Mustangs Fall To Mississippi State 84-79

Friday, November 22

Dallas, Texas

7:30pm CT

SMU

4-2,0-0ACC

Mississippi State

5-0,0-0SEC

Team	1	2	F
Mississippi St.	33	51	84
SMU	38	41	79

SMU men's basketball vs. Mississippi State - Nov. 22, 2024 - Moody Coliseum - Dallas, Texas

Mustangs Fall To Mississippi State 84-79

Nov 22 | Men's Basketball

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DALLAS (AP) -- Reserve KeShawn Murphy scored 16 points and led a quartet of Mississippi State bench players in double-digit scoring and the Bulldogs beat SMU 84-79 on Friday night.

Reserves RJ Melendez scored 15 points, Riley Kugel 13 and Claudell Harris Jr. 10. Josh Hubbard was the lone Mississippi State (5-0) starter in double figures with 14 points on just 4-for-18 shooting. The Bulldogs' starters went 10 for 33 from the floor compared to the 18-for-35 effort from the bench.

Cameron Matthews made a layup with 5:13 remaining to break a tie at 66. Murphy made a 3-pointer and Kanye Clary made 1 of 2 free throws and Mississippi State led for the remainder.

Reserve Kario Oquendo scored 13 points for the Mustangs (4-2), Matt Cross, Boopie Miller and Samet Yigitoglu all had 12 points and B.J. Edwards scored 10.

Mississippi State will get almost full week off before returning to action on Thanksgiving night at the Arizona Tipoff in Tempe. The Bulldogs play their first game of the event against UNLV.

The Mustangs will head to Palm Springs, California, for the Acrisure Holiday Invitational, where they face Cal Baptist on Tuesday.

SMU Postgame Notes – November 22, 2024
[rv/rv] Mississippi State 84, SMU 79
MSU (5-0), SMU (4-2)
David B. Miller Court at Moody Coliseum – Dallas, Texas

CENTURY MARK

Keon Ambrose Hylton and Matt Cross are playing in their 100^th career game. They join Chuck Harris (122), Tibet Görener (110) and Kario Oquendo (102) among Mustangs with at least 100 collegiate games played.

NOTES

Starters: #0 B.J. Edwards (G, 6-3, 185, Jr.), #2 Boopie Miller (G, 6-0, 175, Jr.), #21 Yohan Traore (F, 6-11, 235, Jr.), #24 Samet Yiğitoğlu (C, 7-2, 265, Fr.), #33 Matt Cross (F, 6-7, 230, Sr.)

First game with this starting lineup

SMU was within 76-75 with 53 seconds left

SMU is 4-1 at Moody Coliseum

SMU shot SMU 51.1% (MSU 41.2%)

4^th game this season at 50% or better

SMU had 5 score 10+ points

4^th game this season with at least 5 in double figures
Matt Cross 12 (also had 9 rebounds)
B.J. Edwards 10
Boopie Miller 12 (double figures in each game this season)
Kario Oquendo 13
Samet Yiğitoğlu 12 (10+ in 3 of 4 games played)

HEAD COACH ANDY ENFIELD

SMU Head Coach Andy Enfield

4-2 at SMU (1^st season)
265-177 career record (14^th season)
163-53 in home games in his career

ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Matt Cross (#33, F, Sr.)

12 points
9 rebounds
4 assists (season high)
1 block

B.J. Edwards (#0, G, Jr.)

10 points
2-4 on 3FGs

Boopie Miller (#2, G, Jr.)

12 points
6 assists
- Entered game 3^rd in ACC/ 26^th in NCAA in assists at 6.2
- Entered game 9^th in ACC for assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.44
3 rebounds
2 steals