SMU (16-5, 7-3 ACC) vs Stanford (15-6, 7-3 ACC)
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Saturday, February 1, 2025 – 5 p.m. CT
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Mustangs Take Down Cal in 76-65 Victory
SMU's Bigs, Cross Step Up Against Cal

SMU hosts Stanford at Moody Coliseum on Saturday. The Mustangs are 16-5 overall with a 7-3 ACC record after a 76-65 victory over Cal on Wednesday. SMU has won two straight, five of its past six games and 12 of its past 15 contests.

In the 76-65 win over Cal, the Mustangs had 10 steals while outrebounding the Bears 47-36 and holding them to 34.3% shooting. Chuck Harris scored 20 points to lead SMU while Matt Cross had a double-double of 15 points and 14 rebounds. B.J. Edwards added 15 points and a career-high nine rebounds while Boopie Miller scored 13. Miller and Harris each had three steals while Edwards and Miller each had five assists.

SMU is averaging 82.8 points (1st ACC, 25th NCAA) while shooting 47.8% (1st ACC, 47th NCAA) overall and 37.9% on threes (3rd ACC, 26th NCAA). The Mustangs are also leading the ACC in total rebounds (40.4, 22nd NCAA) and bench points (28.3, 36th NCAA). SMU is second in the ACC in rebound margin (+7.2, 19th NCAA), second in offensive rebounds (13.2, 33rd NCAA), second in assists (16.2, 45th NCAA), second in steals (7.7), second in scoring margin (+11.0, 44th NCAA), third in fastbreak points (14.2, 34th NCAA), third in field-goal defense (40.5%, 47th NCAA), fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.37) and fifth in blocked shots (4.0).

Boopie Miller is averaging 13.8 points (21st ACC), 5.7 assists (5th ACC, 36th NCAA) and 1.6 steals (7th ACC) with a 2.48 assist-to-turnover ratio (3rd ACC). Chuck Harris is next in scoring at 12.2 (34th ACC) while hitting 44.4% from three. B.J. Edwards is averaging 10.8 points (43rd ACC), 3.4 assists (13th ACC) and 2.3 steals (2nd ACC, 22nd NCAA). Matt Cross has six double-doubles (5th ACC) and is leading the Mustangs in rebounding (8.4, 5th ACC) while adding 11.2 points (38th ACC). The Mustangs have five averaging double-figure scoring and seven scoring at least 7.3 points per game with Samet Yiğitoğlu (10.3, 49th ACC), Kario Oquendo (9.6) and Yohan Traore (7.3). Yiğitoğlu is second for SMU in rebounds (6.6, 14th ACC) and leading the Mustangs in blocked shots (1.1, 13th ACC). Jerrell Colbert is next for the Mustangs in blocks (1.0, 17th ACC). 

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 (7-3): SMU is 7-3 in its first season in the ACC. SMU's inaugural ACC home slate includes Virginia (Dec. 7, W 63-51), [4/4] Duke (Jan. 4, L 89-62), Georgia Tech (Jan. 11, W 93-71), [25/rv] Louisville (Jan. 21, L 98-73), Cal (Jan. 29, W 76-65), 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, W 103-77), North Carolina (Jan. 7, L 82-67), Virginia (Jan. 15, W 54-42), Miami (Jan. 18, W 117-74), N.C. State (Jan. 25, W 63-57), 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.

LAST GAME (W, 76-65 vs Cal on Jan. 29): DALLAS (AP) -- Chuck Harris scored 20 points, Matt Cross had 15 points and 14 rebounds, and SMU defeated California 76-65 on Wednesday. B.J. Edwards had 15 points, nine rebounds and five assists for SMU (16-5, 7-3 ACC), which won for the fifth time in six games. Boopie Miller had 13 points, six rebounds and five assists. The Golden Bears, who trailed by double digits for much of the second half, got within 61-55 near the five-minute mark before a three-point play by Harris helped SMU rebuild a 12-point lead at 67-55 with 3 1/2 minutes to go. A 3-pointer by Cal's Jeremiah Wilkinson cut SMU's lead to 69-62 with 2:25 remaining then the Mustangs wrapped up the win with five made free throws in six attempts. Rytis Petraitis had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Cal (11-10, 4-6). Wilkinson scored 16 points and Javon Blacksher Jr. added 13 points. After a scoring slump of six points in 5 1/2 minutes in which they fell behind 21-17, the high-scoring Mustangs (83.1 points per game) regrouped and scored 22 points in the final 6-plus minutes of the first half. SMU led 39-29 at halftime.
POSTGAME NOTES
- 10-0 run to lead 27-21 at 4:35 1st half, 21st run of at least 10-0 this season
- Matt Cross had his sixth double-double
- SMU is 10-0 when holding opponents under 40%

UP NEXT: SMU plays at Virginia Tech on Wednesday. The Mustangs then host Pitt (Feb. 11) and Wake Forest (Feb. 15). 

THE SERIES VS. STANFORD (2-2): The series is tied with SMU winning the most recent pair of meetings in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons. SMU won, 85-70, at Stanford on Nov. 20, 2015 and followed with a victory, 72-49, at Moody Coliseum on Dec. 19, 2016. The first game was an 80-70 loss in Moody Coliseum on Dec. 28, 1963. The second meeting saw third-ranked Stanford win 86-51 in a preseason NIT game on Nov. 18, 1998. 

LAST MEETING VS STANFORD (W, 72-49 vs. Stanford on Dec. 19, 2016): DALLAS (AP) -- Sterling Brown scored 16 points and SMU ran out to a 32-point lead in the first half of a 72-49 victory against Stanford. Semi Ojeleye had 13 points and seven rebounds in the 22nd consecutive non-conference home win for the Mustangs (9-3), who have won five straight. SMU shot 59 percent in the first half to 21 percent for the Cardinal (7-4), going ahead 12-0, 30-7 and 44-12 in the most impressive showing under first-year coach Tim Jankovich. Stanford leading scorer Reid Travis didn't get a shot in the first half, when Cardinal starters scored one point. He scored all 10 of his points in the second half, while Marcus Sheffield led Stanford with 13 points.

ACRISURE HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONS (Nov. 26-27): SMU dominated the second half in a 77-60 victory over Washington State to win the Acrisure Holiday Invitational in Palm Springs, California the night before Thanksgiving. 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. 

ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS: Matt Cross, Chuck Harris and Boopie Miller are among the NCAA's active career leaders. Cross is 73rd in rebounds (699); Harris is 49th in points (1,630), 43rd in threes made (240); while Miller is 42nd in scoring (14.5), 62nd in assists (398) and 31st in assists average (4.47).

ASSISTS: SMU is second in the ACC in assists at 16.2. Boopie Miller is averaging 5.7 (5th ACC, 36th NCAA). B.J. Edwards is next for the Mustangs at 3.4 (13th ACC). Both are also among the league leaders in assist-to-turnover ratio with Boopie Miller at 2.48 (3rd ACC) and B.J. Edwards at 2.29 (5th ACC).

ASSISTS 2.0: B.J. Edwards has a 2.37 career-assist-to-turnover ratio in his career at SMU. That ranks third among those averaging at least 3.0 assists per game. Boopie Miller is at 2.48 this season (3rd ACC) and B.J. Edwards is at 2.29 on the season (5th ACC).

BALANCING ACT: The Mustangs have had at least five players in double figures in nine games, at least six with 10+ three times and seven at 10+ twice: 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), 12/3 Alabama State (7 - First time since at least 2004), 12/21 at Boston College (5), 1/11 Georgia Tech (5), 1/18 at Miami (7)

BOARDROOM: SMU is +7.2 in rebounding this season (2nd ACC / 19th NCAA) with eight games of +10 or better. The Mustangs average 13.2 offensive rebounds (2nd ACC / 33rd NCAA).

BUZZER-BEATER BOOPIE: Boopie Miller has a pair of late game winners this season. He hit a right-win 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left for a 54-52 win at Virginia on Jan. 15. He also hit a 10-foot running jumper with 2.1 seconds left for a 79-77 win over Cal Baptist in the Acrisure Hilday Invitational semifinal on Nov. 26.

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

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDS: Matt Cross is leading the Mustangs at 8.4 rebounds per game (5th ACC). He has five double-doubles this season. He also had a run of at least eight rebounds in eight straight games (11/18-12/21), including a career-high tying 16 in the win versus LSU on Dec. 14. The 16 rebounds were the most by a Mustang since 19 by Jordan Tolbert against Hampton on 12/17/15. He is also eighth in the ACC with 2.6 offensive rebounds per game, grabbing season highs of seven against Washington State and LSU.

DOUBLE-DOUBLES: Matt Cross (6, 5th ACC), Yohan Traore (2, 20th ACC), Samet Yiğitoğlu (2, 20th ACC), Boopie Miller (1)

DOUBLE FIGURES: Nine Mustangs have scored in double figures multiple times this season: Boopie Miller (14), Chuck Harris (14), B.J. Edwards (14), Matt Cross (13), Samet Yiğitoğlu (12), Kario Oquendo (9), Yohan Traore (6), Keon Ambrose-Hylton (4), Jerrell Colbert (2).

FLOOR EXPERIENCE: Five Mustangs have played in 100 or more NCAA D-I games: Chuck Harris (137), Tibet Görener (122), Kario Oquendo (117), Keon Ambrose Hylton (115), and Matt Cross (115).

GRAND ACHIEVEMENT: Four Mustangs have reached the 1,000-point milestone: Chuck Harris (1,650), Boopie Miller (1,302), Kario Oquendo (1,301) and Matt Cross (1,214).

HALF A HUNDRED: The Mustangs have scored at least 50 in a half 12 times.

LEADING BY COMMITTEE: Six Mustangs have led the team in scoring this season: Boopie Miller (8x), Chuck Harris (6x), Matt Cross (4x), Kario Oquendo (3x), B.J. Edwards (1x), Samet Yiğitoğlu (1x)

MEN OF STEALS: B.J. Edwards is leading SMU at 2.3 steals (2nd ACC, 22nd NCAA). Boopie Miller is averaging 1.6 per contest (7th ACC).

MOODY MAGIC: SMU has successfully defended home court in 74 of 86 (.860) regular-season non-conference games at Moody Coliseum since the renovation and expansion for the 2013-14 season. SMU is 3-2 in ACC home games. In 11 seasons in the American Athletic Conference, SMU went 77-22 (.766) at Moody Coliseum, including 8-1 last season.

RUN, RUN: The Mustangs have 21 runs of at least 10-0 this season.

TRIPLE THREAT: The Mustangs are 37.9% from three this season (3rd AAC, 25th NCAA). In the 103-77 win at Boston College on Dec. 21, SMU hit 68.8% (11-16), the fifth-highest percentage in program history.

MEET THE MUSTANGS:

Keon Ambrose-Hylton (6-9, 220, F, Sr.) | 2024-25: Played all 21 games...4.0 points, 2.3 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 21 games...3.0 points, 1.9 rebounds, 1.0 blocks (17th ACC), 60.0% 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: ACC Player of the Week (Dec. 16)... Played 2- games... 11.2 points (38th ACC), 8.4 rebounds (5th ACC), 1.9 assists, 0.9 steals, 49.7% FGs, 37.8% 3FGs, 6 double-doubles (5th ACC) ... 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 21 games... averaging 10.8 points (43rd ACC), 4.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists (13th ACC), 2.3 steals (2nd ACC, 22nd NCAA), 38.0% on 3FGs, 2.29 assist-to-turnover ratio (5th 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 11 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 18 games (1 start)... 2023-24 (San Jose State): Started all 32 games… 11.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, 33.9% on threes…totaled 25 assists, 15 steals and 11 blocks

Chuck Harris (6-4, 190, G, Sr.): 2024-25: Played all 21 games (5 starts)... 12.2 points (34th ACC), 2.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.1 assist-to-turnover ratio, 44.4% on 3FGs, 2.1 made threes per game (8th 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 21 games... 13.8 points (21st ACC), 5.7 assists (5th ACC, 36th NCAA), 3.2 rebounds, 1.6 steals (7th ACC), 2.48 assist-to-turnover ratio (3rd ACC), 83.1% FTs (9th ACC), a double-double ... GAME WINNERS: Game-winning right-wing 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left at Virginia for 54-52 win 1/15... 10-foot running jumper wtih 2.1 seconds left for 79-77 win vs Cal Baptist 11/26... 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 21 games... 9.6 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.0 steals, 39.7% 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: Played all 21 games... 7.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 48.1% FGs, 2 double-doubles (20th ACC)... 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 3 games... 2023-24: Played in 7 games.

Samet Yiğitoğlu (7-2, 265, C, Fr.) | 2024-25: Played/started 18 games... 10.3 points (49th ACC), 6.6 rebounds (14th ACC), 1.1 blocks (13th ACC), 56.9% FG, 2 double-doubles (20th ACC)... 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 5 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.

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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.