SMU Ends Homestand Wednesday Night Against Oral Roberts

SMU (1-1, 0-0 AAC) vs. Oral Roberts (0-2, 0-0 Summit League)
Moody Coliseum - Dallas, Texas
Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 – 7 p.m.
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Game Notes: SMU | Oral Roberts
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SETTING THE SCENE
•   SMU hosts Oral Roberts in Moody Coliseum Wednesday at 7 p.m. The game is the last of three home games before the Mustangs play at Arkansas Monday night in the first road contest of the season.

ABOUT SMU
•   Toyelle Wilson is in her first season as head coach at SMU. She is the first Black female head coach of any sport at SMU.
•   The Mustangs played just six games, including two conference games, before cancelling the 2019-20 season due to concerns over Covid-19.
•   Rice transfer Sydne Wiggins leads the team with 14.5 points, and UMass transfer Danielle Sanderlin averages 11.0 points.
•   Sanderlin is eighth in the NCAA with a 76.9 shooting percentage.
•   Florida State transfer Savannah Wilkinson leads the country with double-doubles in the first two games and averages 10.5 points and 10.5 rebounds.
•   Rice transfer Jasmine Smith averaged 6.0 assists per game, 37th in the NCAA.

ABOUT ORAL ROBERTS
•   Oral Roberts is 0-2 this season with losses to UNLV and Colorado State.
•   Hannah Cooper leads the Golden Eagles with 14.0 points per game, and Keni Jo Lippe is averaging 13.0 points. Lippe also leads the team in assists.
•   The Golden Eagles average 68.5 points per game.

SERIES HISTORY
•   SMU is 3-4 all-time against Oral Roberts with a 3-3 record at home.
•   The Mustangs have won three of the last four contests played in Moody Coliseum and three of the last five overall.
•   The series started on Oct. 20, 1997, with a 73-46 Golden Eagles win in Dallas.
•   The last meeting was a 71-48 win for SMU on Nov. 30, 1997, in Moody Coliseum.

UP NEXT
•   SMU plays its first road game of the season at Arkansas Monday at 7 p.m.
•   SMU is 5-21 all-time against Arkansas. The Razorbacks won the last game, 79-47, at home on Dec. 9, 2020.

SAVANNAH WILKINSON
Savannah Wilkinson recorded double-doubles in the first two games of the season and leads the NCAA in the category. She averages 10.5 rebounds per game and is eighth in the NCAA with 9.5 defensive rebounds per game. The Florida State transfer averages 10.5 points per game and has two blocks and two steals. She played in more than 70 games in three seasons at Florida State with career highs of 14 points and nine rebounds.

WILKINSON DOUBLE-DOUBLES
Opponent                Date            Points   Rebounds
UMKC                    Nov. 9, 2021   10        10
Oklahoma State   Nov. 14, 2021   11        11

DANIELLE SANDERLIN
Danielle Sanderlin scored a game-high 20 points in the season opener and averages 11.0 points per game. She scored a career-high 30 points during the 2019-20 season at Canisius, and has now reached 20 points in a game eight times. She went 9-of-12 from the field in her debut at SMU. Sanderlin ranks 14th in the NCAA with a 76.9 shooting percentage.

SYDNE WIGGINS
Sydne Wiggins scored 15 points in her first game at SMU and had a game-high 14 points against Oklahoma State. She has scored at least 10 points 29 times in her career. During four seasons at Rice, she scored a career-high 18 points twice. Wiggins made three of SMU's five 3-pointers against UMKC, going 3-for-6 outside the arc. Wiggins won a WNIT championship while at Rice.

JASMINE SMITH
Jasmine Smith had eight of SMU's 22 assists in her debut on the Hilltop. It was the fourth time in her career she finished with eight or more assists in a game. She tallied a career-high 10 assists during Rice's run to the 2021 WNIT championship. Smith scored seven points against UMKC and has a career-high 21 points, eclipsing 20 for the only time in her career during the 2019-20 season. She averages 6.0 assists per game, 37th in the NCAA and second in The American. She also had seven points against Oklahoma State and averages 7.0 per game.

KAYLA WHITE
Kayla White started the season with nine points. She averaged double digits in scoring each of the last three seasons, leading the team in two of the three years. She has scored at least 20 points four times, including a career-high 22 points twice.

AMIRAH ABDUR-RAHIM
After missing the first game due to injury, Amirah Abdur-Rahim scored eight points against Oklahoma State in her first game on the Hilltop.

BOLD: Big Opportunities Live in Dallas
As part of its goal of Shaping Champions and preparing students for life, SMU Athletics proudly announces the addition of its BOLD (Big Opportunities Live in Dallas) Program to its suite of student-athlete development tools, with the goal of helping student-athletes navigate and capitalize on new Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) legislation.

BOLD will provide SMU student-athletes with the means to navigate the evolving NIL landscape. The BOLD program will incorporate INFLCR, a comprehensive NIL education and compliance solution, and campus resources from the Cox School of Business, the Dedman School of Law, and the Meadows School of the Arts.

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Players Mentioned

Amirah Abdur-Rahim

Danielle Sanderlin

Jasmine Smith

Kayla White

Sydne Wiggins

Savannah Wilkinson

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