About Memphis: K.J. Lawson was named the AAC player of the week after averaging 22 points, 12 rebounds and 4.5 assists as Memphis had wins over Houston and Central Florida...In Sunday's 70-65 win over UCF, Lawson hit 4 of 4 free throws in the final 1:16...Lawson had 16 points, eight rebounds and four assists...His brother Dedric Lawson scored 14 points...Dedric is second in both scoring (19.8 ppg.) and rebounding (10.2) in the AAC and is third in blocked shots (2.6 per game)...With an average of 77.9 ppg., Memphis is the highest scoring AAC team...The Tigers are only 10th in the AAC in three point percentage (.308)...Entering Tuesday, Memphis had four of the AAC's top 11 players in minutes played. They were Jeremiah Martin (35 minutes per game, fifth), Dedric Lawson (34.5, seventh), Markel Crawford (34.1, ninth) and K.J. Lawson (33.6, tied for 11th).
About Temple: The Owls have been idle since last Wednesday's 81-74 loss at Cincinnati...Temple led 28-26 at halftime but allowed the Bearcats to shoot 73.8 percent in the second half...Shizz Alston tied his career high for the second consecutive game, scoring 25 points against the Bearcats...The Owls are 10th in the AAC in field goal percentage defense (.430)...Alani Moore is fifth in the AAC in three point percentage (.410)...Alston ranks second in the AAC in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.3)...He is averaging 16.1 points in seven AAC games...Temple is 9-1 when scoring at least 70 points but 1-9 when it fails to score that many...Alston is fourth in the AAC in minutes played (35.3 per game)...Point guard Josh Brown remains sidelined with Achilles soreness.
About Temple: The Owls have been idle since last Wednesday's 81-74 loss at Cincinnati...Temple led 28-26 at halftime but allowed the Bearcats to shoot 73.8 percent in the second half...Shizz Alston tied his career high for the second consecutive game, scoring 25 points against the Bearcats...The Owls are 10th in the AAC in field goal percentage defense (.430)...Alani Moore is fifth in the AAC in three point percentage (.410)...Alston ranks second in the AAC in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.3)...He is averaging 16.1 points in seven AAC games...Temple is 9-1 when scoring at least 70 points but 1-9 when it fails to score that many...Alston is fourth in the AAC in minutes played (35.3 per game)...Point guard Josh Brown remains sidelined with Achilles soreness.
