Overview
- Freshman Kingston Flemings scored 25 points and Emanuel Sharp added 23 as the Cougars improved to 18-2 overall and 6-1 in Big 12 play.
- Houston built a 15-point halftime lead, weathered a prolonged shooting slump, and closed with an 8-0 burst capped by a Ramon Walker 3 and four Flemings free throws.
- Flemings notched his ninth 20-point game just days after a 42-point performance in a road loss that ended the program’s 16-game true-road winning streak.
- TCU’s Xavier Edmonds posted 18 points and 10 rebounds and David Punch had 16 points with six assists, while forward Chase McCarty left with an apparent hand injury.
- Houston returns home to face Cincinnati on Saturday after 13 days away, and TCU travels to Colorado on Sunday.