GAME THREAD: MBB vs. South Florida

[EastStang]

Times 2

[PonyPride]

USF's Walker with steal, coast-to-coast, dunk
80-78
26.9 seconds left

[PonyPride]

Gift foul by USF's Bryant, who had Todorovic pinned in the corner in a double-team.
Todorovic hits both FTs
SMU leads, 82-78 with 26.6 seconds left

[GHammond]

BPS rash welting up….

[PonyPride]

Harris fires a pass to Smith, who tries to catch it with one hand and watches it roll into USF bench.
Harris looks livid.

[PonyPride]

Walker cans a 3, pulls USF to within a point at 82-81
5.8 left

[PonyPride]

Correction: shot was ruled a 2
82-80

[PonyPride]

Smith's first inbound pass gets knocked out of bounds.
Almost gets called for a 5-second violation — timeout, SMU

[PonyPride]

Phelps hauls in outlet pass, fouled immediately.
Misses both FTs
Timeout, USF
SMU 82, USF 80
3.8 to go

[PonyPride]

Cross-court pass deflected, Hail Mary heave off-target

FINAL: SMU 82, USF 80

[EastStang]

We tried hard to lose it at the end. Free throw practice tomorrow.

[PonyPride]

First win over a team other than Tulsa since Dec. 23 (Utah State)

[Treadway21]

Phelps hauls in outlet pass, fouled immediately.
Misses both FTs
Timeout, USF
SMU 82, USF 80
3.8 to go

Unreal

[Charleston Pony]

Decided to play golf this afternoon but got home in time to see most of the 2nd half. Guys looked good at times with good defense, good ball movement that lead to good shots but then we reverted to what we are, i.e., not a very good shooting team that can play selfishly and force shots and at times just make bonehead decisions. Amazing they had 24 assists on 29 made FGs and really good balanced scoring. Sure would help if they could shoot FTs but when you don't have good shooters to begin with and then they find themselves having to make clutch FTs to put a game away, that's asking a lot. Bottom line is that they got a much needed win against another bad team. I'm preparing for 5 straight losses before getting ECU in Moody which might be this team's best chance to win another conference game. Hope I'm wrong

[Charleston Pony]

Phelps hauls in outlet pass, fouled immediately.
Misses both FTs
Timeout, USF
SMU 82, USF 80
3.8 to go

Phelps had alligator arms on that 2nd FT