By the numbers: MBB tops Tulane, 66-52

[PonyPride]

SMU Postgame Notes – Jan. 21, 2015
[RV/RV] SMU 66, Tulane 52
SMU (15-4, 6-1 American), Tulane (13-6, 4-3 American)
Devlin Fieldhouse
New Orleans, Louisiana

Next Game:
SMU hosts Houston – Saturday, Jan. 24 – 5 p.m. CT – Dallas, Texas – Moody Coliseum
Radio: KAAM 770 AM (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone)
TV: CBS Sports Network (Brent Stover, Bob Wenzel)

Series Notes:
SMU is 16-13 all-time against Tulane – First meeting since 2012-13 season when teams were Conference USA members
· 4-11 on the road
· 1-0 in AAC games

SMU Notes:
Head Coach Larry Brown
· 1711-1223 all-time (40th season: includes NBA, ABA, USA Basketball and NCAA)
· 234-92 in NCAA (10th season)
o 57-49 in NCAA road games
· 57-31 at SMU (3rd season)
o 16-16 in SMU road games

SMU has won 13 of its last 14 games, 5 straight

SMU is 6-1 in the American Athletic Conference – Best start in league since 1992-93 (6-1 in the Southwest Conference)
· Won 5 straight conference games – First time since 2010-11 season
· 3-1 in road conference games
o Won 3 straight – First time since 2002-03 season

SMU is 4-3 on the road
· Won 3 straight – First time since 2003-04

Starting Five: Nic Moore, Ryan Manuel, Sterling Brown, Ben Moore and Yanick Moreira
· Same starters in 2 straight games
· 4th different starting lineup used this year

Offensive Notes:
SMU had a FG% Margin of 9.8 (FG% Margin = FG% - FG% Defense)
· Entered with FG% Margin of 10.9 (49.0 - 38.1 = 10.9) (1st in AAC)

SMU was 19-25 on FT (76.0 FT%)
· Entered with FT% of 73.0 (1st in AAC)

SMU had 18 assists on 22 field goals
· Entered with 15.5 apg (1st in AAC)

SMU had 3 player score 10+ points
· #11 Nic Moore 18 pts
· #2 Yanick Moreira 14 pts
· #5 Markus Kennedy 14 pts

SMU had 9 turnovers – Fewest in a road game this season

SMU held the lead at halftime (33-30) for the 15th time (14-1 in those games)
· 47-11 under Larry Brown when leading at half

SMU held the lead with 5 minutes left (58-44) for the 13th time (13-0 in those games)
· 52-2 under Larry Brown when leading with 5 minutes left

SMU had more points in the paint (30-14) for the 17th time (14-3 in those games)
· SMU held 12-10 advantage at half, 18-4 edge in second half
· 50-21 under Larry Brown when outscoring opponent in the paint

SMU had more bench points (21-12) for the 11th time (11-0 those games)
· 39-7 under Larry Brown when scoring more bench points

Defensive Notes:
SMU held opponent under 70 points for the 14th time (13-1 in those games)
· 52-13 under Larry Brown when holding opponent under 70 points

SMU held opponent at or below 40% shooting (33.3%, 16-48 FG) for the 12th time (11-1 in those games)
· Entered with 38.1 FG% defense (1st in AAC)

SMU outrebounded opponent (41-30) for the 17th time (15-2 in those games)
· SMU was down 8-3 in opening 4 minutes, finished 38-22
· Rebound margin of +11
o Entered with rebound margin of 7.8 (1st in AAC)
· 49-14 under Larry Brown when outrebounding opponent

SMU scored 13 points on 9 Tulane turnovers

SMU Individual Notes:
#11 Nic Moore (G, Jr.): 18 points (5-12 FG, 3-8 3FG, 5-6 FT), 7 assists, 1 rebound
· 10+ points in 15 games (4 straight) – Entered averaging (14.3 ppg, 7th in AAC)
· 5+ assists in 12 games (3 straight) – Entered averaging (5.0 apg, 2nd in AAC)

#2 Yanick Moreira (C, Sr.): 14 points (5-10 FG, 4-5 FT), 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block
· 10+ points in 11 games – Entered averaging (11.7 ppg, T-16th in AAC)
· 8+ rebounds in 7 games – Entered averaging (6.3 rpg, 9th in AAC)

#15 Cannen Cunningham (C, Sr.): 7 points (2-4 FG, 3-3 FT), 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks
· Season-high in rebounds
· 8+ rebounds in 2 games
· 2+ blocks in 2 games

#5 Markus Kennedy (F, Jr.): 14 points (5-9 FG, 4-5 FT), 2 rebounds
· 10+ points in 4 games (3 straight)

#3 Sterling Brown (G, So.): 6 points (3-6 FG, 0-1 FT), 5 rebounds, 2 assists

#1 Ryan Manuel (G, Sr.): 7 points (2-5 FG, 3-4 FT), 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal

[Mustangs35SMU]

SMU is 6-1 in the American Athletic Conference – Best start in league since 1992-93 (6-1 in the Southwest Conference)

Not trying to jinx us, but when was last time Ponies went 7-1 to start conference?

SMU is 4-3 on the road
· Won 3 straight – First time since 2003-04

Over a decade since a 3 game winning streak on the record. That's pretty crazy.

[SmooBoy]

It's amazing how tiny Tulane's arena is. My son asked me if they were playing in a high school gym. Regardless, our record in NOLA for bball and football is horrid, so coming out with a win is a relief.