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DALLAS (AP) Jordan Brown scored 26 points, including four in the overtime, and Louisiana-Lafayette defeated SMU 76-72 on Tuesday night.

Zhuric Phelps converted a three-point play for SMU with 24 seconds left in regulation to force overtime tied 67-67. Louisiana-Lafayette outscored SMU 9-5 in the extra period.

Brown added eight rebounds for the Ragin' Cajuns (5-0). Greg Williams Jr. scored 19 points while shooting 7 for 13, including 4 for 9 from beyond the arc, and added nine rebounds. Joe Charles finished 3 of 6 from the field to finish with seven points, while adding eight rebounds.

Phelps finished with 21 points, nine rebounds, five assists and two blocks for the Mustangs (2-3). Efe Odigie added 18 points and 11 rebounds for SMU. Zach Nutall also recorded 13 points.

Brown scored 14 points in the first half and Louisiana went into halftime trailing 34-30. Williams led Louisiana with 11 points in the second half as his team outscored SMU by four points over the final half.

SMU Postgame Notes – November 22, 2022
Louisiana 76, SMU 72 (OT)
Louisiana (5-0), SMU (2-3)
David B. Miller Court at Moody Coliseum – Dallas, Texas
 
 
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NOTES
 
Starters: #1 Zhuric Phelps (G, So.), #10 Zach Nutall (G, Sr.), #3 Stefan Todorovic (F, So.), #11 Samuell Williamson (F, Sr.), #23 Efe Odigie (F, Sr.)

• Second straight game with this starting lineup

 
OVERTIME

• First OT game for SMU since 11/21/21 vs Missouri in the Jacksonville Classic (L, 80-75)
• First home OT game for SMU since 2/15/20 vs [20/19] Houston (W, 73-72)

• SMU rallied from down 67-62 with under a minute left in regulation
  • Zach Nutall layup at 0:56 and Zhuic Phelps layup and FT with 24 second left

 
SMU is 2-3 on the season

• First season under Head Coach Rob Lanier

 
Zach Nutall (13 points) and Zhuric Phelps (21 points) have each scored in double figures in every game this season

• Four in double figure for the first time this season: Zach Nutall, Efe Odigie, Zhuric Phelps, Stefan Todorovic

 
Season-high 14 assists (was 11) on 29 FGs
 
SMU led 34-30 at halftime

• Highest scoring first half of the season for SMU

 
6 blocked shots (season high is 7)

• Zhuric Phelps (2), Samuell Williamson (2)

 
ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NOTES
 
Zach Nutall (#10, Sr., G)

• 13 points, an assist and a steal
  • Entered game averaging 14.5 points (17^th AAC)
  • Scored in double figures every game this season

 
Efe Odigie (#23, SR, F)

• Season-high 18 points with season-high-tying 11 rebounds
  • Entered game averaging 10.2 rebounds (2^nd AAC, T-22^nd NCAA)
  • 2^nd double-double of the season, 18^th of his career | 2^nd straight double-double
  • Has 9+ rebounds in every game this season

 
Zhuric Phelps (#1, So., G)

• 21 points with a career-high 9 rebounds (was 5), career-high 5 assists (was 4) and a career-high-tying 2 blocked shots
  • Entered game averaging 17.8 points (6^th AAC)
  • Scored in double figures every game this season

 
Stefan Todorovic (#3, So., F)

• Tied career high 11 points and had a career-high 5 rebounds (was 4)

 
Samuell Williamson (#11, Sr., F)

• 4 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks
  • Entered game averaging 8.0 rebounds (5^th AAC)
  • 7+ rebounds in 4 of 5 games