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University of Houston Athletics
Houston Hosts Tulane on Los Coogs Night
1/26/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
| HOUSTON (6-13, 1-7 AMERICAN) vs. TULANE (15-4, 6-2 AMERICAN) | |
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| Tickets | BUY Tickets • Tickets Info |
| Questions? | Fan Guide |
| Date/Time | Tuesday • 7 pm CT |
| Location | Hofheinz Pavilion (8,479) • Houston, Texas |
| Live Video | Houston All-Access |
| Live Audio | UHCougars.com Jeremy Branham, PxP |
| Live Stats | |
| Series History | Tulane leads, 22-13 |
| Game Notes | • Houston Notes • Tulane Notes • The American Notes |
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HOUSTON - The University of Houston women's basketball team returns to Hofheinz Pavilion on Tuesday evening to host Tulane on Los Coogs Night. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 pm CT and tickets are available. | TICKETS
Fans will want to arrive at Hofheinz Pavilion early on Tuesday, as the Cougars have an evening full of fun planned for Los Coogs Night. The Hispanic Business Students Association will be meeting with fans throughout the game on the Hofheinz concourse. Additionally, an exciting halftime dance performance will take place on the Hofheinz court, and there will be special public address announcements throughout the evening, including a special edition of pregame introductions with the Hofheinz Pavilion voice of the Houston men's basketball, Jeremiah Gallegos.
Subscribers who are unable to make the game in person can watch it live through Houston All-Access. Also, a free live audio broadcast is available through Houston's Stretch Internet Portal, with Jeremy Branham on the play-by-play call. Live Twitter updates can be accessed throughout the game by following the official UH women's basketball account, @UHCougarWBB.
Houston comes into the game 6-13 (1-7 American) after falling on Jan. 24 to Memphis in their last contest. Freshman Mariah Mitchell was Houston's top individual, scoring a team-high 14 points against the Tigers.
Tulane is 15-4 (6-2 American) after falling to USF on Jan. 25, 64-45. Leslie Vorpahl was the only Green Wave player in double-figures, with 12 points.
The Green Wave hold a 22-13 edge over Houston in the all-time series. Tulane took the first contest this season, 70-40, on Dec. 30 in New Orleans.
 | LAST TIME OUT |
JANUARY 24 • MEMPHIS 84, HOUSTON 49 | Final Stats Memphis raced out to an 18-2 lead in the game's first seven minutes and was able to take down the Cougars, 84-49, on Jan. 24 at Elma Roane Fieldhouse.
Mitchell led the Cougars with 14 points, finishing just one point shy of her previous career high. Her fellow freshman, Moesha Kinard, also turned in a solid evening. The New Iberia, La., native knocked down both of her 3-point attempts and scored eight points.
Marche' Amerson scored nine points, and Bianca Winslow reached a career high with five steals.
Houston grabbed 12 offensive rebounds in the game, with Mitchell securing three offensive boards and four overall.
Alecia Smith led the Cougars with three assists.
| FRESHMEN RISE IN AMERICAN PLAY |
Two of Houston's top performances against Memphis came from members of the freshman class. Mitchell led the Cougars with 14 points and four rebounds, while Kinard was 2-for-2 from 3-point range and scored eight points.
The rookie duo has continued to grow throughout the American season. Mitchell has started all eight league games and averages 7.5 points per game, fourth on the team.
Kinard reached a career high with 13 points against American foe Cincinnati on Jan. 7. Overall in conference play, she averages 5.0 points per game and is shooting 85.7% from the free throw line.
| DEVELOPMENT FACILITY WEBCAM GOES LIVE |
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The Cougars will have a new Basketball Development Facility to call home in 2015-16, and fans can now watch the construction of the facility live, 24 hours a day. To view progress of the construction, fans can click on uh.edu/infotech/services/webcam/.
Designed by DLR Group and Page, the new Development Center is located adjacent to Hofheinz Pavilion at the corner of Cullen Boulevard and Holman Street on the UH campus. Construction on the $25 million facility is expected to be completed by August 2015
The 53,000 square-foot facility will provide the environment that the Houston Men's and Women's Basketball student-athletes need to excel throughout the season in all areas. The first level will house a dedicated practice court for each team as well as sports performance and sports medicine areas, which will be used by both programs.
The second level will feature the teams' areas, which include locker rooms and academic/film theaters. The team rooms contain spacious, modern lockers, multiple video screens for television and comfortable furniture. The third level will hold office space for both Men's and Women's Basketball coaching and support staffs.
| COUGAR VETERANS CLIMB PROGRAM RECORD BOOKS |
Houston's junior class has three members who are making their marks on the Cougar women's basketball record books.
Smith knocked down six 3-pointers on Jan. 21 against USF and now has 98 made trifectas for her career. With two more, she'll become the seventh Cougar to hit 100 3's in her career.
Junior forward Tyler Gilbert has been a shot-blocking machine this season, with 40 in 19 games. That's the ninth-best single-season total in UH history. She now has 59 career blocks, 14 behind Rosheda Hopson for ninth all-time.
Amerson has started 80 career games and is six short of Houston's career top-10. She is also just five treys outside the career 3-pointer list, with 71 total.
| COUGARS IN THE AMERICAN RANKINGS |
Four Cougars continue to rank among the top statistical performers in The American through games played on Jan. 26.
Palmer leads the Cougars in scoring and ranks 26th in The American with 10.0 points per game.
Gilbert ranks fifth in the league with 2.1 blocks per game, and her 5.9 rebounds are good for 17th in the league. The junior is the top-ranked Cougar in the NCAA Division I rankings, checking in 48th in the nation in blocks per game.
Smith led the Cougars in assists in 11 straight games from Nov. 29 - Jan. 7 and again on Jan. 24 vs. Memphis. The junior ranks fifth in The American, at 3.8 assists per game, and she is also listed ninth with a 1.3 assist/turnover ratio. After catching fire from 3-point range against USF on Jan. 21, Smith is now ranked 10th in the conference in 3-point field goals per game, with 1.5.
In conference games, Palmer leads the Cougars and ranks 27th in the conference with 9.7 points per game. Gilbert reels in 7.6 rebounds per game against American foes, ninth in the conference. Smith is dishing 4.1 assists per game in American action, third in the conference, and Marche' Amerson is listed fifth in conference games with 2.3 steals per game.
| SERIES HISTORY vs. TULANE |
Tulane holds a 22-13 advantage over Houston in their previous 35 matchups. The Green Wave have won four of their last five meetings with Houston after the Cougars won six straight from 2009-11.
Houston lost to Tulane earlier this season, 70-40, on Dec. 30 in New Orleans. Marche' Amerson was the top Cougar scorer, with nine points, while Tyler Gilbert hauled in 10 rebounds. The Green Wave were led by Danielle Blagg, who scored 14 points. | Final Stats
| SCOUTING THE GREEN WAVE |
Tulane comes into the game at 15-4 (6-2 American), including a 6-1 away record. The Green Wave have received votes in both major college basketball polls this season and currently sport an RPI of 43.
Tulane's four-game winning streak was snapped in their most recent outing, a 64-45 loss at USF. Vorpahl scored 12 points to pace the Green Wave. | Final Stats
For the season, freshman Kolby Morgan is the top Tulane scorer, at 12.2 points per game. She is a four-time American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week and ranks fifth in The American with 2.0 steals per game.
Point guard Jamie Kaplan leads Tulane and ranks fourth in The American with 4.0 assists per game.
The loss to USF was Tulane's first road setback of the season. Prior to Jan. 25, the Green Wave had won games at McNeese State, LSU, UALR, Cincinnati, East Carolina and UCF.
| THE HUGHEY DIFFERENCE |
New head coach Ronald Hughey earned his first American Athletic Conference victory on Jan. 3 with a 63-45 trouncing of SMU. The victory was the sixth of the season for Houston.
Last season, Houston did not earn their first American win until Feb. 9 against Cincinnati, and they didn't reach six total wins until the American Championship First Round victory over Memphis on March 7, in their 30th contest.
Statistically, the Cougars have seen marked improvements in scoring offense, scoring defense, field goal percentage, 3-point field goal percentage, assists, steals and blocks under Hughey.
| GILBERT NAMED TO AMERICAN HONOR ROLL |
Gilbert was named to the American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Weekly Honor Roll on Jan. 19 after her tremendous effort against Tulsa two days earlier.
The junior forward paced the Cougars with 16 points and a career-best 13 rebounds in the Tulsa game on Jan. 17. The double-double was the second of the season for the Missouri City native.
On the interior, Gilbert has been one of the American's top defensive players. She has 40 blocked shots and averages 2.1 per game, fifth in the league and 48th in NCAA Division I.
| 2014-15 AWARDS TALLY |
Three Cougars have already earned spots on the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll this season. Gilbert was the latest to receive the honor, on Jan. 19.
Palmer was honored on Nov. 24 after scoring a career-high 20 points in the win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, and Mitchell took home the award on Dec. 22 after scoring 15 points in the Nicholls State victory.
Mitchell and Amerson were both honored with spots on the Athletes in Action All-Tournament Team for their play at the event. Both players averaged 8.0 points per game at the tournament, leading the Cougars to a 2-1 record.
| HOME SWEET ROAD |
In the first season of the Hughey Era, the Cougars have repeatedly demonstrated their toughness by winning difficult games away from Hofheinz Pavilion. Through Jan. 26, Houston has already won five games away from their home court, including their first American win on Jan. 3 at SMU.
Houston won just three games away from home in 2013-14, another example of Hughey's influence.
Hughey's team opened the season with a 46-42 road victory over North Texas on Nov. 14 in Denton, and they overcame a raucous on-campus environment to defeat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 68-66, on Nov. 21.
The Cougars also won two neutral site games at the Athletes in Action Classic in Lubbock. Houston took down UTSA, 56-53, on Dec. 19, and one day later they earned a 65-47 triumph over Nicholls State.
| #CHASING GREATNESS WITH THE COUGARS |
Three student-athletes have signed to join the Houston program next season.
Chyanne Butler, a native of Costa Mesa, Calif., will transfer to Houston at the start of the spring 2015 semester and will play for the Cougars in 2015-16. The USC transfer averaged 17.0 points and 3.3 steals per game during her prep career. She was tabbed as the Class of 2014's 25th-ranked point guard by ESPN Hoopgurlz.
Sharayla Brown is a 6-3 post player out of Tulsa, Okla., and East Central HS. She averaged 12.0 points per game as East Central advanced to the championship game of the 2014 OSSAA Class 5A State Tournament.
Serithia "MoMo" Hawkins is a 5-10 guard from Moore, Okla., and Southmoore HS. She is ranked as the 69th-best Class of 2015 guard by ESPN Hoopgurlz, and she is a 3-star prospect. Led by Hawkins, Southmoore upset the top-ranked team in the state of Oklahoma, Edmond Santa Fe, on Tuesday evening.
| QUICK HITS |
- Houston's last victory over Tulane came on Feb. 17, 2013, a 71-70 double overtime win.
- After her strong effort against Memphis, Mitchell moved into The American's top-40 in points per game against league opponents. She now ranks 39th at 7.5 points per game.
- Terran Alford returned from an injury against Memphis and scored seven points.
| UP NEXT FOR THE COUGARS |
Houston starts a two-game road trip at Cincinnati on Saturday, Jan. 31, with tipoff scheduled for 1 pm CT. UH lost to the Bearcats, 76-73, in double overtime on Jan. 7 at Hofheinz Pavilion. Palmer scored 19 points.
The road trip concludes on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at East Carolina.
Houston's next home game is Saturday, Feb. 7 against Tulsa, and tickets are available for Daddy/Daughter Date Night at Hofheinz Pavilion. The Cougars will give away a UH hat and flower to all fathers and daughters in attendance, and the team will sign autographs after the game. | TICKETS
| STAY CONNECTED |
Fans can receive daily information and in-game updates by following @UHCougarWBB on Twitter. Fans can also catch up with the latest news and notes on the team by clicking LIKE on the team's Facebook page at facebook.com/UHCougarWBB .
| NATIONAL GIRLS AND WOMEN IN SPORTS DAY |
The Cougars will celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day when they host Memphis on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Houston will also hold their "Coogs for a Cure/Play 4 Kay" event on that night, raising money for cancer awareness.
Fans are encouraged to join the festivities and bring their group to be a part of the fun. For more information and to register your group, please contact Daniel Foster at dfoster3@Central.uh.edu or (713) 743-9453.
| STUDENTS - CHEER ON YOUR COUGARS! |
All UH main campus students are admitted FREE to regular season women's basketball home games with a valid student ID.
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