HOUSTON (AP) - TaShawn Thomas had 25 points and 14 rebounds and Houston surpassed 100 points for the second time this season, defeating Marshall 103-76 on Saturday.
Danuel House and Joseph Young added 23 points apiece for the Cougars (16-11, 5-9 Conference USA), who scored 106 points earlier this season in a victory over Louisiana College.
Houston shot 60 percent from the field and hit 8 of 15 3-point attempts while snapping a three-game losing streak.
DeAndre Kane scored 27 points and Elijah Pittman had 22 for Marshall (12-17, 5-9), which has given up 100-plus points three times this season. Dennis Tinnon added 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Houston scored the final nine points of the first half to take a 44-28 lead and increased that margin to as many as 32 points in the second half.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Marshall (12-17) | 28 | 48 | 76 |
| Houston (16-11) « | 44 | 59 | 103 |
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| Marshall Thundering Herd | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Pittman, F | 38 | 6-12 | 7-8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| R. Goff, F | 11 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| N. Spikes, C | 24 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| D. Kane, G | 39 | 10-25 | 5-6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| D. Scarver, G | 14 | 0-7 | 2-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Tinnon | 35 | 4-9 | 4-5 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| T. Manning | 18 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Boykins | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Martin | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Y. Mbao | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-66 | 21-27 | 36 | 10 | 19 | 76 | |
| 36.4% | 77.8% | ||||||
| Houston Cougars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. House, F | 35 | 7-12 | 4-4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| T. Thomas, F | 31 | 12-18 | 1-3 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 25 |
| M. McLean, F | 26 | 3-5 | 6-9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| J. Young, G | 29 | 8-13 | 5-5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| T. Womack, G | 19 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Morris | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Barnes | 11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| V. Izundu | 11 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| J. Thompson | 10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| L. Gibson | 8 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| J. Stiggers | 5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 38-64 | 19-27 | 42 | 26 | 19 | 103 | |
| 59.4% | 70.4% | ||||||
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