Box Score
Final Game Book 

DALLAS (SMU)- The SMU women's basketball team fell to Arkansas- Pine Bluff 78-76 on Monday night in Moody Coliseum.

Tiara Young led the Mustangs with 22 points, six rebounds, two assists, and two steals. Young has turned in double-digit scoring in each game this season and scored 20+ points for the fourth time. Chantae Embry reached double-digits for the fourth time this year with 17 points. Reagan Bradley scored nine points, passed out five assists, and grabbed three rebounds. 

TK Pitts scored seven points and tied her career-high with 10 rebounds. Amirah Abdur-Rahim scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds. Tamia Jones finished with four points, three assists, and many steals. Maya Chandler tallied five points, and Jessica Peterson grabbed three rebounds and finished with two points. 

Young drove and finished a bucket, and Chandler knocked down a three-pointer to counter a UAPB run in the fourth. Embry's third triple of the game brought the Mustangs within five with 49 seconds to play. Young hit back-to-back buckets and Pitts drew a foul going for a loose ball to get the Mustangs possession trailing by two with 12 seconds to play. SMU's tying bucket rimmed out, and UAPB made two free throws to lead by four with six seconds remaining.

Bradley knocked down a shot and a triple to get the scoring started for SMU out of the break. The Mustangs rattled off an 11-1 run over two minutes, starting with back-to-back triples from Embry. Jones dished to Embry, who scored her eighth point of the quarter, and Peterson drew a foul and knocked down both free throws to bring SMU within one at the end of the third quarter. 

Jones finished a driving layup off a turnover, and Abdur-Rahim scored a bucket to tie the game and spark an 8-0 run to begin the second quarter. Embry hit a step-back jump shot to end a 6-0 run from the Golden Lions. UAPB went on another run to take a 31-23 lead into halftime.

Young hit the first two shots of the game to get the Mustangs out to an early lead. Chandler finished on a drive to counter 11 unanswered from Arkansas-Pine Bluff to finish the first frame.

NEXT GAME
at Louisiana Tech – Thursday, Dec. 14 – 6 p.m.- Moody Coliseum
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NOTES

• Starters vs Arkansas- Pine Bluff: #0 Tamia Jones, #13 Reagan Bradley, #1 Tiara Young, #2 TK Pitts, #23 Amirah Abdur-Rahim—0-1 with this lineup.
• SMU is 3-5 overall.
• SMU made more three-point field goals than its opponent for the fifth time this season.
• SMU scored more bench points than its opponent for the fourth time this season.  

SERIES HISTORY
SMU is 4-1 all-time against Arkansas- Pine Bluff.
 
ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Tiara Young (#1 Gr., G)

• 22 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals
• Scored double-digit points in every game this season
• Scored 20+ points for the fourth time this season
• Recorded a season-high two steals

Reagan Bradley (#13, Gr., G)

• 9 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds

Chantae Embry (#33, Jr., F)

• 17 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal
• Scored a season-high 17 points
• Reached 300 career rebounds
• Scored double-digit points for the fourth time this season

TK Pitts (#2, So., G)

• 7 points, 10 rebounds, 1 steal
• Tied a career-high with 10 rebounds

Amirah Abdur-Rahim (#23, Sr., F)

• 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists
• Tied a career-high two assists

Tamia Jones (#0, Sr., G)

• 4 points, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 rebound
• Recorded 3+ steals for the sixth time this season