DALLAS – Andy Enfield first coached Oziyah Sellers at USC. Now reunited at SMU after Sellers became a starter at Stanford and St. John’s, the two can explain a night of made threes through the pass that preceded them.
Get it inside, Sellers said afterward, and “everything opens up.”
Sellers made five of seven threes and scored 21 points in the Nov. 5 win. He was playing again for Andy Enfield, who had first put him on a college floor at USC. Between those stops, Sellers became a regular starter in two other conferences.
He said after the VMI game that he had matured, added weight and grown stronger. Experience had slowed the game down for him.
Enfield coached him from 2022-24. Sellers appeared in 25 games as a USC freshman, then played all 33 the next season with six starts. He started every game for Stanford in 2024-25, averaging 13.7 points, and made 36 starts for St. John’s last season, averaging 10.3 for a team that finished 30-7.
SMU reunited them with Sellers carrying a career three-point percentage of 37.8 and a free-throw percentage of 86.9. Against VMI, Enfield said Sellers made his first three attempts from beyond the arc. He finished five of seven.
The coach’s explanation of the shooting began with the zone. VMI’s rules differed from a conventional 2-3 or 3-2, Enfield said. Openings could appear in the slot, along a lane line or in a corner. When the center moved away, the rim could be available.
Sellers described the middle pass as a way to create those openings. Jaden Toombs supplied the other side of that connection. The big man said he knew where his teammates would be and credited Enfield’s plan with helping him pass back to them when he drew attention.
Sellers’ final three of the first half capped a 13-0 run, stretching a 23-19 lead to 36-19 with 3:23 remaining. Jacob Patrick added shooting from the bench, making all five of his attempts. SMU finished with 26 assists on 33 baskets.
Sellers has been part of a scoring group rather than its only destination. Through three games, he averages 14 points, behind Jakub Szumert’s 15.7 and Jermaine O’Neal Jr.’s 14.3, with Toombs at 12.3.
Tuesday against Prairie View A&M, Toombs and O’Neal led the scoring in a 98-63 win. Sellers finished with eight points, six rebounds and four assists. His next game with Enfield is Friday against Ball State at Moody Coliseum.
Toombs said Sellers’ early makes against VMI took “a lot of pressure off the whole team.”
Oziyah Sellers against VMI on Nov. 5, 2026. Photo: SMU Athletics.
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