Boise St. @ Southern Methodist preview

Last Meeting ( Nov 30, 2016 ) Southern Methodist 62, Boise St. 71

Boise State plays just its second road game of the season in its final nonconference tuneup for Mountain West Conference play when it travels to SMU on Monday night. It will be tough for the Broncos to top their first one.

Boise State snapped Oregon's NCAA-best 46-game homecourt win streak, 73-70, on Dec. 1 thanks to a buzzer-beating half-court shot by senior guard Lexus Williams. Now the Broncos will take aim at SMU's 29-game win streak at Moody Coliseum which includes a 72-55 victory over then No. 14 USC on Dec. 3 in a rematch of their NCAA tournament first-round game. Williams, a 6-foot grad transfer from Valparaiso, proved his game-winner against the Ducks was no fluke when he made another big 3-pointer to send the game into overtime Wednesday night in an eventual 85-80 double-overtime win over WAC favorite Grand Canyon. "As soon as I got the ball in my hands, I knew that I wanted to put it up," Williams said. "I wasn't scared in the moment, and thank God it went in."

TV: 9 p.m. ET, ESPNU

ABOUT BOISE STATE (10-1): The Broncos have four players who average at least 10.8 points per game led by sophomore guard Justinian Jessup (15.5) who also has made a team-leading 41 3-pointers. Chandler Hutchison, a 6-7 senior guard who was named the Mountain West's Preseason Player of the Year, is second in scoring (15.3) and also leads the team in rebounding (8.8) and assists (4.2). Senior forward Christian Sengfelder (11.7), a graduate transfer from Fordham, and sophomore guard Alex Hobbs (10.8) also are averaging in double figures.

ABOUT SMU (8-3): The game with Boise State is the first of a back-to-back against west coast teams with Cal Poly visiting Moody Coliseum on Tuesday night. The Mustangs lead the American Athletic Conference in scoring defense (60.6) and have allowed more than 67 points in only one game this season. All five starters average in double figures led by junior guard Shake Milton (17.8), followed by junior guard Jarrey Foster (15.0) and 6-8, 235-pound forward Ethan Chargois (13.0), one of 18 freshmen nationally averaging at least 13.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.

TIP-INS

1. Boise State ranks eighth nationally with an average of 11.4 made 3-pointers per game.

2. Hutchison had 27 points and 11 rebounds against Grand Canyon, his 10th career 20-point, 10-rebound game.

3. SMU leads the AAC with a plus-4.2 turnover margin.

PREDICTION: SMU 69, Boise State 66