Numbers and notes: SMU beats ECU, improves to 16-0

[PonyPride]

SMU Postgame Notes – January 13, 2016
[10/-] SMU 79, East Carolina 55
SMU (16-0, 5-0 American), East Carolina (8-9, 0-4 American)
Minges Coliseum
Greenville, N.C.

Next Game:
• SMU is at Tulane – Sunday, Jan. 17 – 2 p.m. CT
• TV: ESPN3
• Radio: KAAM 770 AM (TuneIn – Search SMU)
• Sirius: Sirius 81, XM 81

SMU Notes:
SMU is 37-20 in conference games under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich

SMU has won 12 of its last 13 road games
• 4-0 on the road this season
• SMU is 23-17 in road games under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich

SMU set best start in school history at 16-0 – 2nd in school history for longest win streak under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich
• Previous best start in school history was 10-0 in 1997-98 season

5-0 is best conference start since 4-0 conference start in 2001-02

SMU last started 4-0 on the road in 1934-35 when it went 5-0

Starting Five: Ben Moore (00), Shake Milton (1), Sterling Brown (3), Nic Moore (11), Jordan Tolbert (23)

Head Coach Larry Brown:
• 1730-1226 all-time (41st season: includes NBA, ABA, USA Basketball and NCAA)
• 253-95 in NCAA (11th season)
• 76-34 at SMU (4th season) – 23-17 in road games at SMU

SMU held the lead at halftime, 40-32
• SMU is 71-12 when leading at half under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich

SMU had 5 players score 10+ points- SMU has had 5 players with 10+ points in four games this season (Yale, New Hampshire and Hampton)
• 00 Ben Moore (G, Jr.) – 17 points
• 1 Shake Milton (G, Fr.) – 13 points
• 23 Jordan Tolbert (F, Sr.) – 15 points
• 5 Markus Kennedy (F, Sr.) – 11 points
• 3 Sterling Brown (G, Jr.) – 11 points

Series Notes:
SMU is 8-4 all-time against East Carolina - Mustangs won both matchups last season

Offensive Notes:
SMU shot 52.5%, while East Carolina shot 40.7% - SMU entered tonight ranked 4th in NCAA in FG %
• 78-11 when shooting better than opponent under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich


SMU had 36 points in the paint, compared to East Carolina’s 18
• 75-24 overall under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich when scoring more points in the paint than opponent

SMU and East Carolina both had 9 second chance points
• 8-2 overall under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich when having same 2nd chance points than opponent

SMU had 17 points off turnovers, East Carolina had 16 points off turnovers
• 53-17 under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich when winning that category

Defensive Notes:
SMU outrebounded East Carolina, 42-22 - SMU entered tonight 3rd in the NCAA in rebound margin, +12.6
• SMU has outrebounded 13 of 16 opponents this season
• 72-15 when SMU outrebounds opponent under Larry Brown/Tim Jankovich

SMU forced 12 turnovers
• SMU had 17 points off turnovers

Individual Notes:
#11 Nic Moore (G, Sr.) – Naismith Trophy, Wooden Award Midseason Top 25, Oscar Robertson Watch List- (6 pts, 12 asts, 3 rebs)
• Career high 12 assists (Was 10 at Ole Miss 3/14/12, vs. Memphis 3/13/14, vs. UCF 1/31/15)
• 17th on SMU Career Steals (115)
• 23rd on SMU Career Points (1,229)
• T-6th on SMU Career Assists (434)
• 5th on SMU Career 3FG Made (190)

#00 Ben Moore (G, Jr.) – (17 pts, 6 rebs, 2 asts)
• 11th game this season scoring 10+ points

#3 Sterling Brown (G, Jr.) – (11 pts, 3 rebs, 2 asts, 1 block)
• 9th game this season scoring 10+ points

#23 Jordan Tolbert (F, Sr.) – (15 pts, 8 rebs, 1 ast, 1 block, 1 steal)
• 11th game this season scoring 10+ points, 7th game scoring 15+ points
• Had 5 offensive rebounds – entered tonight ranked 7th in NCAA, 1st in AAC

#1 Shake Milton (G, Fr.) – (13 pts, 6 rebs, 2 asts, 1 block, 1 steal)
• 8th game this season scoring 10+ points,

#5 Markus Kennedy (F, Sr.) – (11 pts, 10 rebs, 2 asts, 1 block)
2nd double-double this season

[SmooBoy]

Great distribution of points, rebounds, and nice assist game for Nic. Shake was not his Shake-self last night, but Kennedy really stepped up.

On to Nawlins!