GAME THREAD: MBB vs. Syracuse

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Harris 3 is 134th in his career, moving him past Jeryl Sasser for 10th in SMU history

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Yiğitoğlu finishes alley-oop from Harris while getting fouled by Lampkin (his third)

66-62 Syracuse

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Boopie Miller's mid-range jumper makes him the fourth Mustang to reach double figures (10 points)
Oquendo 15
Harris 11
Cross 10

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Yiğitoğlu turnaround makes it a 3-point game
72-69

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That SMU is below .500 (12/25) from the FT line and only trails 72-70 is astounding

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Yiğitoğlu picks up his fourth foul
Starling hits 1 of 2
73-70

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Cross rebound

Lampkin rips it away from Cross

Yiğitoğlu rips it away from Lampkin, gets fouled — Enfield's body language indicates he clearly thought it should have been a flagrant foul (not called)

Yiğitoğlu hits 1 of 2, ties it at 73-73 — 1:24 to go

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Yiğitoğlu fouls out — contact was light, if it happened at all

Lampkin hits 1 of 2

Miller finds Ambrose-Hylton

SMU 75, Syracuse 74

27.9 to go

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Carlos fouled by Ambrose-Hylton, hits 1 of 2

75-75 with 17.1 seconds left

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Ambrose-Hylton puts back Miller miss with 2.9 seconds left

FINAL: SMU 77, Syracuse 75

Up next: regular-season finale at 4 PM (Central time) Saturday at Florida State on ESPNU

[Charleston Pony]

A little bit of Moody Magic on display tonight! On a night when our guys shot FTs as poorly as I've ever witnessed (probably gave away as many as 10 points tonight with poor shooting and missing so many front ends of one and ones) they somehow find a way to pull it out in the end. Six Mustangs in double figures and kudos to Keon Ambrose-Hylton who really stepped up and came through in the clutch making his Senior night one to remember. It's March and that means it's survive and advance time and this team's thin hopes remain alive!

[ponyte]

What a big win. Syracuse came to play. How clutch was the last 2 minutes? Now if we could hit just 60% of free throws, it's not close game I had flash backs to Phi Slama Jama days. All dunks and no free throws.

So glad to see Miller back

[Hop Sing]

We finally got the chance to show a little Moody Magic in the final minutes! The missed free throws all game almost cost the game, but they stepped up in the final minutes and refused to lose. On to Florida State!

[Hop Sing]

And Syracuse definitely came to play. They outplayed us all game until the last minutes. Still not sure how we actually pulled it off!

[Terry Webster]

Interesting stat is that both teams had 6 players in double figures.