SMU Men Move To 2-0
Nov 18 | Men's Basketball
DALLAS (SMU) -- The SMU Mustangs topped Navy, 81-64, on Sunday, Nov. 18, to move to 2-0 on the season.
After a tightly-contested first half, the Ponies pulled away midway through the second half and cruised to the 17-point win.
SMU's tandem of Damon Hancock and Quinton Ross again dominated play, as the duo combined to score 38 points on 13-of-24 shooting.
The Mustang freshmen were also strong, as the quartet of Patrick Simpson, Brian Miller, Justin Isham and Eric Castro combined to score 29 points.
Simpson was particularly outstanding in his second start, netting 12 points, hauling in four boards, blocking four shots and grabbing two steals.
Coming off the bench, Miller provided SMU with a long-range threat, draining two of three three-point tries en route to seven points in 11 minutes of play.
"I though we played relatively well," said SMU Head Coach Mike Dement after the game. "Navy really gets after you defensively and that should prepare us well for our game against Texas Tech."
Next up for the Mustangs is Texas Tech and legendary coach Bob Knight, who visit Moody Coliseum on Tuesday, Nov. 20, for a 7:35 p.m. in-state showdown.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS NAVY vs SMU Mustangs 11/18/01 2:00 p.m. at Moody Coliseum, Dallas, Texas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: NAVY 0-2 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 12 Jeanpierre, Jason... * 6-15 2-6 2-2 0 4 4 3 16 4 2 0 1 22 15 Lewis, Jehiel....... * 4-8 0-1 5-7 4 2 6 3 13 2 4 1 1 25 20 Shepard, Demond..... * 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 24 23 Ebong, Francis...... * 2-4 0-0 5-8 2 7 9 2 9 1 1 0 1 30 54 Moore, Mitch........ * 1-6 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 11 03 Fernandez, Jason.... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 22 McCreary, Quintrell. 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 5 2 0 0 0 1 9 24 Charles, Jeff....... 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 15 33 Cummings, Marcell... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 34 Mathews, Taj........ 2-3 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 5 2 0 0 0 12 44 Nero, Jamie......... 6-8 5-6 0-0 1 1 2 1 17 0 0 0 0 20 45 Barker, Kyle........ 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 11 53 Paul, Robert........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 55 Mergerson, Laramie.. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 TEAM................ 1 1 Totals.............. 22-57 8-23 12-17 10 20 30 27 64 14 13 2 7 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-30 36.7% 2nd Half: 11-27 40.7% Game: 38.6% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-14 28.6% 2nd Half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 34.8% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 8-12 66.7% 2nd Half: 4-5 80.0% Game: 70.6% 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: SMU Mustangs 2-0 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 01 Simpson, Patrick.... * 5-7 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 3 12 1 1 4 2 27 04 Hancock, Damon...... * 8-12 0-1 5-7 0 4 4 1 21 4 2 0 0 27 13 Ross, Quinton....... * 5-10 2-4 5-9 2 3 5 2 17 2 3 1 1 36 21 Castro, Eric........ * 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 8 24 Lowe, Kris.......... * 2-7 1-5 4-5 3 6 9 1 9 2 2 0 0 35 03 Isham, Justin....... 2-2 0-0 1-3 0 1 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 11 05 Miller, Brian....... 2-3 2-3 1-1 0 2 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 11 20 Dement, Michael..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 22 Hatch, Ryan......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 33 Kelley, Jibran...... 1-4 0-2 3-4 2 4 6 2 5 1 2 0 0 24 50 Smith, Nigel........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 54 Forinash, Jon....... 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 55 Niemi, Mike......... 0-1 0-1 1-2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 7 Team................ 1 1 2 Totals.............. 27-50 5-16 22-35 10 28 38 18 81 10 11 5 4 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-27 63.0% 2nd Half: 10-23 43.5% Game: 54.0% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd Half: 3-11 27.3% Game: 31.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 4-12 33.3% 2nd Half: 18-23 78.3% Game: 62.9% 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Mike Thibodeaux, Winston Stith & Bill Kennedy Technical fouls: None. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total NAVY.......................... 34 30 - 64 SMU Mustangs.................. 40 41 - 81
