SMU rallies

HOUSTON — Semi Ojeleye had 18 of his 22 points in the second half and No. 19 SMU rallied to beat Houston 76-66.

Ojeleye also had nine rebounds, and the Mustangs have won 10 consecutive and 20 out of 21.

Ben Moore had 18 points and 13 rebounds, Sterling Brown had 16 points and Jarrey Foster added 10 points for SMU (24-4, 14-1), which shot 46 percent, including 56 percent in the second half.

Rob Gray Jr. had 23 points to lead Houston (18-8, 9-5), which ended a five-game winning streak. Damyean Dotson had 19 points, and Galen Robinson Jr. added 11 points for the Cougars.

In other games involving AAC men’s teams Saturday, Jacob Evans III scored 13 of his 17 points while Cincinnati took control in the first half, and the 18th-ranked Bearcats pulled away to an 80-60 victory over Tulsa. Kyle Washington added 18 points for Cincinnati (243, 13-1). Junior Etou scored 22 points for Tulsa (12-14, 6-8). … Nick Banyard scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Matt Williams added 15 points and Central Florida (17-10, 8-7) closed on an 11-2 run to cap a 61-58 comeback victory over East Carolina. Michel Nzege had 11 points for East Carolina (12-15, 4-10). … Melvin Frazier scored a season-high 27 points and Tulane (5-21, 2-12) strengthened its hold on the 10th and final berth in the AAC tournament by completing its first regular-season series sweep of South Florida 94-71. Geno Thorpe scored 22 points to pace South Florida (7-19, 1-14).