Standouts will take the field Saturday, Dec. 13, at Memphis University School.

At his best, Jonas Valanciunas had a Zach Randolph game in a Marc Gasol package: a walking, talking Ga-Z-Bo. 

The Tigers must take care of business against Southern Illinois to avoid the program’s first five-game losing streak under coach Penny Hardaway.

Standouts from Fairley, Melrose, Munford, Southwind and Tipton-Rosemark are headed to Nashville on Dec. 9.

Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey left Monday’s game against Denver, but not due to injury.

Center Zach Edey played less than six minutes. Memphis coach Tuomas Iisalo said after the game that Edey got hit in the head and was unable to return.

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While the Memphis Grizzlies haven’t said so, it appears that Ja Morant will be out at least two more weeks with the right calf strain he suffered on Nov. 15 against the Cleveland Cavaliers. 

Morant, who missed his third straight game with a calf injury, and Thompson, who missed a game-tying 3-point attempt with 20 seconds left in the game, exchanged words at the conclusion of the game in Dallas.

While still playing on a minutes restriction in his fourth game back from offseason ankle surgery, Zach Edey had a double-double, with 12 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks in 26 minutes.

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The Volunteers had dropped 10 in a row at Florida Field, one of the longest skids in series history. 

NBA box score for Saturday’s game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

“We have a roster that can win,” Penny Hardaway said after the Tigers’ first 1-4 start to a season since 1996-97. “We just haven’t figured out how to finish (games). And hopefully these losses hurt bad enough that when we get in those situations, (we do better).”

The Memphis football season has not gone as planned, but head coach Ryan Silverfield isn’t concerned about the Tigers’ buy-in for the season finale.

Ty Jerome suffered what the Grizzlies labeled a “high-grade” right calf strain Oct. 17 in a preseason game against the Miami Heat.

Southwind quarterback Kelvin Perkins accounts for 485 yards and six touchdowns as the Jaguars earn a trip to Ravenwood next week.

TCU jumps out to a quick 3-0 lead and eliminates Memphis in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

You could almost start to see the vision of the rest of the season. Sure, it was a really bad loss to UNLV. But Memphis would escape the Bahamas with a 1-1 record, the team is playing hard, and players are settling into roles. But it all came undone. Slowly, then all at once.

Wake Forest’s Myles Colvin hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer that gave the Demon Deacons the one-point win over the Tigers.

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