Top seed Peer battles into second round in Memphis
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MEMPHIS, Tennessee  - Top seed Shahar Peer of Israel battled past Finland's Emma Laine 6-4 6-3 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Memphis International.
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MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Ticker) -- Mike Bibby and Chris Webber kept the Memphis Grizzlies winless without Hubie Brown. Bibby and Webber sank key jumpers in the final minute as the Sacramento Kings held off the
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Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 17 points, and fifth-ranked Memphis extended the nation's longest winning streak to 21 straight Friday by beating Tulane 71-49 in the Conference USA tournament semifinals.
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Jeremis Smith and Ra'Sean Dickey, two junior big men on a team known for its freshmen stars, dominated the boards in the second half and No. 19 Georgia Tech overcame a 16-point deficit for a 92-85 victory over No. 12 Memphis on Tuesday in the semifinals of the EA Sports Maui Invitational.
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Pau Gasol scored 22 points and Shane Battier added 18, and Memphis won for the first time in five games this season. Kobe Bryant, guarded by a three-man rotation, had 20 points on 4-for-19 shooting for the Lakers.
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Jeremy Hunt's hot shooting and a smothering defensive effort gave No. 8 Memphis a comfortable victory. Hunt scored a career-high 30 points, including 25 and some long 3-pointers before halftime, and the Tigers limited UAB to 31 percent shooting in a 70-56 victory Thursday night.
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The seedings held Friday in the quarterfinals at the ATP stop in Shanghai, with No. 2 Jiri Novak stopping No. 8 Jan-Mike Gambill, and No.
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Chris Douglas-Roberts had 19 points with the key basket late and No. 6 Memphis won its 19th straight game to complete a perfect record in Conference USA with an unexpectedly difficult 64-61 victory at SMU on Saturday night.
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Memphis keeps showing how much better they are than the rest of Conference USA. Now, the eighth-ranked Tigers are starting to get even more comfortable in the role.
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MEMPHIS, Tennessee  - Top seed Andy Roddick beat Scottish teenager Andy Murray 6-3 7-6 on Saturday to reach the final of the Memphis International.
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-- Memphis is still the only unbeaten and still a unanimous No. 1. The Tigers (23-0), easy winners over SMU and Central Florida last week, were a runaway choice at the top of The Associated Press' college basketball poll for a second straight week Monday.
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Memphis coach John Calipari was a bit perplexed about the way his No. 19 Tigers lost concentration with a big lead. Chris Douglas-Roberts scored a career-high 28 points on 10-of-12 shooting to lead Memphis to an 88-63 victory over Austin Peay on Thursday night.
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Memphis made it to a second week as No. 1. The Tigers led The Associated Press' college basketball poll Monday, doubling their only other stint as a top-ranked team. In January 1983, Memphis went to No. 1 and lost hours later.
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Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 20 points, Derrick Rose added 19 points and top-ranked Memphis beat pesky Tulsa 56-41 Wednesday night to avoid the fate that befell the Tigers their only other time with the No. 1 ranking 25 years earlier.
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MEMPHIS - John Calipari knew his Memphis Tigers would need a little jolt right about now. That's why he wanted to play Gonzaga at this point of the season.
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It's Auburn vs. Tennessee &#151; let the tailbacks loose. The eighth-ranked Tigers' 1-2 punch of Carnell "Cadillac" Williams and Ronnie Brown hope to repeat the performance they had last year against Tennessee.
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MEMPHIS, Tennessee  - Venus Williams put the seal on her comeback after more than four months out through injury as she crushed Israeli top seed Shahar Peer 6-1 6-1 on Saturday to win the Memphis International.