>SMU Mustangs (12-10, 7-7 WAC)
>At
>TOLEDO Rockets
>(12-11, 8-6 MAC)
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>Sat. Feb. 19 - 3 pm ET/2 pm CT
>John F. Savage Hall
>Toledo, Ohio
>Radio: KAAM - 770 AM
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>The SMU Mustangs (12-10, 7-7 WAC) face the Toldeo Rockets (12-11, 8-6 Mid-American Conference) for the first time ever. The game at John F. Savage Hall in Toledo, Ohio, tips at 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT. The Mustangs have won three straight in sweeping their longest homestand of the season. The Ponies got victories at Moody Coliseum of 66-46 over San Jose State on Feb. 10, 71-65 against Hawaii on Feb. 12, and a 73-70 triumph on Louisiana Tech on Feb. 16. The SMU rallied from 16 points down against Louisiana Tech, tying the third-largest comeback in school history. The Mustangs were +30 on the boards in those three wins after getting outrebounded in 10 of the 12 games prior to Feb. 10. SMU was +20 (43-23) in the Hawaii matchup.
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>This contest with a MAC team is a rarity for the Ponies, being just the ninth occurrence in school history. SMU is 8-0 against the MAC, going 2-0 against Central Michigan, Kent State, and Miami of Ohio and holding a 1-0 mark against Buffalo and Ohio.The Mustangs last meeting with a MAC opponent was a 66-55 win against Miami at Mackey Arena in the semifinal of the Boilermaker Invitational that is hosted by Purdue in West Lafayette, Indiana, on Dec. 20, 2003. Bryan Hopkins scored a career-high 35 points in the win. The Mustangs knocked off 17th-ranked Purdue the next day to win the Invitational. Only two of the eight SMU games against MAC teams have been on the road, four have come at Moody Coliseum, and two neutral-site games. Both neutral games were against Miami, last season and an 83-69 first-round win on March 16 of the 1984 NCAA Tournament at Pullman, Washington. The two road games were wins of 74-68 at Kent on Dec. 7, 1996 and 64-37 at Buffalo during the 1946-47 season.
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>The Mustangs are 9-3 at home, winning four straight overall at Moody Coliseum, but the team is 3-7 on the road, where they have lost three in a row. Although, two of those three losses were on shots with three seconds or less on the clock; falling 58-57 at Louisiana Tech when Corey Dean hit a shot with 1.8 seconds reminaing on Jan. 22, and a 71-70 loss at Fresno State on Feb. 5 when Ja'Vance Coleman hit and off-balance eight-foot jumper with three seconds to go.
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>Bryan Hopkins led SMU with 22 points in the win over Louisiana Tech. It was the 10th time he led the team in scoring this season. SMU is 8-2 in those games.
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>Eric Castro was named to the COSIDA Academic All-District VI first-team on Friday. This is his third consecutive season to get All-District VI honors for his combination of on-court and scholastic achievement. Castro has a 3.8 grade-point-average in accounting and sociology. He is now among the finalists for COSIDA Academic All-America honors.LAST GAME: DALLAS (AP) -- Bryan Hopkins scored 22 points, 17 in the second half, to help the Mustangs rally to beat Louisiana Tech 73-70 on Wednesday night. Justin Isham hit the go-ahead jumper with three minutes remaining, completing a 14-point SMU rally in the second half. SMU (12-10, 7-7 Western Athletic Conference) trailed by as many as 16 in the game, making the comeback the third-largest in school history. Isham and Devon Pearson had 16 points for SMU, which has won three straight for the first time this season. Donell Allick and Wayne Powell led Louisiana Tech (13-10, 8-6) with 21 points each. Allick's 3-pointer with six seconds left trimmed SMU's lead to two, but Corey Dean missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
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>NCAA RANKINGS - ALL GAMES (Through Feb. 15)
>INDIVIDUAL: FG Pct - Castro (34th at 56.8, 130-229); Steals - B. Hopkins (20th at 2.6, 46st/18gp)
>TEAM: Steals (35th at 9.3).
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>WAC RANKINGS - ALL GAMES (Through Feb. 16)
>INDIVIDUAL: Scoring - B. Hopkins (6th at 17.5), Castro (10th at 14.4); Rebounding - Castro (7th at 7.6), Simpson (12th at 6.3), Pearson (15th at 6.0); FG Pct - Castro (3rd at .564), Simpson (6th at .537); Assists - B. Hopkins (4th at 4.16); FT Pct - B. Hopkins (10th at .742); Steals - B. Hopkins (1st at 2.53), Pearson (6th at 1.50); 3FG Pct - B. Hopkins (3rd at .350); 3FGM - B. Hopkins (2nd at 2.58); Blocked Shots - Simpson (6th at 1.43); Ast/TO Ratio - Roberts (8th at 1.47); Offensive Rebounds - Castro (2nd at 3.82), Pearson (6th at 2.64).
>TEAM (only listed if top-five): Scoring Defense (4th at 66.1); Scoring Margin (5th at +3.0); FT Pct (5th at .686); FG Pct (4th at .453); 3FG Pct Defense (4th at .327); Rebounding Defense (3rd at 33.6); Rebounding (t-5th at +1.
; Blocked Shots (5th at 3.86); Steals (1st at 9.09); Turnover Margin (2nd at +2.09); Offensive Rebounds (3rd at 13.14).
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>WAC RANKINGS - WAC GAMES (Through Feb. 16)
>INDIVIDUAL: Scoring - B. Hopkins (5th at 18.
, Castro (10th at 15.6); Rebounding - Castro (5th at 7.7), Pearson (12th at 6.3), Simpson (14th at 5.9); FG Pct - Simpson (3rd at .533), Castro (5th at .517); Assists - B. Hopkins (8th at 3.64); FT Pct - B. Hopkins (4th at .803); Steals - B. Hopkins (1st at 3.18), Pearson (t-6th at 1.57), Castro (10th at 1.50); 3FG Pct - B. Hopkins (7th at .356); 3FG Made - B. Hopkins (3rd at 2.36); Blocks - Simpson (4th at 1.62); Offensive Rebounds - Castro (2nd at 3.64), Pearson (5th at 2.79); Defensive Rebounds - Simpson (t-9th at 4.54).
>TEAM (only listed if top-five): Scoring Defense (3rd at 66.9); FT Pct (5th at .698); FG Pct (3rd at .457); 3FG Pct (4th at .357); 3FG Pct Defense (4th at .323); Rebounding Defense (4th at 34.4); Steals (1st at 9.07); Turnover Margin (1st at +2.86); Ast/TO Ratio (5th at 1.08); Offensive Rebounds (5th at 11.71).
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>Full Game Notes: http://smumustangs.com/bballm/BBGameNotes.pdf
