Feb. 17, 2010

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DALLAS (AP) -- Derek Williams scored 20 points and SMU pulled away late to defeat Rice 67-57 Wednesday night.

Mouhammad Faye added 15 points for the Mustangs (12-13, 5-6 Conference USA), who ended the game with a 12-2 run.

Lucas Kuipers scored 19 points and Connor Frizzelle had 16 for the Owls (8-17, 1-10).

After a 3-pointer by Kuipers and a layup by Frizzelle tied the score at 55 with 4:02 to play, SMU responded with 12 straight points. Faye and Williams each scored five points during the run. Trey Stanton hit a jumper with 12 seconds left for Rice to make the final margin 10.

The Mustangs led 34-31 at halftime and increased their advantage to eight before the Owls rallied to briefly take a 48-47 advantage, their only lead of the second half.

SMU Postgame Notes - February 17, 2010
Conference USA Game
at SMU 67, Rice 57
SMU Mustangs (12-13, 5-6 C-USA), Rice Owls (8-17, 1-10 C-USA)
Moody Coliseum
Dallas, Texas

NEXT GAME: SMU attempts to complete a regular season-sweep of the Memphis Tigers, as they visit the FedEx Forum in Memphis on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. The Mustangs will also face East Carolina, on a CBS College Sports broadcast before returning home on Saturday, Feb. 27, as they take on Houston at 7 p.m.

TEAM
-16 team assists set a season high for a Conference USA game.
-Held Rice to 57 points, holding them 7.7 points below their scoring average. SMU has held opponents below their scoring average in 10 of their 11 C-USA games, and are holding opponents to 14.5 points below their average.
-SMU has won 5 of the last 6 meetings against Rice, and completes a regular-season sweep of the Owls for 2009-10.

INDIVIDUAL

Papa Dia
-Reached double figures for the 18th time this season and 36th time of his career. He now has scored 10+ points in 15 of his last 18 games.

Mouhammad Faye
-Scored 15 points, his seventh 15+ point scoring game of the season and 12th of his career.
-Reached double figures in points for the 12th time this season and 24th time of his career. This is his third straight game reaching double figures.

Robert Nyakundi
-Scored in double-digits for the sixth time this season and the 14th time of his career.

Derek Williams
-Scored his 800th career point tonight, making him just the 18th Mustang to have at least 800 points in any two-year span.
-20 pts give him his 10th 20+ point scoring game of the season and 11th of his career. He has scored 20+ in six of his 11 C-USA games this season.
-This is his 16th 15+ point scoring game of the season and 25th of his career. He has scored 15+ in five of his last six games.
-Played 40 minutes tonight, his seventh 40 minute game this season. He has ten straight games with 35+ minutes played, and 14 of the last 15.
-With 4 assists and no turnovers, now has an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.63 in C-USA play.
-Scored 8 or more points in every game this season, and has scored 8+ in 29 straight games, dating back to last season
-This is the fourth time in 11 C-USA games that Williams has reached double-figures in the first half alone.
-Scored in double-digits for the 21st time this season and 42nd time in his career. He has scored 10+ points in 20 of his last 22 games.