Dec. 19, 2009

Box Score: SMU at Occidental in PDF Format

Season Stats in PDF Format

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rodney Clinkscales and Mike Walker came off the bench to each score double digits to lead SMU to an easy 77-49 win over Occidental on Saturday.

Clinkscales finished with 15 points, including four 3-pointers, and Walker added 14 as the pair made up the bulk of the Mustangs' 36 points from the bench.

SMU (4-3) shot a little better than 45 percent from the field. They took the lead about seven minutes into the game and never gave it back. Starter Justin Haynes finished with 13 points.

The Tigers (5-4) shot just 35 percent from the field and about 19 percent from long distance.

But Occidental's Sean Anderson led the game in scoring with 16 points, shooting 7-for-10 from the field.

SMU NOTES

Next Game: vs. No. 23 UNLV in the opening round of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu on Tuesday Dec. 22 at 9:30 p.m. CT/5:30 p.m. HT

The Mustangs are 24-of-50 from 3-point range in the last two games (12-27 at Occidental, 12-23 vs. Texas State on Dec. 7)

Rodney Clinkscales
- Scored a team-high and season-high 15 points, marking the first time he led SMU in scoring.

Papa Dia
- His 10 rebounds gives him four games with eight or more this season, matching his total from last season.

Mike Walker
- Hit his first four 3-pointers in the game. That gave him eight in a row after going 4-of-4 from 3-point range against Texas State on Dec. 7.