GAME THREAD: men's basketball vs. Temple

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Phelps then hits a 3 to make it 12-0, and turns and says something to the Temple bench (or Owl fans behind it) as Temple calls timeout

This was at the 17:07 mark. He has not scored in more than 14 minutes since.

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After jumping out to a 15-0 lead, SMU now trails, 28-26
2:19 left in the half

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Williamson puts SMU back ahead — hits a short jumper, then gets 2 on a goaltending call

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Halftime
SMU 30, Temple 28

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SMU leaders

Points: Harris (8)
Field goals: Williamson (3)
3-point field goals: Harris (2)
Free throws: Harris, Ambrose-Hylton, Tyreek Smith (2)
Rebounds: Williamson (6)
Offensive rebounds: Tyreek Smith (3)
Assists: Phelps (3)
Fouls: Tyreek Smith (2)
Turnovers: Edwards (2)
Blocked shots: Ambrose-Hylton (3)
Steals: Harris (2)

[Charleston Pony]

SMU bench shot 1-12 in that 1st half. At least we started moving the ball inside against temple's zone. Game changed when they went to zone and we tried to beat them from the outside...not our strength

[Charleston Pony]

Both teams with really balanced scoring tonight and while SMU dominated early on "effort" stats, Temple turned it around and rebounding battle pretty even at half

[PonyPride]

Time to shorten the bench?

Plus/minus is a relatively new stat — teams have kept it for about 20 years, but it has been part of the official box score for only four or five.

SMU's starters tonight are plus-54 (nobody below zero)
Reserves are minus-44 (nobody above zero)

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SMU closed the half by missing 9 of its last 11 and 14 of last 17 field goals

Owls now outshooting Mustangs
SMU: 9/31 FG (29%)
Temple: 12/32 FG (37.5%)

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Williamson with second half's first 4 points

SMU 34, Temple 28

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Harris hits his third 3

SMU 37-32

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Harris hits his third 3

SMU 37-32

... and his fourth
42-34

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Harris leads both teams with 14 points, followed by Williamson's 12

Top Temple scorer, Jahlil White, has 8

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Matteo Picarelli with a pair of corner 3s, trims SMU lead to 46-44

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Williamson and Harris have game-high 14 points
Temple's Jahlil White now has 10

46-44
11:50 to go in second half