GAME THREAD: SMU vs ULM

[Charleston Pony]

ULM getting too many 2nd chance buckets but good to see Williamson making some shots today

[PonyPride]

too many early turnovers

ULM has 4, SMU has 6

[PonyPride]

Williamson hits back-to-back 3s — his first two of the season — to trim ULM lead to 20-17.
He's now 2/6 from long range this season.

For context, he hit 3 last season, 2 the season before

[PonyPride]

ULM getting too many 2nd chance buckets but good to see Williamson making some shots today

8 of 19 ULM rebounds are offensive boards

ULM 24
SMU 19

4:27 to go in first half

[Charleston Pony]

Now we are throwing up brick after brick from the perimeter and just not even trying to get the ball into the paint. Looks like ULM is just playing with more energy than our guys who I expect are going to get talked to at half

[Charleston Pony]

Harris and Phelps now 1-9 and 0-3 from three

[PonyPride]

Each team has missed 7 of last 8 shots

ULM leads, 30-23
28.9 seconds left in first half

[PonyPride]

HALFTIME

ULM 30, SMU 23

[PonyPride]

SMU halftime leaders

Points: Williamson (8)
Field goals: Williamson (3)
3-point field goals: Williamson (2)
Free throws: Harris (1)
Rebounds: Williamson (5)
Offensive rebounds: Ambrose-Hylton (3)
Assists: Phelps (2)
Fouls: Emory Lanier (2)
Turnovers: Phelps, Harris, Williamson (2)
Steals: Phelps, Harris, Edwards, Ambrose-Hylton (1)

[Charleston Pony]

Very pedestrian effort by SMU for most of that 1st half and as usual we show that we are not a good team when an opponent can force us into a half court game. We rarely try to get the ball into the post to our bigs and that was really poor clock management to end the half. Looked like we didn't know the shot clock would expire before the game clock?

[Charleston Pony]

ULM with more 1st half steals than SMU. That's a recipe for disaster for our team. Hope they can find some energy and come out in the 2nd half with the fire they showed in Ft Myers because right now ULN is just out hustling our guys

[Charleston Pony]

Our guards are hitting only 3-19 of their FG attempts. Ugly 1st half

[PonyPride]

Team stats

Field goal percentage
SMU: 32
ULM: 36

Field goals
SMU: 9/28
ULM: 12/33

3-point field goal percentage
SMU: 33
ULM: 17

3-point field goals
SMU: 4/12
ULM: 2/12

Free throws
SMU: 1/2
ULM: 4/6

Turnovers
SMU: 8
ULM: 6

Points off turnovers
SMU: 2
ULM: 9

Rebounds
SMU: 17
ULM: 26

Offensive rebounds
SMU: 5
ULM: 11

Second-chance points
SMU: 2
ULM: 13

Bench points
SMU: 5
ULM: 14

Points in the paint
SMU: 8
ULM: 12

Fast-break points
SMU: 1
ULM: 6

Blocks
SMU: 0
ULM: 2

Steals
SMU: 4
ULM: 5

Assists
SMU: 5
ULM: 7

[PonyPride]

Williamson, Ambrose-Hylton, Hudson — shooting combined 6/8 from the floor

Everyone else: 3/20

[PonyPride]

Phelps hits a pair of FTs — just the third and fourth free throws for SMU today

ULM 34, SMU 28