SMU/TCU post-game notes
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:54 amNEXT GAME
at Rice Owls
Sat., Feb. 11 at 7 p.m.
Tudor Fieldhouse
Radio: KAAM 770 AM
Audio & Video: SMUMustangs.com
TEAM NOTES
SMU is 7-3 at Moody Coliseum and 21-8 in the last 29 games on campus
SMU is 15-2 in the last 17 non-conference games in Moody Coliseum
SMU made 11 3FG; 5th game with 10+ this season
- Teams combined for 19 3FG
SMU had 10 steals
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Robert Nyakundi
- Scored 17 points
· Has 1250 career points (now 19th at SMU)
· Scored 10+ points for 20th time this season
- Was made 3 3FG
· Has 244 career 3FG (3rd at SMU)
· Has 61 this season (11th at SMU)
- Had 5 rebounds
- Added one assist, one steal and one block
London Giles
- Scored 14 points
· Scored 10+ points for 14th time this season
- Grabbed a career-high 6 rebounds
- Added 3 assists and 3 steals
Aliaksei Patsevich
- Scored 10 points
- Grabbed 2 rebounds
- Added one assist and two steals
Jeremiah Samarrippas
- Had 7 assists
- Scored 10 points
- Had 3 steals
- Grabbed 3 rebounds
Shawn Williams
- Scored 8 points
- Tied career-high with 4 assists
- Grabbed 4 rebounds
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TCU POSTGAME NOTES
SMU 68, TCU 62
Dallas, Texas (Moody Coliseum)
Feb. 8, 2012
* TCU fell to 13-10 overall this season with its sixth consecutive road setback.
* TCU also dropped to 10-2 this season in games decided by six points or fewer.
* TCU suffered its first defeat this season in eight games against in-state opponents. The Frogs were attempting to become only the third team in program history to finish undefeated against Texas schools.
* TCU concluded its regular-season non-conference schedule with a 10-6 record.
* SMU snapped TCU’s three-game winning streak in the all-time series. The Mustangs now lead the all-time series by a 102-85 margin.
* Garlon Green broke out of a recent offensive slump with 12 points. Prior to Wednesday, he had not reached double figures since the Jan. 14 double-overtime loss at Colorado State, a streak of seven consecutive games.
* Green matched a career high with three 3-pointers, all in the first half. He has now hit three treys in a contest 11 times as a Frog.
* J.R. Cadot scored in double figures for the 13th time this season with a team-high 14 points.
* Cadot’s four steals marked the second-most for a Frog this season. Hank Thorns totaled five thefts during the Nov. 20 loss to Norfolk State in the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam.
* Hank Thorns extended his career-best streak of consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer to 11. The figure ranks as the third-longest active streak among Mountain West players.
* Thorns dished out a team-high sixassists, leading TCU for the 18th time in the category this season. He has collected at least five helpers in 12 games.
* TCU featured its sixth different starting lineup of the season Wednesday with the combination of Hank Thorns, Kyan Anderson, J.R. Cadot, Garlon Green and Amric Fields.
* SMU (52.1 percent) became the 12th TCU opponent this season to finish the game with an overall field-goal percentage of at least 50 percent.
at Rice Owls
Sat., Feb. 11 at 7 p.m.
Tudor Fieldhouse
Radio: KAAM 770 AM
Audio & Video: SMUMustangs.com
TEAM NOTES
SMU is 7-3 at Moody Coliseum and 21-8 in the last 29 games on campus
SMU is 15-2 in the last 17 non-conference games in Moody Coliseum
SMU made 11 3FG; 5th game with 10+ this season
- Teams combined for 19 3FG
SMU had 10 steals
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Robert Nyakundi
- Scored 17 points
· Has 1250 career points (now 19th at SMU)
· Scored 10+ points for 20th time this season
- Was made 3 3FG
· Has 244 career 3FG (3rd at SMU)
· Has 61 this season (11th at SMU)
- Had 5 rebounds
- Added one assist, one steal and one block
London Giles
- Scored 14 points
· Scored 10+ points for 14th time this season
- Grabbed a career-high 6 rebounds
- Added 3 assists and 3 steals
Aliaksei Patsevich
- Scored 10 points
- Grabbed 2 rebounds
- Added one assist and two steals
Jeremiah Samarrippas
- Had 7 assists
- Scored 10 points
- Had 3 steals
- Grabbed 3 rebounds
Shawn Williams
- Scored 8 points
- Tied career-high with 4 assists
- Grabbed 4 rebounds
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TCU POSTGAME NOTES
SMU 68, TCU 62
Dallas, Texas (Moody Coliseum)
Feb. 8, 2012
* TCU fell to 13-10 overall this season with its sixth consecutive road setback.
* TCU also dropped to 10-2 this season in games decided by six points or fewer.
* TCU suffered its first defeat this season in eight games against in-state opponents. The Frogs were attempting to become only the third team in program history to finish undefeated against Texas schools.
* TCU concluded its regular-season non-conference schedule with a 10-6 record.
* SMU snapped TCU’s three-game winning streak in the all-time series. The Mustangs now lead the all-time series by a 102-85 margin.
* Garlon Green broke out of a recent offensive slump with 12 points. Prior to Wednesday, he had not reached double figures since the Jan. 14 double-overtime loss at Colorado State, a streak of seven consecutive games.
* Green matched a career high with three 3-pointers, all in the first half. He has now hit three treys in a contest 11 times as a Frog.
* J.R. Cadot scored in double figures for the 13th time this season with a team-high 14 points.
* Cadot’s four steals marked the second-most for a Frog this season. Hank Thorns totaled five thefts during the Nov. 20 loss to Norfolk State in the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam.
* Hank Thorns extended his career-best streak of consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer to 11. The figure ranks as the third-longest active streak among Mountain West players.
* Thorns dished out a team-high sixassists, leading TCU for the 18th time in the category this season. He has collected at least five helpers in 12 games.
* TCU featured its sixth different starting lineup of the season Wednesday with the combination of Hank Thorns, Kyan Anderson, J.R. Cadot, Garlon Green and Amric Fields.
* SMU (52.1 percent) became the 12th TCU opponent this season to finish the game with an overall field-goal percentage of at least 50 percent.