Jan. 1, 2014
Recap
SMU Postgame Notes - Jan. 1, 2014
Cincinnati 65, SMU 57
Cincinnati (12-2, 1-0 American), SMU (10-3, 0-1 American)
Fifth Third Arena (Attendance: 7,239)
Cincinnati, Ohio
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NEXT GAME:
SMU will open the renovated Moody Coliseum on Saturday against No. 17/15 Connecticut at 1 p.m. CT (Dallas, Texas - 7,000)
Audio: KAAM 770 AM
TV: ESPNU (Jason Benetti, Brooke Weisbrod)
TEAM NOTES:
Series: Cincinnati leads the series 3-1, and is 3-0 in Cincinnati
Starting Lineup: Shawn Williams, Sterling Brown, Nic Moore, Nick Russell, Yanick Moreira
- Third different starting lineup this season
Held a 28-26 edge in the paint, winning the points in the paint battle in all 13 games
- SMU is averaging 35.4 points in the paint per game
Outrebounded Cincinnati 32-30, winning the rebounding margin for the 12th time in 13 games
- Entered the game first in The American in rebounding margin at +9.6
- Entered the week 13th in the nation in rebounding margin
- SMU has outrebounded its opponents 70-36 in the second half of the last three games
SMU has held 17 of its last 22 opponents under 40%, including 11-of-13 this year
The Mustangs held Cincinnati to 36.5% from the field (19-52)
- Entered the game first in The American in FG% defense at 35.7%
- Entered the week second in the nation in FG% defense
The Mustangs allowed 65 points tonight
- Entered the game second in The American in scoring defense at 61.1 per game (Cincinnati entered the game first in the conference at 56.5)
- Entered the week 17th in the nation in scoring defense
SMU shot 45.1% from the field (23-51)
- Entered the game first in The American shooting 50.9%
- Entered the week seventh in the nation in field goal percentage
SMU had 12 assists on 23 field goals (52.2%)
- Entered the game second in The American with 16.2 assists per game
- Entered the week 29th in the nation in assists per game
The Mustangs shot 3-7 from beyond the arc (42.9%)
- Entered the game second in The American and 21st in the nation at 41.2%
SMU outscored Cincinnati bench 33-17, the 10th time in 13 games the Mustangs have outscored their opponent's bench this season
- Averaging 32.5 bench points this season
Cincinnati held a 31-9 advantage in FTAs, and a 23-8 advantage in FTM
The Mustangs went on a 12-0 run between 13:54 and 8:07 of the first half.
- Cincinnati went 7:10 without a FG, from 13:54 to 6:44
- UC responded with a 12-0 run of its own later in the first half
Larry Brown is:
- 1678-1212 career record (includes NBA, ABA, USA Basketball and NCAA)
- 202-81 in NCAA
- 108-18 in NCAA home games
- 25-20 at SMU (2nd season)
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Sterling Brown (#3 - G - 6-6 - Fr.)
- 4 pts, 3 rbs, 1 ast in 18 min.
- Second start this season
Cannen Cunningham (#15 - C - 6-10 - Jr.)
- 4 pts, 2 rbs, 1 blk in 9 min.
- Eighth at SMU in blocks with 86 (1 tonight)
Keith Frazier (#4 - G - 6-5 - Fr.)
- 8 pts, 1 rb, 1 stl in 21 min.
- Made his first 3 FGAs
Markus Kennedy (#5 - F - 6-9 - So.)
- 12 pts, 9 rbs, 3 blks, 2 stls, 1 ast in 27 min.
- Season-high 9 rbs
- Seventh game in double figures this season
- Fourth-straight game in double figures
- Led the team in points for the fourth time this year
- Led the team in rebounds for the sixth time this season
- Had first half team highs of 10 pts, 4 rbs and 2 stls
- Named to American Athletic Conference Honor Roll last Monday (12/23)
Ben Moore (#34 - F - 6-8 - Fr.)
- 9 pts, 5 rbs in 21 min.
- 3-4 shooting from the field
Nic Moore (#11 - G - 5-9 - So.)
- 9 pts, 5 asts in 35 min.
- Entered the game 5th in The American in assists per game with 4.5
- Entered the game 15th in The American in scoring with 13.8 points per game
- Named to American Athletic Conference Honor Roll three times (11/18, 12/2, 12/9)
