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Nice balanced scoring for SMU tonight but 1-11 three point shooting is ugly

Teams are even (16-16) in second half

Charlotte with 9-8 rebounding edge since intermission

48-40, SMU leads

Phelps and Williamson with 10 points each and Tyreek Smith one point away from a double double tonight

SMU now 1-12 from three but at lest we are 7-9 on FTs tonight

Charlotte now hitting just under 30% of their FGs

Charlotte's Dishon Jackson gets his fourth foul when he bites on Phelps' head fake

Phelps FT makes it 59-44

Jalen Smith dunks after backdoor pass by Phelps — now 10 Mustangs have scored

SMU 61, Charlotte 47

SMU with 15 offensive boards on 32 missed shots

Charlotte has 9 on 32 misses

Phelps gets crunched in Charlotte sandwich between Lu'Cue Patterson and Dishon Jackson — stays down for a minute before being helped up by trainers. Walks off holding head — hard to see if he hit his head on the ground, or took a knee or shoulder to the head. Now sitting on the bench, holding his head while talking to trainer.

Just left floor with trainer.

SMU with 13 assists vs only 6 turnovers

Jalen Smith 3 ices it

FINAL: SMU 66, Charlotte 54

SMU wins fourth straight, improves to 10-4, 1-0 in AAC games, while Charlotte falls to 6-7, 0-1 in AAC games

Up next: January 7 at Memphis

Sunday @ Memphis will be very telling. Good D will usually allow a team to compete at a high level and that theory will be put to the test against defending AAC Champion Memphis

Buckle up V Memphis, folks.

While our offense is usually a struggle I am starting to love our stifling defense. Jankovich had amazing offense with non-existent defense. Last year we had no offense and no defense. This year we still struggle on offense but at least we have a stifling defense. Hopefully we can add solid offense to pair with this defense and when that happens we will have a team reminiscent of the Larry Brown days.

Defense takes athleticism and will. If you're willing to do the work, you can have a dominant defense. It looks like Lanier has gotten these guys to buy into that lunch pail ethic. That's the toughest part of coaching. Guys want to score not stop scores.