Opportunities to create a little breathing room with the overall record continue to slip off the calendar.
The Rebels have to be at least a game over .500 leaving the SEC tournament to be considered for an NCAA bid.
The other resume factors will be there if they continue to win some games on the SEC weekends. Not a lot of consistency with this team right now.
Here’s Mike Bianco:
Memphis jumped on Sam Smith with three runs in the first. It was a 4-3 game in the top of the fifth when the Tigers got three straight hits against Smith to load the bases.