Behind junior guard Marcus Sasser’s 26 points, No. 15 Houston blew by Rice with a score of 79-46 on Friday night at the Fertitta Center improving to 2-0 on the 2021-22 season.
After giving up the first bucket early to Rice, the UH men’s basketball went on an 8-0 run led by graduate forward Fabian White Jr. to get things going early in the first half. White managed to score or assist on all eight points.
Lockdown defense followed by capitalization on offense put the Cougars up 20-5 with 7:58 left in the half. Six different Cougars scored during the scoring run.