GAME THREAD: MBB vs. Central Florida

[Charleston Pony]

Just as I feared, our guys are struggling early against a bigger physical UCF team. Pretty ugly basketball on SMU's part to start this game. I think Jank will need to give Phelps more minutes today to spot K.D.

[indianmustang]

fugly game

[Mustangs35SMU]

Uck uck and uck.

[PonyPride]

Michael Weathers hits a 3
UCF 16, SMU 8

[PonyPride]

Silver lining: defense has been pretty decent. SMU is shooting just 23.1% and only trails by 8 (18-10 after Michael Weathers dunk)

[Mustangs35SMU]

Pretty play there. Ponies showing some life.

[PonyPride]

Michael Weathers with a put-back, Bandoumel with a twisting layup (after which he got planted — no call) ... and suddenly it's a four-point game

UCF 18, SMU 14
Timeout — 6:55 to go in first half

[mustangxc]

Signs of life from SMU!!!

[Charleston Pony]

Pretty fast paced game so far. UCF's full court pressure is forcing tempo and Michael Weathers is responding to his type of game. Need Phelps to be more aggressive. He looks like a tentative freshman out there so far

[PonyPride]

UCF's Mbacke Diong picks up second foul (no other player on either team has more than one)

[PonyPride]

Technical for KD, who "said something" to the official after a layup was blocked by a trailing defender (he got his money's worth, as the official didn't debate or even discuss anything — blew the whistle immediately). The Mustangs' leading scorer is 0-for-6 from the floor, including 0-for-4 from long range.

[Mustangs35SMU]

Ladies dominating over in Fort Worth at least.

[PonyPride]

Nutall 3 closes it to 24-22

Also, in Fort Worth, the SMU women have outscored TCU 25-3 in the second quarter, no lead 44-24 with a second left in the first half

[PonyPride]

Phelps finds Marcus Weathers for a lay-in

24-24 with 40.4 seconds to go in the half

[Charleston Pony]

Strong run by the Ponies. Nice when Nutall or any guards can hit from three