University of Houston Athletics
Houston Hosts Memphis on Coogs for the Cure Night
2/10/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
| HOUSTON (6-17, 1-11 AMERICAN) vs. MEMPHIS (11-12, 5-7 AMERICAN) | |
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| Questions? | Fan Guide |
| Date/Time | Wednesday • 7 pm CT |
| Location | Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas |
| Live Video | Houston All-Access |
| Live Audio | UHCougars.com Jeremy Branham, PxP |
| Live Stats | |
| Series History | Memphis leads, 15-13 |
| Game Notes | • Houston Notes • Memphis Notes • The American Notes |
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HOUSTON - The University of Houston women's basketball team closes a two-game home swing on Wednesday night, as they host the University of Memphis. Tip time is booked for 7 pm on what promises to be a very special evening at Hofheinz Pavilion.
The Cougars will celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Wednesday night while also holding their annual Coogs for the Cure event, presented by Wells Fargo. The game will be a "Pay as You Wish" event, where Cougar fans can enter the game by making a cash donation in the amount of their choosing. Fans are encouraged to give generously, as a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Coogs for the Cure program, which is dedicated to the fight against cancer.
The first 250 fans through the Hofheinz doors will receive a free Coogs for the Cure t-shirt, and the first 1,000 fans will receive a commemorative pink pom-pom. Both Houston and Memphis will wear pink-themed jerseys and warmup attire, and the Cougars will honor cancer survivors throughout the night.
All Houston women's student-athletes will be in attendance, and the Cougars will honor their achievements on and off the court throughout the night. 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.
Subscribers can watch the game through Houston All-Access. Also, a free live audio broadcast of the game 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 is 6-17 (1-11 American Athletic Conference) after falling to Tulsa, 67-51, on Feb. 7. Alecia Smith came off the bench to hit four 3-pointers and lead Houston with 14 points in the loss.
Memphis (11-12, 5-7 American) fell to No. 2/2 UConn on Feb. 7, 80-34, in their last contest. The Tigers were led by 13 points from Ariel Hearn.
The Tigers are 15-13 all-time against Houston, including an 84-49 victory on Jan. 24 in the last meeting.
 | LAST TIME OUT |
FEBRUARY 7 • TULSA 67, HOUSTON 51 | Final Stats | Postgame Press Conference
Houston lost the season series to Tulsa on Feb. 7 with a 67-51 setback at Hofheinz Pavilion. The Cougars battled the Golden Hurricane the whole way, staging a 10-0 rally midway through the second half to make the game tight. Tulsa held on, though, to earn the win.
Smith came on in reserve to lead Houston with 14 points. The junior has been Houston's top scorer in each of her two games coming off of the bench this season.
Marche' Amerson scored 10 points, giving her double-figures in scoring for the third straight game and the 40th time in her career.
Bianca Winslow made the most of her sixth consecutive start. She hit three 3-pointers for the first time in her career, and she finished one off of a personal best with 11 points.
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Two Cougars reached statistical milestones against Tulane on Jan. 27. Smith made her 100th career 3-point field goal in the game. She is the seventh Cougar to reach the milestone.
Forward Tyler Gilbert tallied her 60th career block in the Tulane game. She is one of only 10 Cougars to record the feat. The junior became just the ninth Cougar to block 50 shots in a single season against East Carolina on Feb. 3.
Amerson topped the 800-point plateau for her career on Feb. 7 against Tulsa. The Bryan native is on pace to become Houston's 23rd 1,000-point scorer midway through the 2015-16 season.
| 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.
| COUGARS CLIMB PROGRAM RECORD BOOKS |
Three juniors and a freshman are in the process of writing their names in the Houston women's basketball record book.
Smith ranks seventh in UH history with 104 career 3-pointers after converting four against Tulsa on Feb. 7. She is bearing down on Roxana Button (2008-12), who drained 125 trifectas in her career.
Gilbert has swatted 52 shots this season, the ninth-best one-year total in UH history. She is just two blocks behind Chantell Reynolds (1993-94) for eighth place.
In her junior season, Gilbert now has 71 career blocks, three behind Rosheda Hopson (1994-96) for ninth all-time in Houston history.
Amerson has started 84 career games and is three short of Houston's career top-10. She is also just four treys outside the career 3-pointer list, with 72 total.
Freshman Mariah Mitchell has hit 18 3-pointers this season, putting her two away from joining the program's freshman single-season top-10.
| COUGARS IN THE AMERICAN RANKINGS |
Three Cougars continue to rank among the top statistical performers in The American through games played on Feb. 10.
Jessieka Palmer remains Houston's top scorer and currently ranks 26th in The American with 9.9 points per game. She's also listed in the league's top-30 in rebounding, with 5.0 boards per game.
Gilbert ranks fourth in the conference with 2.3 blocked shots per game. As Houston's leading rebounder, the Missouri City native ranks 17th in the league with 5.9 boards per game.
The junior forward continues to be the highest-ranked Cougar in the NCAA statistics. She is listed 44th in the nation in blocked shots.
Smith is listed fifth in the league in assists, with 3.6 per game, and eighth with a 1.2 assist-to-turnover ratio. After draining four trifectas against Tulsa, she improved to 11th in the league with 1.5 3-pointers per game.
| SERIES HISTORY vs. MEMPHIS |
Memphis holds a 15-13 edge over Houston in what has been a very tight series throughout the years. The Tigers won the first meeting between the clubs this season, 84-49, on Jan. 24. Ariel Hearn led Memphis with 21 points, and Mitchell scored 14 to pace the Coogs. | Final Stats Houston has had plenty of success against the Tigers over the years, including a 7-6 record against Memphis inside of Hofheinz Pavilion. The Cougars also knocked Memphis out of the 2014 American Championship, a 73-67 win on March 7, 2014. Amerson scored a career-high 24 points in the win. | Final Stats
| SCOUTING THE TIGERS |
Memphis comes into Hofheinz with an 11-12 overall record and a 5-7 mark in American Athletic Conference play. The Tigers have lost three games in a row, most recently falling to No. 2/2 UConn, 80-34, on Feb. 7. | Final Stats
Memphis also fell to USF (57-53, Jan. 31) and Temple (84-61, Feb. 4) as part of their current three-game skid.
Hearn paced the Tigers with 13 points in the UConn loss and is their only double-figures scorer on the season, at 16.4 points per game. The junior ranks fifth in The American in scoring. She is also listed fourth in the conference with 2.3 3-pointers per game and fifth with a 1.9 steals average.
Junior Brianna Wright leads Memphis and ranks fifth in The American with 8.8 rebounds per game.
| 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, after pulling in 13 rebounds vs. Tulsa.
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.
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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 |
- The Cougars won six straight games over Memphis inside of Hofheinz Pavilion from 2005-13.
- Winslow leads the Cougars with 3.0 assists per game since joining the starting lineup on Jan. 21.
- Houston drained a season-high nine 3-pointers in the Tulsa game.
- Gilbert set a career high with three steals against Tulsa.
| UP NEXT FOR THE COUGARS |
Houston opens a two-game road trip on Saturday, Feb. 14 against Temple. Game time in Philadelphia is scheduled for 4 pm CT, and live video coverage is available on the American Digital Network.
The Cougars close their road trip against No. 2/1 UConn on Tuesday, Feb. 17. The 6 pm CT game will be carried by SNY and ESPN3.
Ronald Hughey's team returns home on Saturday, Feb. 21 to host SMU as part of the "H" Day celebration. Houston fans can purchase a $50 all-inclusive ticket which includes entry to the "H" Association BBQ dinner, Houston Women's Basketball vs. SMU at 2 p.m., Houston Softball vs. New Mexico at 3 p.m. and Texas A&M Corpus Christi at 5:30 p.m., Houston Baseball vs. Alabama at 6:30 p.m. and Houston Men's Basketball vs. Cincinnati at 8:30 p.m. UH supporters looking to attend the BBQ only can purchase a BBQ ticket for $15. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 pm CT. | TICKETS
| STAY CONNECTED |
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| 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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