SMU (6-3) vs Vanderbilt (5-1)
Moody Coliseum – Dallas, Texas
December 4, 2021 – 5 p.m. CT
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SMU continues a five-game homestand on Saturday against Vanderbilt. The Mustangs are 6-0 at Moody Coliseum this season after an 83-64 win against UNLV on Wednesday. The homestand concludes with Dayton on Wednesday.

This matchup is the return game from a meeting in Nashville two seasons ago. The Mustangs won 92-81 in overtime on Jan. 4, 2020, in a matchup that was part of the SEC/American scheduling alliance. 

In the win over UNLV on Wednesday, SMU shot a season-best 60.0% from the field and had a season-high 23 assists on 30 field goals. Kendric Davis had a team-high 18 points with eight assists. Michael Weathers had season highs of 14 points, nine rebounds and six assists. Emmanuel Bandoumel scored 13 points and Tristan Clark added 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting. Jalen Smith started for the first time and finished with a season-high nine points on 3-of-4 from 3-point range.

The Mustangs are 6-0 at home this season, and have won 27 of the last 31 games at Moody Coliseum.

SMU is 57-15 in regular-season non-conference games under Tim Jankovich. The Mustangs are 47-4 at Moody Coliseum in those games, 3-6 in neutral-site games and 7-5 in true road games.

Kendric Davis was named to The American Weekly Honor Roll. In three games last week, he averaged 21.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.3 steals while shooting 48.7% FGs (19-39), 42.1% 3FGs (8-19) and 85.7% FTs (18-21). 

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. 

QUICK HITS

• Emmanuel Bandoumel is averaging 11.2 points (19th AAC) while hitting 41.8% (5th AAC) on 3FGs (23-45) and making 2.6 threes per game (7th AAC). Had a career-high 21 points in the win vs ULM on 11/28. 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 then-career-high 19 points, including the buzzer-beating game winner for a 66-64 victory at Dayton on Dec. 5, 2020.

• Tristan Clark (2019-20 Karl Malone Watch List) is averaging 7.0 points and 4.1 rebounds while shooting 71.4% from the field (25-35).

• 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], AAC Weekly Honor Roll [N29] - 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 20.2 points (3rd AAC, 27th NCAA), 5.1 rebounds (17th AAC), 5.7 assists (1st AAC, 25th NCAA) with a 1.8 assist/turnover ratio (7th AAC) and hitting 48.6% on FGs (5th AAC), 89.1% on FTs (2nd AAC, 55th NCAA) and 41.2% 3FGs with 2.3 3FGs per game (9th 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. 

• Tyler Lundblade (2020-21 McDonald's All-American nominee) is going to redshirt this season. 

• Isiah Jasey has started all 9 games and is averaging 0.9 blocked shots (12th AAC) and 3.0 rebounds. 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 7.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists (15th AAC) while hitting 34.0% on 3FG.

• Zhuric Phelps (2020-21 Texas Mr. Basketball) is averaging 3.2 points, 2.1 rebounds and 0.9 steals. His 5 steals in the win vs ULM on Nov. 28 were the most by an SMU freshman since Feb. 19, 2011 (Jeremiah Samarrippas had 6 vs Tulsa).

• Jalen Smith is averaging 2.1 points, 1.2 rebounds and he is 4-8 on 3FGs.

• Stefan Todorovic (Nike Hoop Summit, Serbian U19 Team) is averaging 5.3 points and hitting 44.4% from three in his freshman season (12-27).

• Marcus Weathers (2-time All-A-10 at Duquesne) has 2 doubles-doubles. He is averaging 11.3 points (18th AAC), 6.7 rebounds (5th AAC) and 1.1 blocks (10th AAC) while hitting 54.2% on FGs and 76.0% on FTs. 

• Michael Weathers (2020-21 SWAC Newcomer of the Year at Texas Southern) is contributing 7.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.6 steals (10th AAC) and 1.1 blocks (7th AAC).

• Jahmar Young Jr. is adding career bests of 3.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocked shots (6th AAC)

• SMU is 107-58 under Tim Jankovich and 75-17 at Moody Coliseum. The Mustangs are 26-4 at Moody Coliseum since the start of 2019-20.

• SMU is 57-15 in regular-season non-conference games under Tim Jankovich. The Mustangs are 47-4 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.

• SMU held 6 of 9 opponents under 40%. The Mustangs are 5-1 this season and 66-9 under Tim Jankovich when holding opponents at or below 40%. 

• SMU shot a better percentage than 6 of 9 opponents so far this season. SMU is 5-1 this season and 96-10 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 4 of 9 games this season. SMU is 3-1 this season and 72-15 under Tim Jankovich when at least four score 10+.

•  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 (W, 83-64 vs UNLV on Dec. 1): DALLAS (AP) -- — Kendric Davis had 18 points and eight assists and Michael Weathers posted 14 points, nine rebounds and six assists as SMU topped UNLV 83-64 on Wednesday night. Emmanuel Bandoumel had 13 points for SMU (6-3), which earned its sixth consecutive home victory. Tristan Clark added 10 points. Royce Hamm Jr. had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Runnin' Rebels (4-4). Bryce Hamilton added 12 points. Justin Webster had 12 points. 

THE SERIES VS VANDERBILT (7-15): This will be the 23nd time that the Mustangs and Commodores have
squared off. The two programs played nearly every season between 1957 and 1973, and then met six more
times over the next 20 years. The most recent meeting was the first of a home-and-home with SMU winning 92-81 in overtime at Vanderbilt on Jan. 4, 2020. The 2020-21 season matchup was canceled due to COVID and moved to the 2021-22 season. 

LAST TIME VS VANDERBILT (W, 92-81 OT on January 4, 2020): NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) --- SMU coach Tim Jankovich knows his team may have stolen a win. The Mustangs rallied from a 15-point deficit in the second half to defeat Vanderbilt 92-81 in overtime Vanderbilt (8-5) had a six-point lead with less than a minute to go in regulation when SMU hit two 3-pointers in nine seconds to tie the game at 77. Tyson Jolly connected on one with 28 seconds to go then the Mustangs forced a turnover and Isiaha Mike drilled a 3 with 19 seconds to send the game into overtime. 

AMERICAN/SEC ALLIANCE: The American entered into a scheduling alliance with the SEC prior to the 2019-20 season that featured four teams from each conference playing home-and-home series. SMU won 92-81 in overtime in Nashville on Jan. 4, 2020. The return game was scheduled for Dec. 8, 2020 at Moody Coliseum, but was canceled due to a COVID-19 case within the Vanderbilt program. The second part of the home-and-home series is now Dec. 4, 2021.  

UP NEXT: The Mustangs conclude the five-game homestand with and Dayton (Dec. 8). The final two non-conference games are at New Mexico on Dec. 19 and home against Evansville on Dec. 21. American Athletic Conference play opens at Tulsa on Dec. 29.

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 20.2 points (3rd AAC, 27th NCAA) and 5.7 assists (1st AAC, 25th NCAA) with a 1.8 assist-to-turnover ratio (7th AAC). Last season, he averaged 7.6 assists (1st AAC, 4th NCAA). He has 5 or more assists in 40 of 52 games at SMU (6 of 9 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
SMU Career Assist-to-Turnover Ratio (Since 1976-77 - Min. 3.0 assists)
    1    2.68    Kendric Davis, 2019- (354 / 134)
    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    354    Kendric Davis, 2019-

KD FREE: Kendric Davis is 57-of-64 (89.1%, 2nd AAC, 55th NCAA) 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    85.7    Kendric Davis (215-251), 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

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 27-4 in the past 31 games at Moody Coliseum. Since Moody Coliseum re-opened for the 2014 American Athletic Conference schedule, SMU has successfully defended home court 112 times in 133 contests.

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)
- American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll
     N29 - Kendric Davis (21.3 pts, 6.0 rebs, 5.3 asts, 1.3 stls, 19-39 FGs, 8-19 3FGs, 18-21 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 264-179 (.596) [107-58 at SMU (.648), including 75-17 (.815) 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)
75 -     Tim Jankovich, 2015- (75-17, .815)

NON-CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON UNDER JANKOVICH: SMU is 57-15 in regular-season non-conference games under Tim Jankovich. The Mustangs are 47-4 at Moody Coliseum in those games, 3-6 in neutral-site games and 7-5 in true road games. 

TROPHY CASE: Since the start of the 2013-14 season, the Mustangs have added seven items to the trophy case. SMU won the 2014-15 and 2016-17 American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles. SMU has also won 2019-20 Southwestern Showdown and the 2015-16 Las Vegas Classic. In 2013-14, SMU was the runner-up in the NIT.

SMU BASKETBALL - HONORS (Awards/Honors since 2013-14)
  •  NBA Draft Picks (Semi Ojeleye & Sterling Brown in '17, Shake Milton in '18)
  •  AAC Players of the Year (Nic Moore '15, '16; Semi Ojeleye '17)
  •  AP All-America Honorable Mention (Nic Moore '15, '16; Semi Ojeleye '17)
  •  Academic All-American (Semi Ojeleye '17)
  •  Wooden Award Watch List (Nic Moore '15, '16, Shake Milton '18, Kendric Davis '22)
  •  Naismith Trophy Watch List (Nic Moore '15, '16; Shake Milton '18, Kendric Davis '22)
  •  Karl Malone Award Watch List (Markus Kennedy '16)
  •  Bob Cousy Award Watch List (Nic Moore '16; Shake Milton '18, Kendric Davis '22)
  •  Lute Olson Award Watch List (Nic Moore '15; Shake Milton '18; Kendric Davis '21, '22)
  •  Jerry West Award Watch List (Shake Milton '17)
  •  Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch List (Nic Moore '16)
  •  NABC All-District (Nic Moore '14, '15, '16; Markus Kennedy '14, '15; Yanick Moreira '15; Ben Moore '16; Semi Ojeleye '17; Shake Milton '17, '18, Kendric Davis '20, '21)
  •  USBWA All-District (Nic Moore '14, '16; Semi Ojeleye '17; Shake Milton '18, Kendric Davis '21)
  •  NABC College All-Star (Sterling Brown '17; Ben Moore '17)
  •  All-AAC 1st Team (Nic Moore '14, '15, '16; Semi Ojeleye '17, Kendric Davis '21)
  •  All-AAC 2nd Team (Markus Kennedy '14, '15; Yanick Moreira '15; Sterling Brown '17; Ben Moore '17; Shake Milton '17, '18; Jahmal McMurray '19)
  •  All-AAC 3rd Team (Kendric Davis '20, Tyson Jolly '20, Isiaha Mike '20, Feron Hunt '21)
  •  AAC Sixth Man of the Year (Markus Kennedy '15, '16; Ben Emelogu II '17)
  •  NABC Good Works Team Nominee (Semi Ojeleye '16; Jonathan Wilfong '17)
  •  Senior CLASS Award Nominee (Nic Moore '16; Ben Emelogu II '18)