Dec. 2, 2008
Box Score
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Marist men's basketball team suffered a 100-61 defeat to #18/#15 Memphis on Tuesday before 17,329 fans at FedEx Forum. Three Red Foxes scored in double digits, paced by red-shirt junior guard David Devezin (Houston, Texas), who had 11.
Red-shirt sophomore forward Lawrence Williams (Staten Island, N.Y.) and red-shirt senior forward Ryan Schneider (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) added 10 points apiece. Williams and Schneider added nine and eight rebounds, respectively.
Memphis' Pierre Henderson-Niles opened the scoring with a dunk 29 seconds into the contest. Devezin tied it up at the 18:58 mark with a layup, but a three-pointer by Tyreke Evans 23 second later gave the Tigers the lead for good.
At the 16:08 mark, a three-pointer by Schneider put the Red Foxes to within three at 10-7. However, from there, Memphis went on a 23-2 run to put the game out of reach quickly. The Red Foxes never cut the deficit under 20 after that.
Memphis took a 51-24 halftime lead, and led by as much as 45 in the second half before the Red Foxes closed the game on a 14-8 run in the final 4:39.
Tyreke Evans led Memphis with 24 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals. Evans shot 10-for-13 from the field. Shawn Taggart finished with 21 points, 13 rebounds and six blocks. The Tigers shot .528 (38-for-72) from the field an .529 (9-for-17) from three-point range.
Memphis improved to 5-1 on the season; Marist fell to 2-4.
The Red Foxes will return to action on Friday, when they return to the McCann Center for their Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opener against Iona. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, contact the Marist Ticket Office at (845) 575-3553.
