Wednesday, December 20
Dallas
1 p.m.
SMU
vs
Loyola Marymount
Mustangs Host Holiday Matinees Wednesday And Friday
Dec 19 | Women's Basketball
| Â SMU (4-6) vs. Loyola Marymount (8-2) | |
| Â Date & Tip Time | Â Wed., Dec. 20 at 1 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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|  Instagram |  SMU.Mustangs   |   SMUBasketballW |
SMU plays two home games in three days, starting Wednesday at 1 p.m. against Loyola Marymount in Moody Coliseum. The Mustangs host McNeese Friday at 1 p.m. before a break for the holidays. SMU is offering free admission for both games as a holiday gift to fans. Games are available for viewing at www.SMUMustangs.com/watch, and fans in the Dallas area can listen on KAAM 770 AM.Â
ABOUT SMU
The Mustangs are 4-6 after a loss at Alabama, the first game for SMU in two weeks after a break for final exams. SMU is 3-1 in Moody Coliseum this season and 16-4 in two seasons under head coach Travis Mays. McKenzie Adams is fourth in the conference and in the top 50 nationally with 19.0 points per game. Kiara Perry is also averaging double figures with 10.3 points per game. Freshman Ariana Whitfield is scoring 8.0 points per game.Â
Defensively, SMU is second in The American in scoring defense, holding opponents to 58.0 points per game with a conference-best 33.7 defensive field goal percentage. The Mustangs are tied for the league lead with 46 blocks, ranking second with 4.6 per game. Klara Bradshaw is tied for the conference lead, averaging 2.0 per game with 20 blocks this season.Â
The SMU roster features six seniors, including four returning starters, and has seven returning letterwinners, including all six seniors.Â
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
Loyola Marymount is 8-2, including a 3-0 record in road contests this season. The Lions host UC Santa Barbara Monday before Wednesday's game at SMU. Â Cheyanne Wallace leads the team with 17.6 points per game, and Gabby Green scores 15.1 per contest. The Lions average 74.3 points with a 41.8 shooting percentage, while opponents score 66.1 points and shoot 37.0 percent.Â
SERIES HISTORY
SMU earned a 78-58 win at home on Nov. 13, 2009, in the only previous meeting between the two teams.
UP NEXT - MCNEESE
SMU hosts McNeese Friday at 1 p.m. The Cowgirls are 4-6 overall, losing four of their last five games, including a 78-62 loss at Louisiana Tech Monday. Keara Hudnall leads the team with 11.9 points per game, and Dede Sheppard is averaging 10.3 points. McNeese is scoring 64.0 points per game, but allowing 73.7 per game to opponents. Â
SERIES HISTORY
SMU won the only meeting between the two programs with a 77-65 victory against the Cowgirls in Moody Coliseum on Dec. 14, 1985.Â
LAST TIME OUT - AT ALABAMA
In a game that featured 15 lead changes, a big 21-point third quarter for Alabama proved to be the difference, as the Crimson Tide went on a 59-44 victory on Sunday afternoon against SMU.
McKENZIE ADAMS
McKenzie Adams ranks 47th in the NCAA and fourth in the American Athletic Conference with 19.0 points per game. She reached double figures in eight of 10 games, including two of the top-five scoring performances in program history. Her career-high 38 points in the season opener ranks third in a game at SMU, and she is tied with three other players with 35 points at Nevada. Adams is the first player at SMU with multiple 30-point games in a season since Keena Mays in 2013-14. She shot a season-high 60.0 percent at Nevada (12-20). Adams became the 24th player in program history to score 1,000 points with 1,020 at SMU and 1,277 points overall, including 257 at Arkansas.Â
SMU SINGLE-GAME SCORING
1.   Jeannia Nix vs. Texas (2/28/89)   43
2.   Shawna Ford vs. TCU (1/25/97)   42
3.   McKenzie Adams vs. Nicholls (11/10/17)   38
4.   Shasta Smothers-Johnson  vs. TCU (1/18/85)   36
T-5.   McKenzie Adams at Nevada (11/26/17)   35
T-5.   Three other players   35
KIARA PERRY
Kiara Perry is second on the team with 10.3 points per game, reaching double figures in six of the last nine games, including a career-high 23 points against TCU. Perry has two double-doubles this season, including a 12-point, 10-rebound performance at Alabama. She has 24 steals, averaging 2.4 per game. She is second on the team in rebounding, averaging 6.9. Perry is shooting 38.7 percent from the field, eclipsing 50 percent in four of the last eight games.Â
ARIANNA WHITFIELD
Freshman Ariana Whitfield is third on the team in scoring with 8.0 points per game. She has scored at least 10 four times, including a career-high 18 points against Abilene Christian. Whitfield is shooting 37.0 percent from the field (30-of-81), and ranks 14th in The American, shooting 34.3 percent from 3-point range (12-of-35). Whitfield made four of five 3-point attempts at then-No. 21 Oklahoma.Â
STEPHANIE COLLINS
Stephanie Collins is tied for third on the all-time blocks list at SMU with 139 career blocks. She set the SMU single-season record with 73 as a sophomore. The post player averaged 4.9 points and 3.5 rebounds last season. She scored a season-high 10 points at Temple, and increased her scoring average to 6.5 in conference games. Playing in nine games this season, Collins is 21-of-41 shooting with 46 points, scoring 10 at UT Arlington.
DAI'JA THOMAS
As a sophomore, Dai'ja Thomas was second on the team with 40 blocks, and the Dallas native averaged 6.2 points and 5.1 rebounds. She scored a career-high 18 points at Temple, and reached double figures seven times. Thomas had two double-doubles, and blocked four shots against TCU, matching her career high. She grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds in the opener against Nicholls this season and is averaging a team-high 7.7 rebounds with 4.3 points. Thomas scored a season-high nine points against UC Riverside.
KLARA BRADSHAW
Klara Bradshaw is tied for the lead in the conference in total blocks, 20, and blocks per game, 2.0. She recorded blocks in each of the last four games and seven of 10 games this season, with at least two in each game. Bradshaw knocked away a career-high five blocks against TCU. The redshirt senior scored a season-high eight points at Alabama, and pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds against CSU Bakersfield, SMU's last two opponents. Travis Mays is Bradshaw's fourth head coach in college, and this is the first season the TCU transfer is working with the same coach as the previous season.Â
MIKAYLA REESE
Mikayla Reese posted a career-high six assists in the opener against Nicholls this season, and followed it with six more against TCU. She is averaging 3.7 per game, passing out at least five assists in five of the first six games. Reese is scoring 4.1 points per game, including a season-high nine against UC Riverside.
ALICIA FROLING
As a junior, Alicia Froling was the only player in The American to average a double-double, scoring a team-high 14.3 points per game with a league-best 10.0 rebounds. With 486 points, she climbed to 14th on the all-time scoring list at SMU with 1,213 career points. Froling is sixth all-time in rebounds with 884 after grabbing 339 to reset her own program record. She also has 147 career blocks, second all-time at SMU. She posted a program-record 17 double-doubles, and scored a season-high 28 points in the win against Louisiana Tech.Â
SMU SINGLE SEASON DOUBLE-DOUBLES
1.   Alicia Froling (2016-17)    17
2.   Shasta Smothers-Johnson (1984-85)   15
3.   Alicia Froling (2015-16)   14
SMU CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLES
T-1.   Shasta Smothers-Johnson (1983-87)   38
T-1.   Janielle Dodds (2005-08)   38
3.   Alicia Froling (2015-Present)   36
INDIVIDUAL SEASON REBOUNDS LIST
1.   Alicia Froling (2016-17)   339
2.   Alicia Froling (2015-16)   328
3.   Shasta Smothers-Johnson (1984-85)   310
SMU CAREER REBOUNDS
1.   Janielle Dodds (2004-08)   974
2.   Karlin Kennedy (1996-2000)   946
3.   Shasta Smothers-Johnson (1983-87)   933
4.   Teri Baldwin (1977-80)   890
5.   Christine Elliott (2008-12)   886
6.   Alicia Froling (2015-Present)   884
POSTSEASON IN FIRST SEASON
In his first season as head coach, Travis Mays guided the Mustangs to a 19-13 record, including a pair of WNIT wins. SMU advanced to the round of 16 in the tournament with wins at home against Louisiana Tech and Abilene Christian. It was the first time since 1993 that an SMU team won twice in a postseason tournament.Â
DEFEND YOUR HOUSE
SMU went 13-3 in Moody Coliseum last season, just two wins shy of the program-record 15 home wins during the 2012-13 season. The win total included a victory over then-No. 19 Texas A&M, while the three losses came against then-No. 1 Connecticut, then-No. 23 USF and a Tulane team that was receiving votes at the time of the matchup. This season, the Mustangs are 3-1 in Moody Coliseum.
INCREASED ATTENDANCE
SMU had the seventh largest increase in attendance, averaging an additional 1,028 fans per game in Moody Coliseum than the previous year.Â
SENIOR CLASS
The SMU roster features six seniors this season, including four returning starters. Alicia Froling started all 34 games, leading the team in points (14.3) and rebounds (10.0). McKenzie Adams started 34 games, averaging 12.2 points with a 36.6 shooting percentage. Kiara Perry started every game after missing the previous season due to a back injury, and Stephanie Collins started 19 games. Klara Bradshaw saw action in 33 games, and Mikayla Reese played in 30 games last season.
BROKEN RECORD
For the third straight season, SMU set a program record in blocked shots, recording 187 as a team. Alicia Froling led the way with 51 blocks, climbing to second all-time at SMU with 147 career blocks. Stephanie Collins finished with 36 blocks as a junior and ranks tied for third all-time with 139 career blocks. She is also the SMU single-season record holder with 73 blocks in 2015-16. Dai'ja Thomas was second on the team last year with 40 blocks, and Klara Bradshaw posted 33. SMU also set the single-season rebounds record with 1,409 boards last season. It was the second straight season in which the rebounds record was broken. The Mustangs finished with 1,331 rebounds in 2015-16, which was the most since the 1981-82 season.Â
This season, SMU is second in The American with 4.6 blocks per game with 41 total blocks.Â
SMU SINGLE-SEASON BLOCKS
1.   187      2016-17
2.   184      2015-16
3.   160      2014-15
4.   142      2005-06
5.   129      2002-03
SMU SINGLE-SEASON REBOUNDS
1.   1,409      2016-17
2.   1,331      2015-16
3.   1,327      1981-82
4.   1,315      1995-96
SMU CAREER BLOCKS
1.   Sarah Davis (2003-06)   180
2.   Alicia Froling (2015-Present)   145
T-3.   Karlin Kennedy (1996-00)   139
T-3.   Stephanie Collins (2015-Present)   139
T-5.   Katie Remke (1997-01)   109
T-5.   Janielle Dodds (2004-08)   109
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. Stephanie Collins also represented Australia at the 2012 World University Games.
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