NEW YORK - Memphis leads 31-20 at the under-8:00 media timeout and Chris Douglas-Roberts has 14 to lead all scorers.

. . . AJ Price continues his impressive start to the season, leading UConn with nine points on 4 of 4 shooting from the field.

. . . With about 8:30 left, Derrick Rose drove the length of the floor and was rejected cleanly (and very nicely - by Stanley Robinson, leading to a bucket at the other end for UConn which cut the Tigers lead to 29-18. Calipari called an immediate timeout and had some choice words for his freshman point guard.

. . . UConn's first team foul of the game came with 7:14 left in the half. Memphis had six by that point.