DALLAS (AP) - Ryan Manuel had 24 points and 11 rebounds and Cannen Cunningham added 20 points to lead SMU to an 83-70 victory against Rider in a Hoops for Hope Classic game on Wednesday night.
Jalen Jones scored 15 points and Nick Russell 12 for the Mustangs (5-0), who under first-year coach Larry Brown are off to their best start since 1997-98, when they won their first 10 games.
Anthony Myles had 19 points and Nurideen Lindsey 14 for the Broncs (2-3).
The Mustangs finished 8 for 11 (72.7 percent) from 3-point range, a Moody Coliseum record.
The Hoops for Hope Classic continues this weekend in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where Rider faces Jacksonville on Friday and SMU plays Arkansas-Little Rock on Saturday.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Rider (2-3) | 34 | 36 | 70 |
| Southern Methodist (5-0) « | 38 | 45 | 83 |
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| Rider Broncs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Stewart, F | 35 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| J. Fortunat, C | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Thompson, G | 36 | 3-11 | 2-3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| N. Lindsey, G | 30 | 4-8 | 5-8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| A. Myles, G | 29 | 6-11 | 6-9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Valentine | 25 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| T. Pereira | 13 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Z. Sadler | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Nwaniemeka | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Nd-Ezuma | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-53 | 17-24 | 23 | 10 | 22 | 70 | |
| 41.5% | 70.8% | ||||||
| Southern Methodist Mustangs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Williams, F | 35 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| C. Cunningham, C | 32 | 8-10 | 3-4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| R. Manuel, G | 38 | 6-9 | 11-12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
| N. Russell, G | 38 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| J. Jones, G | 31 | 2-6 | 11-12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Giles | 16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Dickerson | 6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| B. Bernardi | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| K. Dunleavy Jr. | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U. Ofoegbu | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Wilson | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-42 | 27-34 | 32 | 14 | 17 | 83 | |
| 57.1% | 79.4% | ||||||
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