GAME THREAD: MBB vs. Alabama State

[PonyPride]

Yohan Traore jumper starts the scoring
2-0

[Charleston Pony]

Alabama State hitting threes early making it look like this will be another struggle tonight

[PonyPride]

Alabama State's Amarr Knox gets hammered by Yohan Traore ... and his floater still goes down. Knox hits the free throw

ASU 15
SMU 12

14:55 to go in first half

[PonyPride]

Tyler Mack cans a 3 — ASU's fifth from behind the stripe — to give his team an 18-14 lead.

[PonyPride]

Matt Cross hits for 3

SMU 22, ASU 18

[PonyPride]

Harris 3 stretches SMU scoring run to 11 points

Ponies 25, Hornets 18

[Charleston Pony]

Harris with 7 quick points off the bench to lead that run. Looks like he's "feeling it" tonight

[Charleston Pony]

ASU had 4 offensive boards early that has allowed them to take 5 more shots than our guys but now we're holding them to one shot and really making a difference

[PonyPride]

Samet Yiğitoğlu is getting the same treatment other bigs get: so big, it's OK to foul hard. He got tied up and thrown to the ground, and looked none too thrilled about it ... so he hit two FTs.

SMU 31, ASU 23

[PonyPride]

ASU has missed 6 of last 8 shots from the floor

[PonyPride]

Chuck Harris is the first player on either team to reach double digits
10 points
3/4 FGs
2/3 three-point FGs
2/2 FTs

[Charleston Pony]

Samet Yiğitoğlu is getting the same treatment other bigs get: so big, it's OK to foul hard. He got tied up and thrown to the ground, and looked none too thrilled about it ... so he hit two FTs.

SMU 31, ASU 23

Samet has a nice touch from the FT stripe so opponents are not going to want to put him on the foul line like a lot of other bigs. He's doing a good job on the offensive boards

[Charleston Pony]

Waiting for Boopie to start making shots. He's been quiet offensively

[PonyPride]

Field goal percentage
SMU 45.8 (11/24)
ASU 32.3 (10/21)

SMU leads, 36-31

[PonyPride]

Harris, Cross and Oquendo: 24 points
Everyone else: 14