University of Houston Athletics
Pounds Named C-USA Baseball Hitter of the Week
3/31/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
HOUSTON - University of Houston senior infielder Bryan Pounds was honored Monday as the Conference USA Co-Hitter of the Week.
The Houston native helped lead the Cougars to a pair of wins last week, including an 8-5 victory over No. 12 Rice that evened the annual Silver Glove Series at a game apiece.
Pounds finished as the team's leading slugger in average (.476), hits (10), home runs (2), slugging percentage (.952) and on-base percentage (.520) with two doubles and a triple. He recorded at least two hits and one RBI in four of the five games last week.
In the win over No. 12 Rice, he finished 4-for-5 with two home runs - including a grand slam in the seventh inning that handed the Cougars the lead for good - and a career-high seven RBIs.
It was the first weekly C-USA award for Pounds during his career.
Pounds and his Cougar teammates return to action this weekend as they play host to C-USA rival UCF in a three-game series at Cougar Field. That series begins with 6:30 p.m. games on both Friday and Saturday before wrapping up at 1 p.m., Sunday.
Fans can hear the game live on UHCougars.com with Jeremy Branham calling the play-by-play action and former UH letterman Pat Cauley providing color analysis. Fans always can follow live stats by clicking on the GameTracker link at UHCougars.com.
Pounds shared the award with UAB's Cody McMurry. Southern Miss righthander Barry Bowden was named the C-USA Pitcher of the Week for the second straight week.
