Houston Upends No. 12 SMU, 71-68

Houston MBB BenchSMU coach Larry Brown was hopeful but not optimistic that the game film would contradict his point of view that the Mustangs still have plenty to work on.

It's certainly not how he wanted to be feeling heading into a rematch with a Houston team that gave SMU everything it could handle minus its leading scorer two weeks ago.

In a matchup between the American Athletic Conference's two highest scoring teams, the 12th-ranked Mustangs aim to avoid to their second straight road loss Monday night.

SMU was the last to fall from the ranks of the unbeaten with an 89-80 loss at Temple in a snow-delayed game on Jan. 24. That ended an 18-game winning streak that was the school's longest…