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Mustangs Fall To UTEP, 76-63
Mar 9 | Men's Basketball
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March 9, 2013
GARLAND, Texas (AP) -- Julian Washburn had 20 points and eight rebounds as UTEP closed out the regular season with a 76-63 victory over SMU on Saturday.
The Miners (17-13, 10-6 Conference USA), who shot 59 percent from the field and were 9 of 19 beyond the arc, also got 13 points from C.J. Cooper, 12 from Cedrick Lang and 11 from McKenzie Moore. Jacques Streeter added 10 assists.
Cannen Cunningham scored 15 points, Ryan Manuel had 14 and Nick Russell 10 for SMU (15-16, 5-11), which lost to UTEP for the second time this season.
The game was played at Curtis Culwell Center due to a $47 million renovation and expansion project that has begun on Moody Coliseum.
SMU will now travel to Tulsa, Okla. to take part in the Conference USA Championship, Mar. 13-16. Ticket can be purchased online by clicking here. UTEP will carry the No. 3 seed into the C-USA tournament, while SMU will be seeded 10th.
SMU Postgame Notes - March 9, 2013
UTEP 76, SMU 63
UTEP (17-13, 10-6 C-USA), SMU (15-16, 5-11 C-USA)
Curtis Culwell Center (6,800)
Garland, Texas
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NEXT GAME:
Conference USA Tournament - Wednesday, March 13 - TBD - BOK Center
Tulsa, Okla.
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TEAM NOTES
- SMU all-time record vs. UTEP - 15-27
- Larry Brown is:
- 1668-1208 career record (includes NBA, ABA, USA Basketball and NCAA)
- 192-77 in NCAA
- 15-16 at SMU
- Brown's Mustangs have won 15 games in 2012-13
- 2nd most for a first-year SMU Head Coach all-time
- Most = 1975-76 - Sonny Allen - 16-12
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Cannen Cunningham (#15 - C - 6-10 - So.)
- 15 points - 15th game this season with 10+ points, 3rd game with 15+ points
- 5 rebounds
Jalen Jones (#21 - G - 6-7 - So.)
- 7 points, 5 rebounds, 1 steal
Ryan Manuel (#1 - G - 6-4 - So.)
- 14 points - 10+ points for the _20th time this season
- Has scored in double-digits in all but 2 games since 1/12 vs. Tulane
- 8-10 FTs
- 165 FTMs in 2012-13
- SMU School Record - single-season FTMs for a sophomore
- 9th all-time
Nick Russell (#12 - G - 6-4 - Jr.)
- 10 points - 17th straight game scoring in double-digits
- 5 assists
- 4 rebounds
Shawn Williams (#2 - F - 6-7 - Jr.)
- 9 points
- 6 rebounds
- 2 assists
