Numbers and notes: men's basketball 71, North Texas 68

[PonyPride]

SMU Postgame Notes – February 11, 2024
SMU 71, North Texas 68
SMU (17-7, 8-3 AAC), North Texas (13-10, 6-5 AAC)
Dallas, Texas – David B. Miller Court at Moody Coliseum

UPCOMING GAMES

At Tulane – Thursday, Feb. 15 – 6pm CT – New Orleans, Louisiana – Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse
TV: ESPN+

Memphis – Sunday, Feb. 18 – 3pm CT – Dallas, Texas – David B. Miller Court at Moody Coliseum
TV: ESPN

SMU CLOSING RUN

Closed the game 23-10 from down 58-48 with 11:54 left
Included an 11-0 run to take a 69-63 lead with 2:10 remaining

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.)
4th straight game with this lineup

SMU won 71-68 (entered the game No. 42 in the NCAA NET rankings)
SMU has won 4 straight and is 11-3 in past 14 games
SMU has won 8 straight at Moody Coliseum and is 12-2 at home this season
Steals: SMU 12, UNT 5
Fast-Break Points: SMU 10, UNT 3
Rebounds: SMU 34, UNT 28
Offensive Rebounds: SMU 15, UNT 12

SMU trailed at halftime 34-30
3-2 when trailing at halftime

SMU had 4 score 10+
9-0 this season with at least 4 in double figures
Chuck Harris (13- entered game averaging 13.0)
Ja’Heim Hudson (Season-high 14)
Zhuric Phelps (10 – entered game 11th in the AAC at 14.6)
Jalen Smith (Tied career-high 14 – 4-5 on 3FGs, tied career high 3FGs made)

SMU outrebounded North Texas 34-28
15 offensive rebounds (entered game 1st in AAC / 18th NCAA at 13.6 offensive rebounds per game)
14 2nd-chance points (entered game averaging 13.1)
+6 margin (entered game 1st in AAC / 40th NCAA with a +5.6 margin)
Ja’Heim Hudson (4)
Zhuric Phelps (4 - entered game averaging 4.3)
Samuell Williamson (12 - entered game 7th in AAC at 7.4, 6th game with 10+ this season)

SMU had 6 blocked shots (entered game 1st in AAC / 30th NCAA at 5.0)
Tyreek Smith (4 - entered game 3rd in AAC in blocks at 1.6)

SMU had 12 steals (entered game 2nd in AAC / 40th NCAA at 8.5)
7 different Mustangs had at least 1 steal
B.J. Edwards (3)
Zhuric Phelps (2 - entered game 4th in AAC in steals at 2.0)
Jalen Smith (2)
Samuell Williamson (2 - multiple steals in 6 of last 7 games)


ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NOTES

B.J. Edwards (#0, So., G)
6 points, 3 rebounds, 3 steals
2 assists (entered game 13th in AAC in assists at 3.3)

Chuck Harris (#3, Sr., G)
13 points (entered game averaging 13.1)
2 assists (entered game 9th in AAC in assists)

Ja’Heim Hudson (#15, Jr., F)
Season-high 14 points
5-8 FGs
4 rebounds

Emory Lanier (#24, Sr., G)
5 points, 2 rebounds

Zhuric Phelps (#1, Jr., G) – Preseason All-AAC 2nd Team, Fort Myers Tip-Off All-Tournament, AAC Weekly Honor Roll (N27)
10 points (entered game 11th in AAC at 14.6)
3 assists
4 rebounds
2 steals (entered game 4th in the AAC at 2.0)
143 career steals, 9th at SMU

Jalen Smith (#2, Jr., G)
Tied career-high 14 points
4-5 on 3FGs (tied career high 3FGs made)

Tyreek Smith (#12, F, Sr.)
7 points
2-3 FGs (entered game 5th in AAC at 61.9% FGs)
4 blocked shots (entered game 3rd in AAC at 1.6 per game)

Samuell Williamson (#10, F, So.)
___ points
___ rebounds (entered game 7th in AAC at 7.4 per game, 6th game with 10+ this season)
___ assists, ___ steals


UPCOMING MILESTONES

Zhuric Phelps and Samuell Williamson are nearing 1,000 career points
Zhuric Phelps now has 993 career points (would be 44th Mustang to 1,000 points)
Samuell Williamson now has 990 career points

Chuck Harris has the most career points of any current Mustang with 1278

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
9 143 Zhuric Phelps
10 139 Sterling Brown, 2013-17

[Charleston Pony]

Move over Jon Killen...Zhuric is coming after you!

[Lefty]

Clearly he's planning to ... steal the next spot on that list

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Williamson just needed a few more shots to drop for a double-double.

Nice win!

[mrydel]

I would like to thank John Killen for humbling me. He had an off game one night and I posted some derogatory things about his play. I had always said I would never post negative about a hard working player, since I had played football at SMU and certainly was not error free, but for some reason made an exception to my own rule. The next game I believe he scored about 30 and for the remainder of his season he was one of if not THE premier player on the team. I did apologize in a post for my earlier lapse in not posting negative about individual players, but have always remembered this particular sequence of events that have helped me stay in line with my belief.

[Arkpony]

A more humble person li have yet to meet!

[shadowman]

I would like to thank John Killen for humbling me. He had an off game one night and I posted some derogatory things about his play. I had always said I would never post negative about a hard working player, since I had played football at SMU and certainly was not error free, but for some reason made an exception to my own rule. The next game I believe he scored about 30 and for the remainder of his season he was one of if not THE premier player on the team. I did apologize in a post for my earlier lapse in not posting negative about individual players, but have always remembered this particular sequence of events that have helped me stay in line with my belief.

Heh, that was definitely an offensively challenged team. Our offensive scheme was to run the shot clock down and have Killen jack a three. Many nights, he delivered!

[Killen]

I had a good run, but happy to take a backseat to Zhuric.

Fortunately, This has NO impact on my stats in Playstation NCAA Basketball 07