GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Houston 80, Tulsa 42
(AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
HOUSTON - Marcus Sasser scored 25 points and had five 3-pointers, Emanuel Sharp added 13 points and No. 2 Houston routed Tulsa 80-42 for their fifth straight win.
Sasser scored 19 points on 8 of 13 shooting in the first half as the Cougars (23-2, 11-1 American Athletic Conference) built a 46-18 halftime lead. The senior guard had the first 12 points in a 24-2 run that gave Houston a 31-12 lead with six minutes remaining in the first half.
Houston shot 46%, including 13 of 35 on 3-pointers. The Cougars outrebounded Tulsa 53-27 and owned a 31-4 advantage in bench points. Houston also beat Tulsa 89-50 on Dec. 28.
Tim Dalger scored 13 points, and Sam Griffin added 11 points for Tulsa (5-18, 1-11).
The Golden Hurricane has lost five straight and fell to 0-9 on the road this season. Tulsa struggled from the field shooting 28% and making 4 of 29 on 3-pointers.
BIG PICTURE
Tulsa: The Golden Hurricane's last win over a team ranked in the top three was an 84-77 victory over No. 3 Louisville on Feb. 8, 1975. . Tulsa started the game 5 of 10 from the field and ended the first half 2 of 18 as Houston went on the game-deciding run.
Houston: The Cougars have won four straight games over Tulsa. . Houston improved to 10-0 in Quad 4 games. . Houston dished out 21 assists on 31 field goals, led by Jamal Shead, who had 12 assists.
February 8, 2023
| Tulsa | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| B. Selebangue | F | 30 | 3-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| T. Dalger | F | 24 | 4-9 | 4-7 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| B. Betson | G | 33 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| S. Griffin | G | 29 | 4-15 | 2-2 | 1-7 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| B. Knight | G | 25 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| J. McWright | 22 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| S. Gaston-Chapman | 16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| K. Embery-Simpson | 11 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| C. Chukwu | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 15-54 (.278) |
8-14 (.571) |
4-29 (.138) |
6-27 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 42 | |
| Houston | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Roberts | F | 24 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4-10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| J. Walker | F | 21 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 3-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Shead | G | 30 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| T. Mark | G | 29 | 3-11 | 1-1 | 2-6 | 3-9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| M. Sasser | G | 27 | 10-17 | 0-0 | 5-10 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| E. Sharp | 19 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 3-8 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | |
| T. Arceneaux | 16 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| J. Francis | 15 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| R. Chaney | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| R. Elvin | 7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| D. Bowser | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 31-67 (.463) |
5-6 (.833) |
13-35 (.371) |
16-53 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 80 | |
