SMU (4-1) vs Mississippi State (4-0)
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Last Game: Mustangs Defeat Prairie View A&M, 110-69

SMU hosts Mississippi State on Friday at Moody Coliseum. The Mustangs are 4-0 at home and 4-1 on the season after a 110-69 victory over Prairie View A&M on Monday. 

SMU outscored Prairie View A&M 59-23 in the second half of the 110-69 win. That was the highest point total for the Mustangs since 1999. Five Mustangs scored in double figures as SMU hit the century mark for the second time in the first five games. Matt Cross led the Mustangs with his first double-double of the season at 17 points and 12 rebounds. Chuck Harris scored 17 with a team-high five assists. Keon Ambrose-Hylton (14), Boopie Miller (13) and Samet Yiğitoğlu (11) also added double-figure scoring. SMU outrebounded PVAMU 59-33, totaled 25 assists and had eight blocked shots. Jerrell Colbert tied his career high with four of the blocks.

First-year head coach Andy Enfield took the helm of the SMU program following 11 seasons at USC, where he led the Trojans to five of the last eight NCAA Tournaments, including a run to the Elite Eight in 2021. He took over an SMU program that finished last season 20-13 after earning an NIT bid. That was the Mustangs' sixth postseason berth in the past 10 possible postseasons, including two NCAA bids and four NITs.

SMU is averaging 91.8 points (3rd ACC, 18th NCAA) and has scored 96 or more in three of four home games. he Mustangs are shooting 48.0% (6th ACC) overall and 38.9% on threes (3rd ACC) while leading the ACC at 18.4 assists per game. Boopie Miller is averaging 18.4 points (5th ACC), 6.2 assists (3rd ACC, 30th NCAA), 4.2 rebounds and 2.0 steals (8th ACC) with a 3.44 assist-to-turnover ratio (11th ACC). Chuck Harris is next in scoring at 15.3 with 3.4 assists (20th ACC) while hitting 46.4% from three (7th ACC). B.J. Edwards is averaging 9.6 points 2.8 steals (2nd ACC). Samet Yiğitoğlu (10.7) and Yohan Traore (10.2) are also scoring in double figures while pulling down team-bests of 6.3 and 6.0 rebounds, respectively. 

INAUGURAL ACC SEASON: SMU begins its first season in the ACC. SMU's inaugural ACC home slate includes Virginia (Dec. 7), Duke (Jan. 4), Georgia Tech (Jan. 11), Louisville (Jan. 21), Cal (Jan. 29), Stanford (Feb. 1), Pitt (Feb. 11), Wake Forest (Feb. 15), Clemson (Feb. 22) and Syracuse (Mar. 4). The Mustangs' road ACC contests are Boston College (Dec. 21), North Carolina (Jan. 7), Virginia (Jan. 15), Miami (Jan. 18), N.C. State (Jan. 25), Virginia Tech (Feb. 5), Notre Dame (Feb. 19), Cal (Feb. 26), Stanford (Mar. 1) and Florida State (Mar. 8). The ACC Men's Basketball Tournament is March 11-15 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE: The Mustangs play an 11-game non-conference schedule that includes six teams that made the postseason last year. A home matchup with Mississippi State (Nov. 22), a neutral-site game in versus LSU (Dec. 14 at Comerica Center in Frisco), a road game at Butler (L, 81-70 on 11/15) and two games in the Acrisure Holiday Invitational highlight the non-conference slate. The Butler game starts a home-and-home that includes a game at Moody Coliseum in 2025-26, and the LSU game begins a two-game neutral-site series that includes a game in New Orleans in 2025-26. The Acrisure Holiday Invitational is Nov. 26-27 in Palm Springs, California, with Washington State, Fresno State and Cal Baptist. Mississippi State, Washington State and Longwood made NCAA tournament appearances last season while Butler and LSU were in the NIT. Tarleton State (W, 96-62 11/4) earned a CIT bid while UNC Greensboro (W, 81-68 on 11/11) was a 21-win team last season.

LAST GAME (W, 110-69 vs Prairie View A&M on Nov. 18): DALLAS (AP) -- Matt Cross scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, Chuck Harris scored 17 with five assists and SMU outscored Prairie View A&M by 36 in the second half of a 110-69 victory on Monday night. Harris had 11 points in the first half and Cross scored 10 to help the Mustangs (4-1) take a 51-46 lead into intermission. Prairie View A&M got 12 points from Tanahj Pettway and 10 apiece from Nick Anderson and reserve Chauncey Gibson to stay close. But the second half was a different story. Jerrell Colbert followed his dunk with a tip-in as SMU scored the first seven points of second half to take a 12-point lead. The Mustangs led by 20 at the 9:52 mark and 30 with 7:22 remaining. SMU reached the century mark with 3:59 left on a layup by Cross, putting the Mustangs up by 37. Cross made 6 of 8 shots with two 3-pointers for SMU. Harris made 5 of 11 shots — 3 of 5 from beyond the arc — and 4 of 5 free throws. Keon Ambrose-Hylton hit 7 of 8 from the foul line, scoring 14 with six rebounds. Boopie Miller contributed 13 points and four assists. Samet Yigitoglu just missed a double-double with 11 points and nine boards. Pettway scored 20 to lead the Panthers (1-3). Reserves Braelon Bush and Gibson scored 14 and 11, respectively, off the bench. Anderson pitched in with 10 points and seven rebounds. 
POSTGAME NOTES
- Most points since 110 vs Hardin-Simmons 11/20/1999 (W 110-69)
- SMU has scored 96 or more in 3 of 4 home games
- SMU had 68 bench points
- SMU outscored Prairie View A&M 59-23 in the second half
- SMU had five score in double figures for the third time this season

UP NEXT: SMU plays in the Acrisure Holiday Invitational Nov. 26-27 in Palm Springs, California, with Washington State, Fresno State and Cal Baptist. The Mustangs face Cal Baptist on Tuesday and then face WSU or FSU on Wednesday. SMU returns to Moody Coliseum for a Dec. 3 contest with Alabama State and the ACC opener with Virginia on Dec. 7.

THE SERIES VS MISSISSIPPI STATE (0-0): First meeting. This is the start of a home-and-home with SMU going to Starkville, Mississippi State in 2025-26.

ACC EXPERIENCE: Boopie Miller was at Wake Forest last season where he averaged 15.6 points (13th ACC), 3.5 assists (12th ACC), 1.4 steals (10th ACC). Matt Cross was at UMass the past two season after playing his freshman season at Miami (2020-21) and his sophomore year at Louisville (2021-22).

BALANCING ACT: The Mustangs had at least five players in double figures in three games.
- 11/4 Tarleton St (6) - Boopie Miller 21, Chuck Harris 16, Kario Oquendo 16, B.J. Edwards 13, Keon Ambrose-Hylton, Yohan Traore 10 (First time SMU had six score 10+ since 12/17/15 vs Hampton - W, 105-72)
- 11/7 FAMU (5) - Boopie Miller 20, Yohan Traore 19, Chuck Harris 15, B.J. Edwards 13, Keon Ambrose-Hylton 10
- 11/18 Prairie View A&M (5) - Matt Cross 17, Chuck Harris 17, Keon Ambrose-Hylton 14, Boopie Miller 13, Samet Yiğitoğlu 11

BEST IN PROGRAM HISTORY: Four-star prospects Jermaine O'Neal, Jr., Jaden Toombs and Nigel Walls have signed to play at SMU beginning with the 2025-26 season, Head Coach Andy Enfield announced today. The 2025 signing class is ranked as high as No. 6 nationally, the highest in program history. Walls (6-10, F), from St. Francis Episcopal in Houston, is ranked as high as No. 57 nationally. Toombs and O'Neal Jr. are teammates are Dynamic Prep in Irving, where Toombs (6-10, C) is rated as high as No. 38 nationally and O'Neal Jr. (6-5, F) is listed as high as No. 88 nationally.
- SMU Class Rankings | #6 ESPN | #13 On3 | #7 247 Sports
- Jermaine O'Neal, Jr. (Dynamic Prep in Irving, Texas) | 4-star | #88 ESPN | #111 On3 | #126 247 Sports
- Jaden Toombs (Dynamic Prep in Irving, Texas) | 4-star | #38 ESPN | #45 On3 | #47 247 Sports
- Nigel Walls (St. Francis Episcopal in Houston, Texas) | 4-star | #62 ESPN | #57 On3 | #58 247 Sports

CAPTAINS: The captains for the 2024-25 season are Keon Ambrose-Hylton, Chuck Harris and Boopie Miller.

FLOOR EXPERIENCE: Five Mustangs have played in 99 or more NCAA D-I games: Chuck Harris (121), Tibet Görener (109), Kario Oquendo (101), Keon Ambrose Hylton (99), and Matt Cross (99).

GRAND ACHIEVEMENT: Three Mustangs have reached the 1,000-point milestone: Chuck Harris (1,471, 43rd NCAA D-I), Kario Oquendo (1,137), Boopie Miller (1,105) and Matt Cross (1019). Tibet Görener (833) is closing in on the career mark. 

HOME RUN: The Mustangs have a run of at least 11-0 in each of the first three home games.
11/4 vs Tarleton St - 22-0 in first half
11/7 vs FAMU - 16-0 in first half
11/11 vs UNC Greensboro - 11-0 in first half
11/18 vs Prairie View A&M - 12-0 in first half, 11-0 in second half

CENTURY MARK: SMU scored 110 points in the win over Prairie View A&M 11/18. That's the most since 11/20/99 vs Hardin-Simmons (W, 110-69). That ties for 14th-highest in program history. The 41-point margin ties for 18th in program history and is the most since 43 vs Texas A&M-Commerce 12/3/23 (W, 90-47). The Mustangs also scored 102 in the victory over Florida A&M on Nov. 11 (102-73). This is the first time SMU has scored at least 100 twice in the first five games since doing the same in 1992-93.

KE-ON TARGET: Keon Ambrose-Hylton is at 60.0% on FGs this season after he shot an SMU-record 64.1% from the field in 2023-24.
SMU Best Season FG% (Since 1953-54) (Min. 75 Field Goals Made)
1.    64.1 Keon Ambrose-Hylton (Sr.), 2023-24 (98-153)
2.    63.7 Terry Williams (Sr.), 1986-87 (142-233)
3.    62.1 Jon Koncak (Jr.), 1983-84 (211-340)
4.    62.0 Terry Williams (Jr.), 1985-86 (150-242)
5.    61.3 Ben Moore (Fr.), 2013-14 (84-137)
6.    60.7 Larry Davis (Jr.), 1983-84 (219-361)
7.    60.2 Sterling Brown (Jr.), 2015-16 (109-181)

MEN OF STEALS: SMU has at least eight steals in each game this season, averaging 9.8 (3rd ACC). B.J. Edwards is leading at 2.8 steals (2nd ACC, 28th NCAA). Boopie Miller is averaing 2.0 per contest (8th ACC). Edwards, Miller and Kario Oquendo each recorded four steals in the opener versus Tarleton State 11/4 and three apiece in the win over FAMU 11/7.

MOODY MAGIC: SMU has successfully defended home court in 72 of 83 (.867) regular-season non-conference games at Moody Coliseum since the renovation and expansion for the 2013-14 season. In 11 seasons in the American Athletic Conference, SMU went 77-22 (.766) at Moody Coliseum, including 8-1 last season.

STREAKS:
10+ points: Boopie Miller 5 (21, 20, 21, 17, 13), Chuck Harris (21, 17), Matt Cross (17), Keon Ambrose-Hylton (14), Samet Yiğitoğlu (11)
Longest This Season: Boopie Miller 5+ (11/4 - )
8+ rebounds: Matt Cross (12), Samet Yiğitoğlu (9)
Long: Boopie Miller (11/7), Yohan Traore (11/7), Matt Cross (11/18 - ), Samet Yiğitoğlu (11/18 - )
Dbl-Dbl: Matt Cross (17p/12r)
Long: Yohan Traore (11/7), Matt Cross (11/18 - )
5+ assists: Chuck Harris (5)
Long: Boopie Miller 3 (11/4 - 11/11)
2+ steals: Matt Cross (2), Boopie Miller (2)
Long: B.J. Edwards 3 (11/4 - 11/11)
2+ blocks: Jerrell Colbert (2, 4), Samet Yiğitoğlu (2)
Long: Keon Ambrose-Hylton 2 (11/4 - 11/7), Jerrell Colbert 2+ (11/15 - )

MEET THE MUSTANGS:

Keon Ambrose-Hylton (6-9, 220, F, Sr.) | 2024-25: Played 5 games...8.0 points, 3.6 rebounds, 0.8 blocks, 60.0% FGs ... 2023-24: Played all 33 games (20 starts)... Averaged 6.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 0.9 blocks... Shot an SMU season-record 64.1%... SMU SEASON RECORD: FG% (64.1%, 1st).

Jerrell Colbert (6-10, 235, F, Jr.) | 2024-25: Played 5 games...4.2 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.6 blocks (10th ACC)... 2023-24 (Kansas State): Averaged 2.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.0 blocks as the Wildcats went 19-15 overall, earning a trip to the NIT.

Matt Cross (6-7, 230, F, Sr.) | 2024-25: Played 4 games... 7.3 points, 5.8 rebounds... 1 double-double... 2023-24 (UMass): NABC All-District Selection… Atlantic 10 First-Team Selection… Averaged 15.3 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.5 steals… Hit 54.0% field goals, 32.9% threes, and 79.8% free throws.

B.J. Edwards (6-3, 185, G, Jr.) | 2024-25: Started all 5 games... averaging 9.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists with a 2.0 assist-to-turnover ratio (16th ACC)... 2023-24:  Played all 33 games (30 starts)... Averaged 3.7 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists with a 2.43 assist-to-turnover ratio.

AJ George (6-6, 190, G, Jr.) | 2024-25: Played in 3 games... 2023-24 (Long Beach State): Played in all 36 games, averaging 10.6 points and 4.1 rebounds in 28.1 minutes per game as LBSU won the Big West Tournament and made the NCAA Tournament… Shot 53.3% on field goals, 34.4% on threes and 72.1% on free throws.

Tibet Görener (6-9, 205, F, Sr.) | 2024-25: Played all 5 games... 2023-24 (San Jose State): Started all 32 games… Averaged 11.4 points and 3.9 rebounds…Hit 33.9% on threes…totaled 25 assists, 15 steals and 11 blocks

Chuck Harris (6-4, 190, G, Sr.): 2024-25: Played all 5 games... 15.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists (20th ACC), 0.8 steals, 1.89 assist-to-turnover ratio (18th ACC)... 2023-24:  Played and started 32 of 33 games... Averaged 13.4 points, 3.4 assists (9th AAC) and 3.2 rebounds while hitting 40.7% on threes (5th AAC) and 81.8% on free throws... Had a 1.77 assist-to-turnover ratio (8th AAC)… Team-high 18 points and reached 1,000 for his career vs Lamar 11/9... HONORS: AAC Weekly Honor Roll (D18).

Mitchell Holmes (6-11, 215, F, Fr.) | 2023-24 ( Link Year Prep in Branson, Missouri): The three-star signee was ranked in the top 10 overall in Missouri and top 70 at his position nationally... Before attending Link Academy, the McDonald's All-American nominee scored more than 1,500 points at The Oakridge School in Arlington.

Niccolo Kalischer-Stork (6-3, 190, G, Fr.) | 2023-24 (Harvard-Westlake School): Played as a guard for the Wolverines as the team went 91-9 from 2021-24… As a senior in 2023-24, averaged 3.2 points per game.

Boopie Miller (6-0, 175, G, Jr.) | 2024-25: Started all 5 games... 18.4 points (5th ACC), 6.2 assists (3rd ACC, 30th NCAA), 4.2 rebounds, 2.0 steals (8th ACC), 3.44 assist-to-turnover ratio (11th ACC)... 2023-24 (Wake Forest): One of three players to start all 35 games... Averaged 15.6 points (2nd WF, 13th ACC), 3.5 assists (12th ACC), 1.4 steals (10th ACC)... Shot 84.5% on free throws (131-155, 6th ACC) and 46.4% on field goals (11th ACC)

Kario Oquendo (6-4, 220, G, Sr.) | 2024-25: Started all 5 games... 7.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.6 steals, 1.4 assists... 2023-24 (Oregon):  Averaged 7.2 points (.459 FG%), 2.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 17.7 minutes per game … Played in 36 games making three starts | 2022-23 (Georgia): Averaged 12.7 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.6 assists playing 25.4 minutes per game for the Bulldogs.

Chance Puryear (6-7, 190, F, Fr.) | 2023-24: He was named TABC 4A All-State at Carter High School in Dallas...District 13-4A Player of the Year and a 2024 McDonald's All-American Game Southwest Nominee.

Yohan Traore (6-11, 235, F, Jr.) | 2024-25: Started all 5 games... 10.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1 double-double... 2023-24 (UC Santa Barbara): Played and started in 30 of 31 games… Averaged 14.5 points and 5.1 rebounds while shooting 58.3% from the field and 68.6% at the free-throw line.

Trey Utter (6-0, 160, G, Jr.) | 2024-25... Played 2 games... 2023-24: Played in 7 games.

Samet Yiğitoğlu (7-2, 265, C, Fr.) | 2024-25: Played/started 3 games... 10.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, 11-21 FGs... 2023-24: Averaged 13.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, 1.0 blocks and shot 82.6% on FGs in four games with Sigortam Istanbul in the Turkey in 2023-24… Sigortam finished tied for first at 28-6 in the Turkish second division…Played for Turkey in the 2023 FIBA U20 European Championship in Greece, averaging 12.7 points and 8.6 rebounds while hitting 66.0% on FGs (33-50).

Jackson Young (6-2, 185, G, Sr.) | 2024-25: Played 2 games... 2023-24: Played in 8 games.

HEAD COACH ANDY ENFIELD... was named SMU's Head Men's Basketball on April 1, 2024. A proven winner, Enfield burst onto the coaching scene in 2013 when, in his second year as a head coach, he guided Florida Gulf Coast to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Following that success, he was hired by the University of Southern California (USC), where he led the Trojans to five of the last eight NCAA Tournaments, including a run to the Elite Eight in 2021. 

He came to SMU after 11 seasons at USC, where he compiled a 220-147 record. Enfield quickly brought success to the basketball program upon his arrival, as the Trojans set a school single-season win record and posted the most wins in program history over two-year, three-year, four-year, five-year, six-year, seven-year and eight-year periods. Enfield's 220 wins ranks third on USC's all-time wins list, trailing only Sam Barry (260) and Forrest Twogood (251). In 13 seasons as a head coach Enfield has a 261-175 mark. 
 
His teams also excelled in the classroom by setting the program's top team GPAs. Enfield brought in eight consecutive Top-30 recruiting classes, with the 2022 class ranking No. 7 and the 2023 class ranking No. 4.
 
Over his final seven seasons at USC, the Trojans had eight players selected in the NBA Draft, tied for the fifth-most by any program in the country, with Evan Mobley going No. 3 overall in the 2021 NBA Draft and Onyeka Okongwu being selected No. 6 in the 2020 Draft. USC was one of three teams to have had at least one player selected in six of the last seven NBA Drafts. In total, 11 players during Enfield's time at USC have made the NBA.

HILLTOP HOOPS SHOW: The Hilltop Hoops Show presented by the SMU Cox School of Business features SMU Men's Basketball Head Coach Andy Enfield and Women's Basketball Head Coach Toyelle Wilson on Mondays at Ozona Grill and Bar. Ozona Grill and Bar is located at 4615 Greenville Ave., just a short distance from the SMU campus. Fans can also catch LIVE video on the SMU Mustangs Facebook page, or listen on SMUMustangs.com and on the SMU App.
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THIS IS SMU:
• SMU Athletics has invested over $250 million in facilities since 2013.The Garry Weber End Zone Complex at Ford Stadium, opening in fall 2024, features premium fan spaces and dynamic student-athlete facilities.
• SMU is the only NCAA FBS program in Dallas, with arecord of 10 national championships,over 200 team conference championships,100 individual national championships, 150 NCAA top-10 finishes, nearly 2,000 All-American honors and more than150 Olympic appearances.
• SMU won a school-record eight championships in 2023-24 and is riding a surge of momentum heading into 2024-25,with all 17 programs reaching the postseason and 16 programs winning conference championships since 2013.
• SMU football has more wins than any Division I team in the state of Texas since 2019 and appeared in the APTop 25 in four of the last five years. In the fall of 2023, the Mustangs won their first conference championship since1984.
• In 2023-24,SMU finished as the No.1American Athletic Conference program and ranked 54th nationally in the final LEARFIELDDirectors·Cup Division I Standings, ahead of six programs from the Big12,five schools from the ACC.four teams from the Big Ten and three programs from the SEC.
• In the week after the ACC offered membership to SMU, the University raised $100 million to support its move to the conference, and a total of $159 million over the 2023-24 fiscal year.

DAVID B. MILLER COURT: On Dec. 5, 2018, SMU named the Moody Coliseum court after David B. Miller, alumnus and current chair of the Board of Trustees. He was a three-year starter on the basketball team and a member of the 1971-72 Southwest Conference Co-Championship team. Throughout his lifetime, Mr. Miller and his wife, Carolyn Lacy Miller, have committed over $100 million to SMU, including more than $50 million to the Cox School of Business, $20 million toward the expansion and renovation of Moody Coliseum and $10 million to the ACC Competitiveness Campaign as a member of the First Week Society.