GAME THREAD: MBB at Tulane

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SMU (8-14, 3-6 AAC) at Tulane (13-7, 6-3 AAC)
Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse – New Orleans, Louisiana
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023 – 8 p.m. CT
TV: ESPNU

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First meeting: Jan. 11 at Moody Coliseum
Tulane 97, SMU 88

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Tulane starters
G 1 Sion James
G 3 Jalen Cook
G 25 Jaylen Forbes
F 24 Kevin Cross
F 33 Tylan Pope

SMU starters
G 1 Zhuric Phelps
G 2 Jalen Smith
G 10 Zach Nutall
F 11 Samuell Williamson
F 23 Efe Odigie

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Samuell Williamson picks up quick foul — Tulane's Kevin Cross hits 1 of 2 FTs to open the scoring

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Nutall with a 3, Jalen Cook with a 2

3-3

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Nutall and Tulane tied 5-5 — Odigie with the bucket to separate the teams at 7-5

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Ponies wearing red on black uniforms

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Phelps cans a 3 to put SMU back ahead, 10-7

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James 3 rolls around and into put Green Wave up, 12-10

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Tulane out-rebounding SMU, 6-5

In the first meeting, the Mustangs dominated the the glass, 45-27

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Forbes with a steal and dunk

Darius McBride ends 9-0 Tulane run with a corner 3

Tulane 16, SMU 13

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Phelps goes coast-to-coast, splits a pair of defenders
Forbes answers with baseline drive
18-15, Tulane

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Unlucky: cross misses a short jumper, but 3 Mustangs reach for the rebound ... and knock it out of bounds

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Who had Agunanne and McBride playing significant minutes in the first half?

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Nutall buries his second 3 in as many tries
Mustangs 4 for 6 from behind the arc, close the Tulane lead to 20-18