Box Score

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- David Collins scored 21 points and Malik Martin scored 15 and South Florida ended the regular season with a 65-54 win over SMU on Sunday.

South Florida (10-21, 3-15), with a two-game win streak, enters the American Athletic Conference Tournament as the 12th seed which starts Thursday in Orlando, Florida. SMU (16-15, 6-12) will be seeded ninth, facing off against eighth-seeded UConn at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 8. The shorthanded Mustangs now have dropped three straight. SMU only had seven scholarship players available on Sunday.

The Bulls trailed 27-22 at halftime before going on a 16-4 run to start the second half and led the rest of the way. South Florida later put together an 11-4 run and led 55-42 on Collins' layup with seven minutes left. Stephan Jiggets scored 14 points and Terrence Samuel grabbed 12 rebounds and distributed five assists. USF hit 50 percent of its 3-point attempts (5-of-10) over the final 20 minutes to comeback. Meanwhile, SMU hit just 4-of-27 tries from behind the arc as shots would not fall for the Mustangs. 

Freshman Ethan Chargois led SMU with 15 points, sophomore Jimmy Whitt scored 14 and senior Ben Emelogu II grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds.