SMU-Southern Miss notes (plus Doherty/player interviews)

[PonyPride]

at SMU 79, Southern Miss 65
SMU Mustangs (11-8, 2-3), Southern Miss Golden Eagles (14-5, 3-3)
January 22, 2011
Moody Coliseum
Dallas, Texas

NEXT GAME: SMU plays at Tulsa on January 26 at 7 p.m.

TEAM NOTES
Second best FG% in school history - 69.8 (30-43)

Second best FG% in a C-USA league game

Third best 3FG% in school history - 66.7% (12-18)
- Mangrum (3-4), Clinkscales (4-6) and Nyakundi (3-3) were a combined 76.9% 3FG (10-13)

Had 4 players with 10+ points (Clinkscales, Dia, Mangrum and Nyakundi)

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Papa Dia
- Scored 23 pts
o Is 27th all-time at SMU in career points (1137)
- Grabbed 9 rebounds
- 10th consecutive game with 8+ rebounds
- Recorded 4 blocks
o Is the 6th player in SMU to record 100 career blocks (102)
- Reached double-digits for the 15th time in the past 16 games
- Had his 10th 20+ point game this season
- Had his 9th 20+ point C-USA games in his career

Robert Nyakundi
- Scored 16 points
- Hit 3-3 3FG
- Is 6th all-time at SMU in career 3FGM (142)
- Reached double-digits in scoring in 14 of the past 15 games
- Was 3-3 on FT
o Is now shooting 92% (46-50) FT this season

Collin Mangrum
- Was 3-4 on FGs
- Tied his season high with 15 pts
o Has scored 10+ points in three of the past four games

Jeremiah Samarrippas
- Recorded a career-high 9 assists

Rodney Clinkscales
- Was 4-6 on 3FG
- Scored 12 points

[Mustangsabu]

That made for some positive reading. If only we could keep flirting with 70% FG shooting...

[PonyPride]

Head coach Matt Doherty's postgame press conference:

[PonyPride]

Rodney Clinkscales and Papa Dia met the media after Saturday's 79-65 win over Southern Miss.

[HorsePower]

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[papawasamustang]

These videos make an already-great site even better.
Thanks

I really enjoyed the video's. Especially Doh's. I sure hope Doh got that booger he was after