GAME THREAD: MBB vs. ULM

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Marcus Weathers hits a 3 — his first bucket in 6 attempts

ULM 41, SMU 39

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Davis with steal, feeds Marcus Weathers for dunk to tie it 44-44

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SMU shooting a little better (38.5% in first half ... 44.4% in second) ... but so is ULM (54.3% in first, 57.1% in second)

ULM 47, SMU 46

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ULM's Koreem Ozier scores while running through Marcus Weathers, hits FT to make it 50-46 ULM

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Mustangs miss 3 straight from 3, ULM stays hot, leads 55-46

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ULM has hit 7 3-pointers in the first 11 minutes of the second half, leads 58-50

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Zhuric Phelps with nice steal, heads up floor and sends alley-oop pass to ... nobody. Bandoumel was there, but never went up, clearly thinking Phelps was going to the rim himself.

58-50
7:51 to go

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Small bright spot in otherwise sub-par performance: Zhuric Phelps' defensive effort — he has 4 steals in 10 minutes, including a pair when he did his best impression of a cornerback jumping a route ...

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Kendric Davis and ULM's Russell Harrison pick up matching technical fouls. Davis didn't like being grabbed after the whistle, turned around and said something to Harrison, and almost head-butted him ... in the chest (Harrison is listed at 6-7 — 6 inches taller than KD)

Bandoumel buries back-to-back 3s

60-56

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Davis cans a pair of FTs, then draws a charge

SMU trails, 60-58, will have the ball coming out of timeout with 3:55 to go

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Kendric Davis drills a 3, puts SMU ahead, 61-60

First lead since 6-5, 1:13 into game

Bandoumel with steal and layup

SMU 63, ULM 60

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Phelps with his fifth steal — followed this time by a dunk

66-65 with 50 seconds to go

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KD with a 3

69-65

ULM's Andre Jones hits long 2

69-67 with 26.1 seconds to go

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Bandoumel rebounds missed 3 by Trey Boston, hits 2 of 2 FTs

SMU 72, ULM 67 with 10.7 to go

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Davis fouled with 4 seconds left, hits 2 FTs

Mustangs escape — 74-67

Davis leads with 26, Bandoumel with 21