After losing 14 straight games, the Mustangs finally get a ‘W.’
SMU wen on 17-2 run in the second half to beat UCF, 70-60, at the CFE Arena Saturday afternoon.
Freshman Alicia Froling and The Mustangs (5-17, 1-10 The American) took over the final 4:30 of the game. Froling, once again demonstrated she can be a dominant force in there AAC with acareer-high 27 points ( second-most ever by a freshman at SMU).
Her 27 points were the most by a freshman since Leann Shaw had 31 against UTSA on Feb. 2, 1983.
Froling also tallied 10 rebounds- earning her fifth double-double of the season and her third in the last four games.
The Mustangs only turned the ball over 12 times– a season low– shot 50 percent from the field in the second half.
Zykira Lewis led UCF (7-16, 3-9) with 21 points. Fifi Ndour recorded 10 rebounds and both Brittni Montgomery (13) and Aliyah Gregory (12) scored in double-digits for the Knights.
The Mustangs host USF on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at www.smumustangs.com/tickets. Fans can get two tickets for the price of one by clicking this link and entering promo code “WBB2for1”.
