GAME THREAD: MBB vs. Virginia

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Virginia: 5-3
SMU: 7-2

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Points per game
SMU: 88.3
UVA:63

Field goal percentage
SMU: 48.1
UVA: 44.9

Three-point field goal percentage
SMU: 37.5
UVA: 38.7

Free throw percentage
SMU: 74.7
UVA: 71.4

Rebounds
SMU: 43.3
UVA: 43.1

Offensive rebounds
SMU: 15.2
UVA: 7.4

Blocked shots
SMU: 4.4
UVA: 4.0

Steals
SMU: 8
UVA: 4.8

Assists
SMU: 16.4
UVA: 14.4

Turnovers
SMU: 11.3
UVA: 12.2

Assist-to-turnover ratio
SMU: 1.47
UVA: 1.17

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Virginia starters
G 4 Andrew Rohde
G 7 Dai Dai Ames
G 11 Isaac McKneely
F 0 Blake Buchanan
F 2 Elijah Saunders

SMU starters
G 0 B.J. Edwards
G 2 Boopie Miller
F 21 Yohan Traore
F 33 Matt Cross
C 24 Samet Yiğitoğlu

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Yiğitoğlu dunks off feed from Miller
3-2, SMU

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UVA 8, SMU 5
Yiğitoğlu has all 5 SMU points

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Yiğitoğlu: 7 points
All other Mustangs: 0

8-7 Virginia

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Matt Cross and Kario Oquendo score back to back, put SMU ahead, 12-8

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Oquendo 3 gives SMU the lead, 15-14

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Yiğitoğlu finishes a feed from Harris, then hits a FT to put SMU up, 18-17

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Boopie Miller steals and goes the length of the floor for lay-in and gets fouled — hits free throw

SMU 23, UVA 17

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Yiğitoğlu has 12 early points

SMU 28, UVA 22

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Yiğitoğlu justifiably upset when called for offensive foul (his first) on shameless flop by UVA defender

SMU 30, Virginia 28

41.8 left in first half

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Halftime

SMU 30
Virginia 28

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SMU halftime leaders

Points: Yiğitoğlu (14)
Field goals: Yiğitoğlu (6)
3-point field goals: Oquendo (2)
Free throws: Yiğitoğlu (2)
Rebounds: Cross (5)
Offensive rebounds: Traore (2)
Assists: Miller, Edwards (3)
Fouls: Miller, Traore, Yiğitoğlu, Cross, Colbert (1)
Turnovers: Miller (4)
Blocked shots: Miller, Ambrose-Hylton (1)
Steals: Miller, Edwards (2)
Plus/minus: Yiğitoğlu (+8)

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Field goal percentage
SMU: 42.9 (12/28)
Virginia: 40.7 (11/27)

Mustangs missed 6 of last 7 FGs in half