[--/RV] SMU Mustangs Host Texas Southern Wednesday
Nov 26 | Men's Basketball
| [-/RV] SMU (2-3, 0-0 American) vs. Texas Southern (0-4, 0-0 SWAC) | |
| Date & Tip Time | Wednesday, November 26 at 7p.m. CT |
| Location | Moody Coliseum (7,000 - Sold Out) - Dallas, Texas |
| TV/Web | ESPN3 | Channel Finder |
| Radio | SMU - KAAM 770 AM |
| Live Stats | Gametracker |
| Game Info | SMU Notes | Texas Southern | American | Gameday |
| /SMUMustangs | /SMUBasketball | |
| @SMUMustangs | @SMUBasketball | @LarryBrownSMU | |
| Postgame Press Conference | PonyUpTV |
| Tickets | Vivid Seats |
The [--/RV] SMU Mustangs host Texas Southern on Wednesday at 7 p.m. SMU has won 20 of its last 22 at home, including 14 of 16 in Moody Coliseum.
UP NEXT: SMU continues its seven game homestand with Monmouth on Sunday at 6 p.m. The game is available on ESPN3/WatchESPN. The Mustangs then host Wyoming on Dec. 5 on ESPNews and UCSB on Dec. 8 on CBS Sports Network.
LAST GAME (L, 78-72 vs. [25/RV] Arkansas on Nov. 25) - DALLAS (AP) -- Bobby Portis scored 22 points and No. 25 Arkansas won its first game as a ranked team in seven years, beating previously ranked SMU 78-72 on Tuesday night. The Razorbacks never trailed after Portis made a 3-pointer for the game's first basket. They are 4-0 for the first time since the 2006-07 season. SMU, coached by Larry Brown, was No. 22 in the AP Top 25 before consecutive road losses last week against No. 10 Gonzaga and Indiana. The Mustangs (2-3) dropped out of the poll Monday, the same day that the Razorbacks got ranked for the first time since November 2007. Yanick Moreira led SMU with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Keith Frazier added 16 points, whileNic Moore had 10 points and six assists. Michael Qualls had 13 points and Rashad Madden 10 for the Razorbacks. After trailing by as many as 19 points in the second half, the Mustangs were within 73-68 on Moreira's alley-oop dunk on a pass from Moore with 37 seconds left. That was as close as they got. Arkansas stretched its lead to 50-31 on a jumper by Anton Beard with 13:38 left. SMU then responded with its best spurt of the game, with Frazier and Moreira both scoring eight points in an 18-6 run over the next 4 1/2 minutes. The Mustangs were within 55-49 after Moreira's jumper with just over nine minutes left. Arkansas charged out to an 11-2 lead in the game's first four minutes, getting that on Qualls' strong inside basket. But Qualls was called for a technical foul when he shouted out and then was in Frazier's face. Moore made both free throws for the Mustangs. Ben Moore and Frazier had consecutive 3-pointers to get SMU within 15-12 with 10 minutes left in the first half. But just more than a minute later, Beard made a 3-pointer and Qualls later had an impressive one-handed dunk in traffic for the Razorbacks, who led 33-22 at halftime. While outscored in the paint 32-28, the Razorbacks had an 18-9 edge in points off turnovers and 11-4 in second-chance points. The Mustangs had 16 turnovers in the first half, and four players had three each. They had only three turnovers as a team after halftime.
THE SERIES VS. TEXAS SOUTHERN (2-0): SMU has won both games in the series with Texas Southern. The first meeting saw the 10th-ranked Mustangs win 91-72 on Nov. 23, 1984 in Moody Coliseum. SMU prevailed in the next game, also inside Moody, 118-67 on Dec. 1, 1986.
LAST MEETINGS VS. TEXAS SOUTHERN (W, 118-67 vs. Texas Southern on Dec. 1, 1986): SMU shot 65.3% from the field as they defeated Texas Southern 118-67 in Dallas. Seven Mustangs scored in double-digits as junior Carlton McKinney led with 21 points. Texas Southern was limited to 32.9% shooting while having 19 turnovers. Junior Terry Thomas had 15 points and 7 rebounds while senior Johnny Fuller contributed 14 points. (W, 91-72 vs. Texas Southern on Nov. 23, 1984): Junior Carl Wright had 25 points and senior Larry Davis had 20 as No. 10 SMU defeated Texas Southern 91-72 in Moody Coliseum. Texas Southern was held to 36.7% from the field while SMU shot 47.2%. Senior Jon Koncak scored 19 points and hauled in 19 rebounds, 9 offensive, for the Mustangs. The game was the SMU season-opener.
HALL OF FAME HEAD COACH Larry Brown: He was named head men's basketball coach at SMU on April 19, 2012. He is the only head coach to win both an NCAA title (Kansas 1988) and an NBA Championship (Detroit 2004). Brown was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach on Sept. 27, 2002. He is in his 40th season as a head coach and 10th at the NCAA level. He has an overall record of 1697-1222 when combining his head coaching marks from the NBA, the ABA, the NCAA and USA Basketball. His collegiate record is 221-91 (44-30 at SMU), making the NCAA tournament in his first seven seasons including three Final Fours (1980, 1986, 1988) and the 1988 NCAA title. At SMU, he led the Mustangs to the 2014 NIT title game.
