Joseph Tugler, Emanuel Sharp help No. 7 Houston hammer Hofstra

Joseph Tugler scored 17 points on 6-of-6 shooting off the bench while Emanuel Sharp made all five of his three-point attempts, leading No. 7 Houston to a wire-to-wire 80-44 victory over visiting Hofstra on Friday night.Sharp finished with 16 points and is now 11-of-15 from 3-point range this season. Terrance Arceneaux scored 12 points for the Cougars (3-1) on 5-of-7 shooting, while Milos Uzan added four points, five rebounds and a team-high six assists.Houston shot 46.8 percent (29-of-62) from the floor and made half of its 24 3-point attempts.The Cougars went on a 19-0 run spanning over seven minutes at the end of the first half to take a 48-18 lead into halftime. Sharpe hit one of his 3-pointers during the run, while Arceneaux added five points. TJ Gadsen’s 3-pointer with four seconds left in the half ended Hofstra’s 7:07 scoring drought.Houston pushed its lead to as many as 44 points in the second half, using an extended 26-6 run to surge ahead 80-36 with 4:20 left. Mylik Wilson punctuated the run with two threes for his only six points of the game.