University of Houston Athletics
Golden Hurricane Comes to Town to Face Women's Basketball
1/27/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 27, 2010
Women's Basketball Notes (Game #19 - Tulsa) in PDF Format 
HOUSTON - Coming off a winning effort in its first nationally televised game of the season, the University of Houston women's basketball team returns to the Bayou City for a date with Tulsa at 7 p.m. Thursday inside Hofheinz Pavilion.
The contest against Tulsa and their next scheduled game against SMU on Saturday present the Cougars, who enter Thursday's affair at 9-9 overall, with a chance to climb a few rungs in the C-USA standings. Houston sits in sixth place in the league with a 3-2 conference record, while Tulsa (6-10; 0-5 C-USA) is seeking its first league victory.
Thursday will be the first chance Cougar fans will have to congratulate in person, junior forward Courtney Taylor, who became the newest member of the 1,000 point club during the team's last outing at UAB. The Crockett, Texas, native is just the 19th member of the prestigious club and is currently closing in on another elite record in the Houston record book. She enters the Tulsa game with 33 career double-doubles, just two off of school record holder Sancho Lyttle, who tallied 35 from 2003-05.
In addition to Taylor, the Cougars have received a boost from fellow junior forward Lesslee Mason, who has chipped in four double-doubles of her own this season, her first in a Houston uniform after transferring from Ohio State.
The duo of Mason and Taylor have joined with the Cougars' leading scorer Brittney Scott, who paces UH with a 17.1 points per game average, and point guard Porsche Landry to give Houston a impressive inside-outside offensive attack.
Tulsa leads the all-time series with Houston by the count of 5-3, including a win in the last match-up between the schools. The Golden Hurricane downed the Cougars 59-55 on Feb. 22, 2009, inside Hofheinz Pavilion to hand Houston one of just two home losses in a 12-2 season on its home court.
Fans can hear all the action from Saturday's game by clicking on the steaming audio link on the women's basketball page of www.UHCougars.com. Third-year play-by-play man Jeremy Branham will have the call from the Hofheinz Pavilion with Louis Ray providing color commentary.
The Cougars' homestand continues on Saturday when they host SMU in a 2 p.m. contest at Hofheinz Pavilion. The game will the opening contest of a doubleheader with the UH men's team, which faces Marshall at 5 p.m.
