SMU (9-2) vs Central Arkansas  (5-7)
David B. Miller Court at Moody Coliseum – Dallas, Texas
Sunday, December 21, 2025 – 1 p.m. CT
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SMU returns to Moody Coliseum to host Central Arkansas on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. The Mustangs are 9-2 overall, including a 7-0 home record. This is the first home game since an 89-72 victory over Radford on Nov. 24. The Mustangs then played four straight SEC teams away from home, going 2-2 in that stretch, defeating Mississippi State on the road, falling at [17/16] Vanderbilt, knocking off Texas A&M in the Hoop Hype XL Challenge and falling to [rv/rv] LSU in the Compete 4 Cause Classic in New Orleans.

2025-26 RANKINGS: The Mustangs are receiving votes in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll (9). This is the fourth straight week for votes in the Coaches Poll. SMU also received votes in the AP Poll in Dec. 1 and Dec. 8. SMU is No. 43 in the NCAA NET rankings (Dec. 18). 

SMU has five players averaging double figures in scoring: Boopie Miller (20.2, 4th ACC, 32nd NCAA), Jaron Pierre Jr. (19.2, 8th ACC, 48th NCAA), Corey Washington (12.9, 35th ACC), B.J. Edwards (12.5, 39th ACC) and Samet Yigitoglu (11.4, 48th ACC). SMU has had at least four double-figure scorers in 10 of 11 games and five in double figures five times. (As of Dec. 18, SMU was one of 22 teams with five averaging 10+ points.) All five have also recorded at least one double-double this season with Boopie Miller and Corey Washington at three apiece. SMU is one of 10 teams nationally to have five different players record a double-double this season. 

Yigitoglu is leading the Mustangs in blocks (1.3, 12th ACC) and rebounds (8.5, 8th ACC). Boopie Miller is second on the team in steals (2.2, 4th ACC, 44th NCAA) and leads in assists (6.5, 3rd ACC, 13th NCAA) with a 2.40 assist-to-turnover ratio (13th ACC). B.J. Edwards is averaging 5.3 assists (6th ACC, 55th NCAA) and 2.5 steals (2nd ACC, 17th NCAA) with a 2.76 assist-to-turnover ratio (5th ACC). Corey Washington is second for SMU at 6.5 rebounds (18th ACC). SMU is shooting 48.7% overall (5th ACC, 59th NCAA). SMU is leading the ACC in fastbreak points (16.5, 35th NCAA) and near the top of the ACC in scoring offense (88.6, 3rd ACC, 29th NCAA), free throws made (19.5, 1st ACC, 26th NCAA), free-throw percentage (76.8%, 3rd ACC, 42nd NCAA) and steals (8.5, 3rd ACC, 69th NCAA).

2025-26 HONORS: Boopie Miller was named to the Lute Olson Award Early Season Watch List and selected preseason All-ACC second team. B.J. Edwards was named ACC Player of the Week on Nov. 24. Jaron Pierre Jr. was selected the Hoop Hype XL Player of the Game on Dec. 7.

ACC PRESEASON POLL & HONORS: Senior guard Boopie Miller was selected preseason All-ACC Second Team and the Mustangs were picked sixth in the vote by a select media panel. Miller received the highest vote total of any member of the preseason All-ACC Second Team (27). The teams picked in front of the Mustangs were [3/3] Duke, [11/11] Louisville, [14/15] North Carolina, NC State and [24/25] Virginia. Miller was All-ACC Third Team last season after averaging 13.2 points (26th ACC), 5.5 assists (4th ACC, 33rd NCAA), 2.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals (9th ACC) with a 2.50 assist-to-turnover ratio (2nd ACC, 41st NCAA). He also had a pair of game-winning shots, including a right-wing 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left in a 54-52 win at Virginia. He was the Acrisure Holiday Invitational MVP after SMU defeated Washington State in the championship.

NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE: The Mustangs have nine non-conference home games, including a home game with Butler on Nov. 15 (W, 87-85). SMU also faced four SEC teams beginning with a visit to Mississippi State on Nov. 28 (W, 87-81 ot) and then [17/16] Vanderbilt in the ACC/SEC Challenge on Dec. 3 (L, 88-69). Texas A&M was next in the Hoop Hype XL matchup at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas on Dec. 7 (W, 93-80 ot) followed by the Compete 4 Cause Classic versus [rv/rv] LSU in New Orleans on Dec. 13 (L, 89-77).

LAST GAME (L, 89-77 vs [rv/rv] LSU on Dec. 13): NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Marquel Sutton had 23 points and 12 rebounds, Max Mackinnon hit six 3-pointers and scored 22, and LSU beat SMU 89-77 at the Compete 4 Cause Classic at the Smoothie King Center on Saturday night. Sutton made 8 of 15 shots with a 3-pointer and all six of his free throws in posting his fifth double-double of the season for the Tigers (9-1). Dedan Thomas Jr. had 16 points and a career-high 12 assists and Pablo Tamba totaled 14 points and 10 rebounds. Mackinnon missed just one of his nine shots, going 6 for 7 from beyond the arc. Boopie Miller, Jaron Pierre Jr. and reserve Jaden Toombs each had 16 points for the Mustangs (9-2). Freshman Samet Yigitoglu totaled 10 points and 10 rebounds. Sutton shot 5 for 9 from the floor and made all six of his free throws, scoring 16 to help LSU take a 47-44 lead into halftime. Mackinnon hit a 3-pointer and a jumper in a 7-0 run to begin the second half as LSU upped its lead to 10 and maintained a three-possession lead over the final 16 minutes.

THE SERIES VS CENTRAL ARKANSAS (1-0): The only previous meeting was a 76-72 victory at Moody Coliseum on Nov. 28, 2010.

LAST MEETING VS CENTRAL ARKANSAS (W 76-72 on Nov. 28, 2010): DALLAS (AP) -Robert Nyakundi scored a career-high 24 points and Papa Dia added 24 points and 10 rebounds as SMU held off Central Arkansas 76-72. Justin Haynes added 12 points for the Mustangs (4-3), who have won four of their last five games. Dewan Clayborn scored 15 points to lead the Bears (2-3) and Mike Pouncy added 12. There were 13 ties and 13 lead changes in the game, including three of each in the final 5 minutes. Dia hit two free throws with 2:07 to play to give SMU a 71-70 lead and the Mustangs led the rest of the way. SMU, which shot 54 percent, led by as many as seven in the first half and went into halftime up 37-32. Central Arkansas shot 48.3 percent.

A POLL APPEARANCE: SMU received votes USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll (9) on Dec. 15. It is the fourth straight week the Mustangs have received votes. SMU garnered votes in the Associated Press and USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll on Dec. 1 and Dec. 8. When SMU received votes (4) in the Coaches Poll on Nov. 24, it marked the first time appearning in the poll since Feb. 21, 2022.

ACC PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Nov. 24): SMU guard B.J. Edwards was named ACC Player of the Week on Nov. 24. For the week, he averaged 17.5 points, 11.0 assists, 6.5 steals and 5.0 rebounds in two wins while shooting 59.1% overall (13-22), 6-of-12 from three and 3-of-4 on free throws. In the win against Arkansas State on Nov. 21, he had a triple-double with career highs of 24 points, 13 assists and 10 steals. The triple-double was just the sixth in SMU history and the 42nd in ACC history. It is the first for either that included steals. The 10 steals set the SMU program record and tied for second in ACC history.

ASSISTS: SMU is averaging 17.4 assists (4th ACC, 46th NCAA) with Boopie Miller pacing at 6.5 assists (3rd ACC, 13th NCAA) and B.J. Edwards dishing 5.3 per game (6th ACC, 55th NCAA). Last season, SMU was second in the ACC in assists at 15.9 (44th NCAA). Boopie Miller averaged 5.5 (4th ACC, 33rd NCAA). B.J. Edwards was next for the Mustangs at 3.7 (10th ACC). 

ASSISTS 2.0: Boopie Miller has a 2.47 assist-to-turnover ratio in his career at SMU and B.J. Edwards has a 2.27 assist-to-turnover ratio in his time on the Hilltop. Both rank among the top 10 for those averaging at least 3.0 assists per game. This season, B.J. Edwards is at 3.33 (8th ACC) and Boopie Miller at 3.24 (10th ACC). In 2024-25, Boopie Miller was at 2.50 (2nd ACC, 41st NCAA) and B.J. Edwards at 2.02 (10th ACC).

AWARD WATCH LIST: Senior guard Boopie Miller was named to the Lute Olson Early Season National Player of the Year Watch List by CollegeInsider.com on Dec. 18. Miller, who was selected preseason All-ACC second team, was one of just 30 players on the watch list. 
Mustangs on the Lute Olson Award Watch List
Nic Moore 2014-15
Shake Milton 2016-17 
Kendric Davis 2020-21, 2021-22
Boopie Miller 2025-26

BALANCING ACT: SMU had at least five score in double figures five times this season (5-0) and at least six twice (2-0). The Mustangs are 17-1 under Head Coach Andy Enfield when at least five players in double figures, 6-0 when at least six score 10+ and 2-0 when seven are at 10+. In 2024-25, the Mustangs were one of two teams with six scoring at least 9.9 per game (Ole Miss) with Kario Oquendo (11.2, 46th ACC) and Samet Yiğitoğlu (10.0, 51st ACC). Yiğitoğlu was second for SMU in rebounds (6.2, 17th ACC) and double-doubles (3, 21st ACC) while leading the Mustangs in blocked shots (1.0, 15th ACC). 
YEARS WITH FIVE AVERAGING DOUBLE-FIGURE POINTS
2024-25    Boopie Miller 13.2, Chuck Harris 12.9, Matt Cross 11.8, Kario Oquendo 11.2, Samet Yigitoglu 10.0
2017-18    Shake Milton 18.0, Jahmal McMurray 14.7, Jarrey Foster 13.2, Ben Emelogu 10.7, Jimmy Whitt 10.5
2015-16     Nic Moore 16.1, Ben Moore 11.9, Jordan Tolbert 11.6, Shake Milton 10.5, Sterling Brown 10.1
1975-76    Ira Terrell 22.6, Michael Jaccar 11.9, Joe Swedlund 11.1, Peter Lodwick 10.5, Bob Arnold 10.5
1974-75    Russell Bourquein 13.3, Jeff Swanson 11.2, John Sagehorn 11.0, Joe Swedlund 10.7, Bob Arnold 10.1
1971-72    Ruben Triplett 18.2, Larry Delzell 12.3, Bobby Rollings 11.3, David Miller 10.7, Zachary Theil 10.0
1966-67    Denny Holman 16.5, Charles Beasley 15.0, Lynn Phillips 14.1, Bob Begert 13.2, Bill Voight 11.3
1955-56    Jim Krebs 19.1, Bobby Mills 13.0, Joel Krog 12.0, Larry Showalter 11.0, Ron Morris 10.2

BUCKETS FOR BOOPIE: Boopie Miller is averaging 20.2 points (4th ACC, 32nd NCAA) and has five 20-point games this season. He is shooting 45.6% overall, 42.0% on threes and 91.7% on free throws (1st ACC, 23rd NCAA). He is also helping others with 6.5 assists per game (3rd ACC, 13th NCAA). He has three double-doubles this season (9th ACC, 64th NCAA) with points and assists, including 23 points and 12 assists in the 87-85 win over Butler on Nov. 15.

CENTER OF ATTENTION: Samet Yiğitoğlu is averaging 11.4 points (48th ACC), 8.5 rebounds (8th ACC) and 1.3 blocks (12th ACC) while shooting 60.2%. Last season, sophomore center Samet Yiğitoğlu averaged 10.0 points (51st ACC), 6.2 rebounds (17th ACC), 2.4 offensive rebounds (12th ACC) and 1.0 blocks (15th ACC) while shooting 53.5% from the field and recording three double-doubles (21st ACC).


CENTURY MARK: SMU has scored at least 100 points eight times under Head Coach Andy Enfield, including three this season (plus 96 2x, a 97 and a 98). The five 100-point games in 2024-25 were the most since the 1992-93 season (6 times). The Mustangs' 117-74 win at Miami 1/18/25 set program records for points in a road game (was 112 at Arkansas 2/13/1971) and points in a league game (was 116 vs TCU 1/5/1977). The 117 points tied for sixth-highest in program history and was the most in an ACC game since Wake Forest scored 119 in 3OT at North Carolina in 2003 and the most in an ACC game in regulation since 1983 (130 by NC State at Wake Forest). 
Most 100-Point Games In A Season
6 - 1992-93
5 - 2024-25
4 - 1972-73
4 - 1975-76
Most 100-Point Games By Coach:
12 - Doc Hayes 1947-67
11 - Sonny Allen 1975-80
10 - Bob Prewitt 1967-75
8 - Andy Enfield 2024-

CHARITY WORK: The Mustangs are shooting 76.8% as a team at the free-throw line (3rd ACC, 42nd NCAA) and making 19.5 per game (1st ACC, 26th NCAA). Boopie Miller is hitting 91.7% (1st ACC, 23rd NCAA) and Corey Washington is shooting 85.1% (5th ACC). Boopie Miller has three of the top-21 performances in program history, knocking down 11-11 vs Tarleton State 11/3, 12-12 vs Radford 11/24 and 10-10 vs Texas A&M 12/7.

DOUBLE-DOUBLES: Five Mustangs have recorded double-doubles in their careers: Corey Washington (16), Jaron Pierre Jr. (7), Boopie Miller (7), Samet Yiğitoğlu (5), B.J. Edwards (2). TRIPLE-DOUBLE: B.J. Edwards had a triple-double of 24 points, 13 assists and 10 assists in the 100-69 win vs Arkansas State 11/21. It was the sixth in SMU history and the 42nd in ACC history, but the first with steals. The 10 steals set an SMU record and tied for second in ACC history. THREE DOUBLE-DOUBLES: Three Mustangs had a double-double in the 89-72 win over Radford 11/24. Boopie Miller (25 points, 10 assists), Jaron Pierre Jr. (15 points, 13 rebounds) and Corey Washington (21 points, 12 rebounds) became the first SMU trio to have double-doubles in the same game since 12/16/2015 vs Nicholls (Jordan Tolbert 18pts, 23rebs; Ben Moore 22pts,15rebs; Sterling Brown 10pts,11rebs)

MEN OF STEALS: SMU is averaging 8.5 steals this season (3rd ACC, 69th NCAA). B.J. Edwards is averaging 2.5 (2nd ACC, 17th NCAA) and Boopie Miller is averaging 2.2 (4th ACC, 44th NCAA). Last season, SMU led the ACC at 8.1 (55th NCAA). B.J. Edwards led SMU at 2.4 steals (2nd ACC, 11th NCAA) and set a program record with 83 total steals. Boopie Miller averaged 1.6 per contest (9th ACC).

NET WORTH: SMU is No. 43 in the Dec. 10 NCAA NET rankings with 19 opponents in quads 1 (10) and 2 (9).

MEET THE MUSTANGS:

B.J. Edwards (6-3, 200, G, Sr.) | 2024-25: Started all 35 games... 9.9 points (52nd ACC), 4.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists (10th ACC), 2.4 steals (2nd ACC, 11th NCAA), 2.02 assist-to-turnover ratio (10th ACC), double-double...ACC All-Defensive Team...received votes for ACC Most Improved Player.

Chance Puryear (6-7, 210, F, Fr-Rs.) | 2024-25: Redshirted… 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.

Boopie Miller (6-0, 175, G, Sr.) | Preseason All-ACC Second Team... 2024-25: All-ACC Third Team... Acrisure Holiday Invitational MVP… Played/started 28 of 35 games... 13.2 points (26th ACC), 5.5 assists (4th ACC, 33rd NCAA), 2.9 rebounds, 1.6 steals (9th ACC), 2.50 assist-to-turnover ratio (2nd ACC, 41st NCAA), 81.6% FTs (13th ACC), 2 double-doubles … 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 with 2.1 seconds left for 79-77 win vs Cal Baptist 11/26… 

Corey Washington (6-6, 190, F, Sr.) | 2024-25 (Wichita State): Played all 34 games (33 starts)... Second on the team in scoring (13.7 ppg), rebounding (7.5 rpg), double-doubles (9) and steals (34)... Five games with 20+ points… Second Team All-AAC... One of five Oscar Robertson National Players of the Week on Feb. 18... American Player of the Week on Feb. 17... American Weekly Honor Roll 3 times (Nov. 25, Dec. 9, Feb. 10).

Sam Walters (6-9, 230, F, Jr.) | 2024-25 (Michigan): Played in 23 games (Missed final 14 games due to injury)... Averaged 5.0 points and 1.6 rebounds while hitting 36.6% on threes... Posted five double-figure scoring games... Totaled 13 assists, four blocks, and two steals.

Jaron Pierre Jr. (6-5, 210, G, Sr.) | 2024-25 (Jacksonville State): C-USA Player of the Year… Started all 36 games… averaged 21.6 points (1st C-USA, 4th NCAA), 5.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists (6th C-USA), 0.7 steals, 1.32 assist-to-turnover ratio (10th C-USA)… 38.2% 3FGs (3rd C-USA, 66th NCAA), 2.9 made 3FGs (3rd C-USA, 46th NCAA), 81.0% FTs (6th C-USA)… 2-time C-USA Player of the Week, Lute Olson Player of the Week (Feb. 10), Oscar Robertson Player of the Week (Nov. 18), Lou Henson Player of the Week (Nov. 18).

Jermaine O'Neal Jr. (6-5, 185, F, Fr.) | 2024-25 (Dynamic Prep): Ranked No. 88 by ESPN, No. 111 by On3 and No. 126 by 247 Sports... As a senior, he averaged 14.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.2 blocks and 0.9 steals as Dynamic Prep advanced to the Chipotle Nationals title game and was No. 1 in the final National Top 10 high school rankings.

Billy White III (6-8, 195, F, Fr.) | 2024-25 (Veterans Memorial HS): As a junior in 2024-25, he was selected to the All-State Tournament Team and named All-South Texas MVP after averaging 18.8 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.8 blocks and 1.0 steals as he led Veterans Memorial to a 39-1 record including a run to the UIL 5A Division I semifinals.

B.J. Davis-Ray (6-6, 195, G, Fr.) | 2024-25 (JSerra Catholic HS): Averaged 17.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists as he helped the Lions to a 24-11 record his senior season, reaching the California Interscholastic Foundation Division 1 South Regional Quarterfinals... Named CIF-SS Open Division First Team and All-County First Team.

Jaden Toombs (6-10, 230, C, Fr.) | 2024-25 (Dynamic Prep): Ranked No. 38 by ESPN, No. 45 by On3 and No. 47 by 247 Sports... As a senior, he averaged 15.0 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.4 blocks as Dynamic Prep advanced to the Chipotle Nationals title game and was No. 1 ranking in the final National Top 10 high school rankings… Was on the 2024-25 Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Boy's High School Player of the Year watch list.

Mitchell Holmes (6-10, 230, F, Fr-Rs.) | 2024-25: Redshirted… 2023-24 (Link Year Prep): 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.

Nigel Walls (6-10, 200, F, Fr.) | 2024-25 (St. Francis Episcopal): Four-star prospect... Ranked No. 62 by ESPN, No. 57 by On3 and No. 58 by 247 Sports... As a senior, averaged 13.3 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.4 blocks, 2.2 assists and 1.4 steals as St. Francis Episcopal went 29-8 and won the TAPPS 4A State Championship.

Samet Yiğitoğlu (7-2, 270, C, So.) | 2024-25: Played/started 32 of 35 games... 10.0 points (51st ACC), 6.2 rebounds (17th ACC), 1.0 blocks (15th ACC), 53.5% FG, 3 double-doubles (21st 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 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).

Trey Utter (6-0, 175, G, Sr.) | 2024-25: Played 5 games, including 2 ACC games and the ACC Tournament win vs Syracuse 3/12… 2023-24: Played in 7 games.

Niccolo Kalischer-Stork (6-2, 205, G, Fr-Rs.) | 2024-25: Redshirted… 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.

HEAD COACH ANDY ENFIELD... is in his second season at SMU after being named SMU's Head Men's Basketball on April 1, 2024. In his first season on the Hilltop, he led the Mustangs to a 24-11 overall record and earned a No. 1 seed in the NIT. The Mustangs went 13-7 in the program's inaugural season in the ACC to tie for fourth. SMU signed the nation's fourth-ranked high school recruiting class, which is the best in program history. 

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 Southern California (USC), where he led the Trojans to five 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. 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. 

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.

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.