SMU (0-0) at Texas (0-0)
Erwin Center – Austin, Texas
November 25, 2020 – 1 p.m.
TV: Longhorn Network
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SMU plays at Texas Wednesday at 1 p.m., facing the Longhorns for just the second time since the two programs were in the Southwest Conference. The Mustangs return four starters from last season, and added three freshmen and a junior transfer. 

FINISHING STRONG
• SMU won three of its last four regular-season games to finish No. 6 in The American. 
• Amber Bacon averaged a team-best 14.8 points, and Johnasia Cash averaged a double-double with 12.8 points and 10.3 rebounds during the stretch. 
• In the wins, SMU increased its shooting percentage to 45.3 and scored 67.0 points per game, eight points more than the season average.

YOUTHFUL EXPERIENCE
• Of the seven players who averaged more than 20 minutes for the Mustangs, five were sophomores and one was a freshman. Not counting Brishonne Tollie, who suffered a season-ending knee injury 11 games into the season, all of the underclassmen played in more than 20 games with at least 15 starts.Freshman Reagan Bradley started all 28 games and averaged a team-high 34.1 minutes.

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
• Reagan Bradley is the third Travis Mays recruit in as many seasons to earn an American Athletic Conference All-Freshman Team selection. 
• Bradley finished the season ranked second in the league with 4.5 assists per game. 
•  Bradley set the SMU freshman record with 129 assists.
• Ariana Whitfield was named to the 2017-18 all-freshman team, while Kayla White earned a selection after leading SMU in scoring in 2018-19.

THE OPPONENT - TEXAS
• Head Coach - Vic Schaefer 
     • First season at Texas
     • Nine years as HC at Mississippi State
• Texas went 19-11 last season with an 11-5 mark at home.
• Charli Collier led the team in points, 13.1, rebounds, 10.5, and blocks, 39.

SERIES HISTORY
• SMU is 3-33 against Texas overall
• SMU is 1-14 all-time in Austin
• This is the first meeting since Dec. 18, 2020, when No. 23Texas defeated SMU, 91-73 in Las Vegas.
• The 2010 meeting is the only contest played since the two programs were members of the Southwest Conference.
• Two of SMU's wins came during the 1994-95 season, with a home win on Feb. 15, and a SWC Tournament win in Moody Coliseum on March 10, 81-65. 

SMU AGAINST VIC SCHAEFER
• SMU is 2-3 all-time against Vic Schaefer as a head coach. 
• The Mustangs won two of three games against Sam Houston State
• SMU lost twice to Mississippi State. 
• SMU suffered a two-point loss, 72-70, against the No. 9 Bulldogs on Dec. 21, 2015, and lost the next season in Los Angeles during Mays first year as SMU's head coach.