The final score won't reflect it, but for 22 minutes on Saturday night, Manhattan gave Memphis all it could handle.

But once senior forward Shaq Goodwin made back-to-back baskets early in the second half, the Tigers snapped out of their funk and waltzed to an 89-57 win over the Jaspers at FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn.

Forward Dedric Lawson led Memphis (6-2) with 21 points as the Tigers outscored the Jaspers 53-19 in the second half. Guard Markel Crawford chipped in with 16 points and Goodwin and forward Trahson Burrell each scored 13 points.

But the victory was far from easy -- at least in the first half.

The Jaspers (1-7) didn't play like a team that had lost four straight. And when Manhattan took a 38-36 halftime lead, the Tigers knew they were in a dogfight.

Manhattan held Memphis to a pair of Goodwin free throws in the first five minutes as they built a 7-2 lead. The Tigers didn't score their first field goal until 14:29 of the first half when Burrell made a jumper to make the score 10-6.

The Jaspers didn't wilt and maintained a five- to seven-point lead until Lawson sparked a Memphis surge to put the Tigers in the lead.

Goodwin's layup gave Memphis a nine-point lead at 34-25. But an 11-2 Jaspers spurt to close the half gave Manhattan hope.

That hope was short lived.

The Tigers turned up the defensive pressure to start the second half and went on a 34-8 run to open up a 70-46 lead. Crawford did most of the damage, scoring 14 points in the first 11 minutes to give the Tigers some breathing room.

Forward Shane Richards led the Jaspers with 17 points.