The [RV/--] SMU Mustangs (11-3, 1-0 American) host USF (7-7, 0-1) on Sunday at 7 p.m. SMU opened league play with a 56-51 win against UCF on Wednesday, its fourth straight victory. The Mustangs are 10-0 at home this season and have won 32 straight games at Moody Coliseum, the second-longest active streak nationally. SMU is 35-0 under Tim Jankovich at Moody Coliseum, the second-best home start by a head coach in NCAA history.
 
The Mustangs are second in The American in scoring defense at 60.4 (7th NCAA). SMU has only allowed more than 67 points in one game this season. The Mustangs lead the AAC in assists (18.2, 16th NCAA), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.5, 21st NCAA) and 3-point percentage (.425, 8th NCAA). SMU is also second in the AAC in steals (7.5), turnover margin (3.4), turnovers (12.4) and turnovers forced (15.8).
 
All five starters are averaging double-digit scoring with Shake Milton leading the team at 16.9 (7th AAC). Jarrey Foster averages 13.9 (13th AAC), Ethan Chargois at 12.9 (18th AAC), Ben Emelogu 11.0 and Jimmy Whitt at 10.6. Jahmal McMurray is averaging 12.3 points off the bench.
 
Emelogu is leading the NCAA in 3-point percentage at 62.1 on 36-58 with McMurray hitting 50.0 percent (9-18), Chargois hitting 44.4 percent (5th AAC), Milton at 38.6 percent (15th AAC) and Foster 36.2 percent. All five starters are also averaging at least 4.8 rebounds with Foster at 5.6 per game (17th AAC), followed by Chargois at 5.6 (18th AAC), Emelogu at 5.4 (19th AAC), Milton 4.9 and Whitt 4.8 per game. Milton leads the AAC at 4.9 assists per game with Whitt 4th in the AAC at 4.3 per game and Foster at 3.1 per contest. All three have a 1.9 or better assist-to-turnover ratio (Whitt 2.0, T-3rd AAC; Milton 2.0, T-3rd AAC; Foster 1.9, 7th AAC).
 
LAST GAME (W, 56-51 vs UCF on Dec. 27): SMUMustangs.com: DALLAS (SMU) - The defending American Athletic Conference champions opened up the 2017-18 conference slate by picking right up where they left off, knocking off UCF, 56-51, for SMU's 17th-straight win against an AAC opponent. Junior Jarrey Foster provided a huge spark for the Mustangs throughout the night, scoring a game-high 14 points while grabbing nine rebounds. Foster was extremely active on the offensive glass, collecting six of his rebounds on that end of the court. His strong play carried over to the defensive side as well, sending back three shots while also tallying a steal. Fellow junior Shake Milton matched Foster's 14 points points while adding in six rebounds, five assists, two steals and a block to really fill out his stat line across the board. While the Mustangs maintained control of the game for the majority of the contest, an 8-0 run early in the second half gave UCF a one-point lead at just under the 16 minute mark. SMU responded quickly, answering the Knights' 8-0 run with a 9-0 run of their own to regain control and sit in a more commanding position. After extending the lead back out, the lead stayed at least two possessions for the remainder of the game. In what has become a trend for the SMU offense, the Mustangs once again finished with an impressive assist total with 17 assists on 23 baskets. Senior Ben Emelogu II led the way in the category, dishing out six assists. The Mustangs' play on the defensive end was the difference in the game, never allowing UCF to work into any kind of rhythm. The Knights shot just 37 percent from the floor and turned it over 19 times.
 
THE SERIES VS. USF (8-3 +): SMU and USF meet for the 12th time. SMU leads the series 8-3+. The Mustangs have won five straight regular season meetings, including an 84-65 win on Jan. 4 at Moody Coliseum. In 2015-16, SMU swept the Bulls with a 72-58 win at home on Jan. 2, 2016 and a 92-58 victory at USF on Feb. 7, 2016. SMU is 6-1 against USF since the two became American Athletic Conference foes. USF won back-to-back season openers in 2008 and 2009. SMU won the first two games in the series, 79-65 at home on Dec. 6, 1986 and 87-66 at USF on Dec. 14, 1987. The Mustangs are 4-0 at home and 2-1 on the road since joining the AAC, (+ officially 7-3, win from 2013-14 later vacated)
 
LAST SEASON VS. USF (W, 84-65 at Moody Coliseum on Jan. 4, 2017): DALLAS (AP) -- Semi Ojeleye scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds, Jarrey Foster had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and SMU won its 10th straight with an 84-65 win over South Florida. Sterling Brown added a season-high 19 points to go with five rebounds and five assists for the Mustangs, who have won 15 straight at home. South Florida led 11-10 early in the first half, but the Bulls scored just three points in the next eight minutes, allowing SMU to take a 28-14 lead with 6:55 left. The Bulls pulled to 46-41 with 16:10 remaining but the Mustangs responded with a 6-0 run and led by as many as 23 in the second half. Troy Holston led USF with 20 points and six 3-pointers, both career highs. SMU outrebounded South Florida 39-23. The Mustangs have outrebounded all four conference opponents by at least 16.
 
HEAD COACH TIM JANKOVICH... is in his second season at the helm at SMU after four seasons as the associate head coach. He is in his 35th season as a collegiate coach, and his 13th as a head coach. In 2016-17, SMU finished 30-5 and No. 11 in the AP poll after winning The American regular season and tournament titles en route to the NCAA Tournament. In 2015-16, he coached the Mustangs to a 9-0 start as SMU was eventually the last unbeaten team in the country at 18-0, and winning the Las Vegas Classic title during the season-opening streak. The Mustangs went 25-5, finishing the season ranked No. 24 after reaching a high of No. 8. In 2014-15, the Mustangs claimed the AAC regular season and tournament championships en route to the NCAA Tournament. SMU was the top seed in the 2014 NIT, reaching the title game. This is his 11th season as the leader of a Division I program, including five as head coach at Illinois State (2007-12) and four at North Texas (1993-97). As a head coach, he is 207-129 (.616) [50-8 at SMU (.862), including 35-0 at Moody Coliseum].
That includes a 104-64 mark at ISU where his teams recorded four top-three finishes in the Missouri Valley, reached the conference tournament final three times and earned four NIT bids. As an assistant or head coach, his teams are 628-375 (.626) with six regular season conference championships, four league tournament titles, nine NCAA Tournament appearances and eight NIT bids.
- 7 Conference Titles (Colorado St. - WAC '89, '90; Kansas - Big 12 '05, '06, '07; SMU - AAC '15, '17)
- 5 Conference Tournament Titles (Illinois - Big Ten '03; Kansas - Big 12 '05, '06; SMU - AAC '15, '17)
- 10 NCAAs (CSU '89, '90; Oklahoma St '93; Illinois '03; Kansas '04 RF, '05, '06, '07 RF; SMU - '15, '17)
- 8 NITs (CSU '88, Vanderbilt '00, '02; Illinois State '08, '09, '10, '12; SMU '14 Final)
 
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WINS: SMU leads The American in league wins (46-9) since the start of the 2014-15 season. The Mustangs have won the AAC regular season and tournament titles in 2014-15 and 2016-17. SMU went 17-1 in 2016-17 and 15-3 in 2014-15. SMU finished second at 13-5 in 2015-16, one game behind Temple.
 
AP TOP 15 WINS: The Mustangs have four wins against the AP top 15 in the past two seasons.
Feb. 12, 2017 - No. 11 Cincinnati, 60-51
March 12, 2017 - vs. No. 15 Cincinnati, 71-56 (AAC Tournament Championship)
Nov. 23, 2017 - No. 2 Arizona, 66-60 (Battle 4 Atlantis)
Dec. 2, 2017 - No. 14 USC, 72-55
Wins vs top 15 last 2 season
7              Kansas, Duke
6              North Carolina
5              Arizona, Villanova, Butler, West Virginia, Florida State
4              SMU, Baylor, Kentucky, Virginia, Michigan, UCLA
 
ATTENDANCE: SMU surpassed 100,000 in attendance each of the previous four seasons. In 2014-15, SMU set a season attendance record of 124,986 total and 6,944 average. The New Moody single-game attendance record of 7,518 was set in the 60-51 win against then No. 11/11 Cincinnati (Feb. 12, 2017). SMU has sold out 50 of 76 games in Moody Coliseum since the renovated facility opened Jan. 4, 2014. 
 
AAC PLAYERS OF THE YEAR - 3 STRAIGHT: The Mustangs have taken home three straight AAC Player of the Year honors. Nic Moore was awarded the league's top honor in 2014-15 and 2015-16. Semi Ojeleye took home the award in 2016-17. This is the longest active streak nationally for the league men's basketball player of the year.
 
AAC SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR - 3 STRAIGHT: The Mustangs have taken home three straight AAC Sixth Man of the Year honors. Markus Kennedy was awarded the league's top reserve honor in 2014-15 and 2015-16. Ben Emelogu II shared the award in 2016-17. 
 
AWARDS IN PRESEASON - BOB COUSY AWARD, LUTE OLSON AWARD, WOODEN AWARD & NAISMITH TROPHY WATCH LISTS/AAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Junior guard Shake Milton is one of 20 candidates named to the 2018 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award watch list by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, one of 40 on the Lute Olson National Player of the Year Watch List, one of 50 on the Citizen Naismith Trophy Watch List and a member of the Wooden Award Preseason Top 50. Milton was also named the 2017-18 preseason American Athletic Conference Player of the Year. He also competed at the 2016 and 2017 Nike Hoops Summit in Los Angeles.
 
AWARDS - AAC WEEKLY HONORS: Shake Milton has been named AAC Player of the week twice (Nov. 13, Dec. 4). Jimmy Whitt (Dec. 18) and Ben Emelogu (Dec. 26) have each been named to the Weekly Honor Roll, and Ethan Chargois was the Rookie of the Week twice (Nov. 13, Dec. 18).
 
BALL MOVEMENT: SMU is averaging 18.2 assists (16th NCAA) with a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio (16th NCAA). Shake Milton leads SMU at 4.9 (1st AAC), followed by Jimmy Whitt at 4.3 (4th AAC), Jarrey Foster at 3.1 and Ben Emelogu at 2.1. In 2016-17, SMU averaged 16.2 assists (1st AAC, 26th NCAA) with a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio (2nd AAC, 9th NCAA) as six Mustangs averaged 1.5 or more assists. Shake Milton led SMU at 4.5 assists (4th AAC) followed by Sterling Brown at 3.0 (14th AAC), Ben Moore at 2.4, Jarrey Foster at 2.2, Ben Emelogu at 1.8 and Semi Ojeleye at 1.5.
 
MOODY/HOME COURT ADVANTAGE: SMU has lost just four games (82 contests) at home since the start of the 2013-14 season. SMU has played 76 of those games in the renovated Moody Coliseum. In those 82 home games, SMU is averaging 76.9 points per game with a scoring margin of +18.0. SMU is shooting 50.4% at home while holding opponents to 37.4%.
 
HOME WINNING STREAKS:
Wins      Start Date            End Date
34           Texas A&M; W, 92-48 (Feb. 6, 1954)        Kansas; L, 73-65 (Sweet 16) (March 15, 1957)
32+         [rv/rv] Gonzaga; W, 69-60 (Feb. 13, 2016)            
19           Baylor; W, 74-57 (Feb. 15, 1984) Texas Tech; L, 59-54 (Feb. 27, 1985)
15 ^        Loyola Marymount; W, 73-58 (Nov. 11, 2013)      #11/9 Louisville; L, 84-71 (March 5, 2014)
15           Connecticut; 73-55 (Feb. 14, 2015)            Tulsa; L, 82-77 (Feb. 10, 2016)
^Wins later vacated
 
SMU LONGEST CONFERENCE WINNING STREAKS
                Start Date            End Date
20           Feb. 15, 1955 at Texas A&M (W, 81-56) Jan. 18, 1957 at Texas (L, 77-68)
14+         Jan. 15, 2017 at Tulane (W, 80-64)            
12           Feb. 2, 1966 at Arkansas (W, 75-74)          Jan. 10, 1967 at Texas (L, 82-73)
11           Feb. 15, 1984 vs. Baylor (W, 74-57)           Jan. 26, 1985 at Texas Tech (L, 64-63)
 
SMU LONGEST HOME CONFERENCE WINNING STREAKS
                Start Date            End Date
27           Texas A&M (W, 92-48; 1953-54) Texas A&M (L, 43-42; March 1, 1958)
15           Texas Tech (W, 93-91; Feb. 9, 1971)         Texas Tech (L, 64-59; Feb. 10, 1973)
13           Baylor (W, 26-15; 1936-37)           Texas (L, 33-27; Feb. 6, 1939)
13+         East Carolina (W, 74-63; Feb. 21, 2016)   
10           Baylor (W, 28-16; 1924-25)           Arkansas (L, 32-30; 1926-27)
 
NCAA DIVISION I ACTIVE HOME WINNING STREAKS (Through Dec. 28)
1              Cincinnati            33
2              SMU      32
3              Florida St.            27
4              Texas Southern 23
5              Vermont              16
 
18-0 AT HOME: SMU was 18-0 at Moody Coliseum in 2016-17. It was the fifth undefeated home slate in program history, but the first since 1955-56.
18-0       2016-17
10-0       1955-56
9-0          1954-55
5-0          1937-38
8-0          1916-17
 
BEST HOME STARTS BY A HEAD COACH: SMU is 35-0 at Moody Coliseum under Tim Jankovich, the second-best home start by a head coach in NCAA history.
49 - Jerry Tarkanian - Long Beach St. 1969-72
35 - Tim Jankovich -SMU 2015-
28 - Lewis Andreas - Syracuse 1924-26
28 - Everett Case - North Carolina St. 1947-49
 
CANADA - 2017 SUMMER TOUR: The team had an eight-day trip to Canada from August 7-14. The journey to Montreal and Toronto included three games (3-0) as well as visits to historic sites in both cities and an excursion to Niagara Falls. The trip started in Montreal, where the Mustangs played McGill University (W, 86-83 OT). The team also visited Mount Royal Park and St. Joseph's Oratory, Old Montreal historic district and took a boat ride in the rapids on the Saint Lawrence River. Then in Toronto, the Mustangs played a pair of exhibition games versus Ryerson University (W, 98-86) and M.A.D.E., the Nike Crown League Champion (W, 79-62). The team also went to the the CN Tower and to the Rogers Centre for batting practice and the game between the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees. The day between games in Toronto, the group took a trip to Niagara Falls.
 
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR THE MUSTANGS (Current Roster): In the past few seasons, several Mustangs have played in international events or gone on international tours. Additionally, 2-time AAC Player of the Year and All-American Nic Moore helped Team USA win the gold medal at the 2015 World University Games in South Korea. 
2017: Team International Tour to Canada (games in Montreal & Toronto)
2016: Global Sports Academy Goodwill Tour U.S. Team (Croatia): Jarrey Foster, Shake Milton
2015: Global Sports Academy Goodwill Tour U.S. Team (Belgium, England, Germany, Netherlands): Ben Emelogu II
 
NBA - DRAFT: SMU's Semi Ojeleye and Sterling Brown were selected in the 2017 NBA Draft. Ojeleye was selected 37th overall by the Boston Celtics and Brown was picked 46th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers (traded to Milwaukee). This is the fourth time the Mustangs have had multiple picks in the NBA Draft, but the first time with multiple selections in the first two rounds. Ben Moore signed as a free agent with Indiana.
 
TOP 25: SMU is receiving votes in the AP Top 25. The Mustangs were receiving votes in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 and the USA Today Coaches Poll. SMU finished 2016-17 No. 11 in the AP Poll and No. 23 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. SMU was in the AP top 25 for the final six weeks (after 4 weeks of receiving votes) and the final six coaches polls (after five straight weeks receiving votes). The Mustangs also received votes in the first two weeks of the season. In 2015-16, SMU finished 24th in the AP Poll, its 17th straight poll in the top 25. That is the third-longest streak at SMU and the second-highest total in a season for the Mustangs. It was the third straight season SMU has been ranked in the top 25. In 2014-15, SMU was in the top 25 for nine weeks including the final seven regular season polls. SMU finished No. 18 in the AP and receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches poll. The Mustangs spent four weeks in the Top 25 in 2013-14. That was the first time SMU had been ranked since the 1984-85 season, when the Mustangs were as high as No. 2. - SMU is one of 14 teams that has been ranked in the AP top 20 each of the past 4 seasons (2013-17).
 
TROPHY CASE: Since the start of the 2013-14 season, the Mustangs have added six items to the trophy case after adding the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles. SMU has also won the 2015-16 Las Vegas Classic (12/16-12/23). In 2014-15, SMU won American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles. In 2013-14, SMU was the runner-up in the NIT.
 
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:
- Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year
                Shake Milton (1 of 20 on Watch List - Oct. 16)
- Lute Olson National Player of the Year
                Shake Milton (1 of 40 on Watch List - Nov. 6)
- Citizen Naismith Trophy National Player of the Year
                Shake Milton (1 of 50 on Watch List - Nov. 9)
- Wooden Award National Player of the Year
                Shake Milton (1 of 50 on Watch List - Nov. 14)
  - Preseason All-American Athletic Conference
                Shake Milton (Player of the Year & First Team - Oct. 16)
  - American Athletic Conference Player of the Week
                Shake Milton (Nov. 13 - 26.0 pts, 3.5 rebs, 1.5 asts, 45.2 FG%, 8-19 3FG, 16-17 FT)
                Shake Milton (Dec. 4- 22.0 pts, 6.0 asts, 5.0 rebs, 12-24 FG, 5-9 3FG, wins vs UTRGV, 14/18 USC)
  - American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll
                Jimmy Whitt (Dec. 18 - 19 pts, 6 rebs, 8 asts, 3 steals, 8-11 FG in win vs UNO)
                Ben Emelogu (Dec. 26 - 15.5 pts, 3.5 rebs, 10-11 FG, 8-9 3FG in wins vs Boise State, Cal Poly)
  - American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week
                Ethan Chargois (Nov. 13 - 19.0 pts, 8.5 rebs, 63.2 FG%, 5-10 3FG, 9-11 FT)
                Ethan Chargois (Dec. 8 - 16 pts, 8 rebs, 4 blks, 3 asts in win vs UNO)