DALLAS (AP) – Nic Moore scored 18 points, and No. 21 SMU rallied from 10 points down in the second half to beat Temple 67-58 Thursday night, snapping the Owls’ seven-game winning streak.
Ryan Manuel hit a tying 3-pointer and added another to cap a 7-0 run that broke a 52-52 tie and sent the American Athletic Conference-leading Mustangs (22-5, 13-2 AAC) to their 20th win in 22 games. The Mustangs outscored the Owls 15-6 in the final four minutes.
Will Cummings had 14 points to lead Temple (19-8, 10-4), which was trying to answer a home loss to SMU last month but instead shot 29 percent after halftime to lose its lead.
With most of the crowd missing because of an early start at normally raucous Moody Coliseum, the Mustangs trailed by as many as nine points in the first half. They were down 39-29 in the second half when the Mustangs got the late-arriving fans going.
Moore hit a jumper and stole the ball from Jesse Morgan near midcourt, feeding Sterling Brown to get the Mustangs within 39-36.