Houston Holds First-Round Lead at Jim Rivers Intercollegiate

Live Scoring \| Pairings

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	Houston	284			284	-4
t2.	Little Rock	285			285	-3
t2.	LSU	285			285	-3
t2.	Southern Miss	285			285	-3
t5.	Troy	286			286	-2
t5.	Louisiana Tech	286			286	-2
t7.	Lamar	290			290	+2
t7.	UTSA	290			290	+2
t9.	UT Arlington	291			291	+3
t9.	Francis Marion	291			291	+3
t11.	South Alabama	293			293	+5
t11.	Abilene Christian	293			293	+5
t13.	ULM	294			294	+6
t13.	Louisiana	294			294	+6
t15.	High Point	296			296	+8
t15.	WKU	296			296	+8
17.	Middle Tennessee	297			297	+9
18.	Rice	301			301	+13
19.	Central Arkansas	306			306	+18
20.	Chattanooga	308			308	+20
21.	Louisiana Tech (B)	312			312	+24

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	F
t4.	Austyn Reily	69		69	-3
t8.	Alexander Frances	70		70	-2
t17.	Andrew Gibson	71		71	-1
t29.	Marcus Wochner (Ind.)	72		72	E
t54.	Laurence Crea	74		74	+2
t73.	Jacob Borow	76		76	+4

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	Kevin Lee Lamar	67			67	-5
t2.	Sam Murphy Louisiana Tech	68			68	-4
t2.	Drew Doyle LSU	68			68	-4
t4.	Austyn Reily Houston	69			69	-3
t4.	Will McFadden Troy	69			69	-3
t4.	Brantley Scott Troy	69			69	-3
t4.	Hunter Atkins Southern Miss	69			69	-3

CHOUDRANT, La. – The University of Houston Men's Golf Program fired a 4-under 284 to hold the First-Round lead the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate on Sunday afternoon.

Competing on the 7,105-yard, par-72 layout at Squire Creek Country Club, the Cougars stood one stroke ahead of Little Rock, Southern Miss and LSU. Troy and host Louisiana Tech were tied for fifth at 286. Lamar (290), UTSA (290), UT Arlington (291) and Francis Marion (291) rounded out the Top-10 leaders.

The three-day, 54-hole tournament continues with the Second Round on Monday and wraps up Tuesday.

Three Cougars stood among the first-day's Top-20 leaders and were led by junior Austyn Reily.

Reily overcame a brief slow start to shoot a 3-under 69 to lead the Cougars and was tied for fourth. Starting off No. 10, the Pottsboro, Texas, native bogeyed No. 10 but quickly rebounded with four consecutive birdies.

Reily added another birdie on No. 17 and rallied from a rebound on No. 1 to drain his sixth birdie of the day on the 175-yard, par-3 fifth hole. Despite a double bogey on No. 6, Reily regained one of those strokes with his team-leading seventh birdie of the day on No. 9.

Lamar's Kevin Lee shot a 67 on Sunday to hold the First-Round lead. Louisiana Tech's Sam Murphy and LSU's Drew Doyle were tied for second at 68, while Reily joined Will McFadden (Troy), Brantley Scott (Troy) and Hunter Atkins (Southern Miss) in a tie for fourth.

COVID senior and 2021 All-American Athletic Conference performer Alexander Frances was tied for eighth at 70. The Stege, Denmark, native drained a pair of birdies without a bogey on his front nine and overcame three bogeys with three birdies on his second nine, including back-to-back efforts on the final two holes.

COVID senior Andrew Gibson was tied for 17^th with a 71. Making nine straight pars off No. 10, Gibson rallied from a bogey on No. 1 with birdies on No. 2 and again on No. 5. Despite a bogey on No. 8, the Perthshire, Scotland, native closed his day with his third and final bogey.

COVID senior Laurence Crea was tied for 54^th at 74, while redshirt freshman Jacob Borow was tied for 73^rd at 76. Playing as an individual, junior Marcus Wochner posted a 72 and was tied for 28^th.

This is the second of four fall tournaments for the Cougars.

LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate by clicking here.

PAIRINGS
For Monday's Second Round, the Cougars will compete in groups with student-athletes from Southern Miss, LSU and Little Rock, beginning off No. 1 at 11:40 a.m.

Borow starts the Second Round at 11:40 a.m., with Crea (11:50 a.m.), Gibson (Noon), Frances (12:10 p.m.) and Reily (12:20 p.m.) following. Wochner begins the second day for the Cougars off No. 1 at 7:30 a.m.

Fans can find complete pairings by clicking here.

UP NEXT
Following the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate, the Cougars will tee off at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational on Oct. 4-6 at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark. The Cougars will join with their UH female counterparts at that event, which will air on GOLF Channel each day.

From there, the Cougars close out their fall schedule when they compete at The Williams Cup presented by Stitch Golf on Oct. 25-26 at Eagle Point Golf Club in Wilmington, N.C.

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