SMU (12-10, 4-6 American) vs. UCF (16-5, 6-3 American)
Moody Coliseum (David B. Miller Court) – Dallas, Texas
Feb. 10, 2019 – 1 pm CT
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SMU Hosts UCF on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Moody Coliseum. The Mustangs have lost the last three games right at the wire. On Thursday night, the Mustangs fell 67-66 to USF at Moody Coliseum on a three-pointer with six seconds left on the clock. Isiaha Mike led the team with 18 points and was 4-7 from three, shooting over 50-percent from three in the last four games. Feron Hunt had a career-high 13 points and eight rebounds Thursday night, his 13th game with at least seven boards.

QUICK HITS:
• Four different Mustangs have earned American Athletic Conference honors
this season. Jarrey Foster was named preseason All-AAC Second
Team, Jahmal McMurray was preseason All-AAC Second Team and on the
AAC Weekly Honor Roll twice (Nov. 26, Jan. 28), Jimmy Whitt Jr. was on
the AAC Weekly Honor Roll four times (Dec. 3, Dec. 24, Jan. 7, Jan. 14)
and Isiaha Mike made the AAC Weekly Honor Roll Dec. 17.
• SMU is 8-4 this season when at least four score in double figures.
• Jahmal McMurray's 15 points against USF gave him 19
games with 10+ this season. He is averaging 18.3 points (4th AAC) while
hitting 38.7% on threes (8th AAC). His 3.5 made threes per game are 2nd in
the AAC and 18th in the NCAA. He has made 74 3FGs so far this season
(T-10th at SMU). The program record is 97 in a season by Robert Nyakundi
in 2010-11.
• Jimmy Whitt Jr. is averaging 12.4 points (2nd SMU, 23rd AAC), 6.6
rebounds (2nd SMU, 8th AAC), 4.5 assists (1st SMU, 4th AAC), 3.5 ast/to ratio (2nd AAC, 7th NCAA), 1.5 steals (1st SMU, 9th AAC)... the only player in AAC rankings for points (30 ranked), rebounds (20 ranked), assists (15 ranked) and steals (15 ranked). He is up to 2nd in the AAC at 35.0 minutes per game,and has played all 40 in 3 of the past 5 games. In the past 14 games, he has 73 assists against 15 turnovers (4.9 ast/to) with multiple turnovers in just two games. He leads The American with a 3.8 assist-to-turnover ratio in conference play (49 assists, 13 turnovers).
• Jimmy Whitt Jr.'s triple-double (12 pts, 10 rebs, 10 asts) vs McNeese on
Nov. 29 was the first at SMU since 1999. He is 1 of just 20 players with at least one in NCAA D-I this season.
• Isiaha Mike had a career-high 25 points at Wichita State, hitting 5-of-7 from three. In the past 4 games, Isiaha Mike is averaging  17.5 points and 5.3 rebounds while hitting 27-44 FG (61.3%) and 17-24 3FG (70.8%). He also has 5 steals, 6 assists and 4 blocks while playing 33.8 minutes.
• Four Mustangs have scored at least 20 points in a game this season (Jahmal McMurry 7x, Jimmy Whitt Jr. 4x, Ethan Chargois 2x, Isiaha Mike 2x).
• SMU is 55-27 in AAC play since start of 2014-15 (2nd-best in the league). The Mustangs are 32-9 at Moody Coliseum.
• SMU is 68-31 under Tim Jankovich (.694), the best winning percentage in program history (50+ wins), & is 47-10 at Moody Coliseum
• SMU is 37-10 in regular-season non-conference games under Tim Jankovich
• SMU is 9-5 this season (53-12 under Jankovich) when outrebounding opponents, 9-2 when scoring more in the paint (53-10 under Jankovich) & 11-1 when outshooting opponents (63-1 under Jankovich).
• SMU has a +4.9 rebound margin (4th AAC, 54th) and has outrebounded 14 opponents (9-5).
• The Mustangs are averaging 13.1 offensive rebounds (2nd AAC, 21st NCAA) with a 36.1 offensive rebound percentage (1st AAC). SMU has three players in the top 15 of the AAC in offensive rebounds (Jimmy Whitt Jr. 2.3, 7.th; Ethan Chargois 2.2, T-9th; Feron Hunt 2.2, T-9th).
• SMU has played 10 games this season without Jarrey Foster (4-7). Opponents are scoring 68.9 points and shooting 43.6 percent. With Jarrey Foster in the lineup (8-3), the Mustangs are holding opponents to 64.1 points and 40.6 percent on field goals.
• Jarrey Foster made his season debut in the win vs Lamar 11/27. SMU is 75-19 in games he has played during his career including 51-4 at Moody Coliseum. The 75 wins are ninth at SMU.
• Freshman Feron Hunt's 13 points against USF on Feb. were a career high, he is averaging 6.8 points and 6.5 rebounds (9th AAC). He has had at least 7rebounds in 15 games. His 2.2 offensive rebounds per game are T-9th in the AAC. He also has 20 blocked shots and 18 steals in 22 games. He had 11 points and 7 rebounds in his first start, at Cincinnati on Feb. 2.
• Jahmal McMurray was named to the Cancun Challenge All-Tournament Team after setting an event record with 98 points in 4 games, including a career-high 34 points vs Southern Miss and 27 in
the 77-76 win vs Wright State.
• SMU had 5 wins over AP top 15 teams in the previous two seasons (T-14th in NCAA).
• SMU has won two American Athletic Conference Championships (2015 & 2017).
• SMU has had three players selected in the last two NBA Drafts (T-7th), and is one of only 14 programs with a draft pick each of the past two years.
 
HEAD COACH TIM JANKOVICH... is in his third season at the helm at SMU after four seasons as the associate head coach. He is in his 36th season as a collegiate coach, and his 14th as a head coach. As a head coach, he is 225-152 (.597) [68-31 at SMU (.695), including 47-10 at Moody Coliseum (started 36-0, second best in NCAA history)]. 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. This is his 12th 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).
The 2017-18 Mustangs started 13-6 with three wins over ranked opponents, topping No. 2 Arizona in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament, No. 14 USC at Moody Coliseum and No. 7 Wichita State on the road. 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.
- 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)

ETHAN CHARGOIS (6-9, 235, F, SO.): 2018-19: Started every game... 12.4 points (T-2nd SMU, 24th AAC), 6.8 rebounds (1st SMU, 7th AAC), 2.2 offensive rebounds (2nd SMU, T-9th AAC), 4.6 defensive rebounds (1st SMU, 10th AAC) ... GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Had 6 points, 6 rebounds and a career high 5 assists against Cincinnati 2/2 … Recorded career high 12 rebounds,16 points and 2 assists in fourth double-double of the season against Wichita State 1/30 … Recorded third double-double of the season scoring 10 points and a career high 12 rebounds vs. Houston 1/16 … Had 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 assist in win over Tulsa 1/12 …Had 17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and a career-high 4 assists in the win vs Lamar 11/27...Had 22 points and 11 rebounds with 3 assists, a seal and a block vs Lipscomb 11/17... First career double-double (12 points, 10 rebounds) with 2 blocks, an assist and a steal in win vs Western Carolina 11/14... Career-high 25 points with 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks vs Southern Miss 11/11... SUMMER 2018: Played on a Global Sports Academy U.S. team in Belgium, Netherlands and Germany alongside SMU teammate William Douglas, going 6-0… 2017-18: AAC All-Rookie…Played in 31 games, started 24... Averaged 9.1 points and 4.4 rebounds.
 
NAT DIXON (6-4, 180, G, SR.): 2018-19: Played every game... Adding 6.3 points and 1.6 assists... GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Added 11 points (3 3FG and 4 FG) against Wichita State 1/30 … 2017-18 (at UT Chattanooga): Made 31 appearances with 30 starts... Averaged 13.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.0 steals.
 
WILLIAM DOUGLAS (6-5, 180, G, SO.): 2018-19: Played in 18 games … 75% FT … SUMMER 2018: Played on a Global Sports Academy U.S. team in Belgium, Netherlands and Germany alongside SMU teammate Ethan Chargois, going 6-0... 2017-18: Played in 33 games... Averaged 2.0 points and 1.9 rebounds.
 
JARREY FOSTER (6-6, 220, G, JR.): 2018-19: Played 11 games after returning from a left ACL injury... 7.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists...GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Had 11 points (4-5 FG, 1-1 3FG, 2-3 FT) with 2 rebounds in 18 minutes as he made his season debut in the win vs Lamar 11/27...AWARDS: Preseason All- AAC Second Team... 2017-18: Played and started 19 games… Averaged 13.2 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game.
 
FERON HUNT (6-8, 190, F, Fr.): 2018-19: Played in every game... 6.8 points, 6.5 rebounds (4th SMU, 9th AAC), 2.2 offensive rebounds (T-2nd SMU, T-9th AAC), 4.3 defensive rebounds (3rd SMU,15th AAC), 0.9 blocked shots (1st SMU, 13th AAC) … GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Recorded career high 13 points adding 8 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 steal against USF 2/7 … Had 11 points, 7 rebounds in first career start against Cincinnati … Recorded career high 3 blocks for second time in the season against Wichita State … Had 4 point, 2 assists and a career high 3 blocks in win over Tulsa 1/12 … Added 12 points (4-4 FG, 2-2 3FG, 2-2 FT) with 9 rebounds in the win over Cornell 12/22...Had 11 points, 9 rebounds, 2 steals and a block vs Lipscomb 11/27...2018 SUMMER: Played on a Global Sports Academy U.S. team for the tour in Belgium, Netherlands and Germany... His team went 6-0 on the tour... PREP: He played AAU for Urban DFW... He was rated as high as the No. 28 shooting guard and No. 12 overall in Texas.
 
JAHMAL MCMURRAY (6-0, 175, G, SR.): 2018-19: Started every game... 18.3 points (1st SMU, 4th AAC) 38.7% 3FGs (8th AAC), 3.4 threes made (2nd AAC, 18th NCAA) ... GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Scored team-high 21 points against Cincinnati 2/2 …Had 22 points and 4 rebounds, tying season high of 7 threes made in win against Tulsa1/12 …Team-high 18 points and a career-high 9 assists in the win vs Lamar 11/27...Had 27 points (9-16 FG, 7-11 3FG, 2-2 FT) with 3 rebounds and 2 steals in the win vs Wright State 11/21...Career-high 34 points (14-17 FG, 5-7 3FG, 1-1 FT) with 2 assists, 2 rebounds and a steal in the win vs Western Carolina 11/14...HONORS: AAC Weekly Honor Roll (Nov. 26 and Jan. 28) … Preseason All-AAC Second Team...Cancun Challenge All-Tournament Team (tournament record 98 points in 4 games)... 2017-18: Played in 22 games, 14 starts... Averaged 14.7 points and 2.7 rebounds while hitting 40.8 3FG% (62-152)... Scored a career-high 33 points (12-25 FG, 9-19 3FG) on an SMU-record 9 threes, with 3 assists, 2 rebounds and a steal in 40 minutes against Memphis 2/14.
 
ISIAHA MIKE (6-8, 200, F, SO.): 2018-19: Started every game... 12.0 points (4th SMU, 26th AAC), 4.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 48.1% FGs (15th AAC), 80.3% FTs (7th AAC), 42% 3FGs (3rd AAC), 0.9 blocked shots (14th AAC)... GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Added team high 18 points (4-7 3FG) with 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks against USF 2/7 … Had 17 points, 6 rebounds, 1 block and 1 steal against Cincinnati 2/2 … Scored career high 25 points adding 1 assist, 1 steal and 7 rebounds shooting 100% FT against Wichita State 1/30 … Recorded season high 20 points, 3 steals and 5 threes made shooting 5-5 in win over Tulane 1/26 … Notched 18 points (7-11 FG, 3-6 3FG, 1-1 FT) with 4 rebounds in the win vs McNeese 11/29...Added 11 points (4-5 FG, 1-1 3FG, 2-2 FT) with 2 assists and 2 steals vs Bradley 11/20...Had 10 points and 7 rebounds in the win vs Western Carolina 11/14...2018 SUMMER: Played for USA East Coast on a basketball trip to Italy August 3-9 alongside SMU teammate Jimmy Whitt Jr. ... 2017-18: Sat out after transferring from Duquesne... 2017 Summer Tour (Canada): Averaged 6.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.7 assists... 2016-17 at Duquesne: Played and started in all 32 games... Averaged 11.3 points, 5.8 rebounds (15th A-10) and 1.6 assists...Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team.
 
JAMES PYLE (6-3, 175, G, JR.): 2017-18: Played in 20 games... Scored 2 points against Northwestern State... AAC All-Academic Team & NABC Honors Court.
 
EVERETT RAY (6-7, 220, F, SO.): 2017-18: Played in 16 games... Missed last 14 games of 2017-18 with a right foot injury… Recorded first career double-double (12 points (5-5 FG, 1-1 3FG, 1-4 FT) and 10 rebounds)
against UAPB... 2017 Summer Tour (Canada - Aug. 7-14): Averaged 3.3 points (5-10 FG), 10.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists... Had 6 points & 17 rebounds in the final game vs M.A.D.E. of the Crown League.
 
CJ WHITE (6-5, 185, G, FR.): 2018-19: Played in 17 games... 1.8 points and 1.5 rebounds...Prep: As a senior, he helped lead Parkview HS to the 5A State Championship, earning State Tournament MVP and First Team All- State honors… Averaged 16.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.0 steals while hitting 40 percent from 3- point range during his final prep season.

JIMMY WHITT JR. (6-3, 175, G, JR.): 2018-19: Started every game... 12.4 points (T-2nd SMU, 23rd AAC), 6.6 rebounds (2nd SMU, 8th AAC), 4.3 defensive rebounds (2nd SMU, 14th AAC), 2.3 offensive rebounds (1st SMU, 9th AAC), 4.5 assists (1st SMU, 4th AAC), 3.5 ast/to ratio (2nd AAC, 7th NCAA), 1.5 steals (1st SMU, 9th AAC)... only player in AAC rankings for points (30 ranked), rebounds (20 ranked), assists (15 ranked) and steals (15 ranked)...GAME HIGHLIGHTS: Notched 20 points against Houston (1/16) … Recorded fifth doubled-double of the season, third in a row(longest since Jordan Tolbert in 2015-16 Dec. 16,17,22) adding 10 points and 10 rebounds in win over Tulsa 1/12 … fourth double-double of the season (20 points, 10 rebounds) and tied career high points vs UConn 1/10, career-high 22 points (all in the first half, most in first half at SMU since 12/30/05) with 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals in the win vs Cornell 12/22... Had a triple-double of 12 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high 10 assists with 3 steals in the win vs McNeese 11/29 (first triple-double at SMU since 1999, 3rd player at SMU, 5th time in program history)... Had 18 points on 9-10 FGs, including the game-winner with 4.2 seconds left, in the 77-76 win vs Wright State 11/21 (also had 4 assists & 2 rebounds)...Had his first career double-double (12 points, 13 rebounds) vs Bradley 11/20/18...Tied career high of 20 points (8-13 FG) with 6 rebounds, 5 assists and a steal vs Lipscomb 11/17...Opened the season with 19 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks and a steal in the win vs Northwestern State 11/8... AWARDS: AAC Weekly Honor Roll (Dec. 3, Dec. 24, Jan. 7, Jan. 14)... 2018 SUMMER: Played for USA East Coast on a basketball trip to Italy... The team went 2-2 on the four-game trip, falling to the U-25 national teams from Italy and Germany while topping the U-25 "A" and "B" squads from the Netherlands... He played alongside SMU teammate Isiaha Mike...2017-18: Played and started all 33 games… Averaged 10.5 points, 5.2 rebounds (17th AAC), 3.5 assists (8th AAC) and 1.8 steals (3rd AAC)... 48.8 FG% (140-287, 14th AAC)... 2.1 assist/to ratio (3rd AAC).
 
LUKE WILFONG (6-1, 170, G, SO.): 2018-19: 2017-18: Played in 12 games... Scored a 3-pointer against USF.
 
JAHMAR YOUNG JR. (6-9, 205, F, Fr.): 2018-19: Played in 14 games … Prep: Power forward at DeSoto High School... played AAU for Urban DFW Elite... The three-star signee was rated as high as No. 14 in Texas.
 
GRANT YOUNGKIN (6-3, 190, G, JR.): 2018-19: Sitting out due to NCAA transfer rules (from Rice).

SHORTHANDED: SMU is playing with 9 scholarship student-athletes available. The Mustangs had 10 available in the middle of the season (Jarrey Foster). SMU played the last 11 games of 2017-18 with seven or less scholarship student-athletes available.
Shake Milton missed the final 11 games (right hand), Jarrey Foster missed the last 14 games (left knee) and Everett Ray was out for the final 16 contests (right ankle, left foot). Ethan Chargois (right ankle) missed the game versus [6/6] Cincinnati on Feb. 11. With Milton, Foster and Chargois in the starting lineup, SMU went 13-5 including wins versus [2/4] Arizona, [14/18] USC, [-/rv] Boise State and at [7/4] Wichita State. Over the past two-plus seasons (90 games), the Mustangs played with:
- 6 available (4 times)
- 7 available (31 times)
- 8 available (11 times)
- 9 available (28 times)
- 10 available (16 times)
 
TRIPLE-DOUBLES: Jimmy Whitt Jr. had his first career triple-double in the win against McNeese on Nov. 29. Whitt had 12 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high 10 assists with 3 steals. It was the fifth triple-double in program history, the third person to accomplish the feat at SMU and the first since 1999. He is one of 20 players in NCAA Division I with a triple-double this season (through Jan. 27). He has five double-doubles this season.
 
SMU Triple-Doubles
Gerald Lewis at Baylor (2-3-1993) - 28 points, 12 rebounds & 12 assists
Gerald Lewis vs. Baylor (3-3-1993) - 15 points, 11 rebounds & 10 assists
Gerald Lewis vs. Texas (3-6-1993) - 13 points, 11 rebounds & 17 assists
Jeryl Sasser vs. Lamar (11-23-1999) - 16 points, 10 rebounds & 10 assists
Jimmy Whitt Jr. vs McNeese (11-29-2018) - 12 points, 10 rebounds & 10 assists
 
NBA DRAFT: Shake Milton was selected 54th in 2018 (picked by Dallas, then traded to Philadelphia)
- Second straight year SMU had a selection in the NBA Draft, best since 1985, 1986 & 1987.
- SMU is one of nine teams with an early entrant selected in back-to-back NBA Drafts: Semi Ojeleye in 2017.
(Arizona, Creighton, Duke, Michigan, Oregon, Texas, Kentucky, SMU, UCLA)
- SMU is one of 14 teams with a selection in the 2017 and 2018 NBA Drafts. (Arizona, Colorado, Creighton,
Duke, Texas, Kansas, Kentucky, Miami (FL), Michigan, Oregon, Purdue, SMU, UCLA, Villanova)
- SMU is one of three schools with a selection in the first two rounds of the MLS, NFL and NBA drafts
(Louisville, Maryland, SMU)
MLS – Michael Nelson – 1st Round 20th overall (Houston Dynamo)
MLS – Mauro Cichero – 2nd Round 29th overall (FC Dallas)
NFL – Courtland Sutton – 2nd Round 40th overall (Denver Broncos)
NBA – Shake Milton – 2nd Round 54th overall (Dallas Mavericks)