GAME THREAD: MBB vs. Cal

[Charleston Pony]

Shot the three ball well in the 1st half but suddenly can't hit the wall in this half

[PonyPride]

Teams tied, 34-34, on the glass

[Charleston Pony]

Cross with another double double but missing long range wide open threes that really could have stretched this lead

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Mustangs now have 4 in double figures

Harris: 13
Edwards: 12
Cross, Miller: 11

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SMU's Colbert and Cross, and Cal's Petraitis and Dort, each carrying 3 fouls

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Cal's Blacksher with jump-stop floater in the lane, closing margin to 61-53

[EastStang]

We have to stop this last 10 minutes drought.

[PonyPride]

Harris drives across the lane, muscles through foul by Cal's Christian Tucker ΓÇö finishes the and-1 FT to push SMU lead back to 64-55

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Cal's Lee Dort picks up foul No. 4

Cross clears out two Golden Bears for offensive rebound, scores to put SMU up a dozen at 67-55

Cross now has 13 points and 13 rebounds

[Charleston Pony]

Game has been a little sloppy at times and SMU now has 15 turnovers, several on forced offensive drives into the paint and on the baseline but doing a good job holding onto this lead

[PonyPride]

Petraitus with a game-high 18 (and 10 rebounds) ΓÇö trims SMU lead to 67-59

[PonyPride]

We have to stop this last 10 minutes drought.

Since you mention it: SMU has 13 points in the last 10 minutes

[PonyPride]

Harris: 20 points
Cross: 15
Edwards: 14

All other Mustangs: 24

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Cal has a roster heavy with NBA ties:

Guard Andrej Stojakovic is the son of former NBA forward Peja Stojakovic.

Forward Hugh Vandeweghe is the nephew of longtime NBA forward Kiki Vandeweghe.

Guard Stephon Marbury II is the son of ... you can guess.

None of the three played tonight

[PonyPride]

Final: SMU 76, Cal 65

Leading scorers: Harris (20), Edwards (15), Cross (15)

SMU improves to 16-5 overall, 7-3 in ACC games

Up next: SMU hosts Stanford at 5 p.m. Saturday in a game that can be seen on the ACC Network.