[15/15] Memphis 62, SMU 59
Memphis (13-2, 2-0), SMU (10-5, 1-1 AAC)
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UPCOMING GAMES
At East Carolina – Saturday, Jan. 13 – 4pm ET/3pm CT – Greenville, North Carolina – Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum
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Temple – Tuesday, Jan. 16 – 7pm CT – Dallas, Texas – David B. Miller Court at Moody Coliseum
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NOTES
Starters: #0 B.J. Edwards (G, So.), #1 Zhuric Phelps (G, Jr.), #3 Chuck Harris (G, Sr.), #10 Samuell Williamson (F, Sr.), #22 Keon Ambrose-Hylton (F, Sr.)
13th straight game with this lineup
SMU fell 62-59
Snaps a 4-game winning streak for SMU
SMU held Memphis without a point from 3:53 left until the game-winning three with 3.2 second left
Rebounds: SMU 43, Memphis 35
Offensive Rebounds: SMU 19 (season high), Memphis
Points in the Paint: SMU 38, Memphis 26
Halftime: SMU led 36-24
Rebounds: SMU 25, Memphis 9
Offensive Rebounds: SMU 12, Memphis 2 (SMU 10-2 on 2nd chance points)
Points in the Paint: SMU 24, Memphis 12
Tyreek Smith with a team-high 12 points (first time leading the team, 5th game in double figures)
SMU held Memphis to 62 points (entered game 2nd AAC / 9th NCAA in scoring defense at 61.6)
Memphis entered the game averaging 79.2 points
Memphis shot 44.2% from the field (SMU entered game 1st in AAC / 2nd in NCAA at 36.2% FG defense)
Just the second team to shoot better than 42% against SMU
SMU outrebounded Memphis 43-35
SMU had a season-high 19 offensive rebounds (entered game 2nd in the AAC at 13.3 offensive rebounds per game)
+8 margin (entered game 2nd in the AAC with a +6.1 rebound margin)
6 Mustangs with 4 or more rebounds
Tyreek Smith and Ja’Heim Hudson each had 7
SMU had 6 blocked shots (entered game 1st in the AAC / 32nd NCAA at 5.0 per game)
Jalen Smith (2 – season high)
Tyreek Smith (2 - entered game 4th in the AAC at 1.6 blocks per game, 10th game this season with multiple blocks)
SMU had 9 steals (entered game 4th in the AAC at 8.3)
Chuck Harris (2 - 3rd game this season with multiple steals)
Jalen Smith (2 - 4th game this season with multiple steals)
Samuell Williamson (2 - tied season high)
SMU outscored Memphis 38-26 in the paint (entered game averaging a 35.3-26.4 advantage)
SMU RUNS
18-4 run to take a 30-15 lead at 5:04 1st half (started at 11:28)
Finished with an 8-0 run
ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Keon Ambrose-Hylton (#22, Sr., F) - 7 points, 5 rebounds, block, steal
B.J. Edwards (#0, G, So.)
2 assists / 0 turnovers (entered game 8th in AAC in assists at 3.8 and 5th in AAC with 2.65 assist-to-turnover ratio)
Zhuric Phelps (#1, Jr., G) – Preseason All-AAC 2nd Team, Fort Myers Tip-Off All-Tournament, AAC Weekly Honor Roll (N27)
9 points (entered game 12th in AAC at 14.
1 assist and 3 rebounds
1 steal (entered game 6th in the AAC at 1.9)
123 career steals, T-18th at SMU
Tyreek Smith (#12, F, Sr.)
12 points (5th game with double figures)
7 rebounds (entered game 18th in AAC at 6.2 per game, 8th game this season with 7+ rebounds)
2 blocked shots (entered game 4th in the AAC at 1.6 blocks per game, 10th game this season with multiple blocks)
Samuell Williamson (#10, F, So.)
8 points, 3 rebounds
2 steals (tied season high)
Ricardo Wright (#5, Sr., G) - 9 points (2-3 on 3FGs)
SMU CAREER RECORDS
SMU Career Steals
1 225 Bryan Hopkins, 2002-06
2 209 Gerald Lewis, 1989-93
3 205 Carl Wright, 1982-85
4 197 Jeryl Sasser, 1997-01
5 179 Stephen +Woods, 1996-00
6 160 Willie Davis, 1997-01
7 153 Quinton Ross, 1999-03
8 144 Jon Killen, 2004-08
9 139 Sterling Brown, 2013-17
10 136 Jemeil Rich, 1994-97
136 Nic Moore, 2013-16
12 130 Butch Moore, 1982-86
13 128 David Piehler, 1979-83
14 127 Roderick Hampton, 1987-91
15 126 Justin Isham, 2001-05
126 Kato Armstrong, 1985-89
17 125 Phil Hale, 1976-80
18 123 Troy Matthews, 1993-97
123 Zhuric Phelps
