SMU Daily Campus · Jan 1, 2018
Mustangs close out 2017 with rout of USF
Jarrey Foster goes up for a dunk. Photo credit: Shelby StanfieldSMU men’s basketball (12-3) defeated South Florida (7-8) in the waning hours of 2017, winning 79-39 Sunday night.
The game started off ugly. Midway through the first half, the score was just 9-5 in favor of the Mustangs. Both teams struggled shooting the ball and were plagued by turnovers.
But at the end of the first half, SMU pulled away. The Mustangs went on a 12-3 run to close out the half and went into the break with a 28-16 lead.
In the second half, SMU really turned it on. In the period’s first eight minutes, SMU scored 26 points and USF scored just one. The Mustangs coasted to a win the rest of the way.