GAME THREAD: men's basketball vs. Houston Christian

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SMU shooting 65.5% from the floor, HCU shooting 34.4%

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HALFTIME

SMU 49
Houston Christian 24

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SMU leaders

Points: Williamson (12)
Field goals: Williamson (5)
3-point field goals: Lanier (3)
Free throws: Ambrose-Hylton, Williamson (2)
Rebounds: Williamson (4)
Offensive rebounds: Phelps, Ambrose-Hylton, Williamson, Hudson, Tyreek Smith (1)
Assists: Edwards (4)
Fouls: Ambrose-Hylton, Hudson (1)
Turnovers: Phelps, Ambrose-Hylton, Jalen Smith, Wright, Lanier (1)
Blocks: Ambrose-Hylton (3)
Steals: Phelps (2)

[Charleston Pony]

Really nice 1st half by the Mustangs. Williamson has really come to life and Lanier is red hot. Just an all around great effort. Five offensive rebounds on only 10 missed shots. Really impressive effort in a game our guys have controlled from early on

[Charleston Pony]

I hope everyone saw Zhuric's baseline reverse spin move early in this game. As the announcers said...it was just a WOW move he put on the HCU defender

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SMU with 12 assists on 19 made FGs and out rebounding HCU 19-12. Also have 7 blocked shots. Really impressive 1st half and a very entertaining game so far

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12-5 start in second half stretches SMU lead to 63-29

[Charleston Pony]

This is a really fun game to watch. Guys are still playing with great defensive effort and gaining confidence offensively. I hope more of our "regulars" are at least watching this game tonight

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HCU 9-4 run "trims" margin to 67-38

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Second half is more competitive — SMU is outscoring HCU, 32-22

Ponies outshooting Huskies, 44.8%-37.5%

81-46

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Tyreek Smith dunk and Ricardo Wright 3 make it a 40-point game: 89-49

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Xavier Foster with a chase-down block — got so high he looked like he was spiking a volleyball

SMU 89-51
1:07 to go

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FINAL: SMU 89, Houston Christian 53

Mustangs improve to 8-4

Up next: Friday, December 22 at Murray State

[Charleston Pony]

Four guys finish in double figures and Harris and Lanier finish with 9 points each. Guys had 20 assists vs 9 turnovers. Nice team stats. Williamson played his best game as a Mustang tonight and set the pace early. Was good to see Harris back in after injuring his hand. Hope it's nothing serious

[Charleston Pony]

Announcers shared the story of Rob Lanier asking his guys before the game what they thought their NET ranking was...he's obviously wanting these guys to be thinking NCAA tournament this year. If they could shoot as well as they did tonight or even close to it against better teams this team could be competitive. Let's see how they do next game out @ Murray State, a program that has been pretty successful over the years but appears to be down this year. Have to win those kind of road games