No. 14 Houston held off Oklahoma State in a 72-61 victory on Saturday night at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth to improve to 10-2 on the season.
Senior forward Fabian White Jr. got things going for the Cougars on the offensive end of the floor, scoring seven of UH’s first nine points.
Tied 11-11 midway through the first half, senior guard Kyler Edwards caught fire, hitting three consecutive 3-pointers to put the Cougars up nine. Edwards eclipsed the 1,000 collegiate career point mark on the third of these 3-pointers.
UH extended its lead to 12 with five minutes left in the half thanks to sophomore guard Jamal Shead and junior guard Marcus Sasser combining for a quick 10 points.