By the numbers: SMU sweeps UH for 20th win

[PonyPride]

SMU Postgame Notes – Feb. 12, 2015
[25/25] SMU 75, Houston 69
SMU (20-5, 11-2 American), Houston (9-14, 1-10 American)
Hofheinz Pavilion
Houston, Texas

Next Game:
[25/25] SMU hosts Connecticut – Saturday, Feb. 14 – 8 p.m. CT – Dallas, Texas – Moody Coliseum
National Radio: Westwood One (Mark Johnson, Bill Frieder)
Satellite Radio: Sirius 119, XM 201
Radio: KAAM 770 AM (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone)
TV: ESPN College GameDay (Dave O’Brien, Doris Burke)

Series Notes:
SMU is 29-47 all-time against Houston
· 9-24 on the road
· 4-0 in AAC games

SMU Notes:
SMU won its 20th game
· Reached 20-win mark for the 11th time in program history
· Back-to-back 20-win seasons (27-10 in 2013-14), last done in 1983-84 (25-8) and 1984-85 (23-10)

SMU has won 18 of the last 20 games

SMU is 11-2 in the American Athletic Conference – leads The American by a half-game (Tulsa, 10-1)
· 6-1 in conference road games
o Won 6 straight conference road games – First time since 1955-56 season (6 straight)

SMU is 7-3 on the road

Starting Five: Nic Moore, Ryan Manuel, Sterling Brown, Ben Moore and Yanick Moreira
· Same starters for 7 straight games
· 4th different starting lineup used this year

Head Coach Larry Brown
· 1716-1224 all-time (40th season: includes NBA, ABA, USA Basketball and NCAA)
· 239-93 in NCAA (10th season)
o 60-49 in NCAA road games
· 62-32 at SMU (3rd season)
o 19-16 in SMU road games

Offensive Notes:
SMU had a FG% Margin of 13.0 (FG% Margin = FG% - FG% Defense)
· Entered with FG% Margin of 10.9 (48.5 - 37.6 = 10.9) (1st in AAC)

SMU scored 70+ points for the 13th time (12-1 in those games)
· Entered averaging 69.4 ppg (1st in AAC)

SMU shot above 50% (53.7%, 29-54 FG) for the 12th time (11-1 in those games)
· Entered with FG% of 48.5 (1st in AAC)

SMU was 4-8 on 3-pointers (50.0%)
· Entered with 3FG% of 35.8 (3rd in AAC)
SMU was 13-24 on FT (54.2 FT%)
· Entered with FT% of 71.6 (1st in AAC)

SMU had 18 assists on 29 field goals
· Entered with 15.9 apg (1st in AAC)

SMU had 3 player score 10+ points
· #5 Markus Kennedy 17 pts
· #11 Nic Moore 15 pts
· #1 Ryan Manuel 10 pts

SMU held the lead at halftime (33-27) for the 21st time (19-2 in those games)
· 52-12 under Larry Brown when leading at half

SMU held the lead with 5 minutes left (66-59) for the 18th time (18-0 in those games)
· 57-2 under Larry Brown when leading with 5 minutes left

SMU had more points in the paint (42-22) for the 23rd time (19-4 in those games)
· 55-22 under Larry Brown when outscoring opponent in the paint

SMU had more bench points (27-18) for the 16th time (16-0 those games)
· 44-7 under Larry Brown when scoring more bench points

Defensive Notes:
SMU held opponent under 70 points for the 20th time (18-2 in those games)
· 57-14 under Larry Brown when holding opponent under 70 points

SMU scored 15 points on 13 Houston turnovers

SMU Individual Notes:
#1 Ryan Manuel (G, Sr.): 10 points (4-9 FG, 2-6 FT), 4 assists, 3 rebounds, 1 steal
· Tied SMU record for games played (125 – Butch Moore, 1982-86)
· 10+ points in 6 games

#2 Yanick Moreira (C, Sr.): 6 points (3-10 FG), 9 rebounds
· 8+ rebounds in 11 games (2 straight) – Entered averaging (6.4 rpg, 6th in AAC)

#3 Sterling Brown (G, So.): 8 points (3-4 FG, 2-3 3FG), 7 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal
· 5+ assists in 3 games

#5 Markus Kennedy (F, Jr.): 17 points (5-10 FG, 7-7 FT), 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal
· 10+ points in 7 games

#11 Nic Moore (G, Jr.): 15 points (5-7 FG, 2-3 3FG, 3-4 FT), 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals
· 10+ points in 18 games (2 straight) – Entered averaging (14.5 ppg, 5th in AAC)

#15 Cannen Cunningham (C, Sr.): 8 points (4-8 FG), 2 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal
· Tied SMU record for games played (125 – Butch Moore, 1982-86)
· 10+ points in 5 games (2 straight)

[Stallion]

tied 60 year record-its not easy folks

Won 6 straight conference road games – First time since 1955-56 season (6 straight)

[Stallion]

Wow 7 assists for Sterling. Seems like SMU has really raised its assist numbers since Sterling has entered lineup. We are getting 18-20 a game these days which is superlative

#3 Sterling Brown (G, So.): 8 points (3-4 FG, 2-3 3FG), 7 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal

[PonySnob]

Does the series record not include AAC tournament games? It says we are 4-0 against Houston in the AAC.


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[Charleston Pony]

Wow 7 assists for Sterling. Seems like SMU has really raised its assist numbers since Sterling has entered lineup. We are getting 18-20 a game these days which is superlative

#3 Sterling Brown (G, So.): 8 points (3-4 FG, 2-3 3FG), 7 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal

one of the most underrated players in the conference