Haggerty and Hunter help Tigers offset slow start in win over Shockers

On January 25, 2025By Littum

MEMPHIS — PJ Haggerty scored 22 points and Tyrese Hunter added 16 as Memphis No. 24 used a late rally to beat Wichita State 61-53 Thursday night.

Memphis (15-4, 5-1 American Athletic Conference) broke open the close game by scoring 12 straight points in the final five minutes. There were 10 management changes and three tied games.

Harlond Beverly led the Shockers (11-8, 1-5) with 18 points. Corey Washington scored 11 points and Quincy Ballard added 10 points and 10 rebounds for Wichita State. who have lost five of six.

The first half was full of turnovers and poor shooting. Memphis’ sloppy play led to 14 fouls before halftime. Neither team shot better than 40%, and combined they shot 5 for 20 from 3-point range.

The Shockers led 27-23 at halftime.

Takeaways

Wichita State: The Shockers held the lead for most of the first half and showed much better than their conference record.

Memphis: As has been the case in other home games, Memphis got off to a rough start and trailed at halftime. It took a late rally for the Tigers to pull out the victory.

Key moment

Haggerty had 18 points with 4:54 left when he went to the locker room with an injury and the Tigers trailing 51-49. Tyrese Hunter connected on a 3-pointer 26 seconds later to give Memphis a 52-51 lead. Memphis went on a 12-0 run and Hunter had two steals in the outburst.

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