No. 3 Houston used a dominant end to the first half and second half to soundly beat the Texas Longhorns 82-61 Saturday afternoon in front of a record 7,904-strong crowd in the Fertitta Center.
After building a 13-point lead in the half, the Cougars picked up right where they left off, starting the second half with a dominant 12-2 run that sent an already rowdy Fertitta Center crowd into a frenzy. Senior guard L.J. Cryer — who finished as the game’s leading scorer with 26 points, his most as a Houston Cougar — hit four of his first five three-pointers to begin the half, extending the lead to as much as 24.