After a dispiriting loss in their last game, the SMU Mustangs (2-1) needed to beat Western Carolina. They did, and by a wide margin: 98-65.
“I’m happy for our guys. They needed this. We needed this,” Tim Jankovich. “We needed some confidence. We needed the ball to go in the basket. We needed our guys to feel good and hopefully we can carry this forward a little bit.”
The story of the game for SMU was Jahmal McMurray. The senior guard scored a career high 34 points on wicked efficiency, hitting 14 of his 17 shots. On the final three offensive possessions that McMurray played in the game, he hit a 3-pointer.