GAME THREAD: MBB at Cal

[PonyPride]

Yiğitoğlu hits a FT, then slams a lob to put the Ponies back up, 69-66

[PonyPride]

Yiğitoğlu got away with what should have been his fifth foul

Then misses shot on the other end, gets his own rebound and shows good patience, faking Sissoko up in the air to tag Sissoko with his fourth foul.

Yiğitoğlu hits 2 of 2 FTs

SMU 71, Cal 66

3:58 to go

[PonyPride]

Edwards with a steal and dunk to stretch SMU scoring run to 7-0

73-66
3:18 to go

[PonyPride]

Harris lay-in makes it a 9-point game
75-66

[PonyPride]

Petraitis drives right at Yiğitoğlu — both playing with 4 fouls
Yiğitoğlu backs away, Petraitis short-arms the shot
SMU ball

[PonyPride]

Interesting that with under 100 seconds left, Cal has abandoned (at least momentarily) the full-court press that was giving the Ponies fits in the second half

Edwards fouled, hits 1 of 2

SMU 76, Cal 69

1:28 to go

[PonyPride]

Cal briefly playing 6-on-5 as head coach Mark Madsen wandered about 10 yards on the court while the ball was in play. No call.

SMU 76, Cal 71
58 seconds to go

[PonyPride]

Yiğitoğlu fouls out — as does Petraitis as he tries to tie up Oquendo after a rebound

Oquendo hits 2 of 2 FTs

SMU 78, Cal 72

41.3 seconds

[PonyPride]

Ambrose-Hylton with a big block

78-72 with 35 seconds left

[PonyPride]

Edwards to the line with 22.3 second left — hits 1 of 2 FTs

SMU 79, Cal 74

[PonyPride]

Sissoko puts back offensive rebound, fouled by Cross — hits FT

79-77

[PonyPride]

Cross fouled with 3.9 seconds left, hits 2 BIG free throws

81-77

[Charleston Pony]

It took 5 guys scoring in double figures to pull this one out. Still alive to run the table for the 4th seed in the ACC Tourney

[PonyPride]

FINAL

SMU 81, Cal 77

Mustangs improve to 21-7, 12-5 in ACC games (Wake Forest no 11-6 in conference games)

Up next: 4 PM (Central time) Saturday at Stanford — game can be seen on ACC Network

[Big Hoss]

Glad,they pulled out the win, but that was a frustrating game to watch. Passing was atrocious and led to way too many turnovers. Took forever for them to finally push the ball downcourt to break the press. We really need Boopie back ASAP.