GAME THREAD - MBB vs USF

[Charleston Pony]

Huge game today. I'm not expecting a win but if our guys could just pull off one upset on the Florida road trip it will really help our post season chances

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SMU (19-8, 10-4 AAC) at USF (20-5, 13-1)

Tipoff at 11 AM (Central) on ESPN2

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SMU starters
G 1 Zhuric Phelps
G 2 Jalen Smith
G 3 Chuck Harris
F 10 Samuell Williamson
F 12 Tyreek Smith

USF starters
G 2 Jose Placer
G 3 Chris Youngblood
G 4 Kobe Knox
G 5 Brandon Stroud
F 15 Corey Walker Jr.

[Charleston Pony]

Can the Mustangs break USF's 12 game winning streak today???

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Announcers just named B.J. Edwards in the starting lineup — Jalen Smith started for him.
Nice.

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Phelps put-back jumper ties it 3-3

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USF has hit three 3s, leads 9-3

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USF head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim is the older brother of Amirah Abdur-Rahim, a forward on the SMU women's team

[Charleston Pony]

This USF team starts fast. They basically ran FAU out of the gym in their 1st half last week before FAU mounted a furious 2nd half comeback to make it close at the end. Our guys need to hang close and not let them do to us what they did to FAU

[Charleston Pony]

Zhuric tends to force things and he just tries to do too much in pressure games/moments. Need to play good D, rebound and share the ball. USF with 3 assists on their 1st 4 buckets

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USF shooting 44.4% (4/9)
SMU shooting 25% (3/12)

Each team has missed 4 of its last 5 shots

[Charleston Pony]

Once again our bigs are getting exposed. Thursday it was Goldin and today Pryor is causing us fits. Teams with tall athletic bigs give us trouble. Need to hope Tyreek, Sam and Keon can stay out of foul trouble or get Pryor into trouble

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Tyreek Smith slams home Phelps missed layup — Phelps gets up slowly, holding his face. Stays in the game.

USF 13, SMU 9

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Bulls have missed 6 straight, 7 of last 8

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Phelps follows Harris miss, gets fouled, hits FT to close it to 13-12