PREVIEW: Cougars-Panthers Open Midweeks

HOUSTON – Coming off a three-game sweep of Binghamton on Opening Weekend, the Houston baseball team will host Prairie View A&M for its first midweek game of 2024 on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. from Don Sanders Field at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park.

HOUSTON (3-0, 0-0 Big 12) vs. Prairie View A&M (3-0, 0-0 SWAC)
Date \| Time	Tuesday, Feb. 20 at 6:30 p.m.
Opponent	Prairie View A&M (3-0)
Location	Don Sanders Field at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park
Watch	Big 12 Now on ESPN+ \| Matt Pedersen (pxp), Garrett Jones (analyst)
Listen	The Varsity Network \| Jeremy Branham
Live Stats	UHStats.com
Starting Pitchers	TBD vs TBD
Game Notes	Houston \| Prairie View A&M
Media Center	Notes, media guide/record book, rosters, box scores, photos
Promotions	Check out all the fun at the ballpark

THE PROMOTIONS

Tuesday
- $2 Sodas at the concessions stands
- Free Hot dogs for the first 50 students
- $2 Ticket at the Box Office on game day
- Double points for The Pride Rewards App

THE SERIES

This is the third meeting in as many years between the two Texas schools.
Senior Justin Murray, senior Jacob Schoenvogel, junior Cameron Nickens, and sophomore Thomas Lyssy each had two hits in the 2023 meeting.
Seven of the nine pitchers that saw action in the 2023 meeting are on the 2024 roster.

QUICK HITTERS

Houston leads the nation in strikeout-to-walk ratio (19.00) and in walks-per-nine innings (0.67).
Seniors Justin Murray and Jake Rainess were named NCBWA Preseason All-Americans. Murray was named Second Team Utility while Rainess was tabbed Third Team Shortstop.
Both Murray and Rainess reeled in top 50 position rankings by D1Baseball. Rainess was named the #13 shortstop in America (fourth in the Big 12) while Murray was tabbed the #22 first baseman.
JuCo transfer Jaxon Jelkin was tabbed a top 150 starting pitcher by D1Baseball – the third ranked JuCo transfer pitcher on the list.
Graduate Tim Williamson struck out Justin Murray in the pair's only face-to-face matchup in 2022 when Williamson was at Harvard and Murray was at Dartmouth.
Houston was picked to finish ninth in the Big 12 Conference in its inaugural season – picked to finish above the three other newcomers and Baylor.
Head Coach Todd Whitting enters his 14th season as head coach of his alma mater and 22nd season in total as a coach.
Whitting elevated Ross Kivett to Associate Head Coach after leading the Cougars' offense to its best average (.290) since 2017 (.290), the most home runs (73) since 2000 (75), most RBI (391) and stolen bases (113) since 2008 (421 and 142).
Houston brought in SEC experienced coaches Sean Kenny (pitching) and Matt Reida (recruiting coordinator) to the 2024 staff. Kenny brings a wealth of experience from Georgia while Reida joins the Cougars from Alabama.
Cougar legend Woody Williams returns to Houston as the Director of Pitching Strategy and Development to work closely with pitching coach Sean Kenny in what head coach Whitting describes as his "best pitching staff on paper" during his 14-year tenure.
Andy Davis was hired as Director of Analytics after multiple years at Georgia with Assistant Coach Sean Kenny.

LAST TIME OUT

Houston swept its Opening Weekend series for the first time since 2021, beating Binghamton 8-4, 8-2 and 7-0.
The Cougars posted a nation-leading 19.00 strikeout-to-walk ratio against Binghamton.

SERIES HISTORY
Houston record vs Binghamton 15-0
Last meeting W, 17-4, 3/7/2023
Streak Houston, W15

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