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USF-SMU basketball preview

 
Published Jan. 28, 2015

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USF vs. SMU

When/where: 7; Sun Dome

TV/radio: ESPNU; 1010-AM

Records: SMU 16-4, 7-1 AAC; USF 7-13, 1-6

Notable: SMU enters on a six-game win streak while USF has dropped five in a row. … The Mustangs won the season's first meeting, shooting 52 percent from the floor in an 83-49 New Year's Eve romp in Dallas. Mustangs G Keith Frazier who had 14 points and three assists in that game, has since been ruled academically ineligible. On the flip side, 6-foot-9, 245-pound PF Markus Kennedy — academically cleared in late December — should be in far better game shape than he was in the first encounter. … With the status of Bulls PF Chris Perry (chest pains) uncertain, USF's challenge in the low post goes from demanding to daunting.

Joey Knight, Times staff writer