{"id":673405,"date":"2026-03-22T08:52:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T08:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/673405\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T08:52:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T08:52:23","slug":"houston-rolls-into-sweet-16-with-blowout-win-vs-texas-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/673405\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Rolls Into Sweet 16 With Blowout Win vs. Texas A&M"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston basketball picked up a huge 88-57 win in the second round<\/a> over the Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday evening in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n

Texas A&M’s press wasn’t enough to faze Houston, and the Cougars asserted themselves on the boards, finishing with 15 more rebounds than the Aggies.<\/p>\n

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With the win, the Cougars earned a spot in the Sweet 16 next week in Houston, inside the Toyota Center, and they will face the winner of Illinois and VCU, who play later tonight.<\/p>\n

Houston vs A&M Game Recap\"Houston<\/p>\n

Mar 21, 2026; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Houston Cougars guard Emanuel Sharp (21) reacts after a made basket during the first half against the Texas A&M Aggies in a second round game of the men’s 2026 NCAA Tournament at Paycom Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images | Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The game started with flashes of the 2024 match in the round of 32, as the Aggies held an early 11-9 lead and the two squads were trading blows early.<\/p>\n

That was until Houston went on an 18-0 run to completely pull away from Texas A&M, and the Cougars held a comfortable 46-28 lead at halftime.<\/p>\n

The second half was the same story as Houston coasted to a 31-point victory to claim a spot in the next round.<\/p>\n

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Houston’s senior guards Emanuel Sharp and Milos Uzan showed their leadership tonight as they led the Cougars to victory.<\/p>\n

Sharp led all scorers with 18 points, despite going 2-for-8 from behind the arc. Uzan also helped lead the charge as he finished with 16 points.<\/p>\n

Uzan has been much more aggressive in the past two games than he did throughout conference play, and he took 17 shots tonight, which is the most on the team.<\/p>\n

The veteran guard’s floater has been working, but he also keeps defenses honest with his three-point shot, and he made three against the Aggies.<\/p>\n

Freshman forward Chris Cenac Jr. continued his dominant tournament run with another standout performance against Texas A&M.<\/p>\n

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After grabbing a career-high 18 rebounds against Idaho, he impacted the game on both sides of the ball tonight.<\/p>\n

He scored 17 points, and he also hauled in nine rebounds, finishing one shy from a double-double.<\/p>\n

Houston’s bench also played valuable minutes in the game, and sophomore guard Mercy Miller erupted for 12 points on several tough shots.<\/p>\n

Freshman forward Chase McCarty played his role as he hit two three-pointers in the game.<\/p>\n

He also made several effort plays, diving on the floor for loose balls, and that is a big reason why he has earned his spot in the rotation.<\/p>\n

Overall, the Cougars had total control of the 31-point win over the Aggies, and now the team will return home to play the winner of VCU and Illinois next Thursday, inside the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n

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This article was originally published on www.si.com\/college\/houston as Houston Rolls Into Sweet 16 With Blowout Win vs. Texas A&M<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houston basketball picked up a huge 88-57 win in the second round over the Texas A&M Aggies on…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":673406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[284061,209757,190983,4345,2500,94811,358,11426,13877,3187],"class_list":["post-673405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-alonzo-adams-imagn","tag-chris-cenac-jr","tag-emanuel-sharp","tag-houston","tag-houston-cougars","tag-milos-uzan","tag-texas","tag-texas-am","tag-texas-am-aggies","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116271982056053206","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}