remaining, Memphis stole the inbounds pass around midcourt, but Harris' heave fell well short at the buzzer.

Trailing 40-26 at halftime, Murray State made eight of its first nine 3-point attempts during a 33-16 run to open the second half. Along the way, the Racers took a 53-52 lead they wouldn't relinquish following Hill's shot from beyond the arc with 11:12 remaining.

Memphis tried to take control of the game after it trailed 22-17 with 9:15 left in the first half. The Tigers hit the Racers with a 17-2 run to take their first double-digit lead at 34-24 following Williams' two three throws with 2:34 left before intermission.

Led by Duren's 10 points, the Tigers had one of their best shooting halves of the season. Memphis shot 57.1 percent (12-for-21) and 50 percent (5-for-10) from the 3-point line. The Tigers would have had a larger lead if they hadn't missed six of their 17 free-throw attempts in the opening 20 minutes.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Murray St.   Memphis
Tevin Brown 22 Scoring Tyler Harris 15
Justice Hill 6 Assists Tyler Harris 4
DJ Burns 8 Rebounds Jalen Duren 5
Justice Hill 3 Free Throws Made Jalen Duren 4
Trae Hannibal 2 Steals Emoni Bates 3
Tevin Brown 1 Blocks Jalen Duren 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Murray St. 74 46.6 14-29 6-10 18 29 1 7 17
Memphis 72 49.0 8-20 14-22 17 25 3 9 14