Southern Methodist 75, Temple 52: Markus Kennedy and Shawn Williams each scored 14 points as the Mustangs improved to 12-0 at home.
Nic Moore and Keith Frazier each chipped in 11 points for Southern Methodist (18-5, 7-3 AAC) and Ben Moore added 10 points. Kennedy went 6-of-9 from the floor and had a team-high nine rebounds.
Dalton Pepper led Temple (6-15, 1-8) with 15 points and Anthony Lee recorded his 10th double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. The Owls, who fell to 0-5 in road conference games, got 10 points from Will Cummings.
Kennedy scored eight of SMU's first 10 points and the Mustangs never trailed. The teams went a combined 0-of-13 from the 3-point line until Pepper and Jimmy McDonnell hit late 3s to get Temple within 24-17 with five minutes left in the first half.
Frazier answered with SMU's only 3 of the first half as part of an 8-3 run en route to a 32-20 halftime lead and the Mustangs pulled away with a 18-6 spurt in the second half. Kennedy had the first four points of the run and Williams hit a jumper and a 3-pointer on consecutive possessions as SMU pushed the lead to 52-30 with 9:57 left.
GAME NOTEBOOK: SMU C Yanick Moreira saw his first action since Jan. 4, returning from a sprained MCL in his right knee, and had two points and four rebounds in eight minutes. ... The Mustangs started the week ranked third nationally in field-goal percentage defense (37.2 percent) and held Temple to 30.3 percent and a season-low 52 points. ... Kennedy and Williams went 9-of-16 in the first half for 19 points while the rest of the team shot 5-of-13 for 13 points.
Temple | Southern Methodist | |
Dalton Pepper 15 | Scoring | Markus Kennedy 14 |
Will Cummings 5 | Assists | Nic Moore 7 |
Anthony Lee 11 | Rebounds | Markus Kennedy 9 |
Will Cummings 2 | Free Throws Made | Markus Kennedy 2 |
Josh Brown 3 | Steals | Markus Kennedy 3 |
Anthony Lee 1 | Blocks | Ben Moore 3 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Temple | 52 | 30.3 | 5-24 | 7-11 | 11 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
Southern Methodist | 75 | 54.4 | 5-12 | 8-14 | 15 | 39 | 10 | 8 | 15 |