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SMU Postgame Notes – February 8, 2023
SMU 72, Temple 71
SMU (9-16, 4-8 American), Temple (14-11, 8-4 American),
David B. Miller Court at Moody Coliseum – Dallas, Texas

NEXT GAME

At Wichita State – Sunday, February 12 – 3 p.m. CT – Charles Koch Arena – Wichita, Kansas
TV: ESPN2
Radio: KAAM 770 AM | Audio Streaming: SMU App (Google Play | Apple App Store)

NOTES

Starters: #1 Zhuric Phelps (G, So.), #2 Jalen Smith (G, So.), #10 Zach Nutall (G, Sr.), #22 Keon Ambrose-Hylton (F, Jr.), #23 Efe Odigie (F, Sr.)
3rd start for Keon Ambrose-Hylton

2nd straight home win (W, 82-80 vs USF on 1/29)
4th straight home game decided by 2 points or less

SMU had 3 score in double figures: Zhuric Phelps (19), Efe Odigie (10), Samuell Williamson (10)
Zhuric Phelps 13th game with 19+ points this season
Phelps hit the game-winning free throw with 3.0 second left
9 Mustangs scored in the game, 8 with at least 5 points

Efe Odigie had a double-double (10 points, 11 rebounds) | 5th of the season and 22nd of his career

SMU tied a season-high 12 steals
At least 8 steals in 7 of the past 9 games
Zach Nutall (2), Efe Odigie (2 - season high), Zhuric Phelps (4), Jalen Smith (2), Samuell Williamson (2)
Had 5 players with multiple steals for the first time since at UCF 1/25/2017 (W, 65-60)
SMU forced 19 turnovers by Temple (SMU committed just 11)

SMU had 14 assists on 24 made FGs
Zach Nutall (3), Zhuric Phelps (5), Samuell Williamson (3)

SMU outscored Temple 26-24 in the paint
2nd straight game with an advantage on points in the paint

SMU RUNS

SMU opened a 19-2 lead in the first 7:04 of the game, including a 15-0 run
6 different Mustangs scored in the run (Keon Ambrose Hylton 7 of the first 19 points)

ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Keon Ambrose-Hylton (#22, Jr., F)
8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 blocked shots (tied career high)
Entered game averaging 0.8 blocked shots (14th AAC)
5th game this season with multiple blocked shots, 9 blocks in the past 6 games

Emory Lanier (#24, Jr., G)
7 points, 3rd AAC game with 7+

Zach Nutall (#10, Sr., G)
6 points, 3 assists, 2 steals
Entered game averaging 13.8 points (17th AAC)
12th game this season with 3+ assists
8th game this season with multiple steals

Efe Odigie (#23, Sr., F)
10 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals (season high)
Entered game averaging 10.6 points and 6.8 rebounds (8th AAC)
13th game this season with 10+ points
5th double-doubles this season, 22nd for his career (entered game 40th in NCAA for active players)
13th game this season with 8+ rebounds
2-3 on FTs, entered game shooting 77.2% (15th AAC)

Zhuric Phelps (#1, So., G) – AAC Player of the Week on Dec. 26, AAC Weekly Honor Roll on Nov. 28
19 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals
Entered game averaging 16.9 points (6th AAC), 2.0 steals (4th AAC)
20th game this season scoring 10+, ___17th___ game scoring 15+
12th game this season with multiple steals, has 26 in past 8 games
13th game this season with 3+ assists, had at least 5 assists in 3 of the past 6 games
3-3 on 3FGs, has made multiple threes in 5 of the past 7 games

Samuell Williamson (#11, Sr., F) – AAC Weekly Honor Roll on Jan. 2
10 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 block
Entered game averaging 8.1 points, 7.4 rebounds (5th AAC), 1.3 steals (11th AAC), 0.8 blocks (11th AAC)
10th game this season scoring 10+
11th game this season with multiple steals
12th game this season with 3+ assists, including 5 of the past 6

Interesting that both teams had identical 24-56 FG shooting last night. Big differences in rebounding and turnovers lead to that result. Slightly better FT shooting in the 2nd half but that remains a weakness for this team

FT shooting has lost us at least one game, nearly lost this one, and might lose more.

Teams will definitely foul our guys to whittle away at any late game deficit. No lead is too large to lose