(Sidney Hollingsworth/The Daily Campus)

The Mustangs are usually pretty strong at home, but they haven’t been able to win at Moody in three of their last four.

Saturday’s game against Marshall finished with a score of 73-68 in favor of the Thundering Herd. At the end of the first half on Saturday, the 14 total points that SMU had amounted made the game look like it might be another 28 point total for the Mustangs.

Fortunately SMU was able to find their shooting again in the second half, making 18-29 fields goals and improving SMU’s overall field goal percentage to an impressive 47.1 percent. Unfortunately, though, this second half rally was not enough against Marshall’s 73, and SMU recorded another home loss. The Mustangs are now 11-16 overall.

Conference play has been particularly tough for SMU this season. They have a 2-9 record against Conference USA teams.

This in-conference record puts the Mustangs in last place in C-USA standings. Saturday’s game did show that the Mustangs could turn around a sloppy performance, following a 14 point first half with a 48 point second.

This offensive explosion will hopefully carry over to the next game against Tulane and give the Mustangs some much-needed momentum.

After missing the UAB game with a concussion, junior guard London Giles played a great game and had an important role in SMU’s second half rally. Giles finished the game with 17 points on 6-8 shooting that included three 3-pointers.

This point total was a career high for Giles in conference play, and marked the 15th time he’s scored 10 points or more in a game this season.

Freshman guard Jalen Jones also had a big day, scoring 15 points on 6-8 shooting. Jones also added three rebounds and two steals. Sophomore forward Shawn Williams grabbed a career high 10 rebounds and scored two points as well.

SMU’s defense contained Marshall’s top scorer DeAndre Kane to 14 points on 5-14 shooting, but Marshall was able to score through other players.

Damier Pitts led the Herd in scoring with 20 points, 15 of which were off of threes. Dennis Tinnon also played well for Marshall, scoring 12 points with six boards.

The Mustang’s will have another chance to win at home against a 15-10 Tulane team on Wednesday. The game will tip-off at 7 p.m. at Moody Coliseum.