DALLAS — Bamba Fall, a 7-foot-1 center, had 13 points and 11 rebounds to help lead SMU to a 70-67 win over Colorado on Monday night.
Derek Williams led the Mustangs (5-7) with 14 points.
Colorado cut SMU’s lead to 69-67 with five seconds left.
Cory Higgins fouled Fall, who made one of his two free throws. CU’s Nate Tomlinson missed a 3-pointer as time ran out that would have tied the game.
Paul McCoy scored 11 for SMU, and Mouhammad Faye had 10.
Dwight Thorne II led Colorado (7-6) with 18 points. Austin Dufault had 13, Higgins 11, and Jermyl Jackson-Wilson and Tomlinson each scored 10.
Colorado led 33-32 at the half, but SMU used a 9-3 run to start the second half to take the lead for good.
COLORADO (7-6)
Jackson-Wilson 4-6 2-2 10, Dufault 5-9 2-2 13, Tomlinson 4-11 0-1 10, Higgins 3-7 4-4 11, Thorne II 6-12 2-2 18, Kelley 0-0 0-0 0, Knutson 0-2 0-0 0, Crawford 2-6 0-0 5. Totals 24-53 10-11 67.
SMU (5-7)
Faye 2-8 5-7 10, Otis 0-0 0-1 0, Fall 3-7 7-10 13, Williams 3-8 6-6 14, McCoy 4-11 2-4 11, Malone 1-2 0-0 2, Walker 3-7 0-0 9, Nyakundi 2-5 0-0 4, Harp 0-0 0-0 0, Dia 3-3 1-1 7. Totals 21-51 21-29 70.
Halftime — Colorado 33-32. 3-point goals — Colorado 9-24 (Thorne II 4-7, Tomlinson 2-7, Higgins 1-3, Dufault 1-3, Crawford 1-4), SMU 7-20 (Walker 3-6, Williams 2-5, Faye 1-3, McCoy 1-5, Nyakundi 0-1). Fouled out — Crawford, Higgins, Jackson-Wilson. Rebounds — Colorado 27 (Dufault 7), SMU 38 (Fall 11). Assists — Colorado 16 (Higgins 6), SMU 13 (McCoy, Williams 4). Total fouls — Colorado 23, SMU 13. Technical — Dia. A — 2,163.
