Houston 82, TCU 71 (OT)

ByABC News
December 4, 2013, 9:01 PM

— -- HOUSTON (AP) _ Louis Truscott scored a career-high 26 points to lead Houston to an 82-71 overtime win over TCU on Tuesday night. Patrick Okafor added 18 points, and George Williams grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds to go along with his 10 points. Houston (8-7, 2-2 Conference USA) outscored TCU 15-4 during overtime. Truscott and Okafor had 10 rebounds apiece, each recording a double-double. Bingo Merriex scored 19 points and had 11 rebounds for TCU (10-8, 0-4). Corey Santee scored 16 points, and Corey Valsin added 12 for the Horned Frogs. TCU was 1-of-19 from 3-point range, while the Cougars shot 6-of-11 from behind the arc.