Postgame Notes: FAU 80, SMU 70
SMU Postgame Notes – February 22, 2024
[rv/rv] Florida Atlantic 80, SMU 70
Florida Atlantic (21-6, 11-3 AAC), SMU (19-8, 10-4 AAC)
Boca Raton, Florida – Abessinio Court at Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena
UPCOMING GAME
At [rv/rv] South Florida – Sunday, Feb. 25 – 12pm ET/11am CT – Tampa, Fla. – Yuengling Center
TV: ESPN2
Radio: KAAM 770 AM | SMU Mobile App/Varsity Network App
NOTES
Starters: #0 B.J. Edwards (G, So.), #1 Zhuric Phelps (G, Jr.), #3 Chuck Harris (G, Sr.), #10 Samuell Williamson (F, Sr.), #12 Tyreek Smith (F, Sr.)
- 7th straight game with this lineup
SMU falls 80-70 (SMU entered the game No. 38 in the NCAA NET rankings, FAU at No. 34)
- Snaps SMU’s 6-game win streak
- SMU is 13-4 in past 17 games
SMU had 3 score 10+
- Keon Ambrose-Hylton (11 – 7th game this season with 10+)
- Chuck Harris (15 – entered game averaging 13.4)
- Zhuric Phelps (15 – entered game 12th in the AAC at 14.7)
Mustangs had 6 blocked shots (entered game 1st in AAC / 20th NCAA at 5.1)
- Keon Ambrose-Hylton (1 – entered game 14th in AAC in blocks at 0.9)
- Zhuric Phelps (2 – tied career high)
- Tyreek Smith (2 – entered game 3rd in AAC in blocks at 1.8)
ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Keon Ambrose-Hylton (#22, F, Sr.)
- 11 points (7th game with 10+ this season)
- 5 rebounds
- 4-5 FGs (entered game 3rd in AAC at 65.6% FGs)
- 1 block (entered game 14th in AAC at 0.9 per game)
Chuck Harris (#3, Sr., G)
- 15 points (entered game averaging 13.4)
- 3 assists (entered game 9th in AAC in assists at 3.6)
Emory Lanier (#24, G, Sr.)
- 9 points
- 3-3 on 3FGs (tied career high 3FGs, entered game at 38.9%)
- Career-high 4 rebounds
Zhuric Phelps (#1, Jr., G) – Preseason All-AAC 2nd Team, Fort Myers Tip-Off All-Tournament, AAC Weekly Honor Roll (N27, F12)
- 15 points (entered game 12th in AAC at 14.7)
- Now has 1,045 for his career, 38th at SMU
- 2 steals (entered game 5th in the AAC at 2.0)
- 148 career steals, 8th at SMU
- 2 blocks (tied career high)
Tyreek Smith (#12, F, Sr.)
- 7 points
- 4 rebounds
- 3-5 FGs (entered game 5th in AAC at 61.4 % FGs)
- 2 blocked shots (entered game 3rd in AAC at 1.8 per game)
- Has 49 this season, 14th in a season at SMU
SMU release.
