Men's Basketball Highlights - Memphis 79, USF 77

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Kyvon Davenport scored a career-high 27 points with nine rebounds and Memphis held off a late-game push from USF for a 79-77 win on Thursday in the first round of the Aaron's American Athletic Conference Championship at the Amway Center

No. 5 seed Memphis (20-12) advances to meet fourth-seeded Tulsa (19-11) in Friday's quarterfinals. The Tigers have won six of the last seven, including an upset of then-No. 23 Houston. Memphis clinched its first 20-win season since 2013-14 as the Tigers set an American Athletic Conference tournament record by shooting 57.1 percent from the field (28 of 49).

USF (10-22) was seeded 12th and had won just three games in conference, but one was a 75-51 win against Memphis a week ago. Stephan Jiggetts swished an open 3-pointer from the wing and USF, which had trailed by 15 midway through the second half, was within 79-76 with 19.7 seconds remaining. Jiggetts missed a potential game-tying trey as time was running out, but Justin Brown was fouled on the rebound with 0.7 seconds showing.

He made the first, missed the second intentionally, but USF did not get off a shot. The Bulls made just 3 of 6 free throws in the final two minutes.

David Collins scored a career-high 30 on 11 of 13 shooting for USF. Jiggetts scored 16.

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