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Published Oct 22, 2020

New SMU hoops commit Zhuric Phelps talks playing for family, home crowd

Damon Sayles • TheHillTopics

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SMU commit Zhuric Phelps spoke with The HillTopics on playing college ball close to home and what intrigued SMU about his game.

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Playing college basketball on a scholarship. Playing ball close to home. Competing in a program that plays in a competitive conference.

It all seemed to hit Duncanville three-star point guard Zhuric Phelps at once -- in a good way. Committing to SMU made sense in that it checked multiple boxes.