Basketball Preview - Memphis vs. Syarcuse

Carney and Banks take on Warrick and McNamara in an early season matchup of Top 25 teams

Memphis vs. Syracuse
Nov. 19 at Madison Square Garden
9:00pm, ESPN2

Player	Year	Pos	RPG	APG	PPG
Rodney Carney	Jr	F	22.0	1.3	22.0
Sean Banks	So	F	17.7	1.0	17.7
Darius Washington Jr.	Fr	G	11.7	4.3	11.7
Richard Dorsey	Fr	G	10.0	0.7	10.0
Anthony Rice	Sr	F	9.3	3.0	9.3
Jeremy Hunt	Jr	F	8.3	3.3	8.3
Duane Erwin	Sr	F	4.7	0.7	4.7
Simplice Njoya	Sr	F	2.0	0.0	2.0
Clyde Wade	Jr	G	1.5	0.5	1.5
Almamy Thiero	Jr	F	0.0	0.5	0.0
Arthur Barclay	Sr.	F	0.0	0.3	0.0
Tank Beavers	Fr	G	0.0	0.0	0.0

Player	Year	Pos	RPG	APG.	PPG
Hakim Warrick	Sr	F	8.0	3.0	19.5
Demetris Nichols	So	F	3.5	1.5	12.5
Darryl Watkins	So	C	5.0	1.0	12.0
Gerry McNamara	Jr	G	1.0	4.0	9.0
Josh Pace	Sr	G-F	2.0	4.0	8.0
Terrence Roberts	So	F	4.5	0.0	8.0
Louie McCroskey	So	G	2.0	1.0	5.5
Josh Wright	Fr	G	1.0	3.0	5.0
Craig Forth	Sr	C	3.5	0.5	4.5
Todd Burach	So	G	1.0	0.0	4.0
Dayshawn Wright	Fr	F	5.0	2.0	3.0
Ross DiLiegro	So	F	0.0	0.0	2.0
Xzavier Gaines	Sr	G	2.0	1.0	0.0
Logan Gabriel	Fr	G	0.0	1.0	0.0
Josh Brooks		F	0.0	0.0	0.0

Recent happenings:

Last game: Memphis 81 - St. Mary's 66

Sean Banks isn't the only NBA prospect in Memphis. Like Dejuan Wagner before him, Carney used Madison Square Garden to put the NBA on notice as his 33 points, 9 rebounds and 4 steals paced the Tigers to an easy win over St. Mary's.

Last game: Syracuse 71 - Miss. St. 58

Syracus played two games against Miss. St. The first half and the second half. Thankfully for Syracuse fans, Warrick finished strong wtih 21 points and 9 rebounds. McNamara finished with a game high 7 assists.

What to expect:

Both Carney and Banks will need to be on tonight for the Tigers to win. Warwick and McNamara are Orangemen's heavy hitters and have a great history of coming up strong in big games. C & B present matchup problems for Syracuse while Memphis matches up very well with the Orangemen.

Expect the Tigers freshemen to have an impact as Syracuse tries to keep Carney and Banks in check. This will leave Darius Washington room to penetrate and dish off to Dorsey. Don't be fooled by the term freshman. Washington and Dorsey played on the national stage as highly recruited prep players. After last night, who could disagree?

Prediction:
Memphis: 82-79