University of Houston Athletics
Landry Named Preseason All-Conference USA
10/6/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Oct. 6, 2011
HOUSTON - University of Houston senior point guard Porsche Landry was one of eight players selected to the Conference USA Women's Basketball Preseason Team, the league office announced Thursday.
Landry earns her first-career preseason honor after a breakout junior season that saw the Houston native average 14.8 points and 4.0 assists per game while helping lead the Cougars to a perfect 16-0 record in league play and the school's first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005.
For her efforts, Landry was one of three Cougars named First Team All C-USA in 2010-11. The speedy guard flourished in head coach Todd Buchanan's up-tempo style of play last season, averaging 4.9 points per game higher than her career average.
Landry scored in double figures in 26 of 32 games last season and became the 21st member of Houston's 1,000-point club with a 20-point effort against Tulane in the C-USA Tournament semifinals. Landry is also only one of four players all-time at Houston with 1,000 points (1,015) and 300 assists (335).
Landry is one of five letterwinners returning for the Cougars, while the defending C-USA champions welcome eight newcomers to the team.
The Cougars were picked to finish seventh in the preseason poll behind Memphis, Rice, UCF, Tulane, UTEP and UAB.
2011-12 C-USA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL
1. Memphis (7)
2. Rice (3)
3. UCF (1)
4. Tulane (1)
UTEP
6. UAB
7. Houston
8. SMU
9. Southern Miss
10. East Carolina
11. Tulsa
12. Marshall
(#) denotes first-place votes
2011-12 C-USA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON TEAM
Porsche Landry (Houston)
*Brittany Carter (Memphis)
Jasmine Lee (Memphis)
Jessica Kuster (Rice)
Christine Elliott (SMU)
Rachel Vigers (Southern Miss)
Aisha Patrick (UCF)
Gloria Brown (UTEP)
(*) Denotes C-USA Preseason Player of the Year
