University of Houston Athletics
Men's Basketball Postgame Notes vs. UCF
2/21/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 21, 2009
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2008-09 Houston Cougars Men's Basketball Postgame Notes
UCF Knights (16-10 • 6-6 C-USA) at Houston Cougars (17-8 • 8-4 C-USA)
Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009 • Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas
TEAM NOTES
• With Saturday's win, the Cougars improved to 7-2 (.778) all-time against UCF and has won their last four games against the Knights... In addition, the Cougars improved to 3-1 (.750) against UCF in Hofheinz Pavilion.
• Saturday's game was the second time this season that the Cougars played Conference USA-rival UCF... The Cougars enjoyed a 97-69 win against the Knights in Orlando on Feb. 4.
• This marked the fourth consecutive year that the Cougars played UCF in basketball... The series has been played at least once every year since the 2005-06 season.
• The Cougars return to action at 7:05 p.m., Wednesday, when they face Conference USA-rival Tulsa inside the Donald W. Reynolds Center in Tulsa, Okla.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• With 28 points and 13 rebounds, junior guard Aubrey Coleman recorded his team-leading ninth double-double of the season and his career... Coleman broke out of a tie with senior center Marcus Cousin for the team lead.
• With 28 points, junior guard Aubrey Coleman recorded his 13th 20-point game of the season and of his career... It also was his second straight game with at least 20 points after scoring a career-high 38 points at Conference USA-rival Marshall (Feb. 18, 2009).
• With 13 rebounds, junior guard Aubrey Coleman tied his single-game high... His total equaled his previous best at Toledo (Dec. 20, 2008).
• Junior guard Aubrey Coleman played all 40 minutes in a regulation game for the fifth time during his career and in his second straight game.
• With nine points and 10 rebounds, senior center Marcus Cousin fell one point OR one rebound shy of a double-double for the fifth time this season.
• With six free throws made, junior center Nick Mosley tied his career best... He equaled his total against Conference USA-rival Tulane (Feb. 14, 2009).
• With six free throws attempts, junior center Nick Mosley tied his career best... He equaled his total against Conference USA-rival Tulane (Feb. 14, 2009).
• Connecting on all six free throw attempts, junior center Nick Mosley has connected on his last 13 free throw attempts, ironically dating back to the Cougars' game at Conference USA-rival UCF (Feb. 4, 2009).
• With three rebounds, junior forward Sean Coleman tied his single-game best... He equaled his total set against Iowa State (Dec. 28, 2008) and vs. Georgia Southern (Nov. 10, 2008).
HEAD COACH Tom Penders NOTES
• With Saturday's win, head coach Tom Penders moved out of a tie with Norm Sloan (Presbyterian, The Citadel, Florida, NC State and Florida; 1952-89) for 29th place in NCAA Division I history and now has 625 career wins... Cam Henderson (Muskingum, Davis & Elkins, Marshall) ranks 28th in the NCAA Division I records book with 630 wins from 1920 to 1955.
• With Saturday's win, head coach Tom Penders improved to 625-418 (.599) during his career... Penders also improved to 98-57 (.632) during his UH tenure.
• With Saturday's win, head coach Tom Penders improved to 7-3 (.700) against UCF his career... He improved to 7-2 (.778) at Houston and was 0-1 at Fordham... Penders also improved to 3-1 (.750) against UCF in Hofheinz Pavilion during his career.
• With Saturday's win, head coach Tom Penders improved to 47-27 (.635) in Conference USA games during his career... Penders also improved to 267-159 (.627) in all conference games during his career.
