WNCAAB | 11/19 19:00 | - | [129] Memphis femminile v SIU Edwardsville femminile [341] | W | 94-49 | |
WNCAAB | 11/17 01:00 | - | [220] Miami Ohio femminile v Memphis femminile [183] | W | 51-76 | |
WNCAAB | 11/12 18:00 | - | [150] Howard femminile v Memphis femminile [264] | W | 54-101 | |
WNCAAB | 11/08 01:00 | - | [64] Columbia femminile v Memphis femminile [64] | L | 77-69 | |
WNCAAB | 03/09 00:00 | 3 | [148] Memphis femminile v South Florida femminile [43] | L | 53-63 | |
WNCAAB | 03/07 21:00 | 122 | [148] Memphis femminile v East Carolina femminile [968] | W | 59-48 | |
WNCAAB | 03/03 01:00 | - | [957] East Carolina femminile v Memphis femminile [158] | W | 53-56 | |
WNCAAB | 02/24 00:00 | - | [142] Memphis femminile v Cincinnati femminile [971] | L | 58-71 | |
WNCAAB | 02/19 20:00 | - | Wichita State femminile v Memphis femminile | L | 68-61 | |
WNCAAB | 02/17 01:00 | - | [137] Memphis femminile v SMU femminile [172] | W | 72-54 | |
WNCAAB | 02/13 18:00 | - | [121] Memphis femminile v East Carolina femminile [970] | L | 38-68 | |
WNCAAB | 02/11 01:00 | - | [103] Tulane femminile v Memphis femminile [109] | L | 76-74 | |
WNCAAB | 02/05 19:00 | - | [88] Memphis femminile v Central Florida femminile [38] | L | 57-71 | |
WNCAAB | 02/03 01:00 | - | [194] Cincinnati femminile v Memphis femminile [99] | W | 54-66 | |
WNCAAB | 01/29 20:00 | - | [167] Temple femminile v Memphis femminile [104] | W | 61-64 | |
WNCAAB | 01/27 00:30 | - | [87] Memphis femminile v Tulsa femminile [58] | L | 68-80 | |
WNCAAB | 01/22 19:00 | - | [191] Houston - Damen v Memphis femminile [101] | W | 53-57 | |
WNCAAB | 01/20 00:00 | - | [86] Memphis femminile v Tulane femminile [149] | L | 74-81 | |
WNCAAB | 01/16 21:00 | - | [102] Memphis femminile v Wichita State femminile [99] | W | 50-49 | |
WNCAAB | 01/08 19:00 | - | [195] SMU femminile v Memphis femminile [76] | L | 63-44 | |
WNCAAB | 01/06 01:00 | - | [24] Tulsa femminile v Memphis femminile [50] | L | 72-69 | |
WNCAAB | 12/20 20:00 | - | [1041] Nicholls State femminile v Memphis femminile [59] | W | 54-71 | |
WNCAAB | 12/17 22:00 | - | [77] Memphis femminile v Howard femminile [200] | W | 56-50 | |
WNCAAB | 12/04 20:00 | - | Southern femminile v Memphis femminile | W | 50-57 | |
WNCAAB | 12/01 00:00 | - | [32] Memphis femminile v Alabama femminile [67] | L | 44-71 | |
WNCAAB | 11/27 23:30 | - | Pennsylvania femminile v Memphis femminile | W | 68-73 | |
WNCAAB | 11/26 20:00 | - | [70] Memphis femminile v Loyola Marymount femminile [871] | W | 73-65 | |
WNCAAB | 11/24 00:00 | - | [117] Memphis femminile v Liberty femminile [64] | W | 53-51 | |
WNCAAB | 11/20 20:00 | - | [1018] Florida A&M femminile v Memphis femminile [123] | W | 46-75 | |
WNCAAB | 11/19 00:30 | - | [68] Memphis femminile v Little Rock femminile [156] | L | 50-55 |
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.
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, initially pled 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. She later changed her plea and was found guilty and her sentence included anger management.
Memphis coaching history | ||||
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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 | – | – |