Scotland made New Zealander Vern Cotter's debut as coach a winning one, downing the United States 24-6 in a clash between teams that will face each other at next year's Rugby World cup.
"That was tough, we're not used to playing in heat like this," said Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw after the clash in Houston, Texas.
But if the tough conditions offered any opportunity to the Americans on Saturday they were unable to take advantage.
The hosts' early aggression yielded more penalties than chances, and the Scots held them without a try.
"I thought we showed good structure in the first part of the first half and gave ourselves the opportunity to score a couple of tries," said Cotter, who has been tasked with guiding Scotland through next year's World Cup.
"Our scrum got the better of their scrum which enabled us to get a grip of the game and also gave us points as well, so that was pleasing.
"Very pleased to see the opportunities created -- there's a good basis to work from."
Tim Visser and Stuart Hogg scored tries either side of half-time as Scotland made a solid start to a tour that will also include clashes with Canada, Argentina and South Africa this month.
"The most important thing to come out of the game was we never got scored against," Laidlaw said. "That was very important, to put a marker down in this first game of a tough tour."
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