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SMU men's coach Larry Brown, and guards Ryan Manuel and Ben Emelogu, met the media Saturday after the Mustangs pulled away for a 75-56 win over Central Florida at Moody Coliseum.

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SMU Postgame Notes – Jan. 31, 2015
[RV/RV] SMU 75, UCF 56
SMU (18-4, 9-1 American), UCF (9-12, 2-8 American) – Best overall record (18-4) since 1987-88 season
Moody Coliseum – (7,043)
Dallas, Texas

Next Game:
SMU hosts Cincinnati – Thursday, Feb. 5 – 8 p.m. CT – Dallas, Texas – Moody Coliseum
Radio: KAAM 770 AM (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone)
National Radio: Compass Media
TV: ESPN (Mike Patrick, Bob Knight)

Series Notes:
SMU is 7-6 all-time against UCF – SMU won the first meeting this season 70-61 on Jan. 11
· 5-1 at home
· 4-0 in AAC games

SMU Notes:
Head Coach Larry Brown
· 1714-1223 all-time (40th season: includes NBA, ABA, USA Basketball and NCAA)
· 237-92 in NCAA (10th season)
o 133-20 in NCAA home games
· 60-31 at SMU (3rd season)
o 38-9 in SMU home games

SMU has won 16 of its last 17 games, 8 straight

SMU is 9-1 in the American Athletic Conference – Best start in league since 1992-93 (9-1 in the Southwest Conference)
· Won 8 straight conference games – First time since 1973-74
· 5-0 in conference home games
· SMU is a half-game out of first place (Tulsa, 9-0)

SMU is 13-1 at home
· Won 11 straight, 31 of the last 33

Starting Five: Nic Moore, Ryan Manuel, Sterling Brown, Ben Moore and Yanick Moreira
· Same starters for 5 straight games
· 4th different starting lineup used this year

Offensive Notes:
SMU had a FG% Margin of 23.4 (FG% Margin = FG% - FG% Defense)
· Entered with FG% Margin of 11.0 (48.6 – 37.6 = 11.0) (1st in AAC)

SMU scored 70+ points for the 12th time (11-1 in those games)
· Entered averaging 69.9 ppg (1st in AAC)

SMU shot above 50% (59.2%, 29-49 FG) for the 11th time (10-1 in those games)
· Entered with FG% of 48.6 (1st in AAC)

SMU was 4-8 on 3-pointers (50.0%)
· Entered with 3FG% of 36.4 (2nd in AAC)

SMU was 13-22 on FT (59.1 FT%)
· Entered with FT% of 72.6 (1st in AAC)

SMU had 20 assists on 29 field goals
· Entered with 16.0 apg (1st in AAC)

SMU had 3 player score 10+ points
· #1 Ryan Manuel 20 pts
· #5 Markus Kennedy 13 pts
· #2 Yanick Moreira 12 pts

SMU held the lead at halftime (36-30) for the 18th time (17-1 in those games)
· 50-11 under Larry Brown when leading at half

SMU held the lead with 5 minutes left (64-52) for the 16th time (16-0 in those games)
· 55-2 under Larry Brown when leading with 5 minutes left

SMU had more points in the paint (46-22) for the 20th time (17-3 in those games)
· 53-21 under Larry Brown when outscoring opponent in the paint

SMU had more bench points (27-10) for the 14th time (14-0 those games)
· 42-7 under Larry Brown when scoring more bench points

Defensive Notes:
SMU held opponent under 70 points for the 17th time (16-1 in those games)
· 55-13 under Larry Brown when holding opponent under 70 points

SMU held opponent at or below 40% shooting (35.8%, 19-53 FG) for the 15th time (14-1 in those games)
· Entered with 37.6 FG% defense (1st in AAC)

SMU outrebounded opponent (34-26) for the 20th time (18-2 in those games)
· Rebound margin of +8
o Entered with rebound margin of 8.4 (1st in AAC)
· 52-14 under Larry Brown when outrebounding opponent

SMU scored 21 points on 16 UCF turnovers

SMU Individual Notes:
#1 Ryan Manuel (G, Sr.): 20 points (9-10 FG, 1-1 FT), 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal
· Season-high in points
· 10+ points in 6 games

#5 Markus Kennedy (F, Jr.): 13 points (5-9 FG, 3-3 FT), 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal
· Season-high in rebounds
· 7th career double-double
· 10+ points in 6 games

#2 Yanick Moreira (C, Sr.): 12 points (4-9 FG, 4-7 FT), 6 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assist, 1 block
· 10+ points in 14 games (4 straight) – Entered averaging (11.9 ppg, 14th in AAC)

#11 Nic Moore (G, Jr.): 8 points (3-8 FG, 2-3 FT), 10 assists, 4 steals, 2 rebounds
· Ties career-high in assists
· 5+ assists in 15 games (6 straight) – Entered averaging (5.2 apg, 2nd in AAC)
· 3+ steals in 4 games – Entered averaging (1.2 spg, 12th in AAC)

#21 Ben Emelogu (G, So.): 9 points (3-4 FG, 3-3 3FG), 3 rebounds, 2 steals
· Tied season-high in points