Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State
SMU
Fresno State Downs SMU
2/22/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 22, 2001
DALLAS (AP) - Melvin Ely scored 21 points and Fresno State used a 26-8 second half run Thursday night to defeat SMU 77-64.
Ely accounted for 12 of the points and Demetrius Porter added 10 during the run that began with 13:40 left and SMU leading 50-46.
Fresno State (21-5, 10-3 WAC) limited the Mustangs to 11-of-37 field goal shooting in the second half. SMU (18-9, 8-6) missed all 14 of its three-point attempts in the second half.
Porter finished with 19 points. Tito Maddox added 16 points off the bench.
SMU led 38-34 at the end of the first half. The Mustangs closed the period by outscoring Fresno State 28-15.
Jeryl Sasser led SMU with 19 points and a career-best 17 rebounds. He added four assists.
Damon Hancock led the Mustangs with 20 points, 16 of those in the first half.
Ely had 14 rebounds for the Bulldogs.
