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Phelps ends the drought with a corner 3
Pulls SMU to within 19-17
1:36 to go until halftime

HALFTIME
Evansville 21, SMU 17

Painful game to watch. Have seen both - very poor shot selection, with plenty of clock - and just a bunch of missed 3pt shots.

SMU leaders

Points: Nutall (8)
Field goals: Nutall (3)
3-point field goals: Nutall (2)
Free throws: Odigie (2)
Rebounds: Odigie (7)
Assists: Nutall (2)
Fouls: Phelps (2)
Turnovers: Nutall (2)
Blocks: Williamson (2)
Steals: Odigie (1)

STATISTIC — Evansville — SMU
FG% — 28% — 21%
FGs — 10-36 — 6-29
3FG% — 9% — 23%
3FGs — 1-11 — 3-13
FT% — 0% — 100%
FTs — 0-0 — 2-2
TOs — 2 — 5
Pts Off TO — 3 — 2
Tot Reb — 27 — 22
Def Reb — 21 — 20
Off Reb — 6 — 2
2nd Chance Pts — 4 — 2
Bench Pts — 5 — 0
Pts Paint — 12 — 6
FstBkPt 3 0
Blocks 2 4
Steals 1 1
Assts 4 3
Times Tied: 3
Time Tied: 5:18
Lead Chg: 4
LeadTime 8:47 5:55

Imagine holding your opponent to 28% shooting and thinking "if only we could shoot a well as those guys."

SMU: 17 in first half
6 points in first 2 minutes of second half
Mustangs lead, 23-21

Only Nutall has more points (11) for either team than Odigie has rebounds (9)

Through 4:11 of the second half, Evansville is 0/4 on field goals, including 0-2 on 3-pointers

Going back to first half, Purple Aces are scoreless over the last 5:29

SMU 24, Evansville 21

Jalen Smith 3 makes it 29-21 — SMU

Mustangs outscoring Purple Aces, 12-0, to start second half

Evansville ends 6:57 scoreless drought

SMU 30, Evansville 23

Through 8:17 in the second half, Evansville has ... 2 points

32-23

Scoring outburst: after a scoring drought, Evansville puts together 7-2 burst

SMU 34, Evansville 30

Odigie flips in short shot while being tackled — no call

Beauchamp 3 makes it 36-33

Steal and layup closes margin to SMU 38, Evansville 36