SMU vs. Cincinnati GAME THREAD

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Cincinnati playing really fast.

SMU now going a little smaller: McNeill in for Hunt
Ha — Small Ball pays off immediate, on layup by ... Jasey

Cincinnati leads 7-6

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Cincinnati shooting 42.3% (3/7)
SMU shooting 33.3% (2/6)

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Jasey dunk (assist from Chargois) ties it 8-8

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Bandoumel goes to the rim, through Chris Vogt — all 7-1, 260 of him — and gets basket to go.
Missed free throw.
SMU leads 12-8

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Mustangs struggling a little against Cincinnati press. Turned ball over on five-second violation, then spent 9 seconds getting the ball across midcourt.

Smith 3 puts Ponies back ahead, 15-12

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Cincinnati shooting 42.3% (3/7)
SMU shooting 33.3% (2/6)

Ponies have hit 4 straight, now shooting 60.0%, leading 16-12

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Will Douglas, who missed the last couple of games (illness), is on the SMU bench in uniform

That guarantees a win.

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Bandoumel picks up second foul — both times arriving late and reaching

SMU 16, Cincinnati 12

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Anei has a blocked shot, giving him 10 this season — one short of team leader Feron Hunt's 11.
Anei is playing in his fourth game of the season, Hunt in his 10th.

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Davis with slick stop-and-start into the lane, then goes behind the back to Chargois for the layin, stretching SMU lead to 26-17 with 8:51 to go in first half.

Since hitting 2 of first 6 shots, Mustangs have hit 8 of last 10.

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Tari Eason splits two SMU defenders to drive to the rim ... then gets his shot blocked from behind by Yor Anei, who got up so high he made his first contact with the ball with his forearm.

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Will Douglas, who missed the last couple of games (illness), is on the SMU bench in uniform

I'm hallucinating. Davis is in a shooting warm-up shirt, but not in uniform.

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Tough play for Cincinnati's Mamoudou Diarra, who gets called for his first foul ... while taking a Kendric Davis elbow in the mouth.

SMU 26, Cincinnati 19
7:45 to go in first half

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Ponies shooting 59%
Cincinnati shooting 44%

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Kendric Davis is asking out of the game after an elbow from David DeJulius left him with a bloody lip.
Replaced by Hunt