Senior guard Aliaksei Patsevich looks for an opening during Sunday afternoon’s game against Georgia Southern University. (Spencer J Eggers/The Daily Campus)

The SMU men’s basketball team defeated Georgia Southern 55-49 Sunday afternoon at Moody Coliseum.

The Mustangs started the first half with a 7-0 lead.

Georgia Southern caught up with the Mustang taking a 27-18 lead before halftime.

The Mustangs opened up the second leading with 15 points.

Sophomore guard Jeremiah Samarrippas scored a bucket that advanced the mustang lead 42-27. Samarrippas finished the game with a season high of seven assists.

Georgia Southern cut the Mustang’s lead to 51-49 after GSU’s Jelani Hewitt shot the ball within the three-point line. The Mustangs scored the final four points of the game to secure the 55-49 victory.

Freshman center Cannen Cunningham let the Mustangs with 18 points, one assist, two blocks and one steal.

Junior guard London Giles trailed with 14 point and four rebound. Giles has scored in double figures in every game this season.

Senior forward Robert Nyakundi finished with 11 points. Nyakundi marked his 1,000 career point and connected on his 200th three-point field goal during the contest.

In all the Mustangs finished with a season-high rebound margin pulling down 36 boards to GSU’s 25 rebounds.

The Mustangs advanced their season record 4-3 and perfected their 3-0 record at Moody Coliseum.

The Mustangs travel to Little Rock, Ark Sunday to take on the Arkansas-Little rock at 2 p.m.