SMU/Louisville — by the numbers

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SMU Postgame Notes – Jan. 12, 2014
[No. 12/8] Louisville 71, [RV/-] SMU 63
Louisville (14-3, 3-1 American), SMU (11-4, 1-2 American)
KFC Yum! Center (Attendance: 21,237)
Louisville, Ky.

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NEXT GAME:

SMU will return to renovated Moody Coliseum (Dallas, Texas – 7,000) when it hosts South Florida on Wednesday (Jan. 15) at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT
Audio: KAAM 770 AM
TV: ESPNU (Jason Benetti, Tim Welsh)

TEAM NOTES

Series: Louisville leads the series 7-2
- 4-0 in Louisville

- SMU is 2-4 against Louisville when the Cardinals are ranked in the AP poll


Starting Lineup: Shawn Williams, Sterling Brown, Nic Moore, Nick Russell, Markus Kennedy
- Fourth different starting lineup this season

- Yanick Moreira did not play due to injury (knee)


Held a 34-28 edge in the paint, winning the points in the paint battle in all 15 games
- SMU is averaging 34.8 points in the paint per game


Outrebounded Louisville 48-35, winning the rebounding margin for the 14th time in 15 games
- Entered the game first in The American in rebounding margin at +8.9

- Entered the weekend 10th in the nation in rebounding margin

- The Mustangs had double digit offensive rebounds for the 11th game this season and the fifth-straight (20 today)

- Fifth time this season with 15+ offensive rebounds and the second-straight


SMU held a 18-3 advantage in second chance points, the 13th time in 15 games SMU has won that category this season
- Averaging 14.5 second chance points


Outscored Louisville’s bench 24-8, the 11th time in 15 games this season (six times in 7 games)
- 31.3 bench points per game


The Mustangs allowed 71 points today
- Entered the game second in The American in scoring defense at 61.6 per game

- Entered the weekend 21st in the nation in scoring defense


SMU had 12 assists on 24 field goals (50%)
- Entered the game second in The American with 15.9 assists per game

- Entered the weekend 26th in the nation in assists per game


SMU opened the second half on a 15-5 run to cut the Louisville lead to 42-40 (Louisville led 37-25 at the half)
- Louisville answered with an 8-2 run


Larry Brown is:
- 1679-1213 career record (includes NBA, ABA, USA Basketball and NCAA)

- 203-82 in NCAA

- 109-18 in NCAA home games

- 26-21 at SMU (2nd season)


INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Cannen Cunningham (#15 – C – 6-10 – Jr.)
- 8 pts, 4 rbs, 1 ast, 1 stl in 21 min.
- Season-high 21 min.
- 4-5 from the field

Markus Kennedy (#5 – F – 6-9 – So.)
- 12 pts, 8 rbs, 3 stls in 24 min.

- Tied a career-high and had a season-high with 3 stls

- 9th career game in double figures (all 9 this season)

- 6th straight game in double figures

- Led the team in scoring for the fifth time this season

- Led the team in rebounds for the eighth time this season

- 8 of his 12 pts in the second half

- Named to American Athletic Conference Honor Roll once (12/23)


Ben Moore (#34 – F – 6-8 – Fr.)
- 9 pts, 7 rbs, 1 ast in 19 min.
- 3-5 shooting
- Entered the game 72.3% shooting

Nic Moore (#11 – G – 5-9 – So.)
- 5 pts, 5 rbs, 4 asts, 1 stl in 29 min.

- Entered the game 3rd in The American in assists per game with 4.6

- Entered the game 14th in The American in scoring with 13.9 points per game

- Entered the game 2nd in The American and first in the nation in 3PT FG% at 54.7%

- Entered the game 2nd in The American 3PT FGM at 2.5

- 13th game this season with 3+ assists

- Entered the game 3rd in The American assist/turnover ratio at 2.0

- Named to American Athletic Conference Honor Roll four times (11/18, 12/2, 12/9, 1/6)


Yanick Moreira (#35 – C – 6-11 – Jr.)
- Did not play (knee)

Nick Russell (#12 – G – 6-4 – Sr.)
- 9 pts, 5 rbs, 2 asts in 33 min.

- 2-2 from beyond the arc, only Mustang to make a 3PT FG

- Co-led the Mustangs with 6 pts in the first half


Shawn Williams (#2 – F – 6-7 – Sr.)
- 10 pts, 4 rbs in 13 min.
- Tied a season-high with 4 rbs
- 1st game this season in double figures
- 19th game this season in double figures

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From SMUMustangs.com:

Mustangs Fall In Road Battle At No. 12/8 Louisville, 71-63
Kennedy Leads SMU With 12 Points In The Loss

SMU Men's Basketball

1st 2nd F
SMU 25 38 63
LOU 37 34 71
Stat Comparison SMU LOU
Points 63 71
FG Made-Att. 24-65 25-53
FG Percentage 36.9% 47.2%
3FG Made-Att. 2-11 10-23
3FG Percentage 18.2% 43.5%
FT Made-Att. 13-25 11-21
FT Percentage 52.0% 52.4%
Rebounds 20-48 6-35
Assists 12 16
Turnovers 16 15
Blocks 2 6
Steals 7 10
Individual Leaders
Stat SMU LOU
Points M. Kennedy - 12 Tied (2) - 23
Rebounds M. Kennedy - 8 M. Harrell - 13
Assists N. Moore - 4 R. Smith - 7
Steals M. Kennedy - 3 R. Smith - 4
Blocks Tied (2) - 1 M. Harrell - 4
Up Next
Who: vs. USF
When: Wed., Jan. 15 - 6 PM CT
Where: Dallas, Texas - Moody Coliseum
TV: ESPNU
Radio: KAAM 770 AM
Live Video: WatchESPN.com
Schedule | Tickets

Jan. 12, 2014

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Luke Hancock's career-high 23 points, including two free throws with 46 seconds remaining, helped No. 12 Louisville hold off SMU for a 71-63 victory Sunday in a meeting of Hall of Fame coaches.

Hancock's second straight 20-point game helped Rick Pitino's Cardinals (14-3, 3-1 American Athletic Conference) get the final word in his first collegiate matchup against Larry Brown and his Mustangs (11-4, 1-2).

Making his first start despite dealing with a left Achilles issue, the senior guard made 8 of 15 from the field -- 4 of 9 from 3-point range -- to help keep Louisville ahead in a tense game that Montrezl Harrell finally settled with a dunk and a block after Hancock's free throws.

Russ Smith scored 23 points and Harrell added 12 points and 13 rebounds as Louisville bounced back from Thursday's loss to No. 24 Memphis with 47 percent shooting, despite being outrebounded 48-35 including 20-6 on the offensive end.

Markus Kennedy had 12 points and eight rebounds in his first start of the season for SMU while Shawn Williams added 10 points. Although the Mustangs controlled the boards, they managed to hit just 24 of 65 from the field (a season-low 37 percent), well below their league-best 50 percent mark coming in.

SMU made just 13 of 25 free throws and were only 2 of 11 from beyond the arc.

Hancock, Smith and Terry Rozier combined for nine of Louisville's 10 3-pointers on 23 attempts.

The biggest attraction was the first-ever collegiate meeting between Hall of Famers Pitino and Brown, who brought 2,554 combined victories and three NCAA titles into the contest. Sunday marked the third of eight scheduled matchups nationwide between Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame members, and these two will meet again on March 5 when the Cardinals face the Mustangs in Dallas.

Pitino, who just entered the Hall in September, made a point of heading down the sideline to greet Brown, 73, as the two exchanged pleasantries. From there it was all business between two schools fighting to contend in the AAC.

SMU was playing for the first time since upsetting then-No. 17 Connecticut on Jan. 4 and seeking its second straight win against a ranked opponent. Besides having the AAC's best shooting outfit, the Mustangs also had the No. 2 field goal defense (36 percent), both of which presented challenges for a Cardinals team that was out of sync on both ends of the court in Thursday's loss to No. 24 Memphis.

But SMU also entered without 6-foot-11 center Yanick Moreira, out 2 to 3 weeks after spraining his right medial collateral ligament on Friday. Brown started the 6-9 Kennedy for the first time in his place, a move that led Pitino to start Hancock for the first time this season in an attempt to match up with the Mustangs' beefier lineup.

Louisville's switch yielded better shooting results as the Cardinals hit 25 of 53 from the field, the best the Mustangs have allowed this season. Their 3-point accuracy was especially critical in a game in which SMU controlled the inside 34-28, points off turnovers (16-13), second-chance points (18-3) and bench scoring (24-8).

Smith's 15 points helped Louisville lead 37-25 at halftime.

Harrell's free throw with 2:29 remaining, Smith's drive through several defenders for a layup 27 seconds later and a free throw with 1:16 left put Louisville up 67-58.

SMU returns home for its next contest on Jan. 15 when the Mustangs host USF at Moody Coliseum. Tipoff for Wednesday's battle is slated for 6:00 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPNU. Tickets can be purchased online at smumustangs.com/tickets.

[EconPony'10]

"SMU made just 13 of 25 free throws and were only 2 of 11 from beyond the arc."

The fact that we shot so poorly from the free throw line/3-point and we were still in the game at the end is very promising.