SMU (6-7, 0-0 AAC) vs. Houston (11-3, 0-0 AAC)
Date & Tip Time	Sat., Dec. 30 at 2 p.m.
Location	Moody Coliseum – Dallas, Texas
Tickets	214-768-4263 or smumustangs.com/tickets
Live Video	PonyUp TV
Radio	KAAM 770 AM – Dallas
Live Stats	Sidearm Stats
Game Info	Game Notes (.pdf)
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The Mustangs host Houston Saturday at 2 p.m. in the first American Athletic Conference game of the season. SMU plays three of its first four conference games in Moody Coliseum, where the Mustangs are 5-1 this season and 18-4 under head coach Travis Mays. Fans can watch Saturday's game online on PonyUp TV, and fans in the Dallas area can listen to the broadcast on KAAM 770 AM.

ABOUT SMU
The Mustangs are 6-7 after a loss at No. 22/21 Texas A&M ended a two-game win streak. McKenzie Adams is fifth in the conference and 77th nationally with 18.1 points per game. Kiara Perry is also averaging double figures with 11.2 points per game, and has three double-doubles in her last four games. Freshman Ariana Whitfield is scoring 8.5 points per game. 

Defensively, SMU is third in The American in scoring defense, holding opponents to 59.8 points per game with a conference-best 34.6 defensive field goal percentage. The Mustangs have 57 blocks, averaging 4.4 per game. Klara Bradshaw leads the conference with 24 blocks this season, averaging 1.8 per game. 

The SMU roster features six seniors, including four returning starters, and has seven returning letterwinners, including all six seniors. 

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
Houston is 11-3 overall, with four players averaging double digits scoring. Jasmyne Harris leads the team with 17.9 points, while Angela Harris is scoring 14.3 per game. As a team, the Cougars average 75.2 points, while opponents are scoring 68.3 per contest. Houston leads The American with 12.7 steals per game. 
 
SERIES HISTORY
SMU is 25-32 all-time against the Cougars with a 13-17 record in Moody Coliseum. Houston won the first 20 games in the series before SMU earned its first win, a 69-66 victory in Dallas on Feb. 5, 1992. Since then, SMU is 25-12 against Houston. The Mustangs swept the season series last year, winning 66-45 in Houston and 74-45 in Dallas.

UP NEXT - UCF
SMU plays a second straight home game, hosting UCF on Jan. 3 at 7 p.m. 

LAST TIME OUT - No. 22/21 TEXAS A&M
In the final non-conference game of the season, SMU fell on the road at No. 22 Texas A&M, 79-57, on Thursday night. 

Senior Kiara Perry led the way offensively for SMU, dropping in 11 points while also collecting three rebounds and a team-high three assists. Perry has now scored 10 points or more in the last four games and nine times this season.

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. 

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 5-1 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. 

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 third all-time with 141 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. 
This season, SMU is third in The American, averaging 4.4 blocks per game with 57 total blocks. 

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
3.    Stephanie Collins (2015-Present)    141
4.    Karlin Kennedy (1996-00)    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.

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. 

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

McKENZIE ADAMS
McKenzie Adams ranks 77th in the NCAA and fifth in the American Athletic Conference with 18.1 points per game. She reached double figures in 10 of 13 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 1,065 at SMU and 1,322 points overall, including 257 at Arkansas. 

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 and 24thd in The American with 11.2 points per game, reaching double figures in nine games, including a career-high 23 points against TCU. Perry has four double-doubles this season, including three of the last four games. She has 29 steals, ranking fifth in The American with 2.2 per game. The senior leads the team and is 13th in the conference with 7.7 rebounds per game, matching her career high with 14 in two of the last three games. 

ARIANNA WHITFIELD
Freshman Ariana Whitfield is third on the team in scoring with 8.5 points per game. She has scored at least 10 five times, including a career-high 18 points against Abilene Christian. Whitfield made four of five 3-point attempts at then-No. 21 Oklahoma. She scored 17 points in the win against McNeese.

STEPHANIE COLLINS
Stephanie Collins is third on the all-time blocks list at SMU with 141 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 12 games this season, Collins is 21-of-45 shooting with 48 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 6.9 rebounds, 15th in the league, with 4.3 points. Thomas scored a season-high nine points against UC Riverside.

KLARA BRADSHAW
Klara Bradshaw leads the conference in total blocks, 24, and is tied for the lead in blocks per game, 1.8. She recorded blocks in six of the last seven games and nine of 13 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. 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 in consecutive seasons. 

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 3.2 per game, passing out at least five assists in five of the first six games. Reese is scoring 3.5 points per game, including a season-high nine against UC Riverside.