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SMU 49, Cal State Bakersfield 43
St. John's 95, Tulane 75
SMU 49, Cal State Bakersfield 43
DALLAS -- Shake Milton scored 10 of his 13 points in the second half and SMU rallied in the final five minutes Friday night to beat Cal State Bakersfield 49-43.
The Mustangs (5-3) went on a 12-0 run starting with Jarrey Foster's free throw at 5:28 and ending on Semi Ojeleye's free throw to make it 48-40 with 13 seconds left.
Milton's 3-pointer with 3:36 left gave SMU the lead for good at 43-40.
Sterling Brown added 10 points, Ojeleye had nine points and eight rebounds, and Ben Moore grabbed 12 boards to go with five points.
Cal State Bakersfield (5-4) trailed 29-24 early in the second half before taking the lead with an 8-0 run. The Roadrunners still led 40-36 on Jaylin Airington's 3-pointer with 5:49 left but missed their next 10 shots from the field.
Damiyne Durham led the Roadrunners with 14 points.
St. John's 95, Tulane 75
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Marcus LoVett hit 7 of 8 shots for 18 points and St. John's tied the school record with 16 3-pointers to race to a 95-75 win over Tulane on Friday night, ending a five-game losing streak.
Federico Mussini and Bashir Ahmed added 17 points apiece and Shamorie Ponds 15 for the Red Storm (3-5), who shot 55 percent (33 of 60) from the field and 13 of 15 from the foul line.
Tulane (1-7) shot a respectable 8 of 18 behind the arc (44 percent) but St. John's was 16 of 25, matching the record set on March 18, 2014, against Robert Morris.
The Red Storm made its first 3, missed its second and then reeled off nine in a row to lead 30-15. They led 51-32 at the half, making 11 of 14 behind the arc (79 percent) and 17 of 28 overall (61 percent).
Ahmed and Ponds had four 3s apiece, LoVett and Mussini three, combining to go 14 of 19.
Ryan Smith led Tulane with 17 points and Malik Morgan had 15.