SMU Hosts ECU Wednesday At 3 p.m. To Start Conference Slate

SMU (0-4) vs. ECU (2-3)
Moody Coliseum – Dallas, Texas
Dec. 16, 2020 – 3 p.m.
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SMU faces ECU at home Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the American Athletic Conference opener.

ABOUT SMU
• SMU played four non-conference games, including a top-15 team and another receiving votes in the polls.
• The Mustangs are 0-4, including an overtime loss at home to Texas State.
• Freshmen led the way at Oklahoma State, scoring 26 points in a 75-63 loss.
• Kayla White scores a team-best 12.3 ppg.
• Amber Bacon and Rhyle McKinney average 9.5 points.
• McKinney averages 31.7 minutes per game, and has three 10-point performances.

FRESHMEN LEADING THE WAY
• In the 12-point loss at Oklahoma State, 75-63, SMU's three freshmen accounted for more than 40 percent of the scoring with 26 combined points.
• Rhyle McKinney led the team with 13 points in a team-high 35:26, while Jayla Brooks, eight, and Tamia Jones, five, combined for 13 points in 14 minutes each.

YOUTHFUL EXPERIENCE
• Of the seven players who averaged more than 20 minutes for the Mustangs last season, 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. Reagan Bradley started all 29 games with a team-high 34 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.

OPPONENT - ECU
• Head Coach - Kim McNeill
• Second season
• .600 win percentage at Arkansas
• Sierra DaCosta leads the team with 12.0 points per game, and is one of three players averaging double figures.
• ECU is 2-3 this season, with wins against Virginia and VCU.

SERIES HISTORY
• SMU is 10-11 all-time against the Pirates with a 6-3 record at home.
• SMU defeated ECU twice in the regular season last year for the first time in program history (55-47 at ECU and 53-45 at home).
• The win in Greenville was just the second all-time and the first since Jan. 18, 2008, an 73-68 overtime win.
• Prior to last season, ECU had won five straight.
• The series started on Jan. 27, 2006, with ECU winning 75-63 at home.

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Players Mentioned

Amber Bacon

Reagan Bradley

Jayla Brooks

Tamia Jones

Rhyle McKinney

Kayla White

Ariana Whitfield

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