Feb. 28, 2009

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DALLAS (AP) - Ray Reese scored 24 points to lead Tulsa to a 74-64 comeback win over SMU on Saturday night. Paul McCoy scored 16 points to lead SMU (8-19, 2-12 Conference USA). Mouhammad Faye and Bamba Fall scored 12 apiece, and Derek Williams had 10.

McCoy led the Mustangs in scoring for the 12th time this season, tying the SMU record for games led by a freshman. He matched the mark established by Jeryl Sasser in 1997-98.

Ben Uzoh added 20 points for the Golden Hurricane (20-9, 10-4 Conference USA), and Justin Hurtt had 15. Jerome Jordan scored seven points and grabbed 13 rebounds.

SMU led 38-29 at halftime before being outscored 45-26 in the second half. Tulsa dominated the boards, outrebounding SMU 44-29. Robert Nyakundi had a team-high for SMU with six rebounds. Faye and Fall had five boards each. Fall now has 555 career rebounds and moved up to 23rd all-time at SMU. He also had two blocks in the game.

Williams had a game-high five assists for the Mustangs with two assists and has 14 assists against six turnovers in the last three games. He also had two steals.

The Golden Hurricane won the game despite shooting 37 percent from the field. SMU shot 44 percent.

SMU is back in action on Wednesday when it hosts Southern Miss at Moody Coliseum at 7 p.m. That is senior night for Fall, which will be honored in a pregame ceremony.