The Mustangs men’s basketball team traveled to Little Rock, Ark. to take on the Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans Saturday.

Junior London Giles helped lead the Mustangs to a 69-63 overtime victory. Giles scored a career high 19 points. Giles shot 4-of-6 from beyond the three point arch. The Trojans (2-6) have now lost their fifth consecutive game as the Mustangs advance to a record of 5-3.

Early on Arkansas-Little Rock jumped out to a 19-5 lead capitalizing on a 17-0 run. By the end of the half the Mustangs were able to cut the lead to a manageable six points.

 “We chipped it away to six at half, we were confident and we believed we would win the game in the locker room,” Coach Matt Doherty said.

That confidence was evident coming out of half time when Giles hit two three pointers to spark the Mustangs to an 11-0 run that put them up 35-32. D’Andre Williams led the Trojans scoring 21 points and Will Neighbour trailed behind socring 15 points.

In overtime Giles hit a three pointer on an assist from Cannen Cunningham to go up 59-58. Robert Nyakundi fueled the overtime scoring nine of his 15 total points in overtime. Jeremiah Samarrippas also scored 12 points while adding six assists and three rebounds.

“It was a team effort, it’s a phrase that people get tired of hearing of but we talk about playing good team basketball,” Doh said.

The Mustangs 14 point comeback ties for the eighth largest in SMU history, but is only the second this year.

The Mustangs will have 11 days off until their next game against Jackson State in the inaugural Dallas Classic help at Ellis Davis Fieldhouse.