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HOUSTON (AP) — Marcus Sasser scored 19 points and No. 6 Houston beat SMU 70-48 on Sunday for its eighth straight win.

Sasser bounced back to make five of his last 10 shots. After scoring just three points in a victory over Tulane on Thursday, he opened 0 for 5 against the Mustangs.

Justin Gorham had nine points and 17 rebounds for Houston (15-1, 10-1 American), which won its 20th consecutive home game. Reggie Chaney added 10 points.

The Cougars won despite shooting only 34%.

Kendric Davis led SMU (9-4, 5-4) with 11 points. Feron Hunt and Yor Anei each scored 10 points for the Mustangs, who made 32% percent of their shots.

Houston led 28-24 at halftime, then went on a 14-3 run, capped by Gorham's three-point play with 16 minutes left.

SMU coach Tim Jankovich missed his fourth straight game due to COVID-19 after first feeling symptoms on Jan. 21 and testing positive four days later. ... The Mustangs missed all eight 3-pointers they tried in the second half.

Gorham became the first Cougars player with eight straight double-digit rebounding games since Tim Moore did it eight games in a row during the 1995-96 season. ... Quentin Grimes, who entered averaging a team-high 17.6 points per game, finished with six points and six rebounds, snapping a streak of 13 straight double-figure scoring games.

Hunt's layup just over two minutes into the game put SMU ahead 2-0 — it was the first time the Cougars were behind in over 189 minutes. Before Sunday, the Cougars last trailed with 13:02 remaining in the first half against Tulane on Jan. 9, a span stretching almost five games.

SMU plays at Tulsa on Wednesday.

SMU Postgame Notes – January 31, 2021
[6/6] Houston 70, SMU 48
Houston (15-1, 10-1 American), SMU (9-4, 5-4 American)
Fertitta Center – Houston, Texas
 
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At Tulsa – Wednesday, February 3 – 8 p.m. – Reynolds Center – Tulsa, Oklahoma
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NOTES
Starters: #1 Feron Hunt, #3 Kendric Davis, #5 Emmanuel Bandoumel, #22 Isiah Jasey, #25 Ethan Chargois

• Same for each game this season

 
SMU is 9-4 on the season

• 3-2 on the road this season

 
SMU has held 8 of 12 opponents under 40% (7-2 this season)

• Held Houston under 40% both ties (39.1% in Dallas, 33.9% at Houston)

 
MILESTONES
Ethan Chargois scored his 1000^th career point, the 42^nd Mustang to reach the milestone

• Now has 1002 career points

 
ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Yor Anei (#10, Jr., F)

• 10 points, 4 rebounds
  • 3^rd 10+ point game this season (all on the road)

 
Kendric Davis (#3, Jr., G) - Preseason All-AAC First Team, Lute Olson National Player of the Year Mid-Season Watch List

• 11 points and 4 assists
  • Double-figure scoring in 11 of 13 games this season

 
Feron Hunt (#1, Jr., F)

• 10 points (Entered game 14^th  in AAC at 12.4)
  • 9^th  game this season with 10+ points
• 8 rebounds (entered game 4^th in AAC at 8.0)
  • Has at least 7 rebounds in 10 of 13 games this season and 43 of75 career games
  • Has led the team 8 times this season and 28 times in his career

 
Tyson Jolly (#0, Sr., G) – Preseason All-AAC Second Team

• 6 points and tied season high with 6 rebounds

 
SMU CAREER RECORDS
SMU Career Rebounds
Rank       Rebounds
30           539        Bob Begert, 1964-67
31           535        Joe Swedlund, 1974-78
32           530        Jay Poerner, 1994-98
33           519        Brad Branson, 1978-80
34           516        Glenn Puddy, 1984-86, 87-89
35           510        Cannen Cunningham (134), 2011-15
36           510        Feron Hunt, 2018-
37           509        Ethan Chargois, 2017-
 
SMU Career Points
Rank       Points
37           1041      Gerald Lewis, 1989-93
38           1027      Bobby Mills, 1954-57
39           1026      Kevin Lewis, 1982-86
40           1005      Carlton McKinney, 1986-88
41           1003      Markus Kennedy, 2013-16
42           1002      Ethan Chargois, 2017-
 
SMU Career Assists
Rank       Assists
16           294        Sterling Brown, 2013-17
17           279        Jemeil Rich, 1994-97
18           278        David Piehler, 1979-83
19           276        Damon Hancock, 1998-02
20           269        Kendric Davis, 2019-
 
SMU Career Blocked Shots
Rank       Blocks
13           70           Donatas Rackauskas, 2002-06
               70           Jarrey Foster, 2015-19
15           69           Bobby Dimson, 1994-98
16           67           Thines Robinson II, 1974-78
               67           Jeryl Sasser, 1997-01
               67           Ethan Chargois, 2017-
19           66           Feron Hunt, 2018-
 
 
HEAD COACH TIM JANKOVICH
January 25 - Head Coach Tim Jankovich tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. He first experienced symptoms on Thursday evening and reported a low-grade fever to medical staff on Friday morning. Out of an abundance of caution, he self-isolated and did not travel to UCF for this past Saturday's game. He has not had close contact with any staff or student-athletes in the interim. The two other staff members who did not travel to UCF after being deemed close contacts will also self-quarantine per AAC and SMU protocols.