Moody Coliseum opened on Dec 3, 1956. The Mustangs will honor Moody with a double-header on Sunday.

Moody Coliseum turns 50 years old on Sunday. To celebrate, the men and women’s basketball teams will play a doubleheader this weekend.

Mustang women face UTA at 2 p.m. followed by the men’s team taking on Texas College at 7 p.m.

The birthday party will include a rendering of the new scoreboard that will be up in late December and the new basketball center set to open in fall 2007. Fans can expect free birthday cupcakes, hats and balloons, and a Moody Coliseum trivia contest.

Since the opening of Moody Coliseum, the men’s basketball team has had 20 players drafted in the NBA, 48 All-Conference first-team selections and eight conference titles.

Both the men’s and women’ s teams have lost one game a piece so far this season.

The Mustang women fell 53-47 to Wisconsin-Milwaukee Saturday night in the championship game of the 2006 SMU Hoops for the Cure Classic 5. Junior post Janielle Dodds was top scorer with 12 points.

A win Sunday over UTA would improve the Mustang women’s record to 5-1. The UTA Mavs are coming off a 61-42 win over Cal State Fullerton and gear up to play Pepperdine University Friday.

Ike Ofoegbu scored 18 points and Bamba Fall had a career-high of rebounds to help lead SMU to a 76-54 win over Paul Quinn Monday night. The Mustangs shot 43 percent for the game. Devon Pearson and Donatas Rackauskas each added 11 points for the Mustangs.

Ofoegbu is the top Mustang scorer with 93 points so far this season, Jon Killen leads with 34 assists and Donatas Rackauskas has crashed the boards for the Mustangs with 53 rebounds

A win for the Mustang men would improve their record to 6-1, the best start since going 8-1 to begin 2000-01. The team would be 4-0 at home for the first time since starting 4-0 in 2002-03.