SMU (10-12, 2-8 ACC) at Virginia Tech (14-7, 5-5 ACC)
Cassell Coliseum – Blacksburg, Va,  
Sunday, Feb. 2 , 2025 – 1 p.m. CT
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// MUSTANGS TRAVEL TO BLACKSBURG
The SMU women's basketball program continues its inaugural season in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) by traveling to Blacksburg, Va., to face Virginia Tech at 1 p.m. CT on Sunday inside the Cassell Coliseum. Fans can watch the game on ACCNX or listen on the radio through the SMU Mobile App.

The Mustangs will look to end a six-game losing streak after failing to complete their fourth-quarter comeback against Louisville. SMU is 2-6 on the road this season.  The team's last road win came during an overtime thriller against Syracuse.
 
Robertson scored a career-high 32 points, 19 of which came in the fourth quarter, shooting 8-of-16 from the floor and was a perfect 13-of-13 from the line. It was her third 30-point game of her career and was the most points in a home game by a Mustang since Kayla White scored 34 points against East Carolina in 2022. Her perfect night at the line was the second most made free throws without a miss in school history.
 
Center Jessica Peterson recorded her ninth double-double of the season, collecting 20 rebounds and scoring 10 points at Miami. It was her second game this season, recording 20 or more rebounds. She is one of two players in the NCAA to achieve the feat this season and joins Alicia Froling (2015-16) as the only Mustangs to ever do it. Her 20 rebounds are also the second most in an away game in school history.
 
Peterson hauled in 10 or more rebounds in six of her last nine games.  Against UT Arlington, she recorded 21 rebounds, the third most in school history. She is one of two ACC Players to record a 20-rebound game this season. She enters the game ranked fourth in the NCAA and first in the ACC in rebounds per game 12.2.
 
On the road at Notre Dame, SMU had three players in double-digits as Zanai Jones tied her career high, scoring 20 points, while also having five assists and five rebounds in the loss to Notre Dame. Jones is the first Mustangs to record a 20-5-5 game since Alicia Froling (23-10-6) did against North Texas in 2016.
 
Against Pitt, SMU went 12-of-33 from beyond the arc. It was the second-most three-pointers taken in and the ninth-most made in a single game in school history. The team also held Pitt to just one field goal in the first quarter (1-12). At Miami, SMU tied its three-point attempt season-high with 33. Prior to the season, SMU had only attempted over 30 three-pointers in a game three times in school history.
 
Robertson has been turning heads all season long. She enters the game, scoring 18.8 points per game in ACC games and has scored 20 or more points in five ACC games. It was the first time in her career she has had four consecutive games scoring 20 points as she has achieved the feat 11 times this year. She is one of three players in the ACC to have 10 or more 20-point games this season.
She is the first Mustang since McKenzie Adams during the 2017-18 season to score 20 or more points in three straight games and is the first Mustangs to record 10 or more 20-point games since Adams did during that same season.

Robertson enters the game ranked 24^th in the NCAA and third in the ACC in points per game (19.5). She leads in the NCAA in field goal attempts (408) and is 16th in the NCAA and third in the ACC in total points (430).

The ACC posted 159 victories through the non-conference portion of the regular season, including 27 victories against power conferences and 10 wins against ranked teams. Six ACC teams are currently ranked in the Associated Press (AP) Top 25, headlined by Notre Dame remaining at No. 3. Duke moved up to No.10 followed by North Carolina at No.15, NC State at No. 17, California at No. 19, Georgia Tech at No.20 and Florida State at No. 25.

Sixteen out of the 18 teams in the ACC currently hold a net ranking inside the top 100.
SMU is in its fourth season under head coach Toyelle Wilson. The Mustangs are 55-56 under Wilson and have made the WNIT twice during her tenure.  She holds a career record of 110-99 in seven seasons of head coaching.

// THE MATCHUP

• Thursday's game will be the third overall meeting between the two schools and the first since 2008.  It will also be the first time the game is played in Blacksburg.Last time the teams played each other SMU won 63-65 in the second round of the South Padre Island Shootout at the South Padre Island Convention Center.
• Virginia Tech enters the game losing its last two contests and is 9-3 at home this season.

// HOME SWEET HOME

• The Mustangs are 29-14 at home over the last three seasons. Before conference play began, the Mustangs won nine of their previous 10 home non-conference games dating back to last season.
• SMU is 7-5 at home this season and has won five of its last eight home games. The Mustangs defeated Stanford 67-73 at home to earn their first-ever ACC win.

// SECOND CHANCE OPPORTUNITIES

• The Mustangs have collected 12 or more offensive rebounds in 18 of the team's 22 games this season, including 15 of the past 18. SMU collected 18 offensive rebounds against Syracuse and has had at least 18 in eight games this season.
• Prior to only recording eight against Cal the team had 10 straight games of 12 or more offensive rebounds, the most consecutive games with 12 plus offensive rebounds since the 2017-18 season. SMU is ranked 17^th nationally and is second the ACC in offensive rebounds per game (15.7).
• SMU has recorded 20 or more offensive rebounds five times this season. The five games are the most 20+ offensive rebound games in a single season since the team had seven during the 2019-20 season.
• The Mustangs have dominated the paint all season long and rank 19^th in the NCAA and second in the ACC in rebounds per game at 41.7. SMU has hauled in over 50 rebounds three times this season. Against Chicago State, the team recorded a season-high of 53, which is tied for the most since the 2019-20 season.

// CONFERENCE PLAY UNDERWAY

• SMU is 2-8 overall in ACC play and has lost its last six games.
• Nya Robertson is averaging 18.8 points per game and has scored over 20 points in five ACC games this season, highlighted by a 32-point performance against Louisville.  
• Zanai Jones is averaging 9.6 points per game in ACC play and recorded her second 20-point game of the season against Notre Dame. Jones has also been dishing out the ball at an elite level recording 4.8 assists a game in ACC play.

 // PRIME TIME PETERSON

• Jessica Peterson is amidst a career season as she currently ranks fourth in the NCAA and leads the ACC in rebounds per game at 12.2 and is third in the NCAA and first in the ACC in total rebounds (268).
• Her 268 rebounds moved her to seventh all-time in school history. She is the first Mustang to record over 250 rebounds in a season since Johnasia Cash did during the 2019-20 season. She has collected 29% of the SMU's total number of rebounds this season.
• Peterson also ranks 16^th in the NCAA / second in the ACC in defensive rebounds per game (7.5) and sixth in the NCAA / first in the ACC in offensive rebounds per game (4.7).
• Against UTA, she hauled in a career-high 21 rebounds, the second most by a player in a single game in program history. She is now the seventh player in school history to record 20 or more rebounds and the first since Dai'ja Thomas had 22 vs East Carolina 1/13/18 (Tied School Record).
• Peterson has been a force on both sides of the ball recently as she recorded a career-high six blocks against UAPB. It was the most blocks by an individual Mustang in a game since Alicia Froling had seven against Wichita St in 2019.

// SEEING DOUBLE

• Jessica Peterson has recorded a double-double in three of her last eight games and has achieved the feat nine times this season, which ranks 26^th in the NCAA and second in the ACC. She recorded her first double-double in ACC action against Notre Dame.
• Her nine double-doubles are the most in a single season since Savannah Wilkinson had 14 during the 2021-22 season. If she gets to 10, she will become the 10^th different Mustangs in school history to have double-digit double-doubles in a season.
• Chantae Embry recorded her first double-double of the season against North Texas, bringing her career total up to nine. Her and Peterson are the only Mustangs to record a double-double this season.
• Peterson recorded her first career and the Mustang's first double-double of the season against N.C. A&T. She finished the game with 16 points and 11 rebounds and joined Chantae Embry and Kaysia Woods as the only Mustangs on the roster to have recorded a double-double in their careers.

 // A WALKING BUCKET

• Nya Robertson has been SMU's primary scorer all year long. She currently averages 19.5 ppg and ranks 24^th in the NCAA and third in the ACC in scoring. She has scored in double-figures in 21 of the team's 22 games this season.
• She is on pace this season to be the first Mustangs to average over 20 points a game since Keena Mays averaged 21.0 ppg during the 2013-14 season.
• Robertson enters the game ranked first in the ACC in field goal attempts (first in the NCAA- 408), third in total points (26^th in the NCAA- 430), third in three-point attempts (2nd in the NCAA- 169) and third in free throws made (20^th in the NCAA- 103).
• Her 169 three-point attempts are the eight most in program history.
• With her 32-point game against Louisville, she became only the 18th Mustang in school history to record a 30-point game. She went a perfect 13-of-13 from the line, the second-most made with no miss in school history. It was also her third 30-point game of her career.
• Against Texas Tech, she scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to complete the comeback victory.
• She scored 28 points and tied her career-high in field goals made (12) against Syracuse. The guard shot 48% from the field (12-25), which was her best shooting performance of the season.
• Robertson went 10-26 from the field in against UTA; her 26 attempts are tied for the sixth most in program history by a single player and the most since Kayla White took 28 shots vs. APBU in 2021.
• Robertson has scored over 20 points 11 times this season, including scoring 29 points against UT Arlington. She has achieved the feat 30 times in her career.
• Her double-digit point streak came to an end against North Carolina, as she had scored in double figures in 24 consecutive games dating back to last season. She has reached double-digit points in 63 of her career 78 games played.
• Robertson reached the 1,000 career point milestone in the third quarter against Arkansas Pine Bluff.  It only took her 63 career games (56 at George Washington / 7 at SMU) to reach the milestone.
• Against Old Dominion, scored a season-high 29 points, which was the most points by a Mustang inside Moody Coliseum since Kayla White scored 34 against East Carolina on Jan. 13, 2022.

// FLOOR GENERAL Z

• Point guard Zanai Jones has been on a tear recently. She is averaging 9.5 points per game in conference action and was huge in the win over Stanford, scoring a career-high 20 points and adding five assists.
• On the road at Notre Dame, she recorded her second 20-point game of the season and added five assists and five rebounds. She leads the team in assists per game at 4.2.
• She has had at least five assists in seven of the past eight games and is averaging 4.8 during conference play.
• Against Texas Tech, she had a career-high eight assists and no turnovers. It is the second time this season she has had seven assists with no turnovers, and it was the most assists by a Mustang without a turnover since Alisha Filmore had eight against Houston in 2011.

// THE 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. The next show is scheduled for Feb. 3  at 7 p.m. at Ozona Grill and Bar.