SMU (3-3) vs Sam Houston (2-3)
Moody Coliseum – Dallas, Texas
November 24, 2021 – 7 p.m. CT
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SMU begins a five-game homestand on Wednesday against Sam Houston. The Mustangs also host ULM (Nov. 28), UNLV (Dec. 1), Vanderbilt (Dec. 4) and Dayton (Dec. 8).

The Mustangs are 3-0 at home this season, and have won 24 of the last 28 games at Moody Coliseum.

SMU is 54-15 in regular-season non-conference games under Tim Jankovich. The Mustangs are 44-4 at Moody Coliseum in those games, 3-6 in neutral-site games and 7-5 in true road games.

Kendric Davis was named The American Player of the Week on Nov. 22. He averaged 24.3 points, 5.7 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 1.7 steals as the Mustangs went 2-1. He shot 22-of-38 (57.9%) from the field, 9-of-18 (50.0%) from 3-point range and 20-of-23 (87.0%) at the free-throw line. He had a season-high 29 points (10-15 FG, 4-6 3FG, 5-6 FT) in the overtime loss to Missouri in the Jacksonville Classic on Sunday.

SMU Career AAC Weekly Honors
20    Nic Moore
12    Kendric Davis
8    Markus Kennedy
8    Semi Ojeleye
7    Shake Milton
SMU Career AAC Player Of The Week
3    Shake Milton
3    Kendric Davis

Kendric Davis was selected unanimous preseason All-American Athletic Conference First Team, named to the Naismith Trophy Watch List, the Wooden Award Preseason 50 Watch List, the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Watch List and the Lute Olson Player of the Year Award Watch List. Last season, he was unanimous All-AAC First Team as well as USBWA All-District and NABC All-District. Davis led the AAC in scoring (19.0) and assists (7.6, 4th NCAA) last season, and was the only player to lead his league in both. 

Through six games this season, Davis is averaging 19.5 points (5th AAC, 42nd NCAA), 5.3 assists (1st AAC, 31st NCAA), 4.8 rebounds and 1.2 steals while shooting 50.0% overall (5th AAC), 40.6% on threes and 90.0% on free throws (3rd AAC).

QUICK HITS:
• SMU held 4 of 6 opponents under 40%. The Mustangs are 3-1 this season and 64-9 under Tim Jankovich when holding opponents at or below 40%. 

• SMU shot a better percentage than 4 of 6 opponents so far this season. SMU is 3-1 this season and 94-10 under Tim Jankovich when outshooting an opponent.

• The Mustangs had five double-digit scorers in the win over Northwestern State. The Mustangs have had 4 score in double figures in 3 of 6 games this season. SMU is 2-1 this season and 71-15 under Tim Jankovich when at least four score 10+.

• Emmanuel Bandoumel is averaging 9.0 points while hitting 35.8% on 3FGs and making 2.2 threes per game (12th AAC). In 2020-21, he averaged 10.2 points (24th AAC), 2.9 rebounds and 1.4 assists while shooting 36.4% from three (14th AAC) and 73.3% on FTs. He had a career-high 19 points, including the buzzer-beating game winner for a 66-64 victory at Dayton on Dec. 5, 2020.

• Kendric Davis (2021-22 Preseason All-AAC First Team, Bob Cousy PG of the Year Watch List, Lute Olson Player of the Year Watch List, Naismith Trophy Watch List, Wooden Award Watch List, AAC Player of the Week N22 - 2020-21 All-AAC First Team, NABC All-Distirct First Team, USBWA All-District, Lute Olson National Player of the Year Mid-Season Watch List, ESPN Player of the Week [D7], AAC Player of the Week [D7, F15], AAC Weekly Honor Roll [N30, D21, J4, J11, J25, F8]) is averaging 19.5 points (5th AAC, 42nd NCAA), 4.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists (1st AAC, 31st NCAA) with a 1.6 assist/turnover ration (9th AAC) and hitting 50.0% on FGs (5th AAC), 40.6% 3FGs and 90.0% on FTs (5th AAC). In 2020-21, he averaged 19.0 points (1st AAC) and 7.6 assists (1st AAC, 4th NCAA), 1.6 steals (4th AAC) with a 3.2 assist-to-turnover ratio (1st AAC, 10th NCAA). He was also among the league leaders in FG% (48.1, 7th), 3FG% (37.3, 12th AAC) and FT% (83.3, 5th AAC). He had 5 points-assists double-doubles last season. He has 5 or more assists in 34 of 43 games as a Mustang. He set the AAC record with 14 assists vs Cincinnati 1/7. In 2019-20, he averaged 14.2 points (8th AAC) and an AAC-best 6.7 assists (10th NCAA) with 4.1 rebounds and 1.2 steals. He was 88-103 on FTs (85.4%, 2nd AAC). His assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.7 led the AAC and ranked 19th nationally. Davis led The American in scoring and assists. He was the only player in the country to lead his league in both. 

• Isiah Jasey has started all 6 games and is averaging 1.0 blocked shots (11th AAC). Last season, he started 15 of 17 games last season. He finished 6th in the AAC in blocked shots (1.0) while adding 3.6 points and 3.8 rebounds in 18.1 minutes per contest.

• Zach Nutall (2020-21 Southland Conference Player of the Year at Sam Houston) is averaging 9.2 points and hitting 38.2% on 3FGs, making 2.2 threes per game (12th AAC).

• Marcus Weathers (2-time All-A-10 at Duquesne) has 2 doubles-doubles. He is averaging 12.8 points (16th AAC) and 7.2 rebounds (5th AAC) while hitting 53.7% on FGs and 76.2% on FTs (9th AAC). 

• SMU is 104-58 under Tim Jankovich and 72-17 at Moody Coliseum. The Mustangs are 24-4 at Moody Coliseum since the start of 2019-20.

• SMU is 54-15 in regular-season non-conference games under Tim Jankovich. The Mustangs are 44-4 at Moody Coliseum in those games, 3-6 in neutral-site games and 7-5 in true road games. 

• SMU is 73-46 in AAC play since the start of 2014-15. The Mustangs are 45-15 at Moody Coliseum.

• The Mustangs have been ranked or received votes in the AP Poll in seven of the previous eight seasons (2013-14 to 2020-21). 

• SMU has 7 wins against AP Top 25 teams under Tim Jankovich (20 games). That is second at SMU. Doc Hayes had 13 from 1947-67.

•  SMU has won four total American Athletic Conference Championships, winning the regular season and tournament titles in 2015 and 2017.

•  SMU has had three players selected in the NBA Draft since 2017. Sterling Brown and Semi Ojeleye in 2017 and Shake Milton in 2018. Jahmal McMurray was selected in the 2019 NBA G-League Draft. Ben Moore played for Indiana, San Antonio and in the G-League for Fort Wayne, the affiliate of the Indiana Pacers. Feron Hunt spent the 2021-22 preseason with the Dallas Mavericks and is with the Texas Legends, the G-League affiliate for the Mavericks.

• The Mustangs have 17 All-American Athletic Conference honorees, the highest in the AAC, in the first eight seasons of the league. That includes five first-team selections.

LAST GAME (L, 76-70 vs LMU on Nov. 22): JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) --  Joe Quintana had 24 points as Loyola Marymount got past SMU 76-70 on Monday night. Eli Scott had 18 points for Loyola Marymount (3-2). Keli Leaupepe added 11 points. Dameane Douglas had 10 points. Kendric Davis had 17 points for the Mustangs (3-3). Zach Nutall added 15 points. Jahmar Young Jr. had 13 points. 

THE SERIES VS. SAM HOUSTON (4-0) (3-0+): The Mustangs have swept the series meetings with all
four matchups at Moody Coliseum. The Most recent was a 97-67 win on Nov. 25, 2020. (+ 3-0 officially, win
in 2013-14 vacated)

LAST TIME VS SAM HOUSTON (W, 97-67 on November 25, 2020): DALLAS (AP) — Kendric Davis had a then-career-high 33 points to carry SMU to a 97-67 win over Sam Houston State on Wednesday night. The Bearkats' Zach Nutall had 36 points, also a career high. William Douglas had 15 points for SMU (1-0). Ethan Chargois added 12 points and six assists.

UP NEXT: The Mustangs continue the five-game homestand beginning with ULM (Nov. 28), UNLV (Dec. 1), Vanderbilt (Dec. 4) and Dayton (Dec. 8).

BIG-SHOT BANDOUMEL: Emmanuel Bandoumel hit a driving jumper with 0.2 on the clock for the 66-64 win at [-/rv] Dayton on Dec. 5. It was his second game winner. He previously hit a three that beat the shot-clock buzzer with 30 seconds left in overtime for a 73-72 victory over [20/19] Houston on Feb. 15, 2020. He also hit a three to beat the halftime horn in the 80-75 overtime loss to Missouri. 

FIVE AND DIME: Kendric Davis is averaging 19.5 points (5th AAC) and 5.3 assists (1st AAC, 31st NCAA) with a 1.6 assist-to-turnover ratio (9th AAC). Last season, he averaged 7.6 assists (1st AAC, 4th NCAA). He has 5 or more assists in 38 of 49 games at SMU (4 of 6 this season). He set the AAC record with 14 assists vs Cincinnati 1/7/21 and has notched 13 assists twice (vs Houston Baptist 12/2/20 & vs Tulane on 2/1/20). He had 5 or more assists in 14 straight games (11/27/19 to 1/25/20). That was the longest streak with at least 5 assists since the SMU-record of 16 by Butch Moore from 3/14/85 to 1/8/86. Davis' 6.7 assists led the AAC (10th NCAA) and had a league-best 2.7 assist-to-turnover ratio (19th NCAA).
SMU Career Assists Average
    1    9.0    Billy Allen (468/52), 1978-80
    2    6.8    Kendric Davis, 2019-
    3    6.6    Butch Moore (828/125), 1982-86
    4    5.6    Michael G. Jaccar (239/43), 1974-76
    5    5.1    Nic Moore (508/100), 2013-16
    6    4.8    Carl Wright (460/96), 1982-85
        4.8    Roderick Hampton (419/88), 1987-91
SMU Career Assist-to-Turnover Ratio (Since 1976-77 - Min. 3.0 assists)
    1    2.68    Kendric Davis, 2019- (335 / 125)
    2    2.53    Scott Johnson, 1983-87 (334 / 132)
    3    2.38    Jimmy Whitt, 2017-19 (233 / 98)
    4    2.32    Billy Allen, 1978-80 (468 / 202)
    5    2.13    Shake Milton, 2015-18 (337 / 158)
    6    2.12    Nic Moore, 2013-16 (508 / 240)
    7    2.11    Butch Moore, 1982-86 (828 / 392)
    8    2.00    Todd Alexander, 1987-89 (176 / 88)
SMU Career Assists
    1    828    Butch Moore, 1982-86
    2    508    Nic Moore (100), 2013-16
    3    491    Gerald Lewis, 1989-93
    4    469    Jeryl Sasser, 1997-01
    5    468    Billy Allen, 1978-80
    7    419    Roderick Hampton, 1987-91
    8    403    Kato Armstrong, 1985-89
    9    396    Bryan Hopkins, 2002-06
    10    387    Troy Matthews, 1993-97
    11    371    Jon Killen, 2004-08
    12    363    Zachary Thiel, 1971-74
    13    337    Shake Milton, 2015-18
    14    335    Kendric Davis, 2019-

KD FREE: Kendric Davis is 36-of-40 (90.0%) on free throws this season. He shot 83.3% on FTs in 2020-21 (5th AAC) and 85.4% in 2019-20 (2nd AAC).
SMU Career FT Pct.
    1    88.4    Eric Longino (99-112), 1987-89
    2    85.5    Kendric Davis (194-227), 2019-
    3    84.2    Robert Nyakundi (182-216), 2008-12
    4    83.9    Charles Beasley (270-322), 1964-67
    5    83.8    Nic Moore (301-359), 2013-16
    6    82.9    Todd Alexander (121-146), 1987-89
        82.9    Jahmal McMurray (97-117), 2017-19

GRAND TIME: The Mustangs have four players with over least 1,000 career points. 
1,401    Marcus Weathers
1,274    Zach Nutall
1,106    Michael Weathers
1,043    Kendric Davis

2021-22 Newcomers (D-I transfers totaling 3,000+ points entering the season)
4,615    Kentucky (6 newcomers)
4,125    Arkansas (6)
3,882    Florida (4)
3,733    SMU (4)
3,577    Penn State (4)
3,354    Georgia (5)
3,175    Utah (6)
3,132    Arizona State (3)
3,080    Penn State (3)

MOODY MAGIC: The Mustangs are 24-4 in the past 28 games at Moody Coliseum after going 15-2 at home in 2019-20. Since Moody Coliseum re-opened for the 2014 American Athletic Conference schedule, SMU has successfully defended home court 109 times in 130 contests.
SMU - Most Home Wins In A Season
Wins    Season    Home    
18 ^    2013-14    18-1    
18    2016-17    18-0    
16    2014-15    16-2    
16    2015-16    16-1    
15    1984-85    15-1    
15    2010-11    15-7    
15    2019-20    15-2
^ Wins from 2013-14 later vacated

TWIN PAIRING: Marcus and Michael Weathers are one of just seven sets of twins playing on the same Division I team, and one of just 14 sets of brothers. The Weathers played together as freshmen at Miami (OH) for then head coach John Cooper. After being apart for four seasons, they are playing together in their final collegiate season. 

2021-22 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:
- Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watch List | Kendric Davis (1 of 50)
- Naismith Trophy Watch List | Kendric Davis (1 of 50)
- Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Watch List | Kendric Davis (1 of 20)
- Lute Olson Player of the Year Award Watch List | Kendric Davis (1 of 40)
- Preseason All-American Athletic Conference | Kendric Davis (1st Team - Unanimous)
- American Athletic Conference Player of the Week
     N22 - Kendric Davis (24.3 pts, 5.7 asts, 5.0 rebs, 1.2 stls, 22-38 FGs, 9-18 3FGs, 20-23 FTs in 3 games)

HEAD COACH TIM JANKOVICH... is in his sixth season at the helm at SMU after four seasons as the associate head coach. He is in his 39th season as a collegiate coach, and his 17th as a head coach. As a head coach, he is 261-179 (.593) [104-58 at SMU (.642), including 72-17 (.809) 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 nine 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)

- 9 NITs (CSU '88, Vanderbilt '00, '02; Illinois State '08, '09, '10, '12; SMU '14 Final, '21)

Most Home Wins at SMU (Record, Win%)
172     - Doc Hayes, 1947-67 (172-51, .771)
86 -     Dave Bliss, 1980-88 (86-33, .723)
93 -     J.W. St. Clair, 1924-38 (93-36, .721)
81 -     Mike Dement, 1995-04 (81-39, .675)
72 -     Tim Jankovich, 2015- (72-17, .809)