#7/5 Men's Basketball Survives Double Overtime Thriller Inside Allen Fieldhouse

J'Wan Roberts, Men's Basketball Recap at Kansas

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Graduate forward J'Wan Roberts scored 24 points, including six in two overtime periods, and the #7/5 University of Houston Men's Basketball program knocked off #12/11 Kansas, 92-86, in double overtime inside Phog Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday night.

Trailing 66-60 with 91 seconds remaining in regulation, junior point guard Milos Uzan drained a pair of buckets, and Roberts hit two free throws with 13.9 seconds left in regulation to tie the game.

At the end of the first overtime, Houston (16-3, 8-0 Big 12) again found itself trailing 79-73 with 18 seconds remaining. However, the Cougars took advantage of two missed Jayhawk free throws.

After junior guard Emanuel Sharp's 3-pointer pulled Houston to within 79-76 with seconds left, Uzan deflected the Kansas inbounds pass, and senior guard Mylik Wilson scooped up the loosed ball, stepped back and buried his second trey of the game to force the second overtime period and stun the crowd of 15,300.

Wilson came off the bench to pour in a Houston-career-high 18 points while Uzan fell just shy of a triple-double with 17 points, nine rebounds and nine assists with no turnovers. It was the 13^th time that Uzan recorded one or fewer turnovers in a game this season.

Kansas (14-5, 5-3) was led by Flory Bidunga with 19 points and Hunter Dickinson with 17.

Houston: Injuries hampered the Cougars. Sharp, who missed Houston's last game against Utah with an injury, played 25 minutes but scored just eight points. Senior forward Ja'Vier Francis rolled his ankle early in the first half and played only 3:45. He finished with four points.

Kansas: Bidunga, after scoring just two points on a last-second tip-in in the first half, scored 17 in the second half and overtime for a career-high 19. With K.J. Adams out with a separated shoulder, Bidunga's contributions helped Kansas against a strong Houston front line.

Houston used a 13-0 run early in the second half to turn a 40-31 deficit into a lead. Kansas went 6:21 without a point, and missed eight straight shots during the run, including a missed breakaway dunk attempt by Shakeel Moore.

UP NEXT
• Following Saturday's game, Houston continues its road swing to close the month of January when it faces West Virginia for the second time this season, this time at 6 p.m. (CST), Wednesday, Jan. 29, inside WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, W.Va. That game will air on ESPN+.
• From there, the Cougars open the month of February when they play host to Texas Tech at 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 1. That game will air on ESPN2.
• The Cougars will celebrate the retirement of Houston great Don Chaney's #24 jersey at halftime and wear their Houston Blue uniforms for the first time.
• All Houston Men's Basketball games can be heard on 950 AM KPRC and the Varsity Network app.

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