DALLAS (SMU) – The SMU women's basketball team scored a season-high 86 points in its win against Arkansas-Pine Bluff Tuesday night in Moody Coliseum.
Jasmine Smith and
Kayla White led the offensive attack, each finishing with a career-high 25 points.
With 21 points, her previous career high, Smith made a pair of free throws to pass her previous career high. She went to the line again with 24 seconds left to get to 25. White scored her 23rd point of the game with 3:15 left in the fourth quarter, eclipsing her previous career high of 22 points, scored at Rice as a freshman on Dec. 15, 2018.
Savannah Wilkinson poster her seventh double-double of the season with 18 points and a game-high 11 rebounds in the 86-74 victory. SMU shot 42.0 percent (29-of-69) from the field, and made 5-of-13 3-point attempts 38.5 percent. The Mustangs went 23-for-31 at the free throw line, with Wilkinson going 8-for-9 at the stripe.
The Mustangs eclipsed 20 points in each of the last three quarters to pull away for the double-digit victory.
Danielle Sanderlin finished with eight points, and
Keyanna Warthen pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds.
UAPB (4-6) was led by Kaila Walker with 15 points, and five players scored at least 10 points. As a team, the Lady Lions shot 41.8 percent (28-of-69) and made six 3-pointers.
SMU finished the non-conference schedule with a 5-6 record and starts American Athletic Conference play Saturday against ECU at home at 2 p.m.