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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Southern Methodist 75, Temple 52
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, February 6, 2014
Where: Moody Coliseum, Abilene, Texas
Officials: # Doug Shows, # Pat Driscoll, # Duke Edsall
Attendance: 6852


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.

Top Game Performances
 
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 Stats Summary
 
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