GAME THREAD: MBB vs. Louisville

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SMU Mustangs (14/4 overall / 5-2 ACC) and Louisville (14-5 / 7-1 ACC) tip off at 8 (Central time) at Moody Coliseum.

Game can be seen on ACC Network.

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As the players warm up, three Louisville players in street clothes, and it costs the Cardinals some size:

Fifth-year forward Kasean Pryor: 6-10 / 225
Senior center Aly Khalifa: 6-11 / 275
Sixth-year forward Noah Waterman: 6-11 / 230

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Tonight's game matches two of the ACC's better teams.

SMU leads the ACC in:
Bench points per game (30.61)
Field goal percentage (48.6)
Offensive rebounds per game (13.5)
Rebounds per game (40.28)
Points per game (84.8...)

Louisville leads the ACC in:
Three-point attempts per game (30.5)

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Louisville starters:
G 1 J'Vonne Hadley
G 5 Terrence Edwards Jr.
G 6 Reyne Smith
G 24 Chucky Hepburn
F 0 James Scott

SMU starters:
G 0 B.J. Edwards
G 2 Boopie Miller
G 3 Chuck Harris
F 33 Matt Cross
C 24 Samet Yi─ƒito─ƒlu

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Among those in attendance tonight at Moody: free agent NFL receiver/returner James Proché.

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Harris drives the baseline for a layup, cutting Louisville lead to 6-2

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Yi─ƒito─ƒlu with two early blocked shots

Miller steal ΓÇö misses layup, but Edwards follows

6-4 UL

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Hepburn with another 3.

This is what the Cardinals do ΓÇö their 30.5 three-point attempts rank No. 9 in the country, and with three bigs out of the lineup, they pretty much live behind the arc.

[Charleston Pony]

Rough start. Our guys are facing a tougher defensive team tonight and shooting poorly while Louisville knocking down open threes

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Cards shooting 60% (3/5) from the floor ΓÇö all made shots are 3s

Mustangs: 22.2% (2/9)

9-4 Louisville

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Ponies going a little bigger: Oquendo in for Harris

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Oquendo with the steal, fouled on his way to the hoop ΓÇö hits 2 FTs

11-6

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Louisville's Khani Rooths connects from 3
4 of 5 Cardinal buckets have been 3s

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Hepburn hits Louisville's fifth 3

Mustangs, meanwhile, are 2/12 from the floor

17-6

[Charleston Pony]

Looking like an all too familiar game for SMU against a ranked opponent