Jan. 3, 2012
SMU at Ole Miss - Boxscore 
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OXFORD, Miss. (AP) -- Terrance Henry scored 13 points, including four points in the final two minutes, to lead Mississippi over SMU 50-48 on Tuesday night.
Ole Miss (10-4) struggled all night to put away the Mustangs, trailing 48-46 with less than two minutes remaining. But Henry scored on a driving layup to tie the game and then hit two free throws with 28.3 seconds remaining to give the Rebels the lead.
Ole Miss snapped a three-game losing streak. Reggie Buckner added eight points, 11 rebounds and two blocked shots. Maurice Aniefiok scored eight points off the bench.
Robert Nyakundi scored 12 points and Jeremiah Samarrippas added 10 as SMU rallied from a 31-21 second-half deficit, but it wasn't enough. The Mustangs (8-6) shot 36.5 percent (19 of 52) from the field.
The Mustangs return to the hardwood on Saturday, Jan. 7 when they open Conference USA play with a road game at Tulsa. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m.
NEXT GAME
At Tulsa (Conference USA opener)
Saturday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m.
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TEAM NOTES
at Mississippi 50, SMU 48
Ole Miss Rebels (10-4), SMU Mustangs (8-6)
January 3, 2012
C.M. "Tad" Smith Coliseum
Oxford, Miss.
- SMU has won 6 of its last 9. The 3 losses are by 1-point (59-58 vs. Jackson State), in 2 OTs (68-58 vs. Oklahoma State) and by 2 (50-48 at Ole Miss)
- SMU had 4 players with 8+ points
- Robert Nyakundi 12
- Jeremiah Samarrippas 10
- London Giles 8
- Shawn Williams 8
- SMU had 8 3FGs, now has 116 on the season. Leads C0USA at 8.3 per game
- SMU had 6 steals (3 by London Giles), has 87 on the season (averaging 6.2 - 7th in C-USA)
- SMU held Ole Miss to a season-low-tying 50 points. Ole Miss averaged 67.5 points entering the game
- SMU held its opponent to 65 or less in regulation for the 13th time in 14 games. (scoring defense 59.2 entering game - 2nd in C-USA)
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Robert Nyakundi
- Scored 12 points
- Has 1113 career points (28th at SMU)
- Scored 10+ points for 12th time this season
- Made 2 3FG
- Has 222 career 3FG (moves into 3rd at SMU - passes Troy Matthews 220)
- Is shooting a C-USA best 47.6% (39-82) this season
- Had 4 rebounds, leads SMU at 5.8 per game
- Added 2 assists
London Giles
- Scored 8 points
- Was 2-6 on 3FG (26-66, 39.4% on the season)
- Tied his career high with 3 steals (4th time this year)
Shawn Williams
- Had 8 points and 5 rebounds and a blocked shot
- Career-high 4 assists
Jeremiah Samarrippas
- Had 6 assists (2 turnovers)
- Has 5+ assists 8 times this season
- Now has 29 assists to 7 turnovers in his past 5 games (4.1 assist/TO ratio)
- Averaging 4.2 assists (entered game 6th in C-USA)
- Scored 10 points (5th game with 10+ points)
- Grabbed 4 rebounds
