KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) - Mike Powell made 3 of 3 from 3-point range, 7 of 7 from the foul line and scored 18 points to lead Rhode Island to a 72-50 victory against SMU on Saturday.
Andre Malone had 15 points, Nikola Malesevic 12 and Xavier Munford 11 for the Rams (3-8), who had been 1-3 at home.
Jalen Jones and Ryan Manuel scored 14 apiece for SMU (8-2), which had won three in a row.
Holding a 36-35 advantage 4:08 into the second half, Rhode Island scored six consecutive points and built the lead to 57-43 with 8:57 remaining on 3-pointers from Malesevic and Powell.
SMU trailed 29-27 at the break in a close first half in which the biggest lead was six points, 26-20 in the Rams' favor with 3:11 left.
SMU turned the ball over 22 times to Rhode Island's 11, and the Rams had 12 steals.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Southern Methodist (8-2) | 27 | 23 | 50 |
| Rhode Island (3-7) « | 29 | 43 | 72 |
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| Southern Methodist Mustangs | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| S. Williams, F | 35 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| C. Cunningham, C | 21 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| N. Russell, G | 39 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Jones, G | 37 | 6-8 | 2-2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| R. Manuel, G | 35 | 4-8 | 5-9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| L. Giles, G | 18 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| B. Bernardi, G | 8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U. Ofoegbu, F | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 19-44 | 9-13 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 50 | |
| 43.2% | 69.2% | ||||||
| Rhode Island Rams | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| N. Malesevic, F | 30 | 4-8 | 1-1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| J. Hare, F | 21 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| A. Malone, G | 37 | 5-11 | 1-1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| M. Powell, G | 35 | 4-5 | 7-7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| X. Munford, G | 27 | 5-12 | 1-1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| T. Buchanan, G | 20 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Aaman, F | 12 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| A. Bigby, G-F | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Brooks, F | 7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 25-51 | 12-14 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 72 | |
| 49.0% | 85.7% | ||||||
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