Tuesday, November 22
Dallas
5:30 p.m.
SMU
vs
Prairie View A&M
Mustangs Host Prairie View A&M Tuesday At 5:30 P.M.
Nov 21 | Women's Basketball
| Â SMU (2-1) vs. Prairie View A&M (2-1) | |
| Â Date & Tip Time | Â Tues., Nov. 22 at 5:30 p.m. |
|  Location |  Moody Coliseum – Dallas, Texas |
| Â Tickets | Â 214-768-4263 or smumustangs.com/tickets |
| Â Live Video | Â PonyUp TV |
|  Radio |  KAAM 770 AM – Dallas |
| Â Live Stats | Â SIDEARM Stats |
| Â Game Info | Â Game Notes (.pdf) |
| Â SMU Basketball on Social Media | |
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The SMU women's basketball team returns to Moody Coliseum Tuesday night to host Prairie View A&M at 5:30 p.m. The Mustangs suffered their first loss of the season, a 76-67 defeat at TCU, after starting 2-0 under first-year head coach Travis Mays. The Panthers also enter the contest 2-1 after winning their last two games. The game will be streamed online, and can be heard on KAAM 770 AM in the Dallas area.Â
ABOUT SMU
The Mustangs are scoring 68.7 points per game, led by Alicia Froling, who is averaging a double-double with 17.0 points and 12.3 rebounds per game. McKenzie Adams is scoring 14.0 points, while Kiara Perry is averaging 10.3 points and 9.0 rebounds after missing last season due to injury. SMU is out-rebounding opponents 47.3-37.3, and the Mustangs have blocked at least eight shots in each of the last two games, led by sophomore Dai'ja Thomas, who has nine blocks this season.
SCOUTING PRAIRIE VIEW A&M
The Panthers are 2-1 after wins against Nicholls and Bethune Cookman, scoring at the buzzer in each of the two-point victories. Alexus Parker leads the team with 14.7 points per game, and is one of four players averaging more than 10 points. The Panthers are shooting 42.7 percent, but getting outscored 66.3-64.0, and they are shooting just 55.2 percent at the free-throw line.Â
SERIES HISTORY - PRAIRIE VIEW A&M
SMU has played Prairie View A&M just once before, winning 103-36 on Nov. 29, 1991, in Moody Coliseum. The Mustangs have scored at least 100 points nine times since, reaching the century mark for the last time on Nov. 19, 1999, in a 104-69 win against Sam Houston State.
LAST TIME OUT - AT TCU
Alicia Froling and McKenzie Adams scored season highs of 20 and 21 points, respectively, as the Mustangs fell at TCU 76-67 on Sunday afternoon. The Horned Frogs went 15-of-25 on 3-point attempts in the game.Â
UP NEXT - OMNI HOTEL CLASSIC AT COLORADO
The Mustangs are set to compete in the Omni Hotel Classic hosted by Colorado Nov. 25-26, facing Boston College in the first round Friday at 2:30 p.m. CT/1:30 p.m. MT. SMU will play either Colorado or St. Francis Saturday at 12 p.m. CT/11 a.m. MT, or 2:30 p.m. CT/1:30 MT.Â
SERIES HISTORIES
BOSTON COLLEGE
SMU is 0-2 all-time against Boston College, losing 69-68 is the championship game of the 2009 SMU Thanksgiving Classic. The Eagles won the first meeting, 67-57, on Dec. 28, 2002, in New Orleans at the Tulane Classic. Boston College was ranked No. 20 at the time.Â
COLORADO
SMU lost the only game it has play against Colorado, 74-56, in Boulder on Nov. 30, 1996.Â
ST. FRANCIS (New York)
This would be the first meeting between the Mustangs and the Terriers.Â
LOOKING AHEAD
After the Omni Hotel Classic in Boulder, Colo., the Mustangs play two of their next three games at home. SMU begins the stretch on Nov. 30 against North Texas. After a Dec. 3 matchup at New Mexico, SMU hosts Texas A&M, which is receiving votes in the Associated Press Top-25 poll, on Dec. 5.
UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP
For the first time since 1991, SMU has a new head coach on the sidelines. Travis Mays was announced as the fourth head coach in program history on April 7, 2016, after the retirement of Rhonda Rompola, who spent 25 seasons as the head coach of the Mustangs. Mays worked for three Hall of Fame coaches during 12 seasons as a collegiate assistant, helping guide teams to eight NCAA Tournament appearances with a trip to the Final Four with LSU in 2008. A 1990 second-round NBA draft pick out of Texas, Mays' staff includes fellow Longhorns Edwina Brown and Amie Smith Bradley, and associate head coach Mike Brandt, who spent 14 seasons as the head coach at USC Aiken.
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
McKenzie Adams was named American Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year after leading the Mustangs in scoring with 13.4 points per game during the 2015-16 season. She scored a season-high 24 points against Kansas, and reached double figures in 25 of 31 games, including 17 conference games. Alicia Froling was named to the All-American Athletic Conference Third Team, finishing the year as one of three conference players to average a double-double with 12.3 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. She set a school record with 22 rebounds at Cincinnati, and also scored a career-high 33 points against the Bearcats. Froling was also named to the All-American Athletic Conference Preseason Team.
THE AMERICAN PRESEASON RANKINGS
SMU was picked to finish fifth in the conference by the league's coaches, behind four-time defending national champion Connecticut, Temple, USF and Tulane, respectively. SMU returns two all-conference honorees among nine returning letterwinners.
ANNUAL BLOCK PARTY
As a freshman, Alicia Froling recorded 54 blocks, surpassing Sarah Davis' mark of 53 blocks during the 2005-06 season. After breaking a record that stood for nine seasons, the Australian's name stayed at the top of the list for only one year. Fellow Australian and sophomore Stephanie Collins posted 73 blocks in her first full season. Collins enters the 2016-17 campaign with 98 career blocks, while Froling has 99 after blocking three shots at Kansas. The duo would become the first pair of teammates of the same class to each record 100 blocks in program history. The last player to eclipse the century mark was Janielle Dodds who finished with 109 blocks from 2004-08. Sarah Davis holds the school record with 180 blocks from 2003-06.
NATIONALLY RANKED
Stephanie Collins ranked 36th in the nation with 73 blocks last season, setting an SMU single-season record. The sophomore averaged 2.43 blocks per game, 34th in the country. The Australian needs 83 blocks to become the career leader at SMU.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Alicia Froling represented Australia at the 2015 FIBA U19 Women's World Championships in Russia, winning a Bronze medal with the team, her second career medal at the World Championships with Australia. A native of Queensland, Australia, Froling averaged 8.1 points per game, reaching double-figures twice, including a tournament-high 19 points during group play. She also averaged 6.9 rebounds, and shot just under 70 percent from the free throw line. Stephanie Collins also represented Australia at the 2012 World University Games.
ALICIA FROLING
Alicia Froling was one of three players in the American Athletic Conference to average a double-double last season, scoring 12.3 points with 10.6 rebounds per game, and set an SMU single-season record with 328 rebounds. As a sophomore, Froling finished with 14 double-doubles, the most since Shasta Smothers-Johnson had 15 in the 1984-85 season, and the second most recorded in a season. Froling reached double figures in points 21 times, scoring a career-high 33 points against Cincinnati, becoming the 14th player in SMU history to score 30 points in a game. A Mustang has scored at least 30 points 25 times. She also set an SMU single-game record with 22 rebounds against the Bearcats, the third highest in conference history (24 by UCF's Brittni Montgomery twice). Froling has 22 double-doubles in her career, starting the season with double-doubles in all three games. She scored a season-high 20 points at TCU.
McKENZIE ADAMS
McKenzie Adams led the team and ranked 12th in The American, scoring 13.4 points per game last season, earning conference Newcomer of the Year accolades. She scored a season-high 24 points against Kansas last season, and reached double figures 25 times, including a streak of 11 straight games. The transfer from Arkansas was 11th in the conference, shooting 78.3 percent from the free-throw line, making 94 of 120 attempts. She also had a team-high 76 assists with 28 steals. Adams is averaging 12.3 points this season after leading SMU with 21 points at TCU.
STEPHANIE COLLINS
Stephanie Collins was second in The American and 36th in the NCAA with 73 blocks, breaking the SMU single-season record Alicia Froling set with 54 blocks as a freshman in 2014-15. Collins posted 25 blocks in 20 games as a freshman, and with 98 total, is fifth in a career at SMU. She was third on the team in scoring, averaging 8.5 points per game with 5.9 rebounds, second on the team. Collins shot 47.9 percent from the floor, ninth in the league, and scored at least 10 points 17 times.
MORGAN BOLTON
Morgan Bolton was second on the team with 62 assists and averaged 5.7 points per game as the starting point guard in 2015-16. She banked in a three as time expired in regulation against East Carolina, helping the Mustangs to an overtime victory. The junior scored at least 10 points seven times, including a career-high 15 points against then-No. 20 USF in the conference tournament. Bolton has a team-high 11 assists this season, and is averaging 4.3 points per game.
DAI'JA THOMAS
Dai'ja Thomas averaged 5.0 points with 4.1 rebounds per game as a freshman, averaging 16.4 minutes per game. She scored 12 points three times, against Northwestern State, at Temple and against UCF in the conference tournament. Thomas had at least five rebounds 10 times, with a season-high nine twice, against Northwestern State and against Memphis. Thomas scored 11 points with 10 rebounds against Texas State for the first double-double of her career, and is averaging 8.3 points and 6.0 rebounds.Â
VOLUME SCORING
In the first two games, six Mustangs have scored at least 10 points in a game, with Alicia Froling reaching double figures three times. Froling scored a game-high 15 points against Texas State, and a season-high 20 points at TCU. Mikayla Reese and Dai'ja Thomas each scored 11 in the season opener. Four Mustangs reached double digits at Kansas, led by Kiara Perry, who finished with 17 points. Froling scored 16, and McKenzie Adams finished with 15. Morgan Bolton was three away from a new career high with 13 points. Froling was one of two Mustangs to eclipse 20 points at TCU, with Adams scoring a game-high 21 points against the Horned Frogs.
DOUBLE-DOUBLES
In two of the first three games, multiple Mustangs finished with a double-double. Alicia Froling posted three straight double-doubles to start the season with 15 points and 15 rebounds against Texas State followed by a 16-point, 10-rebound performance at Kansas. The junior then scored a season-high 20 points with 12 rebounds at TCU. Dai'ja Thomas got the first double-double of her career with 11 points and a career-high 10 rebounds against Texas State. Kiara Perry posted new career highs in both points (17) and rebounds (14) at Kansas for her third career double-double.Â
REBOUND THE BASKETBALL
SMU ranks 34th in the NCAA and second in the conference with 47.3 rebounds per game. The Mustangs are out-rebounding opponents by 10 rebounds per game, ranking 42nd in the nation. Alicia Froling leads the team and is 12th in the country with a conference-high 12.3 rebounds per game. Kiara Perry is fourth in the league with 9.0 rebounds per game.Â
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