National Basketball Association
Southern Methodist 71, Yale 69
When: 4:30 PM ET, Sunday, November 22, 2015
Where: Moody Coliseum, Abilene, Texas
Officials:
# Brent Hampton, # Mike Roberts, # Michael Stephens
Attendance:
6852
By The Sports Xchange
Southern Methodist handed Yale its first loss of the season 71-69 thanks to a 14-2 second-half run at University Park, Texas on Sunday.
SMU (3-0) trailed by 10 early in the second half, but climbed to a six-point lead during the run which ended on a thunderous alley-oop dunk by guard Keith Frazier. The dunk gave the Mustangs a 57-51 lead with 7:24 left.
Forward Justin Sears delivered a dunk for Yale (3-1) to cut the SMU lead to 68-66 with nine seconds to play.
A 3-pointer by Sears made it a one-point game at 70-69 with two seconds left, but the Mustangs never trailed in the final nine minutes.
Forward Jordan Tolbert, a senior transfer from Texas Tech, led SMU with 17 points and was a major factor inside and at the free-throw line (7-of-11) during the second half. It was Tolbert' s alley-oop dunk with 1:05 left for a 68-61 lead that sent the Moody Coliseum crowd into a frenzy a second time.
Guard Makai Mason led Yale with 24 points on 7-of-14 shooting. Mason scored 16 of his points in the first half as Yale started strong and led 17-9 seven minutes into the game.
SMU briefly reclaimed the lead with the help of 10 points and six rebounds by forward Markus Kennedy, but Yale held the same eight-point advantage, 40-32, at halftime.
Kennedy finished with 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Top Game Performances
| Yale |
|
Southern Methodist |
|
Makai Mason 24 |
Scoring |
Jordan Tolbert 17 |
|
Makai Mason 7 |
Assists |
Keith Frazier 4 |
|
Brandon Sherrod 7 |
Rebounds |
Markus Kennedy 13 |
|
Makai Mason 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Jordan Tolbert 7 |
|
Brandon Sherrod 3 |
Steals |
Markus Kennedy 2 |
|
Nick Victor 3 |
Blocks |
Keith Frazier 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Yale
|
69 |
44.2 |
9-20 |
14-24 |
14 |
29 |
6 |
9 |
16 |
| Southern Methodist
|
71 |
50.0 |
1-9 |
14-22 |
15 |
31 |
3 |
10 |
12 |
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