SMU 95, Rice 69
SMU (16-7, 7-3 AAC), Rice (9-14, 3-7 AAC)
Houston, Texas – Tudor Fieldhouse
UPCOMING GAMES
North Texas – Sunday, Feb. 11 – 1pm CT – Dallas, Texas – David B. Miller Court at Moody Coliseum
TV: ESPNU
At Tulane – Thursday, Feb. 15 – 6pm CT – New Orleans, Louisiana – Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
TV: ESPN+
SMU RUN TO TAKE CONTROL
SMU had a 29-4 run that bridged halftime to take a 55-39 lead at 16:13 2nd half
14-2 in last 3:34 of the 1st half to take a 40-37 lead at halftime
Opened second half on a 15-2 run (scored 15 straight after a pair of Rice FTs)
SMU outscored Rice 55-32 in the 2nd half
Most points in a 2nd half since 55 vs Tulane 1/11/2023
NOTES
Starters: #0 B.J. Edwards (G, So.), #1 Zhuric Phelps (G, Jr.), #3 Chuck Harris (G, Sr.), #10 Samuell Williamson (F, Sr.), #12 Tyreek Smith (F, Sr.)
3rd straight game with this lineup
SMU won 95-69 (entered the game No. 49 in the NCAA NET rankings)
SMU has won 3 straight and is 10-3 in past 13 games
Turnovers: SMU 4, Rice 12
Points Off Turnovers: SMU 21, Rice 2
Fast Break Points: SMU 14, Rice 3
Assists: SMU 24, Rice 16
Steals: SMU 10, Rice 1
Rebounds: SMU 39, Rice 25
Offensive Rebounds: SMU 13, Rice 6
Second-Chance Points: SMU 16, Rice 3
Bench Points: SMU 48, Rice 17
Turnovers: SMU 4 (ties SMU’s lowest in AAC game), Rice 12
SMU Most Points In AAC Game
103 Memphis, 3-4-2017
103 Tulsa, 1-2-2024
95 At Rice, 2-7-2024
93 Tulsa, 3-2-2017
SMU Largest AAC Victories
41 Memphis, 3-4-2017 (W, 103-62)
40 East Carolina, 2-1-2017 (W, 86-46)
40 USF, 12-31-2017 (W, 79-39)
34 USF, 12-31-2014 (W, 83-49)
34 .at USF, 2-7-2016 (W, 92-58)
33 Tulsa, 1-2-2024 (W, 103-70)
31 at East Carolina, 12-31-2016 (W, 75-44)
28 East Carolina, 1-2-2019 (W, 82-54)
26 Connecticut, 3-3-2016 (W, 80-54)
26 at Rice, 2-7-2024 (W, 95-69)
SMU had 5 score 10+
8th game this season with at least 4 in double figures (8-0), 3rd time with 5 in double figures
Keon Ambrose-Hylton (10 – 5-5 FGs)
Chuck Harris (11 - entered game averaging 13.1)
Zhuric Phelps (16 – entered game 12th in the AAC at 14.5)
Samuell Williamson (10 - 11th game in double figures this season, also had 8 rebounds)
Ricardo Wright (15 - 3rd straight game with 10+, tied career-high 4 3FGs made)
SMU outrebounded Rice 39-25
13 offensive rebounds (entered game 1st in AAC / 18th NCAA at 13.6 offensive rebounds per game)
16 2nd-chance points (entered game averaging 13.0)
+14 margin (entered game 1st in AAC / 48th NCAA with a +5.2 margin, 9th game of at least +10)
Keon Ambrose-Hylton (3- entered game averaging 4.4)
Zhuric Phelps (5 - entered game averaging 4.3)
Tyreek Smith (5 - entered game averaging 5.
Samuell Williamson (8 - entered game 7th in AAC at 7.4)
SMU had 3 blocked shots (entered game 1st in AAC / 22nd NCAA at 5.0)
Keon Ambrose-Hylton (1 - entered game 13th in AAC in blocks at 1.0)
Jalen Smith (1)
Tyreek Smith (1 - entered game 4th in AAC in blocks at 1.6)
SMU had 10 steals (entered game 1st in AAC / 41st NCAA at 8.5)
7 different Mustangs had at least 1 steal
Keon Ambrose-Hylton (tied career-high 2 - 2nd straight game with multiple steals)
Zhuric Phelps (2 - entered game 4th in AAC in steals at 2.0)
Samuell Williamson (2 - multiple steals in 5 of last 6 games)
SMU had 24 assists on 41 FGs (entered game 1st in AAC / 39th NCAA at 15.9)
Chuck Harris (6 - entered game 11th in AAC in assists at 3.5)
Zhuric Phelps (Season-high 6 – 4th straight game with 5+ assists)
Most Assists For SMU In An AAC Game
27 at USF, 2-7-2016 (W, 92-58)
25 Houston, 1-21-2017 (W, 85-64)
25 Tulsa, 1-1-2023
24 Houston, 1-24-2015
24 Memphis, 3-4-2017
24 USF, 1-29-2023
24 at Rice, 2-7-2024
ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Keon Ambrose-Hylton (#22, Sr., F)
10 points
3 rebounds
1 blocked shots (entered game 13th in AAC in blocks at 1.0)
Tied career-high 2 steals
5-5 FGs (entered game 3rd in AAC at 65.5% FGs)
B.J. Edwards (#0, So., G)
4 points, 3 rebounds
2 assists / 1 turnovers (entered game 13th in AAC in assists at 3.4 and 4th in AAC with a 2.78 assist-to-turnover ratio)
Chuck Harris (#3, Sr., G)
11 points (entered game averaging 13.1)
6 assists / 1 turnovers (entered game 11th in AAC in assists at 3.5 and 11th in AAC with a 1.81 assist-to-turnover ratio)
3-7 on 3FGs (entered game 4th in AAC at 41.4%)
Emory Lanier (#24, Sr., G)
6 points on 2-4 3FGs (entered game 42.2% on 3FGs)
Zhuric Phelps (#1, Jr., G) – Preseason All-AAC 2nd Team, Fort Myers Tip-Off All-Tournament, AAC Weekly Honor Roll (N27)
16 points (entered game 12th in AAC at 14.5)
Season-high 6 assists (4th straight game with 5+ assists)
5 rebounds
2 steals (entered game 4th in the AAC at 2.0)
141 career steals, 9th at SMU
Tyreek Smith (#12, F, Sr.)
6 points
3-4 FGs (entered game 6th in AAC at 61.5% FGs)
1 blocked shots (entered game 4th in AAC at 1.6 per game)
Samuell Williamson (#10, F, So.)
10 points
8 rebounds (entered game 7th in AAC at 7.4 per game)
2 assists, 2 steals
Ricardo Wright (#5, G, Sr.)
15 points (3rd straight game in double figures, 6th game with 10+ this season)
4-8 on 3FGs (entered game at 37.0%) – 4th straight game with multiple 3FGs
UPCOMING MILESTONES
Zhuric Phelps and Samuell Williamson are nearing 1,000 career points
Zhuric Phelps now has 983 career points
Samuell Williamson now has 988 career points
Chuck Harris has the most career points of any current Mustang with 1265
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
9 141 Zhuric Phelps
10 139 Sterling Brown, 2013-17
