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.

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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.

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.

Reyne Smith scored 30 points while matching his career high with 10 3-pointers and No. 25 Louisville won its first game as a ranked team in four years, beating Atlantic Coast Conference newcomer SMU 98-73 on Tuesday night.

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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.

Louisville celebrated its return to the AP Top 25 in a big way Tuesday night in Moody Coliseum in Dallas, obliterating SMU with a dazzling performance in an astonishing 98-73

Miami was run off the court by SMU on Saturday to the tune of a 43-point blowout, losing 117 to 74. SMU came out of the gate firing. A quality three-point shooting team averaging 37% from behind the arc,

Take a look at how the Cardinals stack up against the Mustangs for their Tuesday matchup, and who the statistical models favor:

After two games on the road, SMU is heading back home. They and the Louisville Cardinals will face off in an ACC battle at 9:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday at Moody Coliseum. The Mustangs are expected to win (but not by much) so they better bring their A-game into this one.

Matt Cross will get an opportunity to face his former team when SMU takes on Miami in an ACC ... of 10.2 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. The Mustangs have won two straight games and nine of ...