Branch and Harris Earn All-Conference Honors
3/8/2019 8:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Two Cougars tabbed for all-conference honors for third consecutive season
UNCASVILLE, Conn. –For the third consecutive season, two Cougars were tabbed for regular-season awards as junior forward Dorian Branch and junior guard Angela Harris earned second and third team all-conference honors, respectively.
Branch has been pivotal in the success of the Houston squad, heading into conference play averaging 4.2 points per game and closing out the regular-season averaging 10.8 points per game. The junior posted a career-high 21 points against East Carolina and has emerged as one of the conference's best three-point shooters. Branch closed out the regular-season with double-figure efforts in five of the last six games. The award marks the first regular-season award for Branch, as she becomes the second Cougar under Head Coach Ronald Hughey to earn second team all-conference honors.
Harris has been a mainstay in the lineup for the Cougars since her freshman season. This season Harris took over as team facilitator, dishing out a team-high 88 assists. On Feb. 5, Harris become the third Cougars to hit 1,000 career-points this season, reaching the milestone in only three seasons. Harris earns preseason accolades and was named to the preseason all-conference second team. The award marks the third regular-season honor for Harris and is the second consecutive year that Harris has earned third team all-conference honors.
Houston closed out the regular-season, matching last season's program-record nine wins in The American. The Cougars will begin play on Saturday at the 2019 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championships as the four-seed, earning a first-round bye for the first time in program history.
UP NEXT FOR HOUSTON
Houston will take on either USF or Tulane in the quarterfinals of the 2019 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championships on Saturday at 11 a.m. CT. The contest will be aired on ESPN3.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Individual session tickets may be purchased at the Mohegan Sun Arena box office, which is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 12 p.m.- 8 p.m. on Saturday and 12 p.m.-6 p.m. on Sunday.
Tickets may also be purchased online, at www.MoheganSun.com or www.Ticketmaster.com, by telephone at (800) 745-3000, or through the ticket offices of all 12 American Athletic Conference institutions.
Ticket packages, which include admission to all four days of competition – a total of 11 games – remain available for $109 each, more than 30 percent off the face value of individual session tickets. Information on discounts for groups of 10 or more people is available through the Connecticut Sun Group Sales Department at (860) 862-4000.
Fans can watch the entire tournament on ESPN platforms, including ESPN3, ESPNU and ESPN2.
For more information on and continuing coverage of the American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championship, please visit Championship Central at www.theamerican.org/wbb.
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.
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Branch has been pivotal in the success of the Houston squad, heading into conference play averaging 4.2 points per game and closing out the regular-season averaging 10.8 points per game. The junior posted a career-high 21 points against East Carolina and has emerged as one of the conference's best three-point shooters. Branch closed out the regular-season with double-figure efforts in five of the last six games. The award marks the first regular-season award for Branch, as she becomes the second Cougar under Head Coach Ronald Hughey to earn second team all-conference honors.
Harris has been a mainstay in the lineup for the Cougars since her freshman season. This season Harris took over as team facilitator, dishing out a team-high 88 assists. On Feb. 5, Harris become the third Cougars to hit 1,000 career-points this season, reaching the milestone in only three seasons. Harris earns preseason accolades and was named to the preseason all-conference second team. The award marks the third regular-season honor for Harris and is the second consecutive year that Harris has earned third team all-conference honors.
Houston closed out the regular-season, matching last season's program-record nine wins in The American. The Cougars will begin play on Saturday at the 2019 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championships as the four-seed, earning a first-round bye for the first time in program history.
UP NEXT FOR HOUSTON
Houston will take on either USF or Tulane in the quarterfinals of the 2019 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championships on Saturday at 11 a.m. CT. The contest will be aired on ESPN3.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Individual session tickets may be purchased at the Mohegan Sun Arena box office, which is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 12 p.m.- 8 p.m. on Saturday and 12 p.m.-6 p.m. on Sunday.
Tickets may also be purchased online, at www.MoheganSun.com or www.Ticketmaster.com, by telephone at (800) 745-3000, or through the ticket offices of all 12 American Athletic Conference institutions.
Ticket packages, which include admission to all four days of competition – a total of 11 games – remain available for $109 each, more than 30 percent off the face value of individual session tickets. Information on discounts for groups of 10 or more people is available through the Connecticut Sun Group Sales Department at (860) 862-4000.
Fans can watch the entire tournament on ESPN platforms, including ESPN3, ESPNU and ESPN2.
For more information on and continuing coverage of the American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championship, please visit Championship Central at www.theamerican.org/wbb.
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.
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