SMU-ECU postgame notes, VIDEO interviews

[PonyPride]

Notes from SMU athletics, video by PonyFans.com:

SMU Postgame Notes – Feb. 23, 2013
East Carolina 72, SMU 69
East Carolina (16-10, 7-6 C-USA), SMU (13-14, 3-9 C-USA)
Moody Coliseum (8,000)
Dallas, Texas

Mustangs wore a black patch with the initials “JO” in honor of the life of John Ofoegbu,
father of current Mustang Uche Ofoegbu and former Mustang Ike Ofoegbu. John passed away on Wednesday.

Last 13 seconds:
0:13 – Nick Russell dunk (70-66 ECU)
0:12 – Ryan Manuel steal
0:11 – Nick Russell three-pointer (70-69 ECU)
0:08 – two FTMs by ECU’s Maurice Kemp (72-69 ECU)
0:00 – missed game-tying three-pointer by Cannen Cunningham

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NEXT GAME:

SMU hosts Rice – Wednesday, Feb. 26 – 7 p.m. – Moody Coliseum (8,000)
Audio: KAAM 770 AM
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TEAM NOTES

SMU all-time record vs. East Carolina – 5-4

6th one-possession game this season – SMU is 3-3 in such games

Mustangs had 9 dunks

Larry Brown is:
- 1666-1206 career record (includes NBA, ABA, USA Basketball and NCAA)
- 190-75 in NCAA
- 13-14 at SMU

INDIVIDUAL NOTES

Cannen Cunningham (#15 – C – 6-10 – So.)
- 9 points, 9 rebounds, 1 block

Jalen Jones (#21 – G – 6-7 – So.)
- 18 points, 11 rebounds
o 8th double-double of 2012-13
o 10+ points in all but 3 games this season
o 12 straight games with at least 10 points

Ryan Manuel (#1 – G – 6-4 – So.)
- 18 points,
o _4-5 FTMs, needs _8 to tie Jeryl Sasser for most FTMs by a sophomore
o Has 145 FTMs, currently 10th most all time at SMU
- 7th straight game with 10+ points
- 7-9 FGs

Nick Russell (#12 – G – 6-4 – Jr.)
- 16 points, 9 assists (career high)
o 13 straight games with at least 10 points
o 10+ points in all but 4 games this season

Shawn Williams (#2 – F – 6-7 – Jr.)
- 4 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, 3 steals

[ponyte]

The next game is listed as Wed, Feb 27. Or has the game been moved to Tuesday, Feb 26?

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

The next game is listed as Wed, Feb 27. Or has the game been moved to Tuesday, Feb 26?

The game is Wednesday.

I also notice they list the capacity as 8000 instead of the traditional 8998. Are there really only 8000 seats in the current basketball configuration? If that is the case, the reduction to 7500 in the New Moody isn't nearly as big of a deal as people have made it out to be.

[westexSMU]

How many people attended the game ?

[RGV Pony]

The next game is listed as Wed, Feb 27. Or has the game been moved to Tuesday, Feb 26?

The game is Wednesday.

I also notice they list the capacity as 8000 instead of the traditional 8998. Are there really only 8000 seats in the current basketball configuration? If that is the case, the reduction to 7500 in the New Moody isn't nearly as big of a deal as people have made it out to be.

That's probably owing to the two rows of bleachers that can be pulled out behind the benches instead of all of them, I would guess

[Charleston Pony]

How many people attended the game ?

announced crowd was 3500 but looked like less than 3000 actually attended