Cougars Look to Corral Bulls Wednesday

HOUSTON – The Houston women's basketball team hosts rv/rv South Florida on Wednesday as the Cougars look to get back in the win column against the Preseason American Athletic Conference favorite and current league leading Bulls.

HOUSTON (6-11, 3-1 American) vs South Florida (16-4, 5-0 American)
Date \| Time				Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. CT
Opponent				South Florida (16-4, 5-0 American)
Location				Fertitta Center \| Houston, Texas
Watch				ESPN+
Listen				The Varsity Network
Live Stats				UHStats.com
Game Notes				Houston \| ~~South Florida~~
Social Media				@uhcougarwbb \| @uhccougarwbb \| Cougar Wommen's Basketball \| #GoCoogs \| #EverythingMatters

THE GAME

Junior Laila Blair is 51 points away from 1,000 career points.
Houston is looking for its first win over South Florida since it upset the No. 13 Bulls in 2021.
South Florida won all three meetings in 2022.
Junior Kamryn Jones is coming off her first conference Honor Roll accolade after averaging a double-double last week.

LAST TIME OUT

Junior Kamryn Jones posted her first career-double-double with a career-high 16 points and a career-high 14 rebounds. Her previous high was 8 rebounds.
Three Cougars scored 16+ points with senior Bria Patterson's game-high 17 points.
Patterson has led Houston in scoring in two-straight games (18 vs UCF, 17 at Tulsa).
Houston trailed by 14 points going into the fourth quarter and held Tulsa to just four points over 9:57 of the quarter.
Junior Laila Blair had a game-tying three-point attempt with seven seconds remaining but missed.

THE TIP

Houston ranks second nationally in steals per game (13.9) and third in turnovers forced per game (25.1).
The Cougars rank 19th nationally in three-point percentage defense (25.9%).
Houston and Lipscomb are the only two schools in the country to have played four overtime games this season.
Houston ranks 21st nationally in offensive rebounds per game (15.2).
Houston's turnover margin is 9th nationally (+7.0).
Hill ranks 42nd nationally in steals (40).
Onyeje ranks 45th nationally in three-point attempts (120).
Blair was a unanimous Preseason All-Conference First Team selection by The American coaches.
Blair has scored 10-plus in 11 consecutive games.
The Cougars were picked to finish second in the league and received two first place votes in the Coaches Poll.
Blair was one of three players in The American in 2021-22 to make six 3-pointers in one game and the only player in the conference with two games of six-plus 3-pointers made.

SERIES HISTORY
Houston record vs South Florida              8-20
                  home / away / neutral 4-9 / 4-9 / 0-2
Last meeting                                             L, 50-58, 3/9/22, at Fort Worth, Texas
Streak                                                       South Florida, 3

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