Jan. 23, 2010

Season Stats

Box Score vs Houston Baptist

DALLAS (AP) -Derek Williams scored 27 points and Robert Nyakundi added 20 to lead SMU to an 82-68 victory against Houston Baptist on Saturday.

The Mustangs (8-10) trailed just once, 2-0. They raced to an 18-6 cushion and led by as many as 19 points in the second half.

Wendell Preadom led Houston Baptist (3-14) with 14 points, and Michael Moss added 13.

Williams scored at least 20 points for the seventh time in his career, the sixth this season and third game in a row. He had five assists.

SMU blocked a season-high six shots.

SMU Postgame Notes - January 23, 2010
at SMU 82, Houston Baptist 68
SMU Mustangs (8-10), Houston Baptist Huskies (3-14)
Moody Coliseum
Dallas, Texas

NEXT GAME: SMU will take on UCF on Wednesday, January 27 at 7 p.m., here at Moody Coliseum, the second game of a three-game homestand. The homestand concludes next Saturday, January 30 when the Mustangs take on defending C-USA Champion Memphis at 2 p.m.

TEAM
-Shot 56.3% from the field, the third straight game that SMU has shot over 50%, and the fourth time in the past five games.
-This is the second straight game in which SMU has had two 20+ scorers in the same game (Robert Nyakundi, Derek Williams). Robert Nyakundi becomes the fifth Mustang to score 20+ points in a game this season (also: Papa Dia, Mouhammad Faye, Paul McCoy, Williams)
-Six blocked shots is a season-high

INDIVIDUAL

Papa Dia
-Recorded two blocks, giving him multiple blocks in two straight games. This is the fifth time this season he has recorded multiple blocks in a game.

Mouhammad Faye
-Recorded two blocks, his fifth multi-block game of the season and the tenth of his career.

Robert Nyakundi
-Scored a career-high 20 points, his second double-digit scoring game in a row, eclipsing his previous career high of 19, set on 12/7/2009 against Texas State. This is his third double-digit scoring game this season, and eleventh of his career.
-Made a career-high five 3FG, going a perfect 5-for-5 from the field
- He has scored 8+ points in each game he has played longer than 15 minutes this season.
-Had a career-high four steals

Mike Walker
-Had a season-high three steals

Derek Williams
-Scored 27 points, his third 20+ point game in a row. This is his sixth 20+ point scoring effort of the season and the seventh of his career.
-This is the second time this season and third time in his career that he has scored 25+ points.
-Scored 10 points before halftime, which gave him his 15th double-digit scoring effort of the season and the 35th double-digit scoring effort of his career before halftime.
-Has scored 10+ points in his last eleven games, and 14 of his last 15. Williams will attempt to become the first SMU player since Ike Ofoegbu in 2006-07 to score 10+ points in 12 straight games for the Mustangs.
-Scored 8 or more points in every game this season, and has scored 8+ in 22 straight games, dating back to last season
-Assisted on five baskets, and now has five or more assists for the third straight game. This is the 15th time in his career to have 5+ assists in a game