Overview
- Boopie Miller led SMU with 27 points on 10-of-13 shooting and 12 assists, controlling the offense and creating or scoring a majority of the Mustangs’ points.
- The Mustangs hit 60% from the field and 51.9% from three, including 71.4% shooting after halftime, and made 14 three-pointers to pull away.
- Per KenPom, UNC surrendered a 71.7% effective field-goal rate and a 139.9 defensive rating, both ranking as the program’s second-worst single-game marks in the database.
- Corey Washington added 23 points and five threes for SMU, which improved to 12-2 (1-0 ACC) and snapped a 12-game skid against AP Top 25 opponents.
- SMU’s physical plan bottled up UNC bigs Henri Veesaar and Caleb Wilson with timely double teams, and coach Hubert Davis said the result “starts and ends with defense” as UNC fell to 13-2 (1-1 ACC).