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SMU And UCF Face Off Saturday In Orlando On American Digital Network
Jan 30 | Women's Basketball
SMU (9-10, 3-4 AAC) at UCF (11-9, 3-4 AAC)
Feb. 1, 2020 – 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT
Orlando, Fla. | Addition Financial Arena
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SMU play UCF in Orlando, Fla., Saturday at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT. The Mustangs enter the contest with 19+ point wins in each of their last two games, holding each opponent to fewer than 45 points.Â
THE OPPONENT - UCF
• UCF lost 67-65 at Temple in its last game, and the Knights have lost three of their last five. UCF is 9-1 at home this season, with the lone loss coming against then-No. 4 Connecticut, 59-52.Â
LAST TIME OUT
• SMU won a second straight game with a 64-44 win over Wichita State on Wednesday night inside Moody Coliseum.
• Kayla White lead the team with an 18-point performance, and was one of four Mustangs in double figures.Â
• It was the second consecutive game allowing less than 45 points, third overall.Â
• Reagan Bradley had seven assists, her second such game. She was one shy of the record with 10, and has four of the top five single games by a freshman.
JOHNASIA CASH
Johnasia Cash ranks third in the conference with 9.2 rebounds per game and averages 10.5 points, 27th in the league. She posted season-highs with 18 points and 16 rebounds against North Dakota. Â Cash tops the team and is fourth in the league in blocks with 27, averaging 1.4 per game. She posted four-block nights against Wright State and North Dakota. Cash ranks 52nd in the NCAA in rebounds per game and 96th in blocks per game. Â
REAGAN BRADLEY
Reagan Bradley scored 13 points in her collegiate debut. With a season-high nine assists against UTEP, Bradley tied for 16th in a game at SMU (SINGLE-GAME RECORD IS 11). She has eight games with at least five assists, including six of the last 10 games. She averages 4.5 assists per game, eighth among freshmen in the NCAA and tied for third overall in The American. Bradley is scoring 9.8 points per game, shooting 36.0 percent from the field, and averages 5.1 rebounds, fourth on the team. With 85 assists, she needs 10 to tie the SMU freshman record (95 in 1982-83 by Tomi Hollis). She scored a season-high 18 points against George Mason and has scored at least 10 points 10 times, including seven of the last nine games.Â
SMU FRESHMAN RECORDS
SINGLE-GAME ASSISTS
   1.   Kendall Shead    (1/25/03 vs. Tulsa)   10
   2.   Reagan Bradley    (12/19/19 vs. UTEP)   9
   3.   Reagan Bradley    (11/5/19 vs. McNeese)   8
   T4.   Reagan Bradley    (12/9/19 vs. North Dakota)   7
   T4.   Reagan Bradley   (1/29/20 vs. Wichita State)   7
   T4.   Five other players      7
SINGLE-SEASON ASSISTS
   1.   Tomi Hollis   1982-83   95
   2.   Karen Blair   1995-96   93
   3.   Katy Cobb   2004-05   88
   4.   Kendall Shead   2002-03   86
   5.   Reagan Bradley   2019-20   85
   6.   Brittany Gilliam   2006-07   73
KAYLA WHITE
Kayla White leads the team with 10.7 points, and has scored at least 10 points eight times. She scored a season-high 22 points against North Dakota, one game after dropping 21 against Wright State. In the last six games, White is averaging 12.5 points, finishing with 18 twice during the stretch.Â
PAIGE BAYLISS
Paige Bayliss has three games with at least 10 rebounds, including two of the last four. Since the start of conference play, she is averaging 7.6 rebounds and 7.7 points. Bayliss posted her second double-double of the season with a career-high 15 rebounds and 13 points against Tulane. The first double-double of her career came with 14 points and 10 rebounds against UC Irvine. Overall, Bayliss is averaging 6.8 points and 5.4 rebounds, with a team-high 52.3 shooting percentage, third in The American.Â
AMBER BACON
Amber Bacon is fourth on the team with 8.0 points per game this season. She reached double digits nine times, including a season-high 16 points against CSUN, and scored a team-high 12 against UConn. She is third on the team with 30 steals, and is hitting a team-best 71.0 percent from the free-throw line, 14th in the league. Bacon is second on the team with 63 assists. She passed out six assists against McNeese and Wright State, and again at ECU. Bacon recorded four steals against both CSUN (Cal State Northridge) and UTEP.Â
JAQUIA WHITE
JaQuia White is averaging 5.2 points per game, reaching double figures twice. She scored a career-high 13 points against McNeese, and finished with 12 against UTEP. White is shooting 34.3 percent, and she leads the team outside the arc, going 15-for-43 (34.9 percent) on 3-point attempts.
ARIANA WHITFIELD
Ariana Whitfield scored a season-high 23 points against Tulsa, one shy of her career-high, going 9-of-15 from the field. The junior was named to The American Weekly Honor Roll for her efforts. Limited this season due to injuries earlier in the season, she is averaging 5.1 points with a 37.9 shooting percentage.
SIGNING DAY
Three-time state champion Rhyle McKinney, all-state guard Tamia Jones and point guard Jayla Brooks, the 2018-19 District 10-6A Offensive Player of the Year, make up the SMU 2020 freshman class.
RHYLE McKINNEY
McKinney averaged 23.9 points with 4.3 rebounds and 2.9 steals as a junior. She was named Texas Class 1A-4A Player of the Year by the Texas Girls Coaches Association after leading Argyle to a 32-7 record, which included the program's fifth consecutive Class 4A state championship. McKinney was named to the all-state, all-area and all-district teams.
TAMIA JONES
Jones was named to the all-state team after a stellar year at The Colony High School, where she led her team to the Class 5A Region I semifinals. She scored 14 points in a 68-66 loss to eventual state champion Amarillo, averaging 16.2 points and 4.7 assists for the season.
JAYLA BROOKS
As a junior, Brooks led Sachse to the Texas 6A Region II quarterfinals before a one-point loss to eventual state semifinalist Allen, 49-48. She is a three-time first-team all-district selection. During her sophomore year, Brooks led Sachse to one of the most prolific comeback wins in program history. Trailing Pflugerville Hendrickson 27-4 in the second quarter of the 2018 Class 6A Region II semifinal, Brooks aided in the comeback to send Sachse to just its second region final in school history.
YOUTH GAINS EXPERIENCE
• SMU returns three starters and seven total letterwinners from last season's squad, which was one of the two youngest teams in the country based on average age. This season's returners accounted for more than half of the minutes played a year ago, with the three starters averaging at least 29 minutes.Â
RECRUITING YOUNG STARS
• Two seasons ago, Ariana Whitfield, a member of Travis Mays' first signing class, was named to the conference all-freshman team. Last season, Kayla White earned the honor after leading SMU with 11.4 points. This season, Mays added Arkansas Player of the Year and state champion Reagan Bradley.
MOODY MAGIC
• SMU is 379-239 at home all-time. Travis Mays has led the Mustangs to a 34-22 record in Moody Coliseum, winning 61 percent of home games.Â
LAST TIME OUT
• SMU won a second straight game with a 64-44 win over Wichita State on Wednesday night inside Moody Coliseum.
• Kayla White lead the team with an 18-point performance, and was one of four Mustangs in double figures.Â
• It was the second consecutive game allowing less than 45 points, third overall.Â
• Reagan Bradley had seven assists, her second such game. She was one shy of the record with 10, and has four of the top five single games by a freshman.
THE OPPONENT - UCF
• UCF lost 67-65 at Temple in its last game, and the Knights have lost three of their last five. UCF is 9-1 at home this season, with the lone loss coming against then-No. 4 Connecticut, 59-52.Â
NEXT ON THE SLATE
• SMU plays at Houston Wednesday before the next home game on Feb. 8 vs. Cincinnati.Â
TEAM NOTES
• SMU set the Moody Coliseum record with 64 rebounds against North Dakota. The mark is tied for second in a game all-time at SMU (64 Feb. 19, 1998 at TCU; Record is 69 on Dec. 1, 1984).
• SMU averages 42.7 rebounds per game, 26th in the NCAA and second in The American.Â
• SMU is 46th in the NCAA and fourth in the AAC in field-goal defense, holding opponents to 36.3 percent from the field.Â
• SMU is 60th in the NCAA and third in The American in scoring defense, allowing 58.7 points per game.Â
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Feb. 1, 2020 – 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT
Orlando, Fla. | Addition Financial Arena
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SMU play UCF in Orlando, Fla., Saturday at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT. The Mustangs enter the contest with 19+ point wins in each of their last two games, holding each opponent to fewer than 45 points.Â
THE OPPONENT - UCF
• UCF lost 67-65 at Temple in its last game, and the Knights have lost three of their last five. UCF is 9-1 at home this season, with the lone loss coming against then-No. 4 Connecticut, 59-52.Â
LAST TIME OUT
• SMU won a second straight game with a 64-44 win over Wichita State on Wednesday night inside Moody Coliseum.
• Kayla White lead the team with an 18-point performance, and was one of four Mustangs in double figures.Â
• It was the second consecutive game allowing less than 45 points, third overall.Â
• Reagan Bradley had seven assists, her second such game. She was one shy of the record with 10, and has four of the top five single games by a freshman.
JOHNASIA CASH
Johnasia Cash ranks third in the conference with 9.2 rebounds per game and averages 10.5 points, 27th in the league. She posted season-highs with 18 points and 16 rebounds against North Dakota. Â Cash tops the team and is fourth in the league in blocks with 27, averaging 1.4 per game. She posted four-block nights against Wright State and North Dakota. Cash ranks 52nd in the NCAA in rebounds per game and 96th in blocks per game. Â
REAGAN BRADLEY
Reagan Bradley scored 13 points in her collegiate debut. With a season-high nine assists against UTEP, Bradley tied for 16th in a game at SMU (SINGLE-GAME RECORD IS 11). She has eight games with at least five assists, including six of the last 10 games. She averages 4.5 assists per game, eighth among freshmen in the NCAA and tied for third overall in The American. Bradley is scoring 9.8 points per game, shooting 36.0 percent from the field, and averages 5.1 rebounds, fourth on the team. With 85 assists, she needs 10 to tie the SMU freshman record (95 in 1982-83 by Tomi Hollis). She scored a season-high 18 points against George Mason and has scored at least 10 points 10 times, including seven of the last nine games.Â
SMU FRESHMAN RECORDS
SINGLE-GAME ASSISTS
   1.   Kendall Shead    (1/25/03 vs. Tulsa)   10
   2.   Reagan Bradley    (12/19/19 vs. UTEP)   9
   3.   Reagan Bradley    (11/5/19 vs. McNeese)   8
   T4.   Reagan Bradley    (12/9/19 vs. North Dakota)   7
   T4.   Reagan Bradley   (1/29/20 vs. Wichita State)   7
   T4.   Five other players      7
SINGLE-SEASON ASSISTS
   1.   Tomi Hollis   1982-83   95
   2.   Karen Blair   1995-96   93
   3.   Katy Cobb   2004-05   88
   4.   Kendall Shead   2002-03   86
   5.   Reagan Bradley   2019-20   85
   6.   Brittany Gilliam   2006-07   73
KAYLA WHITE
Kayla White leads the team with 10.7 points, and has scored at least 10 points eight times. She scored a season-high 22 points against North Dakota, one game after dropping 21 against Wright State. In the last six games, White is averaging 12.5 points, finishing with 18 twice during the stretch.Â
PAIGE BAYLISS
Paige Bayliss has three games with at least 10 rebounds, including two of the last four. Since the start of conference play, she is averaging 7.6 rebounds and 7.7 points. Bayliss posted her second double-double of the season with a career-high 15 rebounds and 13 points against Tulane. The first double-double of her career came with 14 points and 10 rebounds against UC Irvine. Overall, Bayliss is averaging 6.8 points and 5.4 rebounds, with a team-high 52.3 shooting percentage, third in The American.Â
AMBER BACON
Amber Bacon is fourth on the team with 8.0 points per game this season. She reached double digits nine times, including a season-high 16 points against CSUN, and scored a team-high 12 against UConn. She is third on the team with 30 steals, and is hitting a team-best 71.0 percent from the free-throw line, 14th in the league. Bacon is second on the team with 63 assists. She passed out six assists against McNeese and Wright State, and again at ECU. Bacon recorded four steals against both CSUN (Cal State Northridge) and UTEP.Â
JAQUIA WHITE
JaQuia White is averaging 5.2 points per game, reaching double figures twice. She scored a career-high 13 points against McNeese, and finished with 12 against UTEP. White is shooting 34.3 percent, and she leads the team outside the arc, going 15-for-43 (34.9 percent) on 3-point attempts.
ARIANA WHITFIELD
Ariana Whitfield scored a season-high 23 points against Tulsa, one shy of her career-high, going 9-of-15 from the field. The junior was named to The American Weekly Honor Roll for her efforts. Limited this season due to injuries earlier in the season, she is averaging 5.1 points with a 37.9 shooting percentage.
SIGNING DAY
Three-time state champion Rhyle McKinney, all-state guard Tamia Jones and point guard Jayla Brooks, the 2018-19 District 10-6A Offensive Player of the Year, make up the SMU 2020 freshman class.
RHYLE McKINNEY
McKinney averaged 23.9 points with 4.3 rebounds and 2.9 steals as a junior. She was named Texas Class 1A-4A Player of the Year by the Texas Girls Coaches Association after leading Argyle to a 32-7 record, which included the program's fifth consecutive Class 4A state championship. McKinney was named to the all-state, all-area and all-district teams.
TAMIA JONES
Jones was named to the all-state team after a stellar year at The Colony High School, where she led her team to the Class 5A Region I semifinals. She scored 14 points in a 68-66 loss to eventual state champion Amarillo, averaging 16.2 points and 4.7 assists for the season.
JAYLA BROOKS
As a junior, Brooks led Sachse to the Texas 6A Region II quarterfinals before a one-point loss to eventual state semifinalist Allen, 49-48. She is a three-time first-team all-district selection. During her sophomore year, Brooks led Sachse to one of the most prolific comeback wins in program history. Trailing Pflugerville Hendrickson 27-4 in the second quarter of the 2018 Class 6A Region II semifinal, Brooks aided in the comeback to send Sachse to just its second region final in school history.
YOUTH GAINS EXPERIENCE
• SMU returns three starters and seven total letterwinners from last season's squad, which was one of the two youngest teams in the country based on average age. This season's returners accounted for more than half of the minutes played a year ago, with the three starters averaging at least 29 minutes.Â
RECRUITING YOUNG STARS
• Two seasons ago, Ariana Whitfield, a member of Travis Mays' first signing class, was named to the conference all-freshman team. Last season, Kayla White earned the honor after leading SMU with 11.4 points. This season, Mays added Arkansas Player of the Year and state champion Reagan Bradley.
MOODY MAGIC
• SMU is 379-239 at home all-time. Travis Mays has led the Mustangs to a 34-22 record in Moody Coliseum, winning 61 percent of home games.Â
LAST TIME OUT
• SMU won a second straight game with a 64-44 win over Wichita State on Wednesday night inside Moody Coliseum.
• Kayla White lead the team with an 18-point performance, and was one of four Mustangs in double figures.Â
• It was the second consecutive game allowing less than 45 points, third overall.Â
• Reagan Bradley had seven assists, her second such game. She was one shy of the record with 10, and has four of the top five single games by a freshman.
THE OPPONENT - UCF
• UCF lost 67-65 at Temple in its last game, and the Knights have lost three of their last five. UCF is 9-1 at home this season, with the lone loss coming against then-No. 4 Connecticut, 59-52.Â
NEXT ON THE SLATE
• SMU plays at Houston Wednesday before the next home game on Feb. 8 vs. Cincinnati.Â
TEAM NOTES
• SMU set the Moody Coliseum record with 64 rebounds against North Dakota. The mark is tied for second in a game all-time at SMU (64 Feb. 19, 1998 at TCU; Record is 69 on Dec. 1, 1984).
• SMU averages 42.7 rebounds per game, 26th in the NCAA and second in The American.Â
• SMU is 46th in the NCAA and fourth in the AAC in field-goal defense, holding opponents to 36.3 percent from the field.Â
• SMU is 60th in the NCAA and third in The American in scoring defense, allowing 58.7 points per game.Â
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