SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) - Nick Russell scored 25 points and Jalen Jones added 24 points as SMU held on for a 78-75 victory over Texas State on Saturday night.
SMU (3-0) maintained its focus at the free-throw line most of the night, converting 24 of 28 attempts.
Jones also contributed eight rebounds. Teammate Ryan Manuel scored 14 points and pulled down seven rebounds.
Texas State (2-1) was led by Joel Wright, who scored 28 points. Wesley Davis scored 14 points and came up with four steals.
SMU held a 14-10 advantage in second-chance points and a 10-8 edge in fast-break points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Southern Methodist (3-0) « | 39 | 39 | 78 |
| Texas State-San Marcos (2-1) | 32 | 43 | 75 |
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| Southern Methodist Mustangs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Williams, F | 13 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| N. Russell, G | 38 | 9-18 | 7-8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 |
| R. Manuel, G | 37 | 4-9 | 6-6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| C. Cunningham, G | 36 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Jones, G | 31 | 8-13 | 8-10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Giles | 24 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| U. Ofoegbu | 14 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| B. Bernardi | 7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Totals | 26-53 | 24-28 | 36 | 6 | 21 | 78 | |
| 49.1% | 85.7% | ||||||
| Texas State-San Marcos Bobcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Wright, F | 29 | 10-17 | 8-8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 28 |
| R. Koenen, F | 21 | 2-11 | 4-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| M. Staff, F | 19 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| W. Davis, G | 31 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| V. Jones, G | 17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Hawkins | 24 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| C. Stern | 20 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| D. Richardson | 18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| N. Hinton | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| R. Dorsey | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Jones | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Brown II | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-65 | 17-20 | 33 | 10 | 21 | 75 | |
| 40% | 85% | ||||||
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