SMU remains unbeaten with romp over Hampton
SMU’s Jordan Tolbert, right, drives to the basket against an Hampton Pirates defender on Thursday.
Jordan Tolbert had 20 points and 19 rebounds as No. 18 Southern Methodist remained unbeaten with a 105-72 romp over Hampton on Thursday night at Dallas.
A night after getting 18 points and 23 rebounds in a rout over Nicholls State, Tolbert helped the Mustangs (9-0) to their highest-scoring game since November 2010. SMU is off to its best start since going 10-0 to open the 1997-98 season.
SMU played its final game under the direction of associate head coach Tim Jankovich. Larry Brown served a nine-game suspension after the NCAA ruled in September that a former men’s basketball administrative assistant completed online coursework for a student to help him be admitted to school. The Mustangs also are banned from postseason play this season, including the American Athletic Conference tournament.
No. 20 West Virginia 86, Marshall 68: Guards Javon Carter and Daxter Miles Jr. had 15 and 14 points, respectively, and the Mountaineers (9-1) pulled away in the second half at Charleston, W.Va.
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