The showdown in Dallas between the Mustangs and Cougars was a tale of two halves, in which the home team dominated the opening period, and Houston rallied in the second half to force overtime, but SMU was able to cling to a 73-72 victory on Saturday evening.
Houston was the first to score first in the game and then trailed for the rest of regulation until the final seconds when freshman guard Marcus Sasser was fouled on a 3-pointer, which led to him hitting all three free throws to force overtime.
Houston took the lead off a 3-pointer from sophomore guard Quentin Grimes before he fouled out, and Sasser buried another 3-pointer to give the Cougars a two-point lead, but the Mustangs got the final advantage in overtime when SMU sophomore guard Emmanuel Bandoumel drained a 3-pointer with redshirt freshman Caleb Mills draped all over him.