The SMU Mustangs did not play up to their standard and it cost them against the #25 team in the country. Louisville beat SMU 98-73. On not being able to keep the momentum goign after the Miami game: : “We didn’t play together.

North Carolina State 9-9 We've got another exciting ACC matchup on schedule as the SMU Mustangs and the North Carolina State Wolfpack are set to tip at 12:00 p.m. ET on Saturday at Lenovo Center. Both of these teams will be coming in off a loss in a game they were expected to win.

SMU will aim to return to the win column on Saturday afternoon when it plays at struggling North Carolina State in Raleigh, N.C. The Mustangs (14-5, 5-3 ACC) are tied

NC State's average of 5.8 made 3-pointers per game is 2.6 fewer made shots on average than the 8.4 per game SMU allows. SMU averages 8.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.9 more made shots on average than the 6.3 per game NC State allows.

Louisville’s lead grew to as much as 26 points in the first half, and the Cardinals led 50-27 at halftime. They were able to expand their lead to as much as 32 points early in the second half before SMU went on a 17-6 run midway through the second half to cut the lead to 18. But that was as close as the Ponies would get.

North Carolina State men’s basketball has had a string of one-possession losses in their last few games, but they’re hoping to turn that around Saturday. The

Louisville’s 19 made three-point field goals are tied for the second most in program history and is the new record in road game, breaking the previous road record of 16 in a 114-82 win against Western Kentucky on December 22, 2010.

Matt Cross will get an opportunity to face his former team when SMU takes on Miami in an ACC game on Saturday ... 4-2 ACC), bringing with him averages of 10.2 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. The Mustangs have won two straight games and nine of 11.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Samet Yigitoglu scored 20 points and his two free throws with 18 seconds left finished off SMU’s 63-57 win over North Carolina State in the first meeting between the schools as Atlantic Coast Conference rivals on Saturday.

Samet Yigitoglu scored a season-high 20 points to help SMU erase an eight-point deficit and post a 63-57 win over North Carolina State on Saturday afternoon in Raleigh, N.C.

SMU visits North Carolina State on Saturday for their first meeting as ACC foes on the CW at 11 a.m. CT in Raleigh, N.C. The Mustangs face one of the top names in the league, looking to bounce back from a rough loss suffered Tuesday in Dallas to Louisville.

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