Road win lifts SMU women's basketball to 2-0

by **PonyPride** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:06 pm

Guard Alisha Filmore led the Mustangs with 15 points to lift the SMU women's basketball team to a 69-60 road win at Arkansas-Little Rock.

Details coming soon.

by **Mitch McConnell** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 10:21 pm

Thanks, Pride. I was listening to the tape delay broadcast and then you kill it......arrrrgggggghhhh!

Just kidding.

by **PonyPride** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 11:02 pm

Sorry, MM!

by **PonyPride** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 11:03 pm

From SMUMustangs.com:

Mustangs Ride 19-0 Second Half Run To 69-60 Win At Arkansas-Little Rock
Filmore scores a team-high 15 points; Simpson scores 13

Nov. 14, 2011

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (SMU) - Alisha Filmore scored 15 points to lead the Mustangs, who rode a 19-0 second-half run to take a 69-60 win at Arkansas-Little Rock Monday night, improving 2-0 on the season while the Trojans fell 1-1.

Akil Simpson scored 13 points with six rebounds, and Kristin Hernandez scored 11 points in just her second game since transferring to SMU two years ago. Christine Elliott finished with eight points and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.

UALR extended its first half lead to nine points, 41-32, over the first four minutes of the second half, but SMU again went on a run, scoring 13 unanswered points to take a 45-41 lead with 12:25 left in the game. The Trojans called a pair of timeouts over the next two minutes as SMU extended the run to 19-0, leading 51-41 before Janette Merriex hit a 3-pointer with 8:46 left for the Trojans' first points in nearly eight minutes.

SMU held on to the lead down the stretch, going 8-for-8 from the free throw line in the final four minutes to keep UALR from getting within seven points. The Mustangs shot 53.8-percent from the field in the second half, while holding the Trojans to a 37.5-percent clip.

When the whistle blew for the first media timeout just over four minutes into the game, the Trojans held a 7-2 lead. The Mustangs went on a 12-0 run out of the break to take a 14-7 lead, connecting on 5-of-8 field goals after starting the game 1-of-7.

The Mustangs held the lead until the 2:00 mark of the first half when the Trojans reclaimed the lead on part of a 13-4 run to close the first half. SMU connected on 10-of-19 shots over the last 16 minutes to finish the half 11-of-26 with three players scoring seven points each to lead the team in the first half. The Trojans were 15-of-30 from the field in the first 20 minutes, sinking five field goals, including one 3-pointer, in the last 3:25 of the half to take the lead into the locker room.

SMU will return home to face TCU Thursday night at 7 p.m. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee will sponsor a Pack the House initiative with hamburgers available provided by the Hamburger Man.

by **Balatro Diabolus Ex** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:49 am

This was a nice road win, UALR has dominated their conference in recent years, and had 3 starters back from last years NCAA tournament team. Over the last 4 years they've won 99 games, and been to the WNIT twice, and the NCAA tourney twice. This was a win that should be good for our RPI, and look good on the resume at tournament selection time.

by **EP Pony Fan** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:26 pm

Honestly, I'm surprised we won this but thrilled that we did. We lost some pretty productive players from last year's team, and while we have some talent (based on the 3 games I saw last year) back this year, there are some questions that have yet to be answered. I worry that this might be a long year, but beating UALR at their place is a solid win. I'll be interested to see how the new pieces can gel this season before making any solid predictions (I still don't know if we break .500, even with good health and some luck), but this is a good start.

Congratulations, Ponies. Beat TCU!
Wish I could be there.

by **PonyPride** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 4:37 pm

Balatro Diabolus Ex wrote:This was a nice road win, UALR has dominated their conference in recent years, and had 3 starters back from last years NCAA tournament team. Over the last 4 years they've won 99 games, and been to the WNIT twice, and the NCAA tourney twice. This was a win that should be good for our RPI, and look good on the resume at tournament selection time.

Good call, BDE. Over the past seven seasons, UALR is 35-4 at home against non-conference opponents.

by **smupony94** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 5:18 pm

Beat TCU

by **Mitch McConnell** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 1:03 am

FYI -- Texas A&M just dropped them 83-54. Of course, that's the defending national champions, too.

BTW, if you watch the Lady Aggies this year, catch that freshman pg Alexia Standish. She is fast.