DALLAS (AP) — Boopie Miller scored 21 points with seven assists, BJ Edwards had 17 points and SMU beat UNC-Greensboro 81-68 on Monday night.

Miller scored 13 points in the second half and the Mustangs (3-0) pushed a six-point halftime lead to 14 points at halftime. After an unusual stretch of nearly five minutes in which all 14 points were scored at the free throw line, Malik Henry dunked to put Greensboro up 65-54.

Ronald Polite III added a layup for the Spartans before Samet Yigitoglu’s free throw started an 11-3 run, capped by an Edwards 3-pointer, to put the Mustangs up 78-59 near the three-minute mark.

Kenyon Giles scored 21 points, Henry 14 and Polite 12 for Greensboro (1-1). Miles Jones didn’t score or even attempt a shot, but he grabbed 10 rebounds in 22 minutes of play.

A 3-pointer by Akrum Ahemed gave the Spartans a 24-23 lead with about 7 minutes left in the first half. BJ Edwards then hit a 3 to put SMU up 26-24 and the Mustangs went on to lead 41-35 at halftime.

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