Numbers and notes: SMU falls at Cincinnati

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SMU Postgame Notes – March 6, 2016
[24/-] SMU 54 (25-5, 13-5 American), Cincinnati 61 (22-9, 12-6 American)
Fifth Third Arena
Cincinnati, Ohio

SMU Notes:
SMU can clinch a share of the American Athletic Conference Regular Season Championship with a Temple loss at Tulane

SMU is 45-25 in conference games under Larry Brown

SMU won 15 of 20 road games this season – 19-6 in last 25 games away from home
• Finished 7-4 on the road this season– 5-4 in conference play
• SMU is 28-21 in road games under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich

SMU finished the season 25-5 – program-record 3rd straight 20 win season (27-10, 27-7)
• SMU is 79-22 since the start of the 2013-14 season (50-9 in past 59 games)
• 25 wins is the most regular season wins in school history – 1st time in school history to finish the regular season with 25 wins

Starting Five: Ben Moore (00), Shake Milton (1), Sterling Brown (3), Nic Moore (11), Jordan Tolbert (23)

Head Coach Larry Brown:
• 1739-1231 all-time (41st season: includes NBA, ABA, USA Basketball and NCAA)
• 262-100 in NCAA (11th season)
• 85-39 at SMU (4th season) – 26-21 on the road at SMU

Cincinnati led SMU at halftime, 31-30
• SMU is 13-23 when trailing at half under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich
• SMU is 3-3 this season when trailing at halftime
• In confence action this season,SMU is 2-3 when trailing at halftime
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Cincinnati and SMU each scored 27 points in the second half (SMU trailed entire second half)
• SMU is 8-31 when trailing with under 5:00 left in the second half under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich
• SMU is 1-4 in conference action when trailing with 5:00 left in second half
• SMU is 3-4 this season when trailing with under 5:00 left

Series Notes:
SMU is 3-6 all-time against Cincinnati – SMU won first matchup this season, 59-57, at Moody on Jan. 7

Offensive Notes:
SMU shot 39.3%, while Cincinnatti shot 29.5% - SMU entered tonight ranked 5th in NCAA in FG % (50.0)
• 87-13 when shooting better than opponent under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich

SMU had 36 points in the paint, compared to Cincinnati’s 26
• 83-26 overall under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich when scoring more points in the paint than opponent
• 22-2 in 2015-16 with more points in the paint

SMU had 13 second chance points, compared to Cincinnati’s 15
• 21-16 overall under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich when having fewer 2nd chance points than opponent
• 2-3 in 2015-16 with fewer points in the paint

SMU had 2 points off turnovers, Cincinnati had 13 points off turnovers
• 33-19 under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich when losing that category
• 5-4 in 2015-16 with fewer points off of turnovers


Defensive Notes:
SMU outrebounded Cincinnati, 42-29 - SMU entered tonight 7th in the NCAA, 1st in AAC in rebound margin, +10.4
• SMU is 79-19 when outrebounding opponent under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich
• SMU is 20-4 in 2015-16 when outrebounding opponents
• SMU outrebounded 24 of 30 opponents this season

Individual Notes:
#11 Nic Moore (G, Sr.) – (14 pts, 5 asts, 2 rebs)
• Senior CLASS Award Candidate, Naismith Trophy, Wooden Award Late Season Top 20, Oscar Robertson Watch List, Cousy Award Finalist
• Finished 12th on SMU Career Steals (127)
• Finished 11th on SMU Career Points (1,462)
• Finished 2nd on SMU Career Assists (508)
• Finished 4th on SMU Career 3FG Made (225)

#00 Ben Moore (F, Jr.) – (12 pts, 10 rebs, 2 blks)
• 7th career double-double
• 6th double-double of 2015-16
#5 Markus Kennedy (F, Sr.) – (9 pts, 4 rebs, 1 ast)
• Recorded his 1,000th career point (Finished 1,003 – 38th on SMU 3FG list)
• Finished 8th on SMU Career Blocked Shots (97)
• Finished 21st on SMU Career Rebounds (588)
• Finished 20th on SMU Career Steals (110)

#1 Shake Milton (G, Fr.) – (2 pts, 4 reb, 1 asts)
• Finished 4th on SMU Season 3FG By A Freshman (52)

#23 Jordan Tolbert (F, Sr.) – (9 pts, 13 rebs, 1 stl)
• 9th game in 2015-16 with double-digit rebounds