SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Jalen Jones had 19 points and nine rebounds to lead SMU to a 67-52 victory against Alcorn State on Saturday night in the third-place game of the Cable Car Classic.
Nick Russell added 14 points and Shawn Williams 12 for the Mustangs (9-4).
Marquiz Baker scored 24 points for the Braves (2-11), but he shot just 7 of 20 from the floor, including 4 of 15 from 3-point range.
SMU - which shot 52.4 percent (22 of 42) from the floor, outrebounded Alcorn State 35-23 and enjoyed a 34-16 scoring edge in the paint - led 33-23 at halftime and built the cushion to 18 points in the second half. The Mustangs made 20 of 21 (95.2 percent) free-throw attempts, the sixth-best percentage in school history.
The Braves shot just 32.7 percent (16 of 49) from the field.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Southern Methodist (9-4) « | 33 | 34 | 67 |
| Alcorn State (2-11) | 23 | 29 | 52 |
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| Southern Methodist Mustangs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Williams, F | 40 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| C. Cunningham, C | 29 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| J. Jones, G | 38 | 6-11 | 7-8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| R. Manuel, G | 36 | 0-2 | 8-8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| N. Russell, G | 24 | 6-9 | 1-1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Giles | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| U. Ofoegbu | 12 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| B. Bernardi | 8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 22-42 | 20-21 | 35 | 13 | 12 | 67 | |
| 52.4% | 95.2% | ||||||
| Alcorn State Braves | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| I. Francis, F | 35 | 3-6 | 2-7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| M. Starks, F | 18 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Baker, G | 36 | 7-20 | 6-6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| L. Luckett, G | 32 | 1-5 | 3-6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| A. Nieves, G | 24 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Evans | 29 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| J. Nicholas | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Raquil | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| T. Birdie | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Hunt | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Hester | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Myles | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-49 | 13-21 | 23 | 7 | 17 | 52 | |
| 32.7% | 61.9% | ||||||
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