MEMPHIS, Tennessee -- The 17th-ranked Memphis Tigers will take a break from their American Athletic Conference schedule and their Division I slate for that matter, as they play host to the Lemoyne-Owen Magicians on Saturday afternoon at FedEx Forum.Josh Pastner's Tigers enter this contest off a tough 83-73 home loss against Connecticut on Thursday. The setback dropped Memphis to 12-4 overall and 3-2 in league play. The Tigers are still a healthy 6-2 at home this season.
The Magicians play in the Division II Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC). William Anderson's squad was picked to finish fourth in the SIAC West Division and has struggled to a 4-9 record thus far, including a 2-4 mark in-conference. The Magicians have lost four of their last five games
and enter this contest off an 85-75 setback to Fort Valley State on Thursday.Memphis has won all six previous meetings with Lemoyne-Owen, although all have been exhibitions. This is the first regular-season matchup between the two teams.
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