HOUSTON (AP) - Danuel House scored a season-high 28 points and Joseph Young added 20, helping Houston continue its impressive start with a 78-67 win Wednesday night over SMU in the Cougars' Conference USA opener.
House, a freshman, was 7 of 11 from the field for the Cougars (12-2), who have won seven of their last eight home games against SMU. Young, the team's leading scorer at 17.4 points per game coming in, was 8 of 16.
Jalen Jones had 22 points and 13 rebounds for the Mustangs (10-7, 0-2), and Nick Russell scored 14.
The Mustangs led 36-32 at halftime and 47-38 after Jones' tip-in with 15:14 to play. But Houston responded with a 10-0 run to take the lead, then went ahead for good on TaShawn Thomas' jumper with 5:48 left.
Leon Gibson had eight points and 14 rebounds for Houston, and Thomas pulled down 12 boards and scored six points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Southern Methodist (10-7) | 36 | 31 | 67 |
| Houston (12-2) « | 32 | 46 | 78 |
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| Southern Methodist Mustangs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Williams, F | 26 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| C. Cunningham, C | 24 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| J. Jones, G | 36 | 10-21 | 2-3 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| R. Manuel, G | 35 | 4-11 | 1-3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| N. Russell, G | 32 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Bernardi | 30 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| U. Ofoegbu | 12 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| J. Dickerson | 3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| L. Giles | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Wilson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-65 | 6-10 | 36 | 10 | 25 | 67 | |
| 43.1% | 60% | ||||||
| Houston Cougars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. House, F | 39 | 7-11 | 13-17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 |
| T. Thomas, F | 35 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| J. Young, G | 34 | 8-16 | 3-3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| J. Thompson, G | 21 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| B. Morris, G | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Gibson | 25 | 2-5 | 4-6 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Stiggers | 19 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| T. Womack | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| J. Jones | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Richardson | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-56 | 23-32 | 39 | 14 | 15 | 78 | |
| 44.6% | 71.9% | ||||||
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