GAME THREAD: men's basketball vs. SAGU

[Charleston Pony]

Phelps with a nice 1st half but just can't shoot from outside the paint and FTs are still in his head. He was his usual aggressive self with 2 offensive boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Leads SMU in scoring but took 12 shots when all but one other Mustang took only 2 or 3 shots

[PonyPride]

Team stats

Points
SMU 43
SAGU 39

FG%
SMU 40.5 (15/37)
SAGU 51 (18/35)

3FG%
SMU 9 (1/11)
SAGU 20 (2/10)

FT%
SMU 80 (12/15)
SAGU 50 (1/2)

Turnovers
SMU 7
SAGU 8

Points off turnovers
SMU 8
SAGU 11

Rebounds
SMU 24
SAGU 16

Offensive rebounds
SMU 11
SAGU 4

Fast-break points
SMU 11
SAGU 11

Blocks
SMU 2
SAGU 2

Steals
SMU 5
SAGU 6

[PonyPride]

By the way, transfer guard Denver Anglin is in street clothes (injured)

[PonyPride]

Phelps dunk makes it 45-39

[PonyPride]

Ponies shooting 80% (4/5) in second half
SAGU shooting 25% (2/8) since the intermission

SMU 51, SAGU 43

[HarvCrimYaleBlue]

SAGU shooting lights out. Seem to be hustling more on the offensive side. Ponies literally just standing there without even an arm raised to block.

[PonyPride]

Mustangs now 1/14 on 3s

[PonyPride]

Wright with reverse layup off beautiful behind-the-back pass from Phelps

SMU 53, SAGU 47

[PonyPride]

Edwards alley-up to Phelps for dunk gives SMU first double-digit lead: 57-47

[PonyPride]

Teams have combined for 3/28 shooting on 3s
SMU is 1/16
SAGU is 2/12

[PonyPride]

Zhuric Phelps with game-high 18 points
8/18 FG
0/3 three-point FG
2/5 FT
2 rebounds
4 assists

[PonyPride]

Harris from long range — has both SMU 3s (Mustangs are 2/17 from long range)

64-53

[Charleston Pony]

Not enough ball movement offensively and simply abysmal shooting outside the paint. Just as I say that, Harris knocks down our 2nd trey so now 2-17 from three

[PonyPride]

Phelps has 18, Harris 14

Next SMU scorer: Keon Ambrose-Hylton (8)

[PonyPride]

SMU bigs (Tyreek Smith, Ambrose-Hylton, Hudson) are a combined 6/16 from the floor