Houston

[DC-Pony]

22-2 before second tv timeout.

[Charleston Pony]

SMU did score 1st and Lanier should have called timeout and pulled a Corso. Take a team photo with that 2-0 score in the background and then offer to forfeit the game. Houston will win by 50 plus as this SMU team looks like a deer in headlights and appears to have packed it in already.

[PonyPride]

Houston's Jarace Walker has almost three times as many points (16) as SMU does (6)

UH 29
SMU 6

[mustangxc]

I mean, this is the best Houston team in over 30 years and this is the worst SMU team in over 30 years. Totally predictable outcome. How did Vegas get it so wrong?

[PonyPride]

Field goal percentages

UH: 65 (13/20)
SMU: 25 (3/12)

[PonyPride]

Rebounds:

UH: 12
SMU 5

[PonyPride]

Ponies now 0/7 from 3-point range

[PonyPride]

SMU starters (Phelps, Smith, Williamson, Odigie and Nutall) are a combined 2/12 from the floor

UH 34, SMU 9

[PonyPride]

SMU did score 1st...

... and then watched the Cougars go on a 24-0 run

[PonyPride]

Ponies on a 5-0 run — 3 Todorovic FTs and a Nutall layup

34-11

[PonyPride]

Through 12 minutes:
Houston 34, SMU 6

Since:
SMU 11, UH 8

[PonyPride]

HALFTIME

UH 49, SMU 23

[PonyPride]

Halftime stat

FG%
Houston: 53
SMU: 28

3-point FG%
Houston: 20 (3/15)
SMU: 0 (0/8)

Rebounds
Houston: 27
SMU: 11

Offensive rebounds
Houston: 11
SMU: 3

Second-chance points
Houston: 17
SMU: 0

Points in the paint
Houston: 30
SMU: 14

[Charleston Pony]

No surprise tonight other than Houston's ridiculous 28-0 run that put this game away early. Cougs have a far superior team and our guys appear to have acknowledged that really early on in this game. Only question is whether our guys will show some grit and play tough like they did the last several minutes of that 1st half when they actually made Houston appear uncomfortable at times

[Charleston Pony]

That 27-11 rebound advantage is just ridiculous and while most of that is due to Houston's superior athletes, our guys showed very little effort at times. Will be interesting to watch in the 2nd half to see who might still have some fight in them