PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) - Leroy Isler and Will Neighbour scored 15 points each to lead Arkansas-Little Rock to a 69-56 win over SMU on Saturday night in a semifinal game at the Hoops for Hope Classic.
Isler was 4 of 8 from the field and had seven rebounds. Neighbour was 6 of 9 from the field and had seven rebounds.
James White added 12 points.
SMU had a 33-32 lead at halftime, but Arkansas-Little Rock shot 50 percent from the field for the game. SMU shot 36.7 percent.
Shawn Williams scored 15 and had 10 rebounds for the Mustangs (5-1). London Giles scored 12 points from 3-point range. Cannen Cunningham scored 11, and Nick Russell added 10.
The game was the third of the four-game event. Arkansas-Little Rock (4-2) will play South Carolina on Sunday. SMU will play Missouri State.
SMU entered the game with their best start since beginning 10-0 in the 1997-98.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Arkansas-Little Rock (4-2) « | 32 | 37 | 69 |
| Southern Methodist (5-1) | 33 | 23 | 56 |
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| Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Neighbour, F | 30 | 6-9 | 1-4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| J. White, F | 29 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| M. Javes, F | 21 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| L. Isler, G | 30 | 4-8 | 5-6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| J. Gillon, G | 27 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Lockhart | 25 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| B. Dillard | 19 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Hagins | 16 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| K. Osse | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Billings | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-50 | 11-19 | 27 | 17 | 21 | 69 | |
| 50% | 57.9% | ||||||
| Southern Methodist Mustangs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Williams, F | 35 | 4-7 | 6-6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| C. Cunningham, C | 36 | 4-6 | 3-6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| N. Russell, G | 39 | 4-16 | 2-3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| R. Manuel, G | 34 | 1-11 | 3-6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Jones, G | 13 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Giles | 24 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| B. Bernardi | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Dickerson | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-50 | 14-24 | 34 | 9 | 20 | 56 | |
| 36% | 58.3% | ||||||
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