MBB vs. Northwestern State game thread

[PonyPride]

Teams are on the floor

SMU guard Michael Weathers is in street clothes

[PonyPride]

STARTERS

Northwestern State
G 0 Brian White
G 10 Jalen King
G 15 Jovan Zelenbaba
G 22 Cedric Garrett
C 4 Kendal Coleman

SMU
G 3 Kendric Davis
G 5 Emmanuel Bandoumel
G 10 Zach Nutall
F 22 Isiah Jasey
F 50 Marcus Weathers

[Charleston Pony]

Maybe Nutall replacing him in the starting lineup will help offensively, assuming Nutall finds his range after an ugly outing in Oregon

[PonyPride]

Kendric Davis looks like a huge point forward when covered by Northwestern State guard Brian White — all 5'6" of him

KD cans a corner 3 to open the scoring ... followed by a Marcus Weathers 3 from the other corner

SMU 6-0

[PonyPride]

NSU has missed first four FGs

[PonyPride]

Davis fouled while shooting a 3 — hits 3 of 3 FTs

SMU leads 9-0

[PonyPride]

Jasey hits the deck awkwardly after a rebound, grabs left ankle and limps to the bench — replaced by Tristan Clark with 16:40 remaining in first half

[Charleston Pony]

KD perfect early. Hasn't missed a shot and added 2 boards and an assist

[PonyPride]

SMU shooting just 2/7 from the floor ... but NSU is 0/6

Bandoumel hits 1 of 2 FTs — 10-0

[Charleston Pony]

Mustangs with an 11-2 rebounding advantage early

[PonyPride]

Nutall gets back, draws charge (second foul on NSU guard Cedric Garrett)

Davis buries a long 2

SMU 14, NSU 0

14:30 to go in first

[PonyPride]

Tristan Clark with uncontested dunk to put Ponies up 16-0 ... after 6:30

Demons 0-for-9 on field goals

[Charleston Pony]

Northwestern State starts the game 0-9 from the floor

[PonyPride]

Drought is over with 13:14 left in the half — NSU scores

Followed by another Clark dunk

18-2

[PonyPride]

Jasey hits the deck awkwardly after a rebound, grabs left ankle and limps to the bench — replaced by Tristan Clark with 16:40 remaining in first half

Jasey is back the game