PREVIEW: #4/4 Men’s Hoops Set to Face rv/rv Texas on Monday

AUSTIN, Texas – Winners of its last four games, the University of Houston Men's Basketball program quickly returns to action when it meets Big 12-rival rv/rv Texas at 8 p.m., Monday inside Moody Center.

#4/4 Houston enters Monday's game following a 74-52 win over rv/rv Kansas State inside Fertitta Center on Saturday afternoon. Senior point guard Jamal Shead scored 17 points and led the Cougars with three assists and a pair of steals while senior forward J'Wan Roberts totaled 14 points with six rebounds, including five offensive boards and a pair of steals.

J'Wan Roberts, Cheer, Celebrate

With his fifth board against the Wildcats, Roberts reached the 700-rebound total in his award-winning career and became only the 21^st Cougars to reach that historic total.

Roberts wasn't the only Cougar to reach a milestone in Saturday's game. With that win, Head Coach Kelvin Sampson collected the 750^th victory in his career and continued to rise in the NCAA records book where he ranks 24^th among coaches with 10+ years at the NCAA Division I level.

This season, senior guard LJ Cryer continues to lead the Cougars and rank ninth in the Big 12 with 15.2 points per game. The Katy, Texas, native led all players with 23 points and five 3-pointers in Houston's road win at #21/19 BYU on Tuesday and stand among the league's Top-Eight leaders in both 3-point field goal percentage (38.7, 8^th) and 3-point field goals per game (3.0, 2^nd).

Shead ranks among the league leaders in assist per game (5.9, 3^rd), steals per game (2.3, 5^th) and assist-turnover ratio (2.92, 2^nd).

TUNE IN
• Fans can watch Monday's game on ESPN with Jon Sciambi (play-by-play) and Fran Fraschilla (analyst) calling the action.
• Fans can hear Monday's game on 950 AM KPRC and the Varsity Network app with Jeremy Branham (play-by-play). The pregame show begins at 7:45 p.m., Monday.
• Fans can follow live stats by visiting StatBroadcast.com and following the appropriate links or by clicking here.

ABOUT TEXAS
• Texas brings a 14-6 overall record and 3-4 Big 12 mark into Monday's game in Austin, Texas.
• Texas received votes in both the Jan. 22 Associated Press (39 pts.) and USA TODAY Sports Coaches (14 pts.) polls.
• The Longhorns are tied for eighth in the latest league standings
• Texas is 10-2 in home games during the 2023-24 season.
• The Longhorns have won two of their last three games. However, Texas dropped an 84-72 decision at BYU on Saturday in their most recent action.
• Against BYU, graduate forward Dylan Disu led the Longhorns with 19 points on 8-of-16 shooting and seven rebounds. Sophomore guard Chendall Weaver came off the bench to pour in 15 points with five offensive rebounds while graduate guard Max Abmas totaled 12 points with two assists and a steal. Junior guard Tyrese Hunter added 10 points with three rebounds and a team-high six assists in the loss.
• This season, Abmas leads Texas with 17.5 points and 4.3 assists per game, Disu stands second with 15.5 points per contest while Hunter is third with 12.1 points per game. Mitchell is the fourth Longhorn averaging double-digit points and leads the team with 8.7 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game.
• Head Coach Rodney Terry is in his second season at Texas and his 12th year as a collegiate head coach.
• Terry has posted a 36-14 record with Texas and is 199-170 during his career.
• Terry previously built a 37-48 record at UTEP (2018-21) and was 126-108 at Fresno State (2011-18).
• Terry is 0-1 against Houston during his career.
• Terry is 0-1 against Houston Head Coach Kelvin Sampson during their careers.
• 1990 graduate of St. Edward's

SERIES HISTORY vs. TEXAS
• After 64 games, Houston's series record against Texas is tied at 32-32.
• Monday's game will be the first of two regular-season meetings against Texas during the 2023-24 season. The Longhorns visit Fertitta Center in Houston on Feb. 17.
• Saturday's game will be the first time Houston has faced Texas since the 2012-13 season.
• Texas has won two of the last three games and five of the last seven. However, Houston can boast of the most recent success after taking a 73-72 win during the College Basketball Invitational First Round inside Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston on March 20, 2013.
• The two schools met as Southwest Conference rivals for 21 consecutive seasons from 1975-76 through 1995-96
• In the first meeting, Texas claimed a 46-44 win in Austin, Texas, on Dec. 20, 1949.
on Road: Texas owns an 18-9 lead against Houston in games played in Austin Texas, during the series.
• Texas has won the last five meetings in Austin, Texas, including a 90-80 victory on Jan. 2, 2000, in the most recent meeting.
• In the first road encounter, Texas claimed a 46-44 win in Austin, Texas, on Dec. 20, 1949.

UP NEXT
• Following Monday's game, the Cougars open the month of February when they meet #7/8 Kansas at 3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 3, inside Phog Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan.
• That game can be seen on ESPN.
• From there, the Cougars return to Fertitta Center to host Oklahoma State at 6 p.m., Feb. 6.
• That game will air on ESPN or ESPN2.
• The Cougars take on Cincinnati at 3 p.m. (CST), Saturday, Feb. 10, inside Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati
• That game will air on ESPN or ESPN2.
• All Houston Men's Basketball games can be heard on 950 AM KPRC and the Varsity Network app.

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