SMU vs. UNC Greensboro: Live updates, stats, highlights
The SMU Mustangs host UNC Greensboro Monday at 7 p.m. CT on ACC Network Extra inside Moody Coliseum. Follow the live updates below from On The Pony Express as the Mustangs look to stay unbeaten.
FINAL: SMU 81 – UNCG 68
11/11/2024 09:12:15 PMIt wasn’t a 10/10 performance from SMU, but they made enough plays to beat an underrated UNCG by to move to 3-0 on the season. Boopie Miller gets 21 points tonight, his third straight game with 20+ points for SMU. Bj Edwards was behind him with 17 points as he shot 50% from the floor and played a well rounded game. SMU’s next challenge comes this Friday when the Mustangs will travel to Butler.
SMU pulling away
11/11/2024 08:41:19 PMSMU’s lead is up to 11. The Mustangs are winning, 61-49 with 7:49 to go in regulation. Boopie and BJ still lead the way in scoring, with 13 and 12 respectively. Neither team has made a basket in the last 2:53.
UNCG has gone cold
11/11/2024 08:26:46 PMThe Spartans are 0 of their last 5 shot attempts and haven’t scored a field goal in the last 4:53 of game time. As a result, SMU holds a 55-43 advantage over the visitors with 11:40 remaining.
SMU comes out hot to start the second half
11/11/2024 08:14:16 PMFollowing a 6-0 run, the Mustangs now hold a 50-41 lead, their largest of the night. BJ Edwards (10) and Boopie Miller (11) have both already scored double figures. SMU will try and keep their foot on the gas for the next 14:41 of game time.
HALFTIME: SMU 41 – UNCG 35
11/11/2024 07:47:44 PMSMU spread the ball out in the first half, as the Mustangs have three players with 8 points. It wasn’t SMU’s best half of the season, but this also seems to be their best opponent to date. Overall, SMU leads by six at the break and will look to build on it in the second half.
SMU looks to finish first half strong
11/11/2024 07:38:01 PMBJ Edwards and Samet Yiğitoğlu lead the way for SMU with 8 points each. SMU leads, 30-28, with 3:46 left in the first half. The Mustangs eclipsed 50 points in each first half of the first two games of the season, but it looks like they won’t reach that mark in the last three minutes of the first half.
SMU holding onto tight lead
11/11/2024 07:29:36 PMSMU leads UNC Greensboro 23-21 with 7:12 remaining in the first half. After a rough patch for the Mustangs where they let the Spartans go on an 8-0, SMU has taken the lead back after nice baskets from Yiğitoğlu and BJ Edwards.
Tight contest so far
11/11/2024 07:18:32 PMSMU holds a five point lead over the Spartans, 18-13, with 11:45 to go in the first half. Both teams are shooting the ball below 40% from the floor to in the early going. SMU continues to try out different lineups as they look to build chemistry.
Mustangs overcome a slow start
11/11/2024 07:09:26 PMThe Mustangs started the game 1-7 from the floor, but have heated up since. SMU has made their last 4 shots while going on an 11-0 run. After trailing 5-0 early, the Mustang now have a 14-7 lead with 15:39 left in the first half. Samet made a nice shot in the post to get off the mark in an SMU shirt, while Boopie Miller continues to light it up from beyond the arc.
Samet Yiğitoğlu starts for SMU
11/11/2024 06:50:20 PMAfter finally being cleared to play by the NCAA earlier today, The 7’2 Turkish center will make his SMU debut tonight against UNCG. Yiğitoğlu is joined by Boopie Miller, Kario Oquendo, BJ Edwards, and Yohan Traore in the starting lineup for the Mustangs.
