Cincinnati and SMU picked up home victories in American Athletic Conference men's basketball action on Thursday, November 18.

Thursday, November 18
Cincinnati 79, Presbyterian 45 - Box Score
SMU 78, Southeastern Louisiana 61 - Box Score
Clemson 75, Temple 48 - Box Score
Oklahoma 79, East Carolina 74 - Box Score

Cincinnati 79, Presbyterian 45 - Box Score
CINCINNATI (AP) — Jeremiah Davenport registered 16 points as Cincinnati easily beat Presbyterian 79-45 on Thursday night.

Viktor Lakhin had 10 points for Cincinnati (4-0), which won its fourth consecutive game to start the season. Mika Adams-Woods added six rebounds. Abdul Ado had 4 points and five blocks.

Rayshon Harrison had 16 points for the Blue Hose (2-2). Winston Hill added 11 points.

SMU 78, Southeastern Louisiana 61 - Box Score
DALLAS (AP) — Kendric Davis had 25 points as SMU topped Southeastern Louisiana 78-61 on Thursday night.

Davis hit 10 of 12 free throws.

Marcus Weathers had 15 points and 12 rebounds for SMU (3-1). Zhuric Phelps added 10 points. Emmanuel Bandoumel had six rebounds.

Jalyn Hinton had 21 points and 10 rebounds for the Lions (2-2). Keon Clergeot added 14 points. Gus Okafor had 12 points and 12 rebounds.

Clemson 75, Temple 48 - Box Score
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Nick Honor scored 19 points on a perfect shooting night and Clemson pulled away with a big surge surrounding halftime to defeat Temple 75-48 in the Charleston Classic on Thursday.

The Tigers (4-0) earned a date with No. 22 St. Bonaventure in the semifinals on Friday.

Clemson was up two with less than five minutes to go in the first half but closed on a 10-0 run. Ian Schieffelin opened it with a 3-pointer, Hunter Tyson closed with a 3 and David Collins scored the four points in the middle.

Collins and Honor scored the first two buckets of the second half in less than two minutes. Later Tyson, Al-Amir Dawes and Honor hit consecutive triples for a 53-30 lead.

Clemson ended up 11 of 21 behind the arc and shot 54.5% overall. Honor was 7-for-7 shooting with four 3s and made his only free throw. PJ Hall scored 13 points and Tyson 10.

Tai Strickland scored 16 points and Damian Dunn 13 for the Owls (1-2), who will play Boise State on Friday.

Temple only went 4 of 20 from 3-point range and shot 36% overall.

Clemson won the 2008 Charleston Classic and to get there, the Tigers would have to beat the Bonnies, which would be their 100th against a ranked team.

Oklahoma 79, East Carolina 74 - Box Score
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Jordan Goldwire and Umoja Gibson each scored 13 points and Oklahoma beat East Carolina 79-74 on Thursday night in the Myrtle Beach Invitational.

Tristen Newton’s 3-pointer pulled the Pirates to 77-74 with 13 seconds left, their closest margin since the opening minute of the second half. Goldwire sealed it with two free throws.

Tanner Groves and Jalen Hill added 12 points apiece for Oklahoma (3-0). Elijah Harkless had 10 points. They combined for 17 of the Sooners’ 31 rebounds.

Gibson made three 3-pointers while five others made one apiece for the Sooners, who shot 52% (25 of 48) overall.

Groves opened the second half with a three-point play, sparking a 22-6 run that stretched the Sooners’ one-point halftime lead to 61-49, their largest advantage of the game. Harkless added seven points during the stretch.

Newton scored 18 points to lead East Carolina (3-1). Brandon Suggs added 14 points and Tremont Robinson-White had 12.

It was the first meeting between the teams, and Oklahoma’s first in the invitational.