No. 12 Houston used a well-balanced scoring attack, led by Emanuel Sharp's 15 points, and defeated Kansas State 87-57 Saturday evening in Manhattan, Kan. The Cougars had five players in double figures and two others with eight points.

Emanuel Sharp scored 15 points, Joseph Tugler had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 12 Houston used two big first-half runs to rout Kansas State 87-57.

K-State got off to a strong start, but the Cougars ended the first half on a 18-5 run to take a 46-24 lead at the break.

Houston did anything it wanted, especially on offense, and handed K-State its most lopsided loss of the Jerome Tang era in front of a sparse home crowd.

Kansas State basketball fell behind for good midway through the first half and never had a chance, falling 87-57 to Houston.