Utah 62, SMU 53: Freshman guard Justin Seymour came off the bench to score 11 points, including what proved to be a game-winning 3-pointer with 2:34 remaining, to lead the host Utes.

Seymour's 3-pointer broke a 51-51 tie and started a game-ending 11-2 run for Utah (7-3), which surpassed its victory total for the 2011-12 season (6-25).

Senior center Jason Washburn and freshman guard Brandon Taylor each added 10 points for the Utes, who sealed the win with six consecutive free throws in the final 14 seconds, including four by senior guard Jarred DuBois following a double technical on the Mustangs.

Junior guard Nick Russell scored 13 points and sophomore center Cannen Cunningham added 12 points, eights rebounds and three steals to lead SMU (8-3), which dropped its second straight game.

Taylor, who had scored only two points in Utah's previous eight games, scored seven in the final eight minutes of the first half to put the Utes ahead, 31-28, at halftime. The game see-sawed back and forth in the second half until Seymour's tie-breaking trey, his fourth in 18 attempts behind the arc this season.

GAME NOTEBOOK: This was the second contest in three weeks between the two schools. SMU won the first meeting, 62-55, in Dallas on Nov. 28. ... SMU was outrebounded for just the second time this season, 30-21. ... Utah improved to 6-1 at home after finishing just 6-9 at the Jon M. Huntsmen Center last season, the first losing home record in 39 years for the Utes.