National Basketball Association
Southern Methodist 77, Brown 69
When: 3:00 PM ET, Sunday, November 29, 2015
Where: Moody Coliseum, Abilene, Texas
Officials:
# Mike Eades, # Tom O'Neill, # Doug Shows
Attendance:
6852
By The Sports Xchange
Despite missing two starters, No. 25 SMU held off a late charge by Brown to win 77-69 Sunday at Moody Coliseum in University Park, Texas.
Guard Keith Frazier scored a career-high 23 points as the Mustangs outrebounded Brown 42-27 and withstood 15 three-pointers from the visitors from the Ivy League school.
Guard Justin Massey led Brown with 16 points and was 4-of-6 from three-point range.
A 3-pointer by guard Corey Daugherty made it a seven-point game at 74-67 with 1:10 to play, but Brown could not draw closer.
SMU (4-0) was without point guard Nic Moore, the team's leading scorer with 12 points per game, sat out after re-aggravating the broken pinkie finger on his shooting hand in practice. Forward Ben Moore, who averages 11.3 points and 6.3 rebounds, was suspended for violating team rules.
Brown (1-5) hit its first five shots and broke out to an early 14-9 lead. Guard Steven Spieth, brother of pro golfer Jordan Spieth, led Brown with nine points in the first half. Spieth, from Dallas, finished with 14 points and four three-pointers.
SMU quickly warmed up and went on a 17-3 run in the final eight minutes of the first half and posted a 48-37 halftime lead.
Mustangs forward Jordan Tolbert recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Top Game Performances
Brown |
|
Southern Methodist |
Justin Massey 16 |
Scoring |
Keith Frazier 23 |
Steven Spieth 5 |
Assists |
Malik Milton 7 |
Cedric Kuakumensah 7 |
Rebounds |
Jordan Tolbert 10 |
Jason Massey 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Keith Frazier 4 |
Travis Fuller 3 |
Steals |
Sterling Brown 2 |
Cedric Kuakumensah 3 |
Blocks |
Markus Kennedy 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Brown
|
69 |
43.9 |
15-32 |
4-4 |
19 |
27 |
6 |
6 |
10 |
Southern Methodist
|
77 |
46.8 |
6-15 |
13-19 |
26 |
38 |
3 |
6 |
9 |