DALLAS (AP) - Shawn Williams scored 17 points and Cannen Cunningham added 13 points and 13 rebounds to lead SMU to a 67-55 victory against Rice on Wednesday night.
Nick Russell had 13 points for the Mustangs (14-14, 4-9 Conference USA), who shot 57 percent from the floor and enjoyed a 40-23 rebounding edge.
Tamir Jackson scored 20 points and Max Guercy 16 for the Owls (5-22, 1-12), who lost their seventh straight.
Rice was on an uphill climb for much of the game, thanks to a first-half stretch of 6:48 in which it didn't score. SMU led 35-20 at the break.
It was the Mustangs' final home game in Moody Coliseum, as it is currently constructed. The 57-year-old facility is undergoing a $47 million renovation that is scheduled to be complete by next season, when SMU begins play in the Big East.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Rice (5-22) | 20 | 35 | 55 |
| Southern Methodist (14-14) « | 35 | 32 | 67 |
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| Rice Owls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Wilson, F | 16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| J. DeBose, G | 40 | 3-11 | 1-2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| A. Ramljak, G | 38 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| T. Jackson, G | 36 | 8-26 | 1-4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| M. Guercy, G | 27 | 4-9 | 6-7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Firozgary | 20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| D. Peera | 15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| E. Franshaw | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-58 | 8-13 | 23 | 12 | 24 | 55 | |
| 32.8% | 61.5% | ||||||
| Southern Methodist Mustangs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Williams, F | 40 | 7-11 | 2-4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| C. Cunningham, C | 40 | 2-4 | 9-14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| N. Russell, G | 29 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| L. Giles, G | 24 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Jones, G | 20 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Manuel | 35 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| B. Bernardi | 11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| K. Dunleavy Jr. | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-37 | 21-30 | 40 | 13 | 17 | 67 | |
| 56.8% | 70% | ||||||
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