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Tristan Clark, who missed Monday's game vs. LMU, is warming up with his teammates.

Apparently, when talking about the university on the whole, it's "Sam Houston State." But the athletic teams want to be referred to as just "Sam Houston" ... even though the abbreviation is still "SHSU."

STARTERS

Sam Houston State
G 1 Savion Flagg
G 3 Demarkus Lampley
G 11 Javion May
G 13 Jaden Ray
F 12 Tristan Ikpe

SMU
G 3 Kendric Davis,Kendric
G 5 Emmanuel Bandoumel
G 10 Zach Nutall — against his former team
F 22 Isiah Jasey
F 50 Marcus Weathers

SHSU has 2 players who come into tonight scoring in double figures:

Savion Flagg 19.0
Demarkus Lampley 10.2

Nutall opens the scoring with a 3 against his former team

Flagg answers

3-3

Davis cans a 3, then drops in a layup after a Marcus Weathers steal

SMU 8, SHSU 3

Nutall backdoor pass to Davis, who hits up-and-under reverse high off the glass ... then hits FT to give SMU 11-9 lead

SMU has hit 5 of 9 FGs — 2/5 on 3s
SHSU has hit 4 of 9 — 3/3 on 3s

SMU 13, SHSU 12

Marcus Weathers cans a corner 3

16-12

4 points and a pair of rebounds for Tristan Clark ... in 4 minutes

SMU on 8-1 run
SHSU coach picks up a technical

SMU 21, SHSU 12

While falling out of bounds, SHSU's Flagg threw the ball off SMU's Jalen Smith ... who had one foot over the baseline. No whistle, prompting Flagg to tell the official "he's out, he's out."

Flagg was right ... but it didn't help

Lead pass to Jahmar Young, who pulled it in a flipped it up and in — left-handed — and then hit the FT after the timeout.

SMU 24-12

PonyPride wrote:SMU on 8-1 run
SHSU coach picks up a technical

SMU 21, SHSU 12

Why the tech?

SHSU's Damon Nicholas got a breakaway, thought he was headed to an easy layup ... only to have Michael Weathers chase him down from behind for a great block ... and managed not to foul him in the process