Model Predictions
| Model | SMU Mustangs | UCF Knights | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELO | 34.1% | 65.9% | - | ✓ |
| Bradley-Terry | 38.6% | 61.4% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 26.2% | 73.8% | +5.7 | ✓ (27.3 off) |
| Pythagorean | 26.1% | 73.9% | - | ✓ |
Actual: UCF Knights +33 (61-28). Predictions use season-end ratings.
SMU Mustangs
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Wiggins | 32 | 3-7 | 1-3 | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
| S. Wilkinson | 32 | 1-8 | -1 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| K. White | 31 | 4-15 | -4 | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -8 | ||
| J. Smith | 28 | -5 | -2 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -4 | ||
| D. Sanderlin | 20 | 2-6 | - | - | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||
| R. Bradley | 16 | -2 | -1 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| P. Bayliss | 15 | 2-4 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
| K. Warthen | 10 | -1 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |||||
| T. Jones | 8 | -1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| D. Mathis | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Z. Rufus | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||||
| T. Criswell | 2 | - | - | - | 0 |
UCF Knights
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Battles | 31 | 4-13 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 |
| S. Meertens | 26 | 4-5 | - | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | ||
| D. Thomas | 26 | 4-4 | - | - | 7 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| M. Kaba | 25 | 5-13 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | |
| B. Smith | 23 | 4-9 | - | 5-6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 12 | |
| A. Lewis | 23 | 2-2 | 1-1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| T. Sanders | 22 | 1-5 | -1 | - | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| A. Burney | 12 | 1-3 | -2 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| N. Luma | 4 | -1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| L. Jewett | 4 | -2 | -1 | - | 1 | -1 | |||||
| B. Ripley | 2 | -1 | -1 | - | -1 | ||||||
| A. Verhulst | 2 | -1 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
* = starter