SMU forward Haley Day drives to the basket during Wednesday night’s game against Tulsa. SMU won the game 71-52 (SPENCER EGGERS/The Daily Campus)

The SMU women’s basketball team gave Tulsa a short lived false security last night when allowing the Golden Hurricane to obtain an early 6-0 lead in the their last regular season game at Moody Coliseum.
 

The Mustangs then took control on the court and lead by three with over 16 minutes left in the first half.
 

The rest of the half SMU maintained their lead, leading by 14 points at the most.
 

The Mustangs finished 19 points ahead of the Golden Hurricane.
 

The Mustangs lead the way into the locker room with a score of 38, 26.  
 

As predicated by SMU head coach Rhonda Rompola, the women relied heavily on the use of three-point shots.
 

The successful use of these outside shots allowed for SMU to earn and keep the lead during pivotal points in the game.
 

SMU completed five three-point shots in the first half alone out of the eleven shots taken.
Tulsa completed three and attempted eight.
 

SMU and Tulsa last met on Golden Hurricane’s home court in Tulsa, Okla.
 

SMU fell short by just three points, 57-54. Prior to last night’s game, Tulsa had a Conference USA record of 6-9 and SMU had a record of 9-6.
 

“Our offense was not sync at Tulsa,” Rompola, speaking about February’s game, said.

“They [Tulsa] played a lot of man, which allowed BG [Brittany Gilliam] to go in and create more.”
 

Tulsa started the second half off with some pep and briefly dropped the Mustang lead to eight.
 

SMU soon found their stride once again and was up by 15 with 15 minutes left in the game.
 

SMU continued the lead all the way to the buzzer with a final score of 71-52.
 

This season SMU has had consistency from the same players, Brittany Gilliam leading the team with 19 points and Haley Day, in second, with 11 points.
 

Heidi Brandenburg, who had only averaged about two points a game this season and had only played 201 minutes as of Feb. 27, not only started but also added 9 to the Mustang score.  
 

Jillian Samuels added 11 last night and Alisha Filmore added 12.  
 

“That just shows what we have done to help this program out all in all, we’re just winners. We all like to win,” said Gilliam, at the conclusion of Senior Night. This is the 82 win for the senior class.
 

SMU has earned a bye for the first round of post season, at this time; it is not determined who they will play first.
 

The C-USA tournament will take place in Tulsa, Okla. and runs from March 8 -12.