Who’s Playing
SMU Mustangs @ Memphis Tigers
Current Records: SMU 10-4, Memphis 12-2
How To Watch
- When: Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 5 p.m. ET
- Where: FedExForum — Memphis, Tennessee
- TV: ESPN
- Follow: CBS Sports App
- Online Streaming: Catch select College Basketball matches on Fubo (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
What to Know
Memphis and SMU are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2019, but not for long. Both teams will face off in an American Athletic battle at 5:00 p.m. ET on Sunday at FedExForum. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Memphis sitting on seven straight wins and SMU on four.
Tulsa typically has all the answers at home, but on Thursday Memphis proved too difficult a challenge. Not to be outdone by the Golden Hurricane, they got past the Golden Hurricane on a last-second jump shot. The over/under was set at 153 points, so nice work oddsmakers; you were right on the money.
Jaykwon Walton and Nae’Qwan Tomlin were among the main playmakers for Memphis as the former scored 11 points along with six rebounds and five steals and the latter scored 17 points along with seven rebounds. Those five steals set a new season-high mark for him.
Meanwhile, the Mustangs rang in the new year with a 66-54 win over the 49ers on Tuesday.
SMU got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Samuell Williamson out in front who scored 12 points along with six rebounds. Tyreek Smith was another key contributor, scoring nine points along with 11 rebounds.
The Tigers’ victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-2. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 81.3 points per game. As for the Mustangs, they are on a roll lately: they’ve won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as Memphis and SMU are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Memphis hasn’t had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 79.2 points per game. However, it’s not like SMU struggles in that department as they’ve been averaging 75.6 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Everything went Memphis’ way against SMU in their previous matchup back in March of 2023 as Memphis made off with a 81-62 win. Will Memphis repeat their success, or does SMU have a better game plan this time around? We’ll find out soon enough.
Series History
Memphis and SMU both have 5 wins in their last 10 games.
- Mar 02, 2023 – Memphis 81 vs. SMU 62
- Jan 26, 2023 – Memphis 99 vs. SMU 84
- Mar 12, 2022 – Memphis 70 vs. SMU 63
- Feb 20, 2022 – SMU 73 vs. Memphis 57
- Jan 20, 2022 – SMU 70 vs. Memphis 62
- Jan 28, 2021 – SMU 67 vs. Memphis 65
- Jan 26, 2021 – Memphis 76 vs. SMU 72
- Feb 25, 2020 – SMU 58 vs. Memphis 53
- Jan 25, 2020 – SMU 74 vs. Memphis 70
- Jan 19, 2019 – Memphis 83 vs. SMU 61
