MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis finishes its pre-Christmas schedule Saturday at FedExForum against Tennessee State by hosting what amounts to a family reunion.
Tipoff is 2 p.m. and will be preceded by a Birmingham Bowl Watch Party inside FedExForum.
For the UofM, former Tennessee State assistant Rodney Hamilton, now Memphis' director of basketball operations, welcomes back familiar faces. For Tennessee State, multiple players with Memphis connections return home.
Donte Fitzpatrick-Dorsey and Demarcus Mitchell are Memphis natives. Michael Littlejohn and Damarri Moore are former Southwest Tennessee Community College players. Fitzpatrick-Dorsey leads TSU with a 17.