Shake Milton hunched into his defensive stance on the three-point line, his left foot slightly in back of his right to guard against a drive and his right hand extended outward to contest a three-point shot. Temple guard Devin Coleman stood a foot and a half in front of him, ball in hand. Coleman quickly faked a drive, rose up and fired a three-pointer over Milton’s outstretched hand. Splash. His sixth make in as many attempts extended Temple’s lead to 14 with 7:41 to go, just two minutes after SMU whittled the deficit to five.
SMU allowed Temple to shoot threes from the get-go, and a lot of open ones.