Numbers and notes: SMU blasts McNeese, 91-59

[PonyPride]

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SMU NOTES
SMU Starting Five: Jahmal McMurray (0), Nat Dixon (5), Isiaha Mike (15), Ethan Chargois (25), Jimmy Whitt Jr. (33)

Head Coach Tim Jankovich:
• 218-145 as NCAA head coach
• SMU is 61-24 under Tim Jankovich as head coach
• SMU carries a 42-7 mark at Moody Coliseum.

#1 Jimmy Whitt Jr. G. Jr. (12 pts, 10 reb, 10 ast, 3 stl)
• First Mustang triple-double since Jeryl Sasser 11/23/1999 vs Lamar
• Fifth triple-double, third player in program history (Gerald Lewis 3, Sasser 1)
• Set career high in assists

-Mustangs have not trailed at the half inside Moody Coliseum this season


SERIES NOTES
The all-time series between McNeese and SMU now stands at 3-0 officially, 4-0 on the court

OFFENSIVE NOTES

-Posted 23 assists in consecutive games
-22 fastbreak points, (22-7 edge)
-Season low in turnovers with six (previous low was 10)
-Attempted season-high threes

DEFENSIVE NOTES

-Limited McNeese to just seven offensive boards resulting in 10 second-chance points
-Held McNeese to 24% from three (4-of-17)


SMU INDIVIDUAL NOTES


#1 Feron Hunt F. Fr. (7 pts, 8 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl)
• Secured eight boards in 17 minutes off the bench
• Five of eight rebounds came on offensive glass.

#15, Isiaha Mike So. F (18 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl)
• Connected on 7-of-11, 3-of-6 from long distance
• Highest scoring night as a Mustang

#25 Ethan Chargois, So. F (11 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast, 1 blk. 2 stl)
• Sixth time in double figures in last seven games

#0 Jahmal McMurray, Sr. G (19 pts, 3 ast)
• Led Mustangs in scoring for fifth time this season, 16th in career
• McMurray came into game in the top-10 in the NCAAs in three-pointers, went 5-of-10 from deep against McNeese
• Averaging 20.8 over his last four games, 19.0 for the season

[Stallion]

SMU played very well-not always the case against poor competition. I thought the back benchers even played with great intensity even very late in the game. Once Feron Hunt realizes all he has to do is levitate and dunk the ball his average will go up 4 points a game-might take a little more body strength. I was really questioning Isiah Mike but his confidence is sky-rocketing right now where he was so lost in early season games against similar weak competition. Hunt, Mike and Foster are 3 kids that could raise substantially the level of play on this team in comparison to early in the year. I think Dixon could too.

[Stallion]

McMurray's atrocious performance against Lipscomb (3-18, 2-10) probably cost SMU a victory-but in the rest of SMU games he's hitting 49% from the 3 point line

[Charleston Pony]

Chargois playing well against these lesser opponents as well and Whitt has been the steady one so far this season.Hopefully everyone stays hot vs Oral Roberts and then we will see how this group stacks up against TCU and Georgetown.