Numbers and notes: MBB 103, Boston College 77

[PonyPride]

SMU Postgame Notes – December 21, 2024
SMU 103, Boston College 77
SMU (10-2, 2-0 ACC), BC (7-5, 0-2 ACC)
Chestnut Hill, Mass. – Silvio O. Conte Forum

UPCOMING GAMES

Longwood – Sunday, December 29 – 1 p.m. CT – David B. Miller Court at Moody Coliseum – Dallas, Texas
TV: ACCNX

[5/5] Duke – Saturday, January 4 – 1:15 p.m. CT – David B. Miller Court at Moody Coliseum – Dallas, Texas
TV: The CW

at [rv/rv] North Carolina – Tuesday, January 7 – 9pm ET/8pm CT – Chapel Hill, N.C. – Smith Center
TV: ACCN

SMU RUNS

2nd half – 14-0 to go up 92-69 at 4:17 (Jerrell Colbert had 10 points in the run)

1st half
9-0 run to take a 22-21 lead at 9:08 1st half (finished on a 3FG by Chuck Harris)
14-2 to go up 38-28 at 4:23 1st half (finished by Boopie Miller 3FG)
SMU had a 47-40 lead at halftime, outscoring BC 34-19 after trailing 21-13

CENTURY MARK

SMU hit 100 points for the fourth time this season
Most since 1992-93 (6 times)

10th time SMU has scored 100 points in a true road game

Most points in a road conference game since a 105-92 win at Baylor 2-3-1993 (Southwest Conference)

STAT COMPARISON

Score: SMU 103, BC 77_
SMU entered the game 2nd ACC / 29th NCAA at 84.7
FG%: SMU 64.4%, BC 37.7%
SMU entered game 4th in ACC at 47.4%
3FGs: SMU 11-16, BC 7-18
SMU entered the game 4th in the ACC at 36.3%
Points in the Paint: SMU 52, BC 30
Bench Points: SMU 41, BC 12
SMU entered the game 1st in ACC / 20th NCAA at 33.0

THREE-POINT SHOOTING

SMU hit 11-16 from 3-point rang3
Chuck Harris 4-5
Matt Cross 3-3
B.J. Edwards 1-2
Boopie Miller 1-3
Yohan Traore 1-1
Jackson Young 1-1

SMU Highest Single-Game 3FG Pct. (Min. 5 Attempts) – Today ranks 5th in program history
80.0 (4-5) vs. Baylor, 3-6-1987
72.7 (8-11) Rider, 11-21-2012
71.4 (5-7) at Nevada, 12-20-1989
71.4 (10-14) McNeese State, 12-2-2013
68.8 (11-16) at Boston College, 12-21-2024
66.7 (12-18) Southern Miss, 1-22-2011
66.7 (10-15) at Tulsa, 12-29-2015
65.2 (15-23) at Murray State, 12-22-2023
64.3 (9-14) LSU, 3-24-2014
61.9 (13-21) UT-Pan American, 1-4-2007
60.0 (9-15) Lamar, 11-21-2010
60.0 (3-5) Illinois-Chicago, 12-17-2014

NOTES

Starters: #0 B.J. Edwards (G, 6-3, 185, Jr.), #2 Boopie Miller (G, 6-0, 175, Jr.), #21 Yohan Traore (F, 6-11, 235, Jr.), #24 Samet Yiğitoğlu (C, 7-2, 265, Fr.), #33 Matt Cross (F, 6-7, 230, Sr.)
7th straight game with this starting lineup

SMU is 10-2 - Best start since starting 12-2 in 2020-21
2-0 in the ACC

SMU has won 6 straight

NCAA NET Rankings – SMU entered the game at No. 44

SMU had 5 score 10+ points
SMU has had at least 5 in double figures 7 times
Jerrell Colbert 13 season high
Matt Cross 20 season-high (also had 8 rebounds)
Chuck Harris 14 (4-5 on 3FGs)
B.J. Edwards 16 (9th games with 10+)
Boopie Miller 18 (also had 7 assists)

HEAD COACH ANDY ENFIELD

SMU Head Coach Andy Enfield
10-2 at SMU (1st season)
271-177 career record (14th season)

ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Jerrell Colbert (#20, F, Jr.)
Season-high 13 points
6 rebounds
2 blocks

Matt Cross (#33, F, Sr.)
Season-high 20 points (6th career 20-point game)
8 rebounds (8+ rebounds in 8 straight games; Entered game 5th in ACC at 8.6)
3 assists, 1 steal

B.J. Edwards (#0, G, Jr.)
16 points
2 assists (1 turnover)
Entered game 13th ACC in assists at 3.5
Entered game 10th in ACC for assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.17
2 rebounds
2 steals (entered game 2nd in ACC / 20th NCAA at 2.5)

Chuck Harris (#3, G, Sr.)
14 points
4-5 on 3FGs (entered game at 45.7%)

Boopie Miller (#2, G, Jr.)
18 points (Entered game 17th in ACC at 14.4)
7 assists (2 turnovers)
Entered game 2nd ACC / 29th NCAA at 5.7
Entered game 8th ACC in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.25

Yohan Traore (#21, F, 6-11, Jr.)
8 points (3-4 FGs)

[Charleston Pony]

NET ranking now at 28 and we have not lost a Quad 2, 3 or 4 game which is really important but at some point need to pick up a Quad 1 win to enhance our resume. We will at least have opportunities both home and away in ACC play this year

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketbal ... t-rankings

[PonyPower]

None of us has a great day every day, but 4 fouls and 0 points for Samet ... in 7 minutes?
Did he do something to offend the officials?