Box Score | Postgame Notes
Postgame Press Conference: Assistant Coach Yaphett King, Kendric Davis
Postgame Audio: Assistant Coach Jay Duncan

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Kendric Davis had 22 points and 10 assists and SMU held off Tulsa for a 65-63 win on Wednesday night.

SMU led 64-52 with 3:25 remaining. A 10-1 run, capped by Austin Richie's jumper, pulled Tulsa to 65-62 with 30 seconds to go. SMU's Yor Anei blocked Curtis Haywood II's layup, and following timeouts from both teams, Brandon Rachal missed a potential game-tying 3 with four seconds left.

But Tyson Jolly fouled Richie on a 3-point attempt. Richie missed the first free throw, made the second shot, and then Feron Hunt grabbed the rebound from the third shot to seal it for the Mustangs.

Hunt finished with 10 points and 12 rebounds for SMU (10-4, 6-4 American Athletic Conference). Jolly added seven rebounds.

Haywood matched a career high with 18 points and Rachal had 15 points. Elijah Joiner added 10 points for the Golden Hurricane (9-7, 6-5).

SMU Postgame Notes – February 3, 2021
SMU 65, Tulsa 63
SMU (10-4, 6-4 American) at Tulsa (9-7, 6-5 American)
Reynolds Center – Tulsa, Oklahoma
 
NEXT GAME
At ECU – Monday, February 8 – 5 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. CT – Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum – Greenville, North Carolina
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NOTES
Starters: #1 Feron Hunt, #3 Kendric Davis, #5 Emmanuel Bandoumel, #10 Yor Anei, #25 Ethan Chargois

• First start for Yor Anei (game-time decision – Isiah Jasey injury during warmups)

SMU is 10-4 on the season

• 4-2 on the road this season (matched road win total from 2019-20)
• First win at Tulsa since Feb. 4, 2017

Runs

• 8-2 from 14:55 to go up 16-7 at 13:18 first half
• 11-0 from 8:10 to go up 29-20 at 0:50 first half
• 6-0 from 9:57 to go up 49-37 at 9:13 second half

SMU held Tulsa to 41.8% (held Tulsa without a FG from 9:13 of the first half until the shot that beat the first-half buzzer)
 
SMU shot 48.1% for the game 63.6% in the second half (entered game 1^st in the AAC at 45.8%)
 
Outrebound Tulsa 38-30

• Second-largest margin in AAC  play this season (+13 vs Temple 1/11)
• 24-13 advantage in the first half

Led at halftime 29-23

• Led at half in 10 of 14 games (8-2)

26-8 advantage on bench points
 
3^rd time this season with multiple players having double doubles (Kendric Davis, Feron Hunt)
 
 
MILESTONES
Head Coach Tim Jankovich credited with 100^th win at SMU, fastest in program history (153 games)

• Previous best was 181 games

 
ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Kendric Davis (#3, Jr., G) - Preseason All-AAC First Team, Lute Olson National Player of the Year Mid-Season Watch List

• 22 points (entered game 4^th in AAC 16.8)
  • Double-figure scoring in 12 of 14 games this season
  • 7^th 20-point game of the season
• 10 assists (entered game 1^st in AAC and 3^rd NCAA at 7.4)
  • Has 5 or more assists in 11 of 14 games this season and 32 of 40 games at SMU
• 4^th double-double of the season

Feron Hunt (#1, Jr., F)

• 10 points (Entered game 15^th in AAC at 12.2)
  • 10^th game this season with 10+ points
• 12 rebounds (entered game 4^th in AAC at 8.0)
  • Has at least 7 rebounds in 11 of 14 games this season and 44 of 76 career games
  • Has led the team 9 times this season and 29 times in his career
• 5^th double-double of the season, 10^th of his career

Isiah Jasey (#22, Sr., F)

• 7 points and 3 rebounds in 12 minutes

Tyson Jolly (#0, Sr., G) – Preseason All-AAC Second Team

• 5 points and a season-high 7 rebounds

Charles Smith IV (#4, So., G)

• 9 points
  • Career-high in an AAC game (was 8)
• 3-5 on 3FGs (entered game 3^rd in AAC at 47.1%)

 
SMU CAREER RECORDS
SMU Career Rebounds
Rank       Rebounds
30           539        Bob Begert, 1964-67
31           535        Joe Swedlund, 1974-78
32           530        Jay Poerner, 1994-98
33           522        Feron Hunt, 2018-
34           519        Brad Branson, 1978-80
35           516        Glenn Puddy, 1984-86, 87-89
36           512        Ethan Chargois, 2017-
37           510        Cannen Cunningham (134), 2011-15
 
SMU Career Points
Rank       Points
37           1041      Gerald Lewis, 1989-93
38           1027      Bobby Mills, 1954-57
39           1026      Kevin Lewis, 1982-86
40           1007      Ethan Chargois, 2017-
41           1005      Carlton McKinney, 1986-88
42           1003      Markus Kennedy, 2013-16
 
SMU Career 3FG Made
12           128        Sterling Brown, 2013-17
13           121        Jemeil Rich, 1994-97
14           119        Jon Killen, 2004-08
               119        Ethan Chargois, 2017-
 
SMU Career Assists
Rank       Assists
16           294        Sterling Brown, 2013-17
17           279        Jemeil Rich, 1994-97
               279        Kendric Davis, 2019-
19           278        David Piehler, 1979-83
20           276        Damon Hancock, 1998-02
 
SMU Career Blocked Shots
Rank       Blocks
13           70           Donatas Rackauskas, 2002-06
               70           Jarrey Foster, 2015-19
15           69           Bobby Dimson, 1994-98
16           67           Thines Robinson II, 1974-78
               67           Jeryl Sasser, 1997-01
               67           Ethan Chargois, 2017-
               67           Feron Hunt, 2018-
 
HEAD COACH TIM JANKOVICH
January 25 - Head Coach Tim Jankovich tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. He first experienced symptoms on Thursday evening and reported a low-grade fever to medical staff on Friday morning. Out of an abundance of caution, he self-isolated and did not travel to UCF for this past Saturday's game. He has not had close contact with any staff or student-athletes in the interim. The two other staff members who did not travel to UCF after being deemed close contacts will also self-quarantine per AAC and SMU protocols.