The Tulane men's basketball team hung right with 19th-ranked Memphis for 35 minutes but wilted down the stretch in a hard-fought 68-56 loss on Thursday night at Devlin Fieldhouse.
Memphis basketball has won three games in a row and seven of its past eight. But a dreaded road trip to Tulane (11-9, 5-2) awaits the No. 16 Tigers (16-4, 6-1) on Thursday (8 p.m., ESPN2).