DALLAS (SMU) – Samet Yiğitoğlu from Turkey has signed to play for the Mustangs beginning with the 2024-25 season, Head Coach Andy Enfield announced on Monday. Yiğitoğlu has played for Besiktas S.K. of Turkey's first division the past two seasons, including in the Turkish Cup and EuroCup. 
 
Yiğitoğlu (7-2, 265, C) adds to an incoming class that includes six others that averaged double-digits in scoring before transferring to SMU. The Mustangs return starters Chuck Harris (13.4 points, 40.7% 3FGs), Keon Ambrose-Hylton (6.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, SMU-record 64.1% FGs) and B.J. Edwards (3.7 points, 2.9 assists, 2.43 assist-to-turnover ratio).
 
The transfer class includes Kevin "Boopie" Miller (6-0, 175, G) from Wake Forest, who averaged 15.6 points (13^th ACC), 3.5 assists (12^th ACC) and 1.4 steals (10^th ACC) while hitting 84.5% on free throws (6^th ACC) and 46.4% on field goals (11^th ACC). He is joined by Matt Cross (6-7, 230, F) following an All-Atlantic 10 season at UMass where he averaged 15.3 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals as he hit 54.0% on field goals, 32.9% on threes and 79.8% on free throws.
 
The Mustangs also add AJ George (6-6, 190, G), who averaged 10.6 points and 4.1 rebounds Long Beach State won the Big West Tournament and made the NCAA Tournament. Yohan Traore (6-11, 235, F) was an All-Big West Honorable Mention selection at UC Santa Barbara after averaging 14.5 points and 5.1 rebounds while shooting 58.3% from the field. Traore was top-15 prospect overall in the class of 2022. Kario Oquendo (6-4, 220, G) comes to the Hilltop after he averaged 7.2 points at Oregon last season and 12.7 per outing for Georgia in 2022-23. Jerrell Colbert (6-10, 235, F) played in 31 games for Kansas State last season as they went 19-15. Tibet Görener (6-9, 205) started all 32 games at San Jose State in 2023-24, averaging 11.4 points and 3.9 rebounds.
 
The Mustangs also add prep signees Chance Puryear (6-7, 190, F) after earning TABC 4A All-State and 2024 McDonald's All-American Game Southwest Nominee at Dallas Carter High School. Mitchell Holmes (6-11, 215, F) was a power forward at Link Year Prep in Branson, Missouri. The McDonald's All-American nominee scored more than 1,500 points at The Oakridge School in Arlington where he was a two-time team MVP, a team captain and SPC Co-State Champ.
 
The Mustangs' inaugural season in the ACC will see SMU play an 11-game non-conference schedule that includes seven teams that made the postseason last year. SMU's pre-league slate includes a home matchup with Mississippi State (Nov. 22), a neutral-site game in DFW versus LSU (Dec. 14), a road game at Butler (Nov. 15) and two games in the Acrisure Holiday Invitational (Nov. 26-27).
 
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.
 
SMU's inaugural season in the ACC includes home games with Cal, Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Pitt, Stanford, Syracuse, Virginia and Wake Forest. With games like this set for Moody, it should come as no surprise that tickets are selling fast.
 
Interested in becoming a new season ticket holder? Click here.
 
The Mustangs' road-only ACC opponents this season are Boston College, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, N.C. State, Notre Dame and Virginia Tech. The men's basketball program will also travel to Stanford, Cal and Virginia.
 
On the heels of a school-record eight-championship season and set for its inaugural season in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), SMU is riding a surge of momentum heading into 2024-25.
 
To continue the momentum, SMU Athletics invites you to become part of the Game Changer program, by selling tickets within your network. As SMU moves to the ACC, we need you to introduce SMU to your friends and colleagues. Signing up is easy and you'll be paired with a ticket sales executive that will assist you along the way.
 
Be a Game Changer and Think B.I.G.:
Buy a ticket!
Introduce someone new to SMU!
Give – to the Mustang Club, ACC Competitiveness Campaign, Weber EZC and Boulevard Collective!