Numbers and notes: SMU 75, Lamar 50

[PonyPride]

SMU Postgame Notes – November 27, 2022
SMU 75, Lamar 50
SMU (3-3), Lamar (3-4)
David B. Miller Court at Moody Coliseum – Dallas, Texas

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NOTES

Starters: #1 Zhuric Phelps (G, So.), #10 Zach Nutall (G, Sr.), #3 Stefan Todorovic (F, So.), #11 Samuell Williamson (F, Sr.), #23 Efe Odigie (F, Sr.)
Third straight game with this starting lineup

SMU is 3-3 on the season
First season under Head Coach Rob Lanier
SMU is 41-7 at Moody Coliseum since the start of 2019-20, 21-3 at home in regular-season non-conference games

Zhuric Phelps (19 points) have each scored in double figures in every game this season
Three in double figures: Zhuric Phelps, Stefan Todorovic, Samuell Williamson

Season-highs of 20 assists (was 14), 9 steals (was 7) and 8 blocked shots (was 7)
Zach Nutall had a team high and career high 7 assists

SMU led 38-23 at halftime
Season-high for points in the first half (was 34)

SMU RUNS
11-2 run to build a 15-6 lead at 15:35 1st half
14-2 run built the lead to 35-17 at 4:30 1st half
13-0 run to go up 68-40 at 5:17 2nd half

ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Zach Nutall (#10, Sr., G)
5 points plus career highs of 7 assists (was 5) and 2 blocked shots (tied at 2)
Entered game averaging 14.2 points (16th AAC)
Career high for assists (was 5)

Efe Odigie (#23, SR, F)
7 points with 5 rebounds in 22 minutes
Entered game averaging 10.4 rebounds (1st AAC, 16th NCAA)

Zhuric Phelps (#1, So., G)
19 points with 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals (one off career high), 2 blocked shots (ties career high)
Entered game averaging 18.4 points (3rd AAC)
Scored in double figures every game this season

Jalen Smith (#2, So., G)
Tied career high 9 points
Career-high 3 assists (was 2)

Stefan Todorovic (#3, So., F)
Career highs of 14 points (was 11) and 7 rebounds (was 5)
2nd straight game scoring in double figures

Samuell Williamson (#11, Sr., F)
10 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals, 1 assist
Entered game averaging 8.8 rebounds (3rd AAC) and 1.2 blocked shots (6th AAC)
3rd game with 10+ points this season

[Blvd_Stang]

Replacing Zach Nutall with a superior option is the missing piece for this team.

He should be coming off the bench as a spark, nothing more. But we don’t have a better option right now unless Phelps or someone else improves offensively.

I hope he proves me wrong.

[DallasDiehard]

It's one of the missing pieces. They'll win some games because they'll defend and fight and scrap, but this is not a team missing just one piece.