National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Southern Methodist 71, Yale 69
When: 4:30 PM ET, Sunday, November 22, 2015
Where: Moody Coliseum, Abilene, Texas
Officials: # Brent Hampton, # Mike Roberts, # Michael Stephens
Attendance: 6852

Southern Methodist handed Yale its first loss of the season 71-69 thanks to a 14-2 second-half run at University Park, Texas on Sunday.

SMU (3-0) trailed by 10 early in the second half, but climbed to a six-point lead during the run which ended on a thunderous alley-oop dunk by guard Keith Frazier. The dunk gave the Mustangs a 57-51 lead with 7:24 left.

Forward Justin Sears delivered a dunk for Yale (3-1) to cut the SMU lead to 68-66 with nine seconds to play.

A 3-pointer by Sears made it a one-point game at 70-69 with two seconds left, but the Mustangs never trailed in the final nine minutes.

Forward Jordan Tolbert, a senior transfer from Texas Tech, led SMU with 17 points and was a major factor inside and at the free-throw line (7-of-11) during the second half. It was Tolbert' s alley-oop dunk with 1:05 left for a 68-61 lead that sent the Moody Coliseum crowd into a frenzy a second time.

Guard Makai Mason led Yale with 24 points on 7-of-14 shooting. Mason scored 16 of his points in the first half as Yale started strong and led 17-9 seven minutes into the game.

SMU briefly reclaimed the lead with the help of 10 points and six rebounds by forward Markus Kennedy, but Yale held the same eight-point advantage, 40-32, at halftime.

Kennedy finished with 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Top Game Performances
 
Yale   Southern Methodist
Makai Mason 24 Scoring Jordan Tolbert 17
Makai Mason 7 Assists Keith Frazier 4
Brandon Sherrod 7 Rebounds Markus Kennedy 13
Makai Mason 7 Free Throws Made Jordan Tolbert 7
Brandon Sherrod 3 Steals Markus Kennedy 2
Nick Victor 3 Blocks Keith Frazier 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Yale 69 44.2 9-20 14-24 14 29 6 9 16
Southern Methodist 71 50.0 1-9 14-22 15 31 3 10 12