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Hilltop Heroes: Keena Mays Lady Mustangs route Tulsa, face Houston Thursday Demetrio Teniente Sports Editor dteniente@smu.edu
If you have been following SMU women’s basketball in any capacity this semester, you have heard the name Keena Mays. To the casual fan her emergence has been sudden and unexpected. The Lady Mustangs were 6-2 before Mays became eligible. Many who weren’t aware of how Mays came to SMU weren’t sure why she wasn’t eligible to begin with. After a little research one finds that May transferred from Kansas in the middle of her sophomore year. As a result of the transfer Mays had to sit out a year, meaning she would become eligible over winter break. “I knew that was going to be part of the process,” Mays said. “It was just a matter of becoming a better player and teammate during that time. I used it to work on my individual game.” Once she became eligible, Mays returned to the court with a vengeance. She quickly earned C-USA player of the week twice. “I was a little concerned about the game speed,” Mays said. “But I tried to keep myself in shape and I was in the gym a lot. It kind of took me a couple of games to get back into the rhythm of things but it came back.” “We knew what kind of Player she was,” Head Coach Rhonda Rompola said. “She ups the level
of everyone’s game.” At Kansas Mays made 13 starts and played in all 34 games. She averaged 7.1 points and 3.0 rebounds a game. She was second on the team with 119 assistsaveraging 3.5 per game. Mays is from Arlington and a successful high school career. Mays led Mansfield Timberview to the 4A State championship her junior and senior year and was a three-time All-State selection by the Texas Girls Coaches Association. What’s the best thing about Mays? “She’s not worried about Stats or honors,” Rampola said.”She is very humble, and probably the most unselfish players that you can have.” When a player has the amount of success that Mays has, they are often thrust into a leadership role. “Keena may not be the most vocal leader but she does it in her own way,” said Rampola. “Alisha [Filmore] is definitely the vocal leader,” Mays said. “Next year I’ll have to step up with her being gone. I’m learning a lot from her and hopefully I can follow in her footsteps next year.” In her 10 games this year, Mays has averaged 20.3 points per game, 5.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game. She has shot 45 percent from the field and from threepoint range. How could a step in after a year off and have such a high offensive output? It helps when you have had a basketball in your hands before you were in kindergarten.
Matthew Costa Staff Writer mcosta@smu.edu The SMU Lady Mustangs (14-4 Overall, 5-0 in C-USA) took care of business against Conference USA rival Tulsa (7-12 Overall, 2-4 in C-USA), defeating the Hurricanes 7146 Sunday night to push their winning streak to six. SMU broke the game open with a 25-4 run early in the second half after leading by only eight points in the first half. The Hurricanes could not stop the bleeding and the SMU Athletic Department Mustangs scored 44 points S MU’s point guard Keena Mays (23) going for a lay up against ULM. in the last 20 minutes. SMU’s balanced defense smothered every attempt at a rally by Tulsa. Tulsa. SMU forward Akil Simpson of senior guard Porsche Landry, The Hurricanes shot a dismal controlled the glass with seven who has averaged more than 17 25 percent on all field goals for the boards and 11 points. points this season to go along with game and were unable to sink a The Lady Mustangs now four assists and four rebounds per single shot from three-point range. sit atop Conference USA with game. The Lady Mustangs, on the other the only undefeated conference The Mustang defense will hand, shot over 56 percent. record, but will have a strong test also have to face the reigning SMU’s offensive attack was led from their next opponent, the C-USA freshman of the week, by guard Keena Mays’ 12 points, Houston Cougars (9-9 Overall, 3-2 Marche’ Amersom. The forward three assists and five rebounds. in C-USA). is averaging 13 points and seven Mays has been nothing short Houston enters the game sixth rebounds over her last two games, of dominant during the Lady in the Conference, but has begun but Mays and company should Mustangs’ six-game unbeaten run, putting the pieces together for a be able to provide the perfect averaging more than 17 points per run near the end of the regular response. This key contest will take place contest, including five double-digit season. The Lady Cougars have scoring efforts. won four of their last six, but lost Thursday night in Moody Coliseum Rebounding was also a major their last game on Sunday 65-54 to at 7 p.m., where SMU will be able factor in the decided victory, as UTEP, after allowing a big second to distance themselves further the Lady Mustangs pulled down half from the Miners. from the rest of the conference as 10 more rebounds (47-37) than SMU will need to be weary the postseason approaches.
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SMU’s point guard Keena Mays (23)
“From as early as I can remember I have always had a basketball in my hand,” Mays said. “I started playing on a team since I was four. I grew up playing basketball, my mom played in college and high school. I played other sports when I was younger, and as I grew older it just became my main focus.” For Mays, basketball is life. Even when she is supposed to be resting she finds her way back into the gym. “We obviously don’t get to do a whole lot of relaxing time,” she said. “I like to come to the gym to relax- like if I’m having a bad day I’ll come up here and shoot. “ Outside of basketball, May’s passion is English. She is an English major with a minor in education. “Out of all the subjects [English] has been my favorite,” Mays said. “I have had a few really good English teachers and I guess I want to continue the legacy of good English teachers.”
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Men’s Basketball
Stars return to AAC after lengthy lockout
Mustangs have dropped 9 of last 12, look for remedy versus Marshall
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for the year after he underwent a shoulder surgery. Along with the problems with depth, SMU also has history working against them when the team goes to Huntington, W. Va. SMU is 0-8 all-time against Marshall. SMU and Marshall started playing in 2006 and last time the teams met, the Thundering Herd beat up the Mustangs 74-56 in the C-USA tournament in what was former Head Coach Matt Doherty’s last game as coach. For this upcoming game, SMU will need to have a big game from Nick Russell and Jalen Jones, who have scored 10 or more points in seven and six straight games, respectively. Jones has been a big
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player for the Mustangs, with six double-doubles on the season. The Thundering Herd come into the game with a 9-11 record overall and a 2-3 C-USA record, but the Mustangs will have to watch for junior guard DeAndre Kane, who is averaging 15 points per game and averaging 4.6 rebounds per game. Down low for Marshall, the team has a talented freshman in Elijah Pittman, who is averaging 14.5 points per game and averaging over 50 percent from the field shooting. Marshall does have a problem turning the ball over, averaging 16.3 turnovers per game and the Mustangs will have to take
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advantage of that to get back on the right track as the team moves deeper into conference play. SMU guard Ryan Manuel, coming off a 17-point game against UCF in a loss, leads SMU in free-throw percentage, averaging just over 80 percent from the line. SMU leads C-USA in free-throw percentage so if the Mustangs can get Marshall in foul trouble, the team may be able to grab SMU’s first ever win against Marshall. After Marshall, SMU has two home games in a row with Houston on Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. and Memphis on Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. Both games are C-USA games and for the Memphis game, SMU is calling for a white-out from the fans.
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