ORLANDO, Fla. -- Galen Robinson scored 18 points, Rob Gray had 17 points, six assists and five rebounds, and No. 21 Houston beat UCF 84-56 on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Aaron's American Athletic Conference Championship at the Amway Center.
The third-seeded Cougars will face 11th-ranked and second-seeded Wichita State on Saturday in the semifinal round.
The Cougars led almost the entire game, smothering the Knights defensively and outhustling them at the other end. The Knights never got closer than eight points in the second half.
Devin Davis had 16 points and seven rebounds for the Cougars, who held a 37-28 edge in rebounds and scored 20 points off the Knights' 11 turnovers.