Jan. 7, 2012
SMU at Tulsa - Boxscore 
SMU Stats - 9-6, 1-0 C-USA
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Jeremiah Samarrippas hit two baskets in the final minute, the last with a second left, to rally SMU past Tulsa 57-55 on Saturday night.
SMU (9-6, 1-0 Conference USA) trailed 50-41 with 6:22 left and began its comeback.
Two 3-pointers by Robert Nyakundi, the second with 3:08 left, brought SMU within 52-51.
Tulsa (7-9, 0-2) had a 55-51 lead with 1:26 showing, and London Giles hit two free throws for SMU.
Nyakundi led SMU scorers with 14 points and Giles added 11. Jordan Clarkson topped Tulsa with 14 points and Scottie Haralson had 11.
SMU had a 19-4 scoring advantage off turnovers.
The Mustangs are back in action Wednesday, Jan. 11 when they host Rice at Moody Coliseum. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m. and tickets can be purchased online at smumustangs.com/tickets.
SMU 57 at Tulsa 55
SMU Mustangs (9-6, 1-0 C-USA), Tulsa Golden Hurricane (7-9, 0-2 C-USA)
January 7, 2012
Donald W. Reynolds Center
Tulsa, Okla.
NEXT GAME
vs. Rice Owls
Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 7 p.m.
Radio: KAAM 770 AM
Audio & Video: SMUMustangs.com
TEAM NOTES
- Jeremiah Samarrippas hit a 17-foot jumper at the buzzer to win the game (straight away, just inside the top of the key)
- SMU won its first conference opener since joining C-USA (1-6)
- SMU has won 7 of its last 10
- SMU outscored Tulsa 19-4 in points off turnovers
- SMU had a season-low 7 turnovers and forced 17 Tulsa turnovers
- SMU held its opponent to 65 or less in regulation for the 14th time in 15 games. (scoring defense 58.5 entering game - 34th NCAA, 2nd C-USA)
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Robert Nyakundi
- Scored 14 points
- Has 1127 career points (28th at SMU)
- Scored 10+ points for 13th time this season
- Made 2 3FG
- Has 224 career 3FG (3rd at SMU)
- Is shooting a C-USA best 47.7% (41-86) this season
- Had 6 rebounds, averaging 5.8 per game
- Tied a season-high with 3 steals
London Giles
- Scored 11 points
- Scored 10+ points for 11th time this season
- Was 4-6 on FG
- Grabbed 4 rebounds
- Added a steal
Shawn Williams
- Had 7 points
- Grabbed 3 rebounds
- Added an assist
Jeremiah Samarrippas
- Had 4 assists (1 turnover)
- Now has 33 assists to 8 turnovers in his past 6 games (4.1 assist/TO ratio)
- Scored 8 points
- Tied a season-high with 4 rebounds
