No. 1 Houston’s high three scorers completed with extra mixed factors than the whole opposing crew in Wednesday evening’s 78-45 beatdown of visiting Oakland.
Emanuel Sharp completed with 19 factors on 7-of-13 taking pictures from the sector with 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Kingston Flemings had 19 factors and 9 assists. Chris Cenac Jr. contributed 11 factors and 4 rebounds.
Oakland (0-3) made 16 of 51 pictures (31.4%) in opposition to the Cougars’ stifling protection.
The Golden Grizzlies made 19 pictures from 3-point vary of their first two video games in opposition to Michigan and Purdue. They went 0-for-5 from past the arc within the first half in opposition to Houston (3-0).
Nassim Mashhour ended the drought with a 3-pointer 15 seconds into the second half.
He completed 3-of-4 from 3-point vary. Oakland completed 3-of-13 from the perimeter
Isaac Garrett made half of Oakland’s pictures from the sector (8 of 16) and completed with a game-high 20 factors. He was the Golden Grizzlies’ lone scorer in double figures.
Houston received its first sport after swapping spots with Purdue within the Related Press High 25 Monday, going from No. 2 to No. 1.
Oakland misplaced at Purdue 87-77 on Friday.
Houston by no means trailed in opposition to Oakland, taking an 8-0 lead 77 seconds in following 3-pointers by Milos Uzan and Sharp.
By the point the lead elevated to 21-8 with 11:58 remaining within the half, Garrett had scored all of Oakland’s factors.
Houston later had a 10-0 run and scored the final six factors of the primary half to construct a 39-17 halftime lead.
The Cougars led by not less than 19 factors within the second half and noticed their lead develop as giant as 40 factors.
Houston outrebounded Oakland 46-32 and outscored the Golden Grizzlies 40-20 in factors within the paint.
The Cougars additionally dominated in transition, outscoring Oakland 17-2 in fastbreak factors.
The Golden Grizzlies had solely six assists and almost had as many turnovers (13) as area targets made.
–Discipline Stage Media
