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SMU Postgame Notes – December 16, 2015 [18/-] SMU 86, Nicholls 42
SMU (8-0), Nicholls (3-6)
Moody Coliseum
Dallas, Texas
Next Game:
 SMU hosts Hampton- Thursday, Dec. 17 – 6 p.m. CT
 TV: TWC/ESPN3
 Radio: KAAM 770 AM (TuneIn – Search SMU)

SMU Notes:
SMU is 38-11 in regular season non-conference games under Larry Brown and Tim Jankovich
SMU is 40-3 at home since the start of the 2013-14 season
SMU last started 8-0 in 1997-98 season when they started 10-0

Starting Five: Ben Moore (00), Shake Milton (1), Sterling Brown (3), Nic Moore (11), Jordan Tolbert (23)

Associate Head Coach Tim Jankovich:
 33rd season as a collegiate coach, 9+ seasons as a head coach
 SMU is 77-34 in the 4 season under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich
 As a head coach, he is 165-121
 8-0 at SMU

SMU is 17-1 under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich when scoring 80+ points

SMU held the lead at halftime, 48-17
 SMU is 64-12 when leading at half under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich

SMU had three players with double-doubles (First time since 11/27/2007 vs. Paul Quinn; same date as last time 3 players with 10+ rebounds)
 Jordan Tolbert (F, Sr.) – 18 pts, 23 rebs
 Sterling Brown (G, Jr.) – 10 pts, 11 rebs
 Ben Moore (F, Jr.) – 22 pts, 15 rebs

Jordan Tolbert had 23 rebounds
 Last time a player scored 23+ rebounds in a single game was Ira Terrel with 26 rebs vs. New Mexico State 12/16/1975
 Tolbert is tied for 3rd in school history for rebounds (Ira Terrel had 23 vs. Texas A&M 2/6/1973)
 Most rebounds since Papa Dia had 21 rebs vs. Northern Iowa on 3/21/2011 in a 57-50 win.

Series Notes:
This is the first meeting between the two teams

Offensive Notes:
SMU shot 50.8%, while Nicholls shot 25.4%
 57-7 when outshooting opponent under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich
SMU had 48 points in the paint, compared to Nicholl’s 22
 69-24 overall under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich when outscoring opponent in paint
 Since start of 2013-14 season, Mustangs outscored 70 of 79 opponents in the paint
 SMU has outscored all 7 opponents in the paint this season
SMU had 19 second chance points compared to Nicholls 10
 52-19 when having more second chance points than opponent
SMU had 15 points off turnovers, Nicholls had 9 points off turnovers
 48-17 under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich when winning that category

Defensive Notes:
SMU had 3 players with 10+ rebounds
 #00 Ben Moore (F, Jr.) - 15 rebs
 #23 Jordan Tolbert (F, Sr.) - 23 rebs
 #3 Sterling Brown (G, Jr.) - 11 rebs

Last time SMU had 3 players with 10+ rebounds, Paul Quinn 11/27/2007 W, 81-63
(Bamba Fall 11, Papa Dia 10, Ryan Harp 10)
SMU had 62 rebounds, compared to Nicholls’s 25
 66-15 when SMU outrebounds opponent under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich

Individual Notes:
#00 Ben Moore (F, Jr.) – (22 pts, 8 asts, 15 rbs, 2 blcks)
 Set new career high with 15 rebounds (was 13 vs. Midwestern State 12/29/14)
 Set new career high with 8 assists (Was 5 vs. Michigan 12/8)
#11 Nic Moore (G, Sr.) – (6 pts, 1 reb, 6 asts, 2 stls)
 Wooden Award Preseason Top 50
 20th on SMU Career Steals (103)
 31st on SMU Career Points (1092)
 9th on SMU Career Assists (389)
 6th on SMU Career 3FG Made (166)
#3 Sterling Brown (G, Jr.) - (10 pts, 3 asts, 11 rbs, 1 blck, 1 stl)
 Set new season high with 11 rebounds (Was 10 vs. Michigan 12/8)
#23 Jordan Tolbert (F, SR) – (18 pts, 23 rbs, 1 blck)
 Third double-double of the season (Had 10 pts, 10 rebs vs. Brown 11/29/15, had 12 pts, 13 rebs vs. New Hampshire 12/5/15)
 Set new career high with 23 rebounds (Was 13 vs. New Hampshire 12/5)
 Set new record in the American Athletic Conference for most rebounds in a single game by a player (was 19 by Shaq Goodwin of Memphis)
#1 Shake Milton (G, Fr.) – (20 pts, 4 asts, 4 rebs, 1 blck, 1 stl)
 Tied career/season high with 20 points (20 pts vs. New Hampshire 12/5/15)
 Tied career/season high with 4 rebounds (4 rebs vs. Sam Houston State 11/14/15)

SMU's rebounding margin over the last three games (New Hampshire, Michigan, Nicholls) is +87.

For the non-math majors out there, that's an average of +29 per game.

PonyPride wrote:For the non-math majors out there, that's an average of +29 per game.

soooo you're saying that's good.

The last time an SMU player had 15 rebounds was in February 2014 (Markus Kennedy).

The SECOND-LEADING SMU rebounder (Ben Moore) had 15 tonight.

SMU and Nicholls almost had the same number of rebounds .... without counting SMU's defensive rebounds.

Nicholls had 25 rebounds — SMU had 21 OFFENSIVE rebounds.