Team Effort Helps Cougars Knock Off Temple

Wednesday, February 10

Philadelphia, PA

2:30 p.m.

University of Houston

11-5,8-4AAC

Temple

7-8,7-5AAC

Houston

Temple

2/10/2021 4:52:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score Game Book

Four Cougars finish game in double-figures

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Women's Basketball team (11-5, 8-4 American) picked up its third straight win and swept the regular-season series with Temple (7-8, 7-5 American) in an 89-52 decision on Wednesday afternoon in Philadelphia.

The Cougars scored a whopping 89 points, for its most against an American Athletic Conference opponent in program history and its second straight win over Temple by over 30 points. Houston improves to 11-5, its best record through 16 games since the 2010-11 season when the Cougars were 12-4 through 16 games.

Four of the Cougars starters closed out the game in double-figures, led by Britney Onyeje with 19 points. Laila Blair was second on the team in scoring with a career-high 18 points, followed by Miya Crump and Dymond Gladney with 13 points each. Tatyana Hill led Houston with eight rebounds, as Gladney dished out a team-high six assists.

Onyeje and Gladney combined for eight made three-pointers as Onyeje matched her career-high in the category. The Cougars held Temple to nine percent shooting from 3-point range and scored 40 points off turnovers. The UH bench outscored the Temple bench 24-4.

Temple was led by Alexa Williamson with 19 points.

Houston jumped out in front early, taking a 7-0 lead before the eight-minute mark. Gladney and Onyeje highlighted the run with made three-pointers. Temple fired back with a 7-0 run of its own, but UH remained composed. Baskets from Blair, Crump and Onyeje's second made three-pointer of the day comprised the Cougars second scoring run of the day, as UH outscored Temple 9-0 leading up to the first media timeout of the game. The Cougars continued to stifle the Owls, outscoring Temple 16-3 over the final six minutes of play in the frame. UH held Temple scoreless for the final three minutes of the quarter and went into the break with a 24-10 lead.

UH continued to make it hard for Temple to score, holding the Owls scoreless for over three minutes leading up to the second quarter media break. The Houston lead ballooned to 17 points, behind baskets from Tatyana Hill and Kamryn Jones. The Cougars didn't take any plays off, making defensive stops even when the shots weren't falling as both teams fought to control the pace. The Cougars forced three Temple turnovers over the final 1:26 of the second quarter and went into the locker room leading, 38-18.

Onyeje was the first Cougar to reach double-figures with a three-pointer to open the frame for the Cougars, her third of the day. The Cougars hit all three of their field-goal attempts leading up to the five-minute mark of the frame, capping it off with Gladney hitting her second triple of the day. Temple began to find a rhythm in the latter part of the third quarter to cut the UH lead to 20 and force a timeout. Eryka Sidney ignited the Cougar offense out of the huddle, dishing out a pair of assists to help Houston closeout the frame on a 5-2 scoring run and with a 61-38 lead.

Houston knocked down a pair of 3-pointers to open the fourth quarter and embarked on an 8-0 scoring run before Temple would hit its first shot in over two minutes with 7:23 remaining on the clock. The Cougar freshman got valuable playing time, as all three checked into the game and combined for eight points in the final two minutes of regulation to help the squad secure its third straight win.

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