Memphis’ Penny Hardaway upset at Utah State for running up score late
Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway looks on during a Feb. 8 game against Charlotte. (Wes Hale/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway was upset at how the final minute and a half or so of his team’s 99-75 loss to Utah State played out Saturday night.
The Tigers (12-13) had cut their once-21-point deficit to 13 after a basket by reserve big man Simon Majok made the score 86-73 with one minute and 59 seconds to go in front of a raucous crowd at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah.
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Parth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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