No. 8 Houston left little room for doubt when it took on Temple on Saturday morning.
The Cougars scored first, a hook shot by senior forward Brison Gresham in the first 11 seconds of the game, and never looked back.
UH quickly expanded that lead to seven before the first media timeout, and by the next pause in the action, the team led by double-digits.
“Credit to coach and credit to us for going hard in practice every day,” UH senior guard DeJon Jarreau told reporters on Zoom after the game. “I feel like we’ve done a good job of carrying that into the game and sticking to our principles.