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SMU Postgame Notes – December 31, 2017 (Happy New Year!)
rv/- SMU 79 (12-3, 2-0 AAC), USF 39 (7-8, 0-2 AAC)
Moody Coliseum – Dallas, Texas

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At Tulane – Thu., Jan. 4, 2017 – 8 p.m. CT
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Devlin Fieldhouse – New Orleans, La.

SMU NOTES
SMU Starting Five: Shake Milton (1), Ethan Chargois (5), Jarrey Foster (10), Ben Emelogu II (21), Jimmy Whitt (33)

SMU has won 38 of last 43 games dating back to 2016-17

SMU is 94-20 overall since the 2014-15 season
· The Mustangs are 47-9 in conference games during that span (Leads AAC)
· 61-3 at Moody Coliseum during that span

Head Coach Tim Jankovich:
· 208-129 as NCAA head coach
· SMU is 51-8 under Tim Jankovich as head coach
· SMU is 36-0 at Moody Coliseum under Tim Jankovich
o Second best home start by a head coach in NCAA history
· 19-1 in conference games under Jankovich

33 game home winning streak
· 11-0 in 2017-18, 18-0 in 2016-17, last 4 of 2015-16
· 28 of 33 games won by 10+ points
· Second longest active streak in NCAA
· Second longest in program history
· 14 straight conference home wins (Last conference home loss was Feb. 10, 2016 vs. Tulsa (L, 82-77))
o Third longest streak in program history

LONGEST SMU HOME WINNING STREAKS:
Wins Start Date End Date
34 Texas A&M; W, 92-48 (Feb. 6, 1954) Kansas; L, 73-65 (Sweet 16) (March 15, 1957)
33+ [rv/rv] Gonzaga; W, 69-60 (Feb. 13, 2016)
19 Baylor; W, 74-57 (Feb. 15, 1984) Texas Tech; L, 59-54 (Feb. 27, 1985)

NCAA ACTIVE HOME WINNING STREAK
1
Cincinnati
W34
2
SMU
W33
3
Florida St.
W27
4
Texas Southern
W23
5
Vermont
W16
6
Purdue
W16

SMU LONGEST HOME CONFERENCE WINNING STREAKS
Wins Start Date End Date
27 Texas A&M (W, 92-48; 1953-54) Texas A&M (L, 43-42; March 1, 1958)
15 Texas Tech (W, 93-91; Feb. 9, 1971) Texas Tech (L, 64-59; Feb. 10, 1973)
14+ East Carolina (W, 74-63; Feb. 21, 2016)
13 Baylor (W, 26-15; 1936-37) Texas (L, 33-27; Feb. 6, 1939)
10 Baylor (W, 28-16; 1924-25) Arkansas (L, 32-30; 1926-27)

SERIES NOTES
SMU is 9-3+ all-time against UCF
· SMU hasn’t lost in six straight regular season meetings to USF
· 8-3 officially (2013-14 wins later vacated)

OFFENSIVE NOTES
· Outscored USF 51-23 in the second half
· Largest lead: 44 (2nd half – 4:26)

SMU shot 48.3% (28-58) to USF’s 28.0% (14-50)
· Has outshot 11 of 15 opponents in 2017-18
· The Mustangs have outshot 48 of 59 opponents under Tim Jankovich
· SMU is 18-0 when shooting better than conference opponents under Jankovich

Four SMU players with 10+ points (Shake Milton 14, Jarrey Foster 12, Jahmal McMurray 12, Jimmy Whitt 11)
· At least three 10+ scorers in 14 of 15 games in 2017-18
· Four or more 10+ scorers in 9 of 15

DEFENSIVE NOTES

Second fewest points allowed all season (SMU Low Allowed 35 vs. Northwestern State)

· 21 USF turnovers
o 13 SMU steals; Season high (8 players recorded at least 1 steal)
o 6th game with 10 or more steals

· Held USF to 39 points; USF season low (Previous 53, 3 times)
o SMU has held 14 of 15 opponents under 70 points

· Held USF to 28.0 % shooting
o SMU has held 7 of 15 teams under 40% shooting
o Fourth straight game holding opponent under 40%

SMU INDIVIDUAL NOTES
#1 Shake Milton, Jr. G (14 pts, 3 asts. 2 stl, 2 blk)
2017-18 Citizen Naismith Trophy watch list, 2018 Lute Olson Award watch list,
2018 Bob Cousy Award watch list, 2018 preseason AAC Player of the Year
· 14 points (4-9 FG, 2-4 3FG, 4-4 FT)
o 58th career 10+ point performance
§ 16th straight game with 10+ dating back to 2016-17 (starting vs. USC, 3/17/17)
§ 10+ points in 15 of 15 games in 2017-18

o Moved to 6th on the all-time career 3FG made list
273 Stephen Woods
267 Robert Nyakundi
256 Bryan Hopkins
225 Nic Moore
220 Troy Matthews
182 Shake Milton
170 Quinton Ross
161 Chad Allen

#10 Jarrey Foster, Jr G (12 pts, 8 rebs, 2 ast., 1 blk)
· 12 points (5-10 FG, 2-2 FT)
o 26th career 10+ point performance
o 10+ points in 11 of 15 games

#00 Jahmal McMurray, Jr G (12 pts, 3 ast., 2 rebs.,1 stl.)
· 12 points (3-8 FG, 2-3 3FG, 4-4 FT)

#31 Jimmy Whitt, So G (11 pts, 9 rebs. 4 stls, 2 ast.)
· 5-of-6 from the field
o 49-66 (74.2%) over last 8 games

odd season stat: Jimmy Whitt is hitting 60% of his FG, has not taken a three but is hitting less than 50% of his FTs. He has been terrific, though and is among our leading rebounders, is 2nd to only Shake in assists and leads the team in steals

I was genuinely shocked when he missed that 1 mid range jumper last night even though it wasn't a good shot.

Whitt needs to jump shot his FTs.

mrydel wrote:Whitt needs to jump shot his FTs.

The turn-around jumper would be hilarious.

I seem to remember a former NBA guard shooting jump shot FTs...might have been Wali Jones for the 76ers? Have to be an old timer to remember

Hal Greer

Free throws are all mental. Guys just need to get their heads right.

The Free Throw Line is outside Whitt's range-love what he does to get good shots and long arms on defense though

SMULaxer wrote:Free throws are all mental. Guys just need to get their heads right.

In most cases, that's absolutely right. But Whitt's shooting mechanics are among the strangest I've ever seen.