GAME THREAD: MBB vs. Tulane

[PonyPride]

Odigie gets inbound pass under the basket, pinned on the baseline ... then splits 2 Tulane defenders for layin

SMU 67-66

[PonyPride]

Lot of weird aspects to this game, including Mustangs' 13-3 edge in offensive rebounds

Tulane 73-69

6:49 to go in second half

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SMU season high for offensive rebounds is 15

Best rebounding margin this season was 10 (against Tulsa) — Ponies lead Green Wave, 38-23, on glass tonight

[PonyPride]

Tulane's Holloway drives, runs into Odigie and spins out and flips up a wild hook shot ... and it goes.
Misses FT
75-71, Tulane

[PonyPride]

More weirdness: SMU turnover when Williamson steps out of bounds

That's not weird — it happens

What's weird: with less than 5 minutes, that was SMU's first turnover that wasn't a steal

[PonyPride]

Todorovic takes a shot in the eye ... and gets called for committing a foul. Still rubbing his eye after timeout.

He and Lanier were none too thrilled with the call

[PonyPride]

Williamson drops in a runner to end 6-0 Tulane run

Tulane 81, SMU 75 — 3:40 to go

[PonyPride]

Tulane's Kevin Cross fouls out

Odigie hits 2 of 2 FTs

Tulane 89, SMU 82

1:15 remaining in second half

[PonyPride]

Todorovic with 5 points in the past 12 seconds
Career-high 27 points
Tulane 95, SMU 88
11.7 seconds to go

[PonyPride]

Final: Tulane 97, SMU 88

Up next: SMU (6-11 overall, 1-3 in AAC) hosts Cincinnati at 3 PM Saturday

[tristatecoog]

Why did Tulane pull away at the end? Announcers commented that SMU can be salty when they get their top scorer back and praised Todorovixh.

Watched USF and UH game and USF plays very physical. Their PG had 30 points. They’ll be particularly tough in Tampa.

[geezerdonk]

Impossible to overstate how badly coached this team is. No defense at all. Forbes and Cook were undefended the entire game. It was like warm up drills for Tulane.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Great to score 88!

We obviously need to work on the defense a lot though. I imagine with the injuries we haven't been able to have as many five-on-five practices so hopefully the defense will improve a bit as we get healthier.

[Silk]

Yes, the refrain from yesteryear is unpopular ... and true again, unfortunately. Losing Phelps just reinforces how badly we need to sign at least 2 point guards. Doesn't matter if they can make a layup, but they have to be fast, able to dribble against defensive pressure and get the ball to teammates where they can do something with it.