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Cougars lead, 32-27, in rebounds (again, when they met in Houston, UH more than doubled up SMU on the glass, 54-26)

68-54

Odigie gainsays it in while absorbing a hit. There aren't many who can finish a shot while taking a hit like he can.

Misses FT, rebound goes to Nutall for 3 (missed), but Phelps gets rebound and put-back to close lead to 11

69-58

Ponies are 12/21 on FTs
Cougars are 10/20

Houston's Roberts and Sharp, and SMU's Williamson and Ambrose-Hylton, all have 3 fouls

Phelps leads SMU with 17, Odigie with 16

SMU press creating some problems for UH

74-60
1:56 to go

Ponies break press — Phelps drills a 3
UH can't get ball in, call timeout
74-63 — 1:34 to go

Mustangs had Sasser pinned on the sideline — he burst through, drawing Williamson's fourth foul

Hits both FTs, putting UH up, 76-63

Phelps drives through Roberts and scores, drawing Roberts' fourth foul
Misses FT
78-65

FINAL: Houston 80, SMU 65

Up next: at home vs. East Carolina — 2 PM Sunday

Not a bad showing.

I like the ways that the team hung together in the second half.

Effort was there but this team doesn't have the talent to compete with Houston. Could be their last chance to get to 10 wins Sunday

Houston probably needs to improve their free throws to survive March Madness.

The little success SMU did have with Larry Brown was unfortunately destroyed very quickly by incompetence.