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SMU Defeats Washington State, 77-60, To Capture Acrisure Holiday Invitational


SMU hosts Alabama State on Tuesday. The Mustangs are 4-1 at home this season and 6-2 overall after winning the Acrisure Holiday Invitational in Palm Springs, California the night before Thanksgiving. SMU dominated the second half of the championship game in a 77-60 victory over Washington State. Boopie Miller was named the tournament MVP, averaging 16.0 points and 5.0 assists, which included the game-winning shot with 2.1 seconds left in the 79-77 semifinal win over Cal Baptist.

In the victory over Washington State, SMU outscored the Cougars 50-29 in the second half to claim the title. Five Mustangs scored in double figures, led by Boopie Miller with 16 points and five assists. The Mustangs had a 51-25 rebound advantage with Samet Yiğitoğlu recording his first double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds. Matt Cross finished with seven points and 10 rebounds, his fourth straight game with at least eight boards. 

SMU is averaging 86.8 points (2nd ACC, 20th NCAA) while shooting 48.1% (4th ACC) overall and 38.0% on threes (3rd ACC). The Mustangs are second in the ACC in assists per game (16.5), rebound margin (+8.9) and blocked shots (4.9). Boopie Miller is averaging 17.0 points (8th ACC), 5.9 assists (2nd ACC, 28th NCAA), 4.0 rebounds and 1.8 steals (11th ACC) with a 2.61 assist-to-turnover ratio (11th ACC). Chuck Harris is next in scoring at 12.6 while hitting 45.5% from three. B.J. Edwards is averaging 11.0 points, 3.1 assists and 2.3 steals (3rd ACC). Samet Yiğitoğlu (10.8), Kario Oquendo (9.4) and Yohan Traore (9.1) give the Mustangs six with more than nine points per game. Matt Cross is leading the Mustangs in rebounding (7.1, 12th ACC) followed by Yiğitoğlu (6.3, 18th ACC) and Traore (5.0).

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.

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. The slate included a home matchup with Mississippi State, who has made the Top 25 (L, 84-79 11/22), a neutral-site game versus LSU (Dec. 14 at Comerica Center in Frisco), and a road game at Butler (L, 81-70 on 11/15). The Mustangs won the Acrisure Holiday Invitational Nov. 26-27 (W, 79-77 vs Cal Baptist 11/26; W, 77-60 vs Washington State 11/27). The Butler game started 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. 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.

ACRISURE HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL - CHAMPIONSHIP (W, 77-60 vs Washington State on Nov. 27): PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) -- Boopie Miller scored 16 points, Samet Yigitoglu added 12 points and 11 rebounds and SMU pulled away late to beat Washington State 77-60 Wednesday night in the Acrisure Holiday Invitational title game. huck Harris added 14 points, B.J. Edwards 13 points and Kario Oquendo 11 for the Mustangs (6-2), who shot 42% — 50% in the second half — and dominated the boards 51-25 with Matt Cross pulling down 10 to go with seven points. SMU had 22 offensive rebounds, outscoring the Cougars 21-6 on second-chance points and 44-18 in the paint. Nate Calmese scored 15 points and Ethan Price and LeJuan Watts 12 each for the Cougars (6-2), who put up 33 3-pointers, making 10, and shot 37% overall. They had a season-low eight turnovers but with their challenges inside, half of their points came from beyond the arc. They had a three-game win streak snapped. WSU led 31-27 at halftime and matched its largest lead of seven on Price's 3-pointer to open the second half. SMU took the lead for good at 43-42 and a 10-0 run with six points from Yigitoglu increased the lead to 16 with a couple minutes to go. 

ACRISURE HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL - SEMIFINAL (W, 79-77 vs Cal Baptist on Nov. 26) PALM SPRINGS, CA (AP) -- Boopie Miller's basket with 2.1 seconds left gave SMU a 79-77 win over California Baptist on Tuesday at the Acrisure Holiday Invitational after the Mustangs blew a 16-point second-half lead. The Lancers (4-3) rallied behind Kendal Coleman, who scored 25 of his career-high 32 points in the second half when they tied the game seven times, the final time on Dominique Daniels Jr.'s drive with 15.7 seconds left. Out of an SMU (5-2) timeout, Miller took the inbounds pass and worked the clock down before coming off a ball screen and putting in about a 10-foot floater. B.J. Edwards scored 17 points, Miller 16, Kario Oquendo 14 and Yohan Traore 10 for the Mustangs, who shot 53% and made 8 of 20 3-point tries. Coleman was 12-of-16 shooting, making 6 of 8 from the arc, in leading the Lancers. Daniels added 16 points and AJ Braun 12. California Baptist shot 52%. SMU led almost the entire first half and outscored Lancers 11-4 to end the half for a 45-32 lead.

UP NEXT: SMU opens ACC play by hosting Virginia on Saturday.  The Mustansg then face LSU at Comerica Center in Frisco on Dec. 14 before the first ACC road game at Boston College on Dec. 21.

SERIES VS ALABAMA STATE (3-1): SMU holds a 3-1 advantage. All four previous games have been played at Moody Coliseum. SMU won the most recent meeting 49-38 on Dec. 22, 2010.

LAST MEETING VS ALABAMA STATE (W, 49-38 vs. Alabama State on Dec. 22, 2010): DALLAS (AP) - Robert Nyakundi scored 21 points and Papa Dia added 20 as SMU defeated Alabama State 49-38 Wednesday night. It was the fourth time Nyakundi and Dia have both scored 20 in a game this season. The Mustangs (7-4) held the Hornets to 13 first-half points in winning their third straight and for the sixth time in seven games. Kenderek Washington led Alabama State (2-10) with 10 points. SMU shot only 33.3 percent but limited Alabama State to 28 percent, the second time this season the Mustangs have held an opponent to under 30 percent. SMU led by nine at halftime and by 15 in the second half. 

SERIES VS VIRGINIA (0-1): The only previous meeting was a 76-73 loss in the semifinal of the Corpus Christi Challenge on Dec. 29, 2013.

LAST MEETING VS VIRGINIA: (L, 76-73 vs Virginia on Nov. 29, 2013): CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) -- Anthony Gill made several buckets in the second half and finished with 19 points to lead Virginia (6-1) over SMU 76-73 in the semifinals of the Corpus Christi Challenge. Gill scored 12 points down the stretch to lead the Cavaliers to a 7-point lead with 5:05 remaining. SMU responded with baskets in the paint, the last a Yanick Moreira lay-in on a feed from Markus Kennedy. Moreira was fouled by Joe Harris on the play, and the made free throw drew the lead to 74-73. Keith Frazier stole the ball from Virginia as they tried to kill the clock, but Moreira was called for travelling with 2.0 seconds  left. On the in-bounds play, Harris was fouled and made both shots.

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 five games: 11/4 vs Tarleton St (6 - First time SMU had six score 10+ since 12/17/15 vs Hampton), 11/7 FAMU (5), 11/18 Prairie View A&M (5), 11/22 Mississippi State (5), 11/27 vs Washington State (5).

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.

DOUBLE FIGURES: Eight Mustangs have scored in double figures multiple times this season: Boopie Miller (8), B.J. Edwards (6), Chuck Harris (5), Kario Oquendo (4), Samet Yiğitoğlu (4), Keon Ambrose-Hylton (3), Yohan Traore (3), Matt Cross (2).

FLOOR EXPERIENCE: Five Mustangs have played in 100 or more NCAA D-I games: Chuck Harris (124), Tibet Görener (111), Kario Oquendo (104), Keon Ambrose Hylton (102), and Matt Cross (102).

GRAND ACHIEVEMENT: Four Mustangs have reached the 1,000-point milestone: Chuck Harris (1,494), Kario Oquendo (1,175), Boopie Miller (1,149) and Matt Cross (1,045). 

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 is averaging 8.1 (6th ACC). B.J. Edwards is leading at 2.3 steals (3rd ACC). Boopie Miller is averaging 1.8 per contest (11th ACC).

MOODY MAGIC: SMU has successfully defended home court in 72 of 84 (.857) 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 8 (21, 20, 21, 17, 13, 12, 16, 16), Kario Oquendo 3 (13, 14, 11), B.J. Edwards 3 (10, 17, 13), Chuck Harris (14), Samet Yiğitoğlu (12)
Longest This Season: Boopie Miller 8+ (11/4 - )
8+ rebounds: Matt Cross 2 (12, 9, 8, 10)
Long: Matt Cross 4+ (11/18 - )
Dbl-Dbl: Samet Yiğitoğlu(12p/11r)
Long: Yohan Traore (11/7), Matt Cross (11/18), Samet Yiğitoğlu (11/27 - )
5+ assists: Boopie Miller (6, 5, 3)
Long: Boopie Miller 3 (11/4 - 11/11), 3+ (11/22 - )
2+ steals: Matt Cross (2, 2)
Long: B.J. Edwards 3 (11/4 - 11/11)
2+ blocks: Chuck Harris (2)
Long: Samet Yiğitoğlu 3 (11/18 - 11/26)

MEET THE MUSTANGS:

Keon Ambrose-Hylton (6-9, 220, F, Sr.) | 2024-25: Played all 8 games...5.6 points, 2.6 rebounds, 53.1% 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 all 8 games...3.1 points, 2.1 rebounds, 1.4 blocks (7th ACC), 53.3% FGs... 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 7 games... 7.9 points, 7.1 rebounds (12th ACC), 1.4 assists, 35.3% on 3FGs... 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 8 games... averaging 11.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.3 steals (3rd ACC), 36.0% on 3FGs... 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 4 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 7 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 7 games... 12.8 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 0.8 steals, 1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio... 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 8 games... 17.0 points (8th ACC), 5.9 assists (2nd ACC, 28th NCAA), 4.0 rebounds, 1.8 steals (11th ACC), 2.61 assist-to-turnover ratio (11th ACC), 44.8% FGs (13th ACC), 83.8% FTs (10th ACC)... HONORS: Acrisure Holiday Invitational MVP...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: Played all 8 games... 9.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.3 steals, 46.2% on 3FGs... 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 8 games... 9.1 points, 5.0 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 6 games... 10.8 points, 6.3 rebounds (18th ACC), 1.3 blocks (9th ACC), 60.0% FG, 1 double-double... 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.
Hilltop Hoops Show Dates
Mon. Dec. 16 (MBB at Boston College 12/21 | WBB at North Texas 12/19, vs Chicago State 12/20)
Mon. Dec. 30 (MBB vs Duke 1/4 at North Carolina 1/7 | WBB vs Stanford 1/2, vs Cal 1/5)
Mon. Jan. 13 (MBB at Virginia 1/15, at Miami 1/18 | WBB vs North Carolina 1/16, at Notre Dame 1/19)
Mon. Jan. 20 (MBB vs Louisville 1/21, at NC State 1/25 | WBB vs Duke 1/23, at Miami 1/26)
Mon. Jan. 27 (MBB vs Cal 1/29, vs Stanford 2/1 | WBB vs Louisville 1/30, at Virginia Tech 2/2)
Mon. Feb. 3 (MBB at Virginia Tech 2/5 | WBB at Georgia Tech 2/6, vs Pitt 2/9)
Mon. Feb. 10 (MBB vs Pitt 2/11, vs Wake Forest 2/15 | WBB vs Clemson 2/16)
Mon. Feb. 17 (MBB at Notre Dame 2/19, vs Clemson 2/22 | WBB at Wake Forest 2/20, at Boston College 2/23)
Mon. Feb. 24 (MBB at Cal 2/26, at Stanford 3/1 | WBB vs Virginia 2/27, vs NC State 3/2
Mon. Mar. 3 (MBB vs Syracuse 3/4, at Florida State 3/8 | WBB ACC Tournament 3/5-3/9)

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.