National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Memphis 104, Centenary 40
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, November 12, 2010
Where: FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee
Officials: # Anthony Chiazza, #75 Scott Johnson, # Joe DeRosa
Attendance: 17792
No. 19 Memphis used a suffocating defense and some deadly 3-point shooting to bounce Centenary 104-40 in their home-opening laugher Friday at FedEx Forum.

Freshman Antonio Barton, considered the next in line of future NBA point guards from Memphis, led seven players in double figures with 20 points for a Memphis club that went 24-10 a season ago.

Former Tiger point guards Derrick Rose and Tyreke Evans won back-to-back rookie-of-the-year honors the last two years.

The Tigers limited The Gentlemen to 5-of-27 shooting in the first half and killed them on the boards by a 22-7 margin to take a 52-20 edge. Centenary shot 12-of-48 for the game.

Memphis shot 15-of-26 on 3-pointers, led by Barton and Charles Carmouche, who drained four each.

Jeron Trotman scored nine points for The Gents, who were 8-21 last season and 3-15 in the Summit League.
Top Game Performances
 
Centenary   Memphis
Logan Lowery 6 Scoring Antonio Barton 17
Leo Davis 2 Assists Antonio Barton 4
Jeron Trotman 5 Rebounds Drew Barham 9
Quin Cooper 5 Free Throws Made Angel Garcia 6
Aaron Harwell 3 Steals Antonio Barton 5
Quin Cooper 1 Blocks Antonio Barton 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Centenary 40 26.1 2-15 14-22 8 26 2 5
Memphis 104 55.0 14-27 24-33 25 40 6 18