SMU (6-9, 0-2 AAC) at Temple (8-5, 0-1 AAC)
Date & Tip Time	Sun., Jan. 7 at 12 p.m. ET/11 a.m. CT
Location	McGonigle Hall – Philadelphia, Pa.
Live Video	ESPNU
Radio	KAAM 770 AM – Dallas
Live Stats	Sidearm Stats
Game Info	Game Notes (.pdf)
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The Mustangs play at Temple Sunday at 12 p.m. ET/11 a.m. CT on ESPNU. The contest is the first road game on the American Athletic Conference schedule for the Mustangs, who started league play with three of the first four conference games in Moody Coliseum. Fans in the Dallas area can listen to the broadcast on KAAM 770 AM.

ABOUT SMU
The Mustangs are 6-9 after two home losses to start the conference slate. McKenzie Adams is sixth in the conference and 75th nationally with 18.3 points per game. Kiara Perry is also averaging double figures with 11.5 points per game, ranking 22nd in the league, and has three double-doubles in her last six games, scoring at least 10 points in all six games. Freshman Ariana Whitfield is scoring 7.7 points per game. 

Defensively, SMU is fifth in The American in scoring defense, allowing 61.5 points per game, and ranks second with a 35.8 defensive field goal percentage, 38th in the NCAA. The Mustangs have 67 blocks, averaging 4.5 per game, tied for second in the league. Klara Bradshaw leads the conference with 26 blocks this season, and ranks third with 1.7 per game. 

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

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
Temple is 8-5 overall, but dropped its conference opener, 76-46, at UCF on Dec. 30, giving the Owls three losses in their last four games. Tanaya Atkinson leads the conference with 21.8 points per game and  10.7 rebounds per game, and Mia Davis scores 11.9 points per game. The Owls are scoring 67.9 points with a 39.2 shooting percentage, while opponents are averaging 65.9 points and shooting 40.2 percent.   
 
SERIES HISTORY
SMU is 2-5 all-time against Temple with an 0-4 record in Philadelphia. The series started Jan. 14, 2014, with the two teams facing off in the first season of the American Athletic Conference. The Owls won 80-66. SMU won the first game in Dallas, 85-75, on Feb. 1, 2014, and last won against the Owls in Dallas with a 69-67 victory on Jan. 5, 2016, losing the last two games, both on the road. 

UP NEXT - EAST CAROLINA
SMU has five days between games after playing at Temple. The Mustangs host East Carolina Saturday, Jan. 13, at 2 p.m. in Moody Coliseum. SMU is 7-9 all-time against the Pirates, 4-2 at home. 

LAST TIME OUT - UCF 
Three Mustangs reached double-figures in points, but the Mustangs struggled to find enough consistent offense on Wednesday night in Moody Coliseum, falling to UCF 60-42.

Seniors McKenzie Adams and Kiara Perry led the way in the points column for SMU, scoring 14 and 12 points, respectively. Fellow senior Mikayla Reese tallied a season-high 10 points to join them in double-digits. 

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 5-2 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 143 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 second in The American, averaging 4.3 blocks per game with 60 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)    143
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 75th in the NCAA and sixth in the American Athletic Conference with 18.3 points per game. She reached double figures in 12 of 15 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 1,104 at SMU and 1,361 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 22nd in The American with 11.5 points per game, reaching double figures in 10 games, including a career-high 23 points against TCU. Perry has four double-doubles this season, including three of the last six games. She has 31 steals, ranking sixth in The American with 2.1 per game. The senior leads the team and is 10th in the conference with 7.7 rebounds per game, matching her career high with 14 in two of the last five games. 

ARIANNA WHITFIELD
Freshman Ariana Whitfield is third on the team in scoring with 7.7 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 143 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. This season, Collins is 26-of-52, shooting 50 percent with 4.1 points per game, 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 4.7 points. Thomas scored a season-high 12 points against Houston, reaching double figures for the first time this season.

KLARA BRADSHAW
Klara Bradshaw leads the conference in total blocks, 26, and is third in blocks per game, 1.7. She recorded blocks in seven of the last nine games and 10 of 15 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 2.9 per game, passing out at least five assists in five of the first six games. Reese is scoring 3.7 points per game, including a season-high 10 against UCF.