SMU Postgame Notes – March 1, 2015
[21/21] SMU 73, Connecticut 81
SMU (23-6, 14-3 American), Connecticut (17-11, 10-6 American)
XL Center
Hartford, Connecticut
Next Game:
[21/21] SMU hosts Tulsa – Sunday, March 8 – 2 p.m. CT – Dallas, Texas – Moody Coliseum
TV: ESPNU (Jason Benetti, Tim Welsh)
Radio: KAAM 770 AM (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone)
Series Notes:
SMU is 4-1 all-time against Connecticut – SMU won first game this season, 73-55, in Dallas (Feb. 14)
· 1-1 on the road
· 3-1 in AAC games
SMU Notes:
SMU has won 21 of the last 24 games
SMU is 14-3 in the American Athletic Conference – Half-game behind Tulsa (21-7, 14-2)
· 7-2 in conference road games – Snaps SMU’s 7- game conference road win streak
SMU is 8-4 on the road – Snaps 7-game road win streak
Starting Five: Nic Moore, Ryan Manuel, Sterling Brown, Ben Moore and Yanick Moreira
· Same starters for 10 straight games
· 4th different starting lineup used this year
Head Coach Larry Brown
· 1719-1225 all-time (40th season: includes NBA, ABA, USA Basketball and NCAA)
· 242-94 in NCAA (10th season)
o 61-50 in NCAA road games
· 65-33 at SMU (3rd season)
o 20-17 in SMU road games
Offensive Notes:
SMU had a FG% Margin of -7.7 (FG% Margin = FG% - FG% Defense)
· Entered with FG% Margin of 10.8 (48.7 - 37.9 = 10. (1st in AAC)
SMU scored 70+ points for the 15th time (13-2 in those games)
· Entered averaging 69.5 ppg (1st in AAC)
SMU was 4-14 on 3-pointers (28.6%)
· Entered with 3FG% of 37.1 (1st in AAC)
SMU was 19-25 on FT (76.0 FT%)
· Entered with FT% of 69.9 (1st in AAC)
SMU had 13 assists on 25 field goals
· Entered with 15.9 apg (1st in AAC)
SMU had 3 players score 10+ points
· #5 Markus Kennedy 18 pts
· #2 Yanick Moreira 14 pts
· #3 Sterling Brown 13 pts
SMU had more points in the paint (30-26) for the 26th time (21-5 in those games)
· 57-23 under Larry Brown when outscoring opponent in the paint
SMU had more bench points (22-8) for the 18th time (17-1 those games)
· 45-8 under Larry Brown when scoring more bench points
Defensive Notes:
SMU outrebounded opponent (32-29) for the 24th time (21-3 in those games)
· Rebound margin of +3
o Entered with rebound margin of 6.5 (1st in AAC)
· 55-15 under Larry Brown when outrebounding opponent
SMU scored 16 points on 12 Connecticut turnovers
SMU Individual Notes:
#5 Markus Kennedy (F, Jr.): 18 points (7-12 FG, 4-7 FT), 9 rebounds, 1 steal
· 10+ points in 9 games
· 8+ rebounds in 4 games
#2 Yanick Moreira (C, Sr.): 14 points (5-8 FG, 4-4 FT), 4 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 assist, 1 steal
· 10+ points in 18 games
· 2+ blocks in 10 games
#3 Sterling Brown (G, So.): 13 points (3-5 FG, 3-5 3FG, 4-4 FT), 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal
· Career-high in 3FG
· 10+ points in 6 games
#11 Nic Moore (G, Jr.): 9 points (3-13 FG, 1-6 3FG, 2-2 FT), 5 assists, 2 steals
· 10+ points in 22 games (6 straight)
· 5+ assists in 20 games
#1 Ryan Manuel (G, Sr.): 9 points (3-8 FG, 3-5 FT), 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 1 steal
· Season-high in rebounds