A balanced scoring effort buoyed by recent transfers Darius McNeill and Yor Anei pushed the Mustangs over Temple in its conference road opener on Wednesday afternoon, 79-71.
This marks the first conference road win for SMU after losing its last six matchups away from home to end last season.
After trailing by six points early on, SMU jumped out to an 11-point lead in the first half behind the shooting of McNeill and Emmanuel Bandoumel. Temple would prevent the Mustangs from blowing the game open, however, by holding the Mustangs scoreless for a four-minute stretch and closing the deficit to five points by halftime.