By the numbers: MBB rallies past Temple, 67-58

[PonyPride]

SMU Postgame Notes – Feb. 19, 2015
[21/21] SMU 67, [RV/--] Temple 58
SMU (22-5, 13-2 American), Temple (19-8, 10-4 American)
Moody Coliseum
Dallas, Texas

Next Game:
[21/21] SMU at Memphis – Thursday, Feb. 26 – 8 p.m. CT – Memphis, Tennessee – FedEx Forum
Radio: KAAM 770 AM (Rich Phillips, Allen Stone)
TV: ESPN2 (Mike Patrick, Len Elmore)

Series Notes:
SMU is 3-3 all-time against Temple
· 2-0 at home
· 3-1 in AAC games

SMU Notes:
SMU trailed 33-25 at the half. Outscored Temple 42-25 in the second half.

SMU has won 20 of the last 22 games

SMU is 13-2 in the American Athletic Conference – leads The American
· 7-1 in conference home games

SMU is 15-2 at home
· 27-3 at the renovated Moody Coliseum (12-1 in 2013-14)

Starting Five: Nic Moore, Ryan Manuel, Sterling Brown, Ben Moore and Yanick Moreira
· Same starters for 9 straight games
· 4th different starting lineup used this year

Head Coach Larry Brown
· 1718-1224 all-time (40th season: includes NBA, ABA, USA Basketball and NCAA)
· 241-93 in NCAA (10th season)
o 135-21 in NCAA home games
· 64-32 at SMU (3rd season)
o 40-10 in SMU home games

Offensive Notes:
SMU had a FG% Margin of 8.1 (FG% Margin = FG% - FG% Defense)
· Entered with FG% Margin of 11.1 (48.7 - 37.6 = 10.9) (1st in AAC)

SMU was 5-11 on 3-pointers (45.5%)
· Entered with 3FG% of 36.2 (1st in AAC)

SMU was 20-33 on FT (60.6 FT%)
· Entered with FT% of 71.1 (1st in AAC)

SMU had 14 assists on 21 field goals
· Entered with 15.9 apg (1st in AAC)

SMU had 2 player score 10+ points
· #11 Nic Moore 18 pts
· #15 Cannen Cunningham 10 pts
SMU held the lead with 5 minutes left (49-47) for the 20th time (20-0 in those games)
· 59-2 under Larry Brown when leading with 5 minutes left

SMU had more points in the paint (26-24) for the 25th time (21-4 in those games)
· 57-22 under Larry Brown when outscoring opponent in the paint

Defensive Notes:
SMU held opponent under 70 points for the 22nd time (20-2 in those games)
· 59-14 under Larry Brown when holding opponent under 70 points

SMU outrebounded opponent (31-30) for the 23rd time (21-2 in those games)
· Rebound margin of +1
o Entered with rebound margin of 7.2 (1st in AAC)
· 55-14 under Larry Brown when outrebounding opponent

SMU scored 14 points on 15 Temple turnovers

SMU Individual Notes:
#1 Ryan Manuel (G, Sr.): 8 points (2-6 FG, 2-2 3FG, 2-4 FT), 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal
· Entered game 1-for-5 on 3-pointers
o Tied game at 52 with 3:38 left on 3-pointer
o Built SMU lead to 59-52 with 1:22 left on 3-pointer

#11 Nic Moore (G, Jr.): 18 points (6-15 FG, 3-7 3FG, 3-4 FT), 4 assists, 3 steals, 2 rebounds
· 10+ points in 20 games (4 straight)
· 3+ steals in 5 games

#15 Cannen Cunningham (C, Sr.): 10 points (3-6 FG, 4-4 FT), 2 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 steal
· 10+ points in 6 games
· 2+ blocks in 4 games

#00 Ben Moore (F, So.): 8 points (3-4 FG, 2-5 FT), 3 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 steals
· 2+ blocks in 10 games

#5 Markus Kennedy (F, Jr.): 8 points (3-7 FG, 2-6 FT), 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks
· 2+ blocks in 6 games

#3 Sterling Brown (G, So.): 8 points (3-4 FG, 2-2 FT), 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, 1 block

[SmooBoy]

Four guys with 8 pts, one with 10, Nic with 18. This is what championship teams look like.

Sterling Brown was money. Again. He does so many of the little things that make big differences each game.

[Charleston Pony]

seniors were absolutely clutch when it was needed last night

[PonyGirl]

Exactly.

Gone from last year: Nick Russell, Shawn Williams, Keith Frazier ... but is this year's team better? I think so.

[Rebel10]

Exactly.

Gone from last year: Nick Russell, Shawn Williams, Keith Frazier ... but is this year's team better? I think so.

Corso is that you? I think so.