Dec 14, 2024; Frisco, Texas, USA; Southern Methodist Mustangs head coach Andy Enfield reacts throughout the first half towards the LSU Tigers at Comerica Middle. Necessary Credit score: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Photographs SMU can stretch its successful streak to 6 video games Saturday when it goes on the highway to face Boston School in an ACC matchup at Chestnut Hill, Mass.
The sport shall be a homecoming for Mustangs senior ahead Matt Cross, who’s from close by Beverly, Mass. Cross started his faculty profession at Miami, transferred to Louisville and spent two seasons at UMass earlier than he joined the SMU program for this season.
Cross has been coping with a again damage for a lot of the season for SMU (9-2, 1-0 ACC) however seems to be rounding into type. He had 16 factors and 16 rebounds in Saturday’s 74-64 victory over LSU and is averaging 8.9 factors per sport with a team-best 8.6 rebounds.
“He is enjoying nice basketball,” new Mustangs coach Andy Enfield mentioned. “Your good gamers must play nicely within the large video games. That is the way you win at a excessive degree. He definitely did that (towards LSU). Very happy with him. He has an incredible angle. He is a troublesome, robust younger man.”
BC (7-4, 0-1) is 4-2 at house this season, and Donald Hand Jr. has emerged because the workforce chief with 13.5 factors per sport and seven.5 rebounds.
“We’re excited as we method the brink of our ACC season,” Eagles coach Earl Grant mentioned. “We’re doing nice issues and we’re doing it with 5 freshmen. The whole lot is new for us.”
The Mustangs are off to their greatest begin since they started the 2020-21 season with a 12-2 document however misplaced their solely true highway sport to this point at Butler. SMU is 6-1 at house and 3-0 on a impartial court docket.
SMU has 5 gamers averaging a minimum of 10 factors per sport, led by Boopie Miller (14.4). The others are Chuck Harris (12.1), Samet Yigitoglu (11.7), Kario Oquendo (10.9) and BJ Edwards (10.1).
Along with Hand, Chad Venning (11.5) and Elijah Robust (11.2) are the BC gamers scoring in double figures.
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