Houston set the American Athletic Conference men's basketball record for margin of victory Friday night, Dec. 3.

Friday, December 3
Houston 111, Bryant 44 - Box Score
South Carolina State 65, South Florida 64 - Box Score
Boise State 63, Tulsa 58 - Box Score

Houston 111, Bryant 44 - Box Score
HOUSTON -- (AP) — Tramon Mark tied a career high with 22 points, Josh Carlton added a season-high 17 and No. 15 Houston won its third straight, beating Bryant 111-44 on Friday night.

Fabian White Jr. had 13 of his 16 points in the first half, and Carlton scored eight as the Cougars (7-1) built a 52-21 lead at halftime.

Carlton, a UConn graduate transfer, had one of his best games so far with the Cougars.

"It's not his size as much as his skill set," Houston coach Kelvin Sampson said. "Josh has really good hands. That's a gift for a guy his size, and I think he's gotten a lot better since he's been here. He's learned to be patient."

Kyler Edwards had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Marcus Sasser scored 12 points for Houston, which won its 30th straight home game. The Cougars shot a season-high 62% and made 10 of 23 3-pointers.

Houston forced Bryant (3-5) into 19 turnovers, which the Cougars turned into 31 points, and held a 63-21 advantage in points in the paint.

"I think over the next couple weeks – two or three weeks – we'll continue to get better," Sampson said. "We do a good job of preparing our kids on how to guard actions. We were prepared for their actions. We knew they were a 3-point shooting heavy team. We did a good job of just about everything."

Houston scored a season high in points and had its largest margin of victory since beating Florida Tech by 69 points on Nov. 22, 2005.

The margin of victory tied for the third largest in school history, with a 67-point win over Texas Lutheran on Dec. 8, 1981, and trailing the Florida Tech win and a 77-point win over Valparaiso on Feb. 24, 1968.

Chris Childs scored 13 points and Peter Kiss and Hall Elisias each had nine points for Bryant. The Bulldogs shot 27% and were 6 of 33 on 3-pointers.

"They're a much better team than us," Bryant coach Jared Grasso said. "We're struggling right now. We're not shooting the ball very well, not taking care of the ball. We're a work in progress. We'll get there. I'm glad it's still December."

The margin of defeat was the worst in school history for Bryant.

Grasso said his team will have to move on to the next game fast and forget about the defeat.

"If we're going to sit and keep that in our stomachs, it will be a miserable existence," Grasso said.

Houston jumped out to a 20-5 lead in the first 6 1/2 minutes, capped by a jumper from White, who had 11 points in the opening run.

After the Bulldogs cut the lead to six on a 3-pointer by Kiss to cap a 9-0 run, the Cougars responded with a 17-2 spurt to up the lead to 37-16 on a layup by Carlton with 5 1/2 minutes left in the first half.

South Carolina State 65, South Florida 64 - Box Score
TAMPA, Fla. -- (AP) — Antonio TJ Madlock made an off-balance, turnaround 3-pointer from the corner with a man in his face with one-tenth of a second on the clock to lead South Carolina State to a 65-64 win over South Florida on Friday night.

Madlock had 15 points to lead the Bulldogs.

Omer Croskey had 14 points for South Carolina State (2-7). Jemal Davis added 12 points and seven rebounds.

Caleb Murphy had 18 points and seven rebounds for the Bulls (3-4). Jake Boggs added 16 points and three blocks. Russel Tchewa had 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Boise State 63, Tulsa 58 - Box Score
BOISE, Idaho -- (AP) — Marcus Shaver Jr. registered 17 points as Boise State narrowly beat Tulsa 63-58 on Friday night.

Abu Kigab had 17 points for Boise State (4-4). Emmanuel Akot added 12 points. Tyson Degenhart had 11 points.

Jeriah Horne had 17 points for the Golden Hurricane (4-4). Sam Griffin added 14 points.