College Basketball

Ben Moore, Sterling Brown lead No. 24 SMU past Tulane 74-53

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 8:34 p.m. ET

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DALLAS (AP) Ben Moore scored 16 points and Sterling Brown added 15 as No. 24 SMU beat Tulane 74-53 on Sunday.

The win moves SMU (24-4, 12-4) back into a first-place tie in the American Athletic Conference with Temple.

Malik Morgan had 15 points and Louis Dabney added 12 for Tulane (10-19, 3-13), which dropped into a last-place tie with East Carolina.

SMU trailed 33-32 with 17:21 remaining in the game when it went on an 11-0 run to move ahead for good. The Mustangs shot 64 percent in the second half after shooting only 37.9 percent during the first half. That allowed them to finish at 50 percent to equal their season average, which ranks sixth in NCAA Division I.