MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis Tiger women's basketball team will finish out their season opening home stand when they host Miami (Ohio) on Wednesday evening before hitting the road for the first time this season when the team makes the trip up to Illinois to face-off with Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville on Saturday afternoon.
Memphis (1-1) is coming off a dominating win over Howard that saw the Tigers record 55 points in the opening half and cross the century mark for the 101-54 win. Maddie Griggs and Jamirah Shutes led the charge, offensively, with 18 points each while Makaiya Brooks came off the bench and drained four three-pointers in 70 seconds to give the Tigers an early first quarter lead.