Jarace Walker ensured that SMU’s bus ride back up I-45 would be a long, unpleasant one, bullying the Mustangs from the opening tip in No. 2 Houston’s dominant 87-53 victory on Tuesday night at Fertitta Center.
It was apparent from early on that SMU had no answers for Walker. The 6-foot-8-inch freshman forward quickly introduced himself to SMU’s Samuell Williamson with a two-handed slam over the Mustangs’ forward to open up the scoring for the Cougars. Walker scored UH’s first eight points of the game and had 16 points nine minutes into the first half.
Walker finished tying his career-high in points with 23 as well as pulling down 10 boards for his second double-double of the season.