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Josh Carlton (6-10, 245) dominating inside — 3 for 3, game-high 8 points

Fouls not as lopsided as it feels — SMU has 6, Houston 5

Charleston Pony wrote:Guys are shooting horribly and Houston getting some pretty generous calls to make matter even worse

Totally agree!

Houston hitting 50% from floor — season average before today was 46.6%

If we are within single digits at the half, I would call that a win at this point.

0-7 from 3 and not making FT.

Kyler Edwards and Josh Carlton with 2 fouls each for Houston

Jalen Smith is in

Houston is obviously fired up and looking to avenge the loss in Dallas but I can't imagine our guys playing any worse than they did in that 1st half. Can't hit a perimeter shot, can't make layups and can't make FTs. So many hurried/forced shots and KD was at the top of the list in taking too many bad shots. Our bigs (Clark, Young and Agunnane) are just a step to slow for Houston's low post guys.

Move in closer: SMU 0 for 8 on 3s, Houston 2 for 10

SMU 0-8 from three and getting out rebounded 26-14. Ouch

HALFTIME: UH 37, SMU 22

Houston with 9 offensive boards on 19 missed FGs. SMU with 2 on 16 misses. Houston with 9 more FG attempts than SMU in that 1st half

Is 22 our lowest first half score of the season?

One positive note: our guys got aggressive towards the end of that half and drew a bunch of fouls. Shead with 3 fouls and Carlton and Edwards 2 each

SMU leaders

Points: Davis (10)
FGs: Davis (4)
FTs: Davis, Todorovic, Bandoumel (2)
Rebounds: Marcus Weathers, Bandoumel (3)
Offensive rebounds: Nutall, Michael Weathers (1)
Assists: Bandoumel, Davis (1)
Fouls: Michael Weathers (3)
Turnovers: Nutall (2)
Blocked shots: Michael Weathers (1)

SMU: 2 assists, 0 steals in first half