SMU Mustangs @ East Carolina Pirates

72–77Final · Feb 4, 2023

SMU 72 ECU 77 Final

	1	2	T
SMU8-16	32	40	72
ECU12-12	40	37	77

· Line: SMU -2 (O/U 141)

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The scoring timeline.

Every scoring moment, when the official feed stamped it — and when FirstBuzzer's in-venue spotters buzzed it first. Times are ET.

Zhuric Phelps made Layup. Assisted by Efe Odigie.
2–0
Zhuric Phelps made Free Throw.
3–0
RJ Felton made Layup.
3–2
Ezra Ausar made Layup. Assisted by Jaden Walker.
3–4
Brandon Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by RJ Felton.
3–7
Brandon Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Benjamin Bayela.
3–10
Zhuric Phelps made Layup.
5–10
RJ Felton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Walker.
5–13
Zach Nutall made Free Throw.
6–13
Zach Nutall made Free Throw.
7–13
Zach Nutall made Free Throw.
8–13
Brandon Johnson made Jumper.
8–15
Samuell Williamson made Dunk. Assisted by Zhuric Phelps.
10–15
Brandon Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Walker.
10–18
Zhuric Phelps made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Samuell Williamson.
13–18
RJ Felton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Walker.
13–21
Keon Ambrose-Hylton made Layup.
15–21
Quentin Diboundje made Jumper.
15–23
Ezra Ausar made Free Throw.
15–24
Zach Nutall made Layup. Assisted by Efe Odigie.
17–24
Zhuric Phelps made Layup.
19–24
Jaden Walker made Layup. Assisted by RJ Felton.
19–26
Ezra Ausar made Dunk. Assisted by Jaden Walker.
19–28
Efe Odigie made Free Throw.
20–28
Quentin Diboundje made Free Throw.
20–29
Quentin Diboundje made Free Throw.
20–30
Samuell Williamson made Jumper.
22–30
RJ Felton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Walker.
22–33
Brandon Johnson made Layup. Assisted by RJ Felton.
22–35
Zach Nutall made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Smith.
25–35
Ezra Ausar made Free Throw.
25–36
Ezra Ausar made Layup.
25–38
Efe Odigie made Jumper. Assisted by Zach Nutall.
27–38
Jalen Smith made Layup.
29–38
RJ Felton made Dunk. Assisted by Jaden Walker.
29–40
Zach Nutall made Three Point Jumper.
32–40
Ezra Ausar made Jumper. Assisted by Brandon Johnson.
32–42
Zach Nutall made Layup.
34–42
Brandon Johnson made Jumper.
34–44
RJ Felton made Layup. Assisted by Brandon Johnson.
34–46
Zhuric Phelps made Free Throw.
35–46
Zhuric Phelps made Free Throw.
36–46
Zhuric Phelps made Layup.
38–46
Samuell Williamson made Layup. Assisted by Zhuric Phelps.
40–46
Quentin Diboundje made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brandon Johnson.
40–49
Zhuric Phelps made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zach Nutall.
43–49
Ludgy Debaut made Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Diboundje.
43–51
Zhuric Phelps made Free Throw.
44–51
Zhuric Phelps made Free Throw.
45–51
Mo Njie made Jumper.
47–51
Keon Ambrose-Hylton made Layup. Assisted by Jalen Smith.
49–51
RJ Felton made Free Throw.
49–52
Efe Odigie made Layup. Assisted by Jalen Smith.
51–52
Keon Ambrose-Hylton made Layup. Assisted by Zach Nutall.
53–52
Brandon Johnson made Jumper.
53–54
Brandon Johnson made Free Throw.
53–55
Brandon Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Walker.
53–58
Brandon Johnson made Free Throw.
53–59
Brandon Johnson made Free Throw.
53–60
Efe Odigie made Free Throw.
54–60
Ezra Ausar made Jumper.
54–62
Zach Nutall made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zhuric Phelps.
57–62
Efe Odigie made Free Throw.
58–62
Zach Nutall made Free Throw.
59–62
Zach Nutall made Free Throw.
60–62
Ezra Ausar made Layup.
60–64
Mo Njie made Dunk.
62–64
Ezra Ausar made Free Throw.
62–65
Keon Ambrose-Hylton made Layup.
64–65
Ezra Ausar made Free Throw.
64–66
Ezra Ausar made Free Throw.
64–67
Zhuric Phelps made Free Throw.
65–67
Samuell Williamson made Layup.
67–67
Quentin Diboundje made Free Throw.
67–68
Quentin Diboundje made Free Throw.
67–69
Brandon Johnson made Free Throw.
67–70
Brandon Johnson made Free Throw.
67–71
Zhuric Phelps made Dunk.
69–71
Zhuric Phelps made Free Throw.
70–71
Ezra Ausar made Dunk.
70–73
RJ Felton made Free Throw.
70–74
RJ Felton made Free Throw.
70–75
Brandon Johnson made Free Throw.
70–76
Brandon Johnson made Free Throw.
70–77
Samuell Williamson made Layup.
72–77

Play-by-play

P1 RJ Felton Turnover.
P1 Efe Odigie Steal.
P1 Zhuric Phelps made Layup. Assisted by Efe Odigie. 2–0
P1 Foul on Benjamin Bayela.
P1 Zhuric Phelps made Free Throw. 3–0
P1 RJ Felton made Layup. 3–2
P1 Efe Odigie missed Layup.
P1 Ezra Ausar Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on RJ Felton.
P1 RJ Felton Turnover.
P1 Samuell Williamson missed Jumper.
P1 RJ Felton Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ezra Ausar made Layup. Assisted by Jaden Walker. 3–4
P1 Samuell Williamson Turnover.
P1 Brandon Johnson Steal.
P1 Brandon Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by RJ Felton. 3–7
P1 Zach Nutall missed Layup.
P1 Ezra Ausar Block.
P1 SMU Offensive Rebound.
P1 Jalen Smith Turnover.
P1 RJ Felton Steal.
P1 Brandon Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Benjamin Bayela. 3–10
P1 Zhuric Phelps made Layup. 5–10
P1 RJ Felton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Walker. 5–13
P1 SMU Timeout
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Darius McBride Turnover.
P1 Benjamin Bayela Steal.
P1 Foul on Darius McBride.
P1 Brandon Johnson missed Layup.
P1 Zhuric Phelps Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Benjamin Bayela.
P1 Zach Nutall made Free Throw. 6–13
P1 Zach Nutall made Free Throw. 7–13
P1 Zach Nutall made Free Throw. 8–13
P1 Jaden Walker missed Jumper.
P1 Stefan Todorovic Defensive Rebound.
P1 Zhuric Phelps missed Layup.
P1 Ezra Ausar Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brandon Johnson made Jumper. 8–15
P1 Samuell Williamson made Dunk. Assisted by Zhuric Phelps. 10–15
P1 Brandon Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Walker. 10–18
P1 Zhuric Phelps made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Samuell Williamson. 13–18
P1 RJ Felton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Walker. 13–21
P1 Efe Odigie missed Jumper.
P1 Keon Ambrose-Hylton Offensive Rebound.
P1 Keon Ambrose-Hylton made Layup. 15–21
P1 Quentin Diboundje made Jumper. 15–23
P1 Jalen Smith missed Layup.
P1 Ludgy Debaut Block.
P1 Brandon Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jaden Walker Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Keon Ambrose-Hylton missed Layup.
P1 Ludgy Debaut Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brandon Johnson missed Layup.
P1 Efe Odigie Defensive Rebound.
P1 Zach Nutall Turnover.
P1 Brandon Johnson Steal.
P1 Ludgy Debaut missed Dunk.
P1 Jalen Smith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Zach Nutall Turnover.
P1 Ludgy Debaut Steal.
P1 Ludgy Debaut Turnover.
P1 Samuell Williamson Steal.
P1 Zhuric Phelps missed Layup.
P1 Samuell Williamson Offensive Rebound.
P1 Samuell Williamson missed Layup.
P1 Brandon Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P1 RJ Felton missed Layup.
P1 Ezra Ausar Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ezra Ausar missed Layup.
P1 Ezra Ausar Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Samuell Williamson.
P1 Ezra Ausar made Free Throw. 15–24
P1 Ezra Ausar missed Free Throw.
P1 Efe Odigie Defensive Rebound.
P1 Zhuric Phelps missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ezra Ausar Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jaden Walker missed Layup.
P1 Efe Odigie Defensive Rebound.
P1 Zach Nutall missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jaden Walker Defensive Rebound.
P1 Quentin Diboundje Turnover.
P1 Zach Nutall made Layup. Assisted by Efe Odigie. 17–24
P1 Quentin Diboundje missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Zach Nutall Defensive Rebound.
P1 Zhuric Phelps made Layup. 19–24
P1 Quentin Diboundje missed Dunk.
P1 Efe Odigie Block.
P1 Samuell Williamson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Zach Nutall missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ezra Ausar Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jaden Walker made Layup. Assisted by RJ Felton. 19–26
P1 Efe Odigie Turnover.
P1 Jaden Walker Steal.
P1 Ezra Ausar made Dunk. Assisted by Jaden Walker. 19–28
P1 Foul on Valentino Pinedo.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Efe Odigie made Free Throw. 20–28
P1 Efe Odigie missed Free Throw.
P1 Quentin Diboundje Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Stefan Todorovic.
P1 Quentin Diboundje made Free Throw. 20–29
P1 Quentin Diboundje made Free Throw. 20–30
P1 Samuell Williamson made Jumper. 22–30
P1 Quentin Diboundje missed Jumper.
P1 Ezra Ausar Offensive Rebound.
P1 RJ Felton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Walker. 22–33
P1 Samuell Williamson missed Layup.
P1 Samuell Williamson Offensive Rebound.
P1 Samuell Williamson missed Layup.
P1 RJ Felton Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brandon Johnson made Layup. Assisted by RJ Felton. 22–35
P1 Zach Nutall made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Smith. 25–35
P1 Foul on Keon Ambrose-Hylton.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Ezra Ausar made Free Throw. 25–36
P1 Ezra Ausar missed Free Throw.
P1 SMU Defensive Rebound.
P1 Zach Nutall missed Jumper.
P1 RJ Felton Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Samuell Williamson.
P1 RJ Felton missed Jumper.
P1 Zach Nutall Defensive Rebound.
P1 Efe Odigie missed Layup.
P1 Brandon Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jaden Walker missed Layup.
P1 Ezra Ausar Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ezra Ausar missed Layup.
P1 Ezra Ausar Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ezra Ausar made Layup. 25–38
P1 Efe Odigie made Jumper. Assisted by Zach Nutall. 27–38
P1 Ezra Ausar Turnover.
P1 Jalen Smith made Layup. 29–38
P1 East Carolina Timeout
P1 Quentin Diboundje missed Layup.
P1 SMU Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ricardo Wright Turnover.
P1 Jaden Walker Steal.
P1 RJ Felton made Dunk. Assisted by Jaden Walker. 29–40
P1 Zach Nutall made Three Point Jumper. 32–40
P2 Jalen Smith Turnover.
P2 Benjamin Bayela missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Samuell Williamson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Samuell Williamson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ezra Ausar Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ezra Ausar made Jumper. Assisted by Brandon Johnson. 32–42
P2 Efe Odigie missed Layup.
P2 Brandon Johnson Block.
P2 Benjamin Bayela Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jaden Walker Turnover.
P2 Zach Nutall made Layup. 34–42
P2 Brandon Johnson made Jumper. 34–44
P2 Zhuric Phelps missed Layup.
P2 Ezra Ausar Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jaden Walker missed Jumper.
P2 East Carolina Offensive Rebound.
P2 Ezra Ausar missed Dunk.
P2 Foul on Keon Ambrose-Hylton.
P2 Benjamin Bayela Offensive Rebound.
P2 Benjamin Bayela missed Layup.
P2 RJ Felton Offensive Rebound.
P2 RJ Felton made Layup. Assisted by Brandon Johnson. 34–46
P2 Zach Nutall missed Layup.
P2 Jaden Walker Defensive Rebound.
P2 Brandon Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Zhuric Phelps Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Jaden Walker.
P2 Zhuric Phelps made Free Throw. 35–46
P2 Zhuric Phelps made Free Throw. 36–46
P2 Quentin Diboundje Turnover.
P2 Zhuric Phelps Steal.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Zhuric Phelps made Layup. 38–46
P2 Jaden Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Zhuric Phelps Defensive Rebound.
P2 Samuell Williamson made Layup. Assisted by Zhuric Phelps. 40–46
P2 Quentin Diboundje made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brandon Johnson. 40–49
P2 Zhuric Phelps made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zach Nutall. 43–49
P2 RJ Felton missed Layup.
P2 RJ Felton Offensive Rebound.
P2 Ludgy Debaut made Jumper. Assisted by Quentin Diboundje. 43–51
P2 East Carolina Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Zhuric Phelps missed Layup.
P2 Zhuric Phelps Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Benjamin Bayela.
P2 Zhuric Phelps made Free Throw. 44–51
P2 Zhuric Phelps made Free Throw. 45–51
P2 Jaden Walker missed Layup.
P2 Keon Ambrose-Hylton Block.
P2 Zhuric Phelps Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mo Njie made Jumper. 47–51
P2 RJ Felton missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Keon Ambrose-Hylton Defensive Rebound.
P2 Zhuric Phelps missed Layup.
P2 Jaden Walker Defensive Rebound.
P2 Brandon Johnson Turnover.
P2 Keon Ambrose-Hylton made Layup. Assisted by Jalen Smith. 49–51
P2 Foul on Zhuric Phelps.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 RJ Felton missed Free Throw.
P2 East Carolina Offensive Rebound.
P2 RJ Felton made Free Throw. 49–52
P2 Efe Odigie made Layup. Assisted by Jalen Smith. 51–52
P2 Quentin Diboundje missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Efe Odigie Defensive Rebound.
P2 Keon Ambrose-Hylton made Layup. Assisted by Zach Nutall. 53–52
P2 Brandon Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 East Carolina Offensive Rebound.
P2 Brandon Johnson made Jumper. 53–54
P2 Foul on Zhuric Phelps.
P2 Brandon Johnson made Free Throw. 53–55
P2 Jalen Smith missed Layup.
P2 Ezra Ausar Defensive Rebound.
P2 Brandon Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Walker. 53–58
P2 Efe Odigie Turnover.
P2 SMU Timeout
P2 RJ Felton missed Layup.
P2 Efe Odigie Defensive Rebound.
P2 Zhuric Phelps missed Layup.
P2 Brandon Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Samuell Williamson.
P2 Brandon Johnson made Free Throw. 53–59
P2 Brandon Johnson made Free Throw. 53–60
P2 Foul on RJ Felton.
P2 Foul on Brandon Johnson.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Efe Odigie missed Free Throw.
P2 SMU Offensive Rebound.
P2 Efe Odigie made Free Throw. 54–60
P2 Ezra Ausar made Jumper. 54–62
P2 Efe Odigie missed Layup.
P2 Brandon Johnson Block.
P2 East Carolina Defensive Rebound.
P2 RJ Felton missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Efe Odigie Defensive Rebound.
P2 Zhuric Phelps missed Jumper.
P2 Samuell Williamson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Jalen Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ezra Ausar Defensive Rebound.
P2 Brandon Johnson Turnover.
P2 Zhuric Phelps Steal.
P2 Zach Nutall made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zhuric Phelps. 57–62
P2 Ezra Ausar missed Layup.
P2 Efe Odigie Defensive Rebound.
P2 Efe Odigie missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Brandon Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P2 RJ Felton missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Efe Odigie Defensive Rebound.
P2 Efe Odigie missed Layup.
P2 Efe Odigie Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Brandon Johnson.
P2 Efe Odigie missed Free Throw.
P2 SMU Offensive Rebound.
P2 Efe Odigie made Free Throw. 58–62
P2 Foul on Zhuric Phelps.
P2 Ezra Ausar missed Jumper.
P2 SMU Defensive Rebound.
P2 Samuell Williamson missed Jumper.
P2 Jaden Walker Defensive Rebound.
P2 Benjamin Bayela missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 SMU Defensive Rebound.
P2 Zhuric Phelps missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Keon Ambrose-Hylton Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Benjamin Bayela.
P2 Zach Nutall missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 RJ Felton Defensive Rebound.
P2 RJ Felton Turnover.
P2 Zach Nutall Steal.
P2 Foul on Ezra Ausar.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Zach Nutall made Free Throw. 59–62
P2 Zach Nutall made Free Throw. 60–62
P2 Ezra Ausar made Layup. 60–64
P2 Zhuric Phelps missed Jumper.
P2 Mo Njie Offensive Rebound.
P2 Mo Njie made Dunk. 62–64
P2 Foul on Keon Ambrose-Hylton.
P2 Ezra Ausar made Free Throw. 62–65
P2 Ezra Ausar missed Free Throw.
P2 Samuell Williamson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Keon Ambrose-Hylton made Layup. 64–65
P2 Foul on Mo Njie.
P2 Ezra Ausar made Free Throw. 64–66
P2 Ezra Ausar made Free Throw. 64–67
P2 Foul on Jaden Walker.
P2 Zhuric Phelps made Free Throw. 65–67
P2 Zhuric Phelps missed Free Throw.
P2 Keon Ambrose-Hylton Offensive Rebound.
P2 Zhuric Phelps missed Layup.
P2 Samuell Williamson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Samuell Williamson made Layup. 67–67
P2 Foul on Mo Njie.
P2 Quentin Diboundje made Free Throw. 67–68
P2 Quentin Diboundje made Free Throw. 67–69
P2 Foul on Mo Njie.
P2 Mo Njie Turnover.
P2 Foul on Zach Nutall.
P2 Brandon Johnson made Free Throw. 67–70
P2 Brandon Johnson made Free Throw. 67–71
P2 Zhuric Phelps made Dunk. 69–71
P2 Foul on Ezra Ausar.
P2 Zhuric Phelps made Free Throw. 70–71
P2 Ezra Ausar made Dunk. 70–73
P2 SMU Timeout
P2 Zach Nutall missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jaden Walker Block.
P2 East Carolina Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Zhuric Phelps.
P2 RJ Felton made Free Throw. 70–74
P2 RJ Felton made Free Throw. 70–75
P2 Zhuric Phelps missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Foul on Samuell Williamson.
P2 Brandon Johnson made Free Throw. 70–76
P2 Brandon Johnson made Free Throw. 70–77
P2 Brandon Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Samuell Williamson made Layup. 72–77
P2 SMU Timeout

Box score

SMU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Samuell WilliamsonF	31	10	5-11	0-1	0-0	7	1	1	1	0	4	3	4
Efe OdigieF	25	7	2-9	0-1	3-6	9	2	2	1	1	1	8	0
Zhuric PhelpsG	34	23	7-19	2-5	7-8	5	3	0	2	0	1	4	4
Jalen SmithG	28	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0
Zach NutallG	34	18	5-12	3-7	5-5	2	3	2	1	0	0	2	1
Stefan TodorovicF	10	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Keon Ambrose-HyltonF	22	8	4-5	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	3	1	3
Mo NjieC	9	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
Ricardo WrightG	4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Darius McBrideG	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Xavier FosterF
Franklin AgunanneF
Trey UtterG
Jackson YoungG
Jefferson KoulibalyG
Emory LanierG

ECU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Ezra AusarF	35	19	7-12	0-0	5-8	13	0	1	0	1	5	8	2
Brandon JohnsonF	36	27	8-12	4-6	7-7	6	3	2	2	2	0	6	2
Ben BayelaG	16	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	4
RJ FeltonG	40	18	6-13	3-6	3-4	6	3	3	1	0	2	4	2
Jaden WalkerG	39	2	1-7	0-1	0-0	4	8	2	2	1	0	4	2
Valentino PinedoF	4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ludgy DebautC	5	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0
Quentin DiboundjeG	25	9	2-7	1-3	4-4	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Elijah JonesF
Jaxon EllingsworthF
Colin McKenzieG
Kalib LaCountG
Saxby SunderlandG
Javon SmallG
Dave KasanganayG
Wynston TabbsG

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