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.

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.

Make it eight straight wins for Houston’s basketball team, and the Cougars’ latest victory may have been the most impressive in that span. The Cougars got five players in double figures and used a pair of pivotal first-half runs to build a big lead and maintain it in an 87-57 win at Kansas State Saturday in Big 12 Conference action.

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.