HOUSTON (AP) - Ryan Manuel scored 16 points, Jalen Jones added 15 and SMU rolled to a 61-39 victory Saturday night over cold-shooting Rice.
Manuel was 6 of 9 from the floor, and Jones was 6 of 8, for the Mustangs (13-12, 3-7 Conference USA), who also got 12 points from Nick Russell, plus 13 rebounds and six blocks from Cannen Cunningham. SMU took control with a 24-7 run that spanned parts of both halves, then went on to lead by as many as 24.
Julian DeBose had 14 points for the Owls (5-18, 1-8), who lost their third straight. Rice shot just 20 percent from the floor, made only 10 field goals - including a 4-of-26 performance inside the 3-point line - and was outrebounded 40-30.
Rice's Tamir Jackson, who scored 11 points, reached 1,500 for his career on a free throw with 13:19 left in the game.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Southern Methodist (13-12) « | 26 | 35 | 61 |
| Rice (5-18) | 17 | 22 | 39 |
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| Southern Methodist Mustangs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Williams, F | 38 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| C. Cunningham, C | 37 | 2-7 | 2-5 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| N. Russell, G | 36 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| R. Manuel, G | 35 | 6-9 | 4-4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| J. Jones, G | 24 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Bernardi | 20 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| U. Ofoegbu | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Wilson | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-45 | 11-15 | 40 | 12 | 15 | 61 | |
| 48.9% | 73.3% | ||||||
| Rice Owls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Firozgary, F | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| M. Guercy, G | 39 | 2-12 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| T. Jackson, G | 38 | 2-16 | 6-7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| J. DeBose, G | 35 | 4-10 | 4-5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| A. Ramljak, G | 19 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Wilson | 26 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Washington | 24 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Peera | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Franshaw | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 10-51 | 13-16 | 30 | 7 | 15 | 39 | |
| 19.6% | 81.3% | ||||||
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