The Tigers take a double-digit lead into the half after one of their best starts of the season. Dainja has been unstoppable and is 8-of-10 with 16 points. Memphis' defensive pressure has forced eight UAB turnovers. Butta Johnson has been the Blazers' best player and has 17 points on 5-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc.

The Memphis basketball team picked up a league win over rival UAB on Sunday to improve to 16-4 on the season. After the game, Tigers forward Dain Dainja

The thunderous dunk by Memphis basketball's Dain Dainja over UAB star Yaxel Lendeborg in the opening minutes Sunday at FedExForum was not the play of the game.

A look at where Memphis stands in the NCAA Tournament picture — and its resume overall — after the Tigers’ dominant win over UAB on Sunday.

Memphis basketball scores 100 points for the first time this season in a dominant win over UAB. Here's how the Tigers generated all that offense.

Despite being raided by conference expansion, the AAC is still one of the best mid-major conferences in college basketball and two of the best in the league will take center stage when the No. 24 Memphis Tigers host the UAB Blazers on Sunday.

UAB senior Yaxel Lendeborg had an off day on offense going 5-of-15 from the field, but still managed to put up 16 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. On defense, he and his frontcourt partner Christian Coleman were overwhelmed by the Tigers’ duo of Dain Dainja and Nicholas Jourdain.

Penny Hardaway has made a change to the Memphis basketball starting lineup for the UAB game. For the first time in 16 games, Dain Dainja will get the starting nod of Moussa Cisse at center Sunday (noon, ESPN2), Hardaway said during a pregame radio interview with play-by-play man Dave Woloshin.