Memphis Women
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- WNCAAB 193 WNCAAB Extra Games 8 NIT Women 3
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Fixtures
| WNCAAB | 12/17 20:00 | - | Memphis Women vs Mississippi State Women | - | View | |
| WNCAAB | 12/30 20:00 | - | Memphis Women vs Tulsa Women | - | View | |
| WNCAAB | 01/04 00:00 | - | UAB Women vs Memphis Women | - | View | |
| WNCAAB | 01/06 20:00 | - | Memphis Women vs East Carolina Women | - | View | |
| WNCAAB | 01/12 01:00 | - | Memphis Women vs SMU Women | - | View | |
| WNCAAB | 01/14 19:00 | - | Temple Women vs Memphis Women | - | View |
Results
| WNCAAB | 12/10 20:00 | - | [44] Southern Miss Women v Memphis Women [270] | W | 67-69 | |
| WNCAAB | 12/07 00:00 | - | [260] Memphis Women v Columbia Women [152] | L | 66-76 | |
| WNCAAB | 12/02 20:00 | - | [323] Troy Women v Memphis Women [292] | W | 88-100 | |
| WNCAAB | 11/30 01:00 | - | [267] Memphis Women v Marquette Women [18] | L | 59-88 | |
| WNCAAB | 11/20 22:00 | - | [133] Middle Tennessee Women v Memphis Women [236] | L | 64-57 | |
| WNCAAB | 11/19 22:00 | - | Memphis Women v Howard Women | W | 52-43 | |
| WNCAAB | 11/18 19:30 | - | [240] Memphis Women v Arizona Women [15] | L | 67-90 | |
| WNCAAB | 11/13 23:30 | - | [184] Memphis Women v Tennessee Women [181] | L | 74-84 | |
| WNCAAB | 11/10 01:00 | - | [341] Alabama State Women v Memphis Women [297] | W | 51-95 | |
| WNCAAB | 11/06 23:00 | - | [27] Memphis Women v Middle Tennessee Women [27] | L | 47-67 | |
| NIT Women | 03/23 22:00 | 4 | Memphis Women v Bowling Green Women | L | 60-73 | |
| NIT Women | 03/21 00:00 | 124 | Ball State Women v Memphis Women | W | 62-79 |
Wikipedia - Memphis Tigers women's basketball
The Memphis Tigers women's basketball team represents the University of Memphis in NCAA Division I women's college basketball. The Tigers compete in the American Athletic Conference. They previously competed in Conference USA in which they have won two Conference USA conference tournament championships and, prior to that two Metro Conference tournament championships. They play home games at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse and FedExForum.
History
The first inter-school game of the Memphis Tigers (then West Tennessee State Normal School) was a 24–0 win over Whitehaven High School in 1914. The University dropped women's athletics in 1936 and did not return women's athletics to varsity sport status until the 1972–73 season.
The team has competed in the NCAA tournament seven times., the WNIT five times, the National Women's Invitational tournament one time and the Women's Basketball Invitational one time.
Jamirah Shutes, a senior guard on the 2022–23 Memphis women’s basketball team, pleaded not guilty to an assault charge after she was accused of punching a Bowling Green player in the face following the Memphis Tigers' loss in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) on March 24, 2023, officials confirmed.
Head coaches
| Memphis coaching history | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenure | Coach | Seasons | Record | Pct. |
| 1919–1922 | Martha Teuton | 3 | 38–5–1 | .875 |
| 1922–1923 | W. H. Depriest | 1 | 11–8 | .579 |
| 1923–1924 | Crowley Davis | 1 | 4–4 | .500 |
| 1924–1927 | Leo Lindsey | 3 | 32–8–1 | .793 |
| 1929–1935 | Ethel Blackman | 8 | 57–29–2 | .659 |
| 1972–1991 | Mary Lou Johns | 19 | 368–215 | .631 |
| 1991–2004 | Joye Lee-McNelis | 13 | 229–156 | .595 |
| 2004–2008 | Blair Savage-Lansden | 4 | 30–88 | .254 |
| 2008–2021 | Melissa McFerrin | 13 | 140–116 | .547 |
| 2021–2023 | Katrina Merriweather | 2 | 38–23 | .623 |
| 2023– | Alex Simmons | 1 | – | – |