PREVIEW: Women’s Basketball Returns to Fertitta Center Wednesday Against BYU

HOUSTON– The University of Houston Women's Basketball program returns to Fertitta Center as it takes on BYU at 7 p.m., Wednesday for First Responders Day.

HOUSTON COUGARS (9-5, 0-3 Big 12) vs. BYU Cougars (10-6, 0-3 Big 12)
Date \| Time	Wednesday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m.
Opponent	BYU (10-6, 0-3 Big 12)
Location	Fertitta Center \| Houston, Texas
Watch	Big 12 Now on ESPN+ \| Matt Pedersen (pxp), Austyn Iven (analyst), Abby Christopherson (sideline)
Listen	The Varsity Network \| Lonnie King
Live Stats	UHStats.com
Game Notes	Houston \| BYU

BATTLE OF THE COUGARS

Houston returns to the friendly confines of the Fertitta Center with a matchup against BYU.
Houston and BYU are both in search of its first win in Big 12 Conference action.
Wednesday marks the third all-time meeting between both teams.
Houston leads the all-time series, 2-0.
BYU and Houston meet for the first time since the 1984-85 season where Houston defeated BYU, 105-90 (Feb. 2, 1985).
Houston won the last meeting between the two programs, 96-79, in Provo, Utah (Dec. 13, 1986).

LAST TIME OUT

Senior guard Laila Blair posted 17 points and four rebounds in Houston's, 87-58 loss against #6/9 Baylor inside Foster Pavilion on Saturday.
Blair led the Cougars in scoring in back-to-back games with 17 points, her ninth-straight game in double figures. The Houston native hit three of the Cougars' seven 3-pointers against the Bears.

THE TIP

Graduate forward Bria Patterson (988) is 12 points away from reaching 1,000 career points with the Cougars.
Graduate guard N'Yah Boyd reached 1,000 career points against Texas A&M-Commerce while posting her first career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds (Dec. 8, 2023).
Both Britney Onyeje (191) and Laila Blair (165) have their eyes set on the Houston all-time three-pointers made record of 226 set by Brittney Scott (2007-11).
Onyeje is now second all-time on the three-pointers made list, surpassing Chandi Jones (188, 2000-04) while Blair sits at sixth all-time.
A season after being the shortest team in the league and relying on its full court press to make teams uncomfortable, the Cougars are the 11th tallest team in the league this year an average height of 5-11.

SERIES HISTORY
Houston record vs. BYU                                  2-0
Home / away / neutral                                     1-0 / 1-0 / 0-0
Last meeting                                                    W, 96-79, 12/13/1986, Provo, Utah
Streak                                                              Houston, 2

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