Gates fortified his 18-man roster with 11 offseason additions — five freshmen and six transfers. The scoring leaders for MU Monday were Anthony Robinson II with 16 points, Tamar Bates and Trent Pierce with 13, Aidan Shaw with 11 and Mark Mitchell with eight points and a team-leading seven rebounds.

PJ Haggerty scored 22 of his 25 points in the second half when Memphis took over en route to an 83-75 win over Missouri in the season opener for both teams on Monday night. The Tigers trailed by 10 at halftime but shot 58% in the second half,

Smith will look to join his fifth different team in the last five seasons after stops at Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, SMU and Memphis. The news of his departure comes on the day of the Tigers' season-opener against Missouri and weeks after the forward took ...

Very little about Memphis basketball's season opener against Missouri will resemble the way things were when the programs met this time a year ago.