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GAME 23 • vs. UCF FEB. 1, 2017 UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON BASKETBALL ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: 3204 Cullen Blvd. • Suite 2008 • Houston, TX • 77204 • Contact: Jeff Conrad ([email protected]) O: (713) 743-9410 | C: (713) 557-3841 | F: (713) 743-9411 • UHCougars.com HOUSTON COUGARS (15-7 • 6-4 American) UCF KNIGHTS (14-7 • 5-4 American) SETTING the SCENE Nov. 5 UNC PEMBROKE (exhibition) W, 94-67 Nov. 11 MORGAN STATE ESPN3 W, 93-52 at HOUSTON COUGARS (15-7 • 6-4 American) Television: ESPNU Nov. 16 ANGELO STATE (exhibition) W, 84-72 6 p.m. • Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 Ted Emrich (PxP) Gulf Coast Showcase (Estero, Fla.) Malcolm Huckaby (analyst) Nov. 21 vs. George Mason W, 93-56 Hofheinz Pavilion (8,479) • Houston Nov. 22 vs. South Dakota W, 85-58 Radio: 950 AM KPRC Nov. 23 vs. Vermont W, 72-71 ESPNU • KPRC 950 AM Jeremy Branham (PxP) Nov. 26 CORNELL ESPN3 W, 83-53 Elvin Hayes (analyst) COUGARS CLOSE HOMESTAND vs. UCF on WEDNESDAY EVENING Pregame show begins at 5:45 p.m. Nov. 29 at LSU SEC L, 65-84 • Winners of their last two games, the Cougars close out their three-game homes- tand when they take on UCF at 6 p.m., Wednesday, inside Hofheinz Pavilion. Series vs. UCF : Houston leads 11-10 Dec. 3 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M ESPN3 W, 105-61 • Cougars will have revenge on their minds against the Knights... UCF claimed a Dec. 6 at nr/rv Arkansas SEC L, 72-84 77-70 win on Jan. 14 inside CFE Arena in Orlando. 13th straight season teams will play Dec. 10 nr/rv RHODE ISLAND ESPNU W, 82-77 • In most recent action, Cougars enjoyed a 79-66 win over Temple on Saturday Houston has won two of last three Dec. 17 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY ESPN3 W, 83-58 night in lone meeting between the two teams in the regular season... Junior guard UCF won last, 77-70 Dec. 21 LIBERTY ASN/ESPN3 W, 77-54 Rob Gray led way with 28 points on 8-of-13 shooting and added seven rebounds Orlando (Jan. 14, 2017) Dec. 23 HARVARD ESPN2 L,56-57 with five assists, while senior guard Damyean Dotson totaled 20 points with 10 Houston leads 6-4 in Hofheinz Pavilion rebounds for his team-leading seventh double-double of the season. Houston won last in Houston, 82-58 Dec. 28 * at UConn (Hartford, Conn.) ESPN2 W, 62-46 • Cougars were boosted by return of junior forward Devin Davis... Missed 12 of Dec. 31 * at USF ESPNU W, 70-56 13 previous games due to hand and then foot injuries... Returned briefly at USF on Hofheinz Pavilion (Feb. 24, 2016) Dec. 31 before aggravating foot injury and missing next seven games. Jan. 4 * TULSA ESPNU W, 64-61 Houston Head Coach: Kelvin Sampson Jan. 7 * #22/22 CINCINNATI ESPNU L, 58-67 HEADLINES and STORYLINES (UNC Pembroke ‘78) Jan. 11 * at East Carolina ESPNews W, 74-58 • Junior guard Rob Gray leads the Cougars and American Athletic Conference Career Record: 550-306 (29th year) with 20.5 points per game... Senior guard Damyean Dotson ranks fifth with 15.5 Jan. 14 * at UCF CBSSN L, 70-77 points per contest... Houston is only team with two players among league’s top-five Houston Record: 50-36 (3rd year) Jan. 19 * MEMPHIS CBSSN L, 67-70 (OT) scoring leaders. vs. UCF: 2-3 (2-3 with Houston) Jan. 21 * at rv/rv SMU ESPNU L, 64-85 • Cougars lead the American Athletic Conference and rank among the nation’s top vs. Johnny Dawkins: 0-1 (0-1 with Houston) Jan. 24 * TULANE CBSSN W, 65-51 20 leaders in fewest turnovers per game (10.5, 9th nationally) and turnover margin Jan. 28 * TEMPLE ESPNU W, 79-66 (+3.6, 18th nationally). UCF Head Coach: Johnny Dawkins • Gray leads the Cougars and the American Athletic Conference with 20.5 points (Duke ‘86) per game... Houston has not had a conference scoring champion since guard Au- Feb. 1 * UCF ESPNU 6 p.m. brey Coleman led UH, Conference USA and the nation with 25.6 points per game. Career Record: 170-122 (9th yr.) Feb. 8 * at Tulane ESPNews 7 p.m. • Dotson is one of only two players to rank among the American Athletic Confer- UCF Record: 14-7 (1st yr.) Feb. 11 * at Tulsa ESPNU 5 p.m. ence’s top-9 leaders in both scoring (15.5 ppg, 5th) and rebounding (7.4 rpg, 9th). vs. Houston: 1-1 (1-0 with UCF) Feb. 18 * rv/rv SMU ESPN2 5 p.m. • Dotson has made at least one 3-pointer in all 22 games to date this season... vs. Kelvin Sampson: 1-0 (1-0 with UCF) Feb. 22 * UCONN CBSSN 8 p.m. Ties with Sam Mack (1991-92) for the eighth-longest streak in Houston history. • Cougars lead or rank second in the American Athletic Conference in four statisti- Up Next * at Tulane Feb. 26 * at Memphis CBSSN 4 p.m. cal categories, including 3-point field goals per game, 3-point field goal percent- age, turnovers per game and turnover margin. for Houston: 7 p.m. • Wednesday, Feb. 8 March 2 * at #14/14 Cincinnati ESPN/ESPN2 6 p.m. • Cougars are competing in Hofheinz Pavilion for the final time in 2016-17... Team Devlin Fieldhouse • New Orleans March 5 * EAST CAROLINA CBSSN 3 p.m. will play off campus in 2017-18 as Hofheinz Pavilion undergoes a $60 million reno- ESPNews • KPRC 950 AM American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) vation and becomes the Fertitta Center during the 2018-19 season. March 9 First Round TBD TBD March 10 Quarterfinals TBD TBD COACHES vs. CANCER 3-POINT CHALLENGE • Cougars are competing in Coaches vs. March 11 Semifinals TBD TBD Cancer 3-Point Challenge... Fans are invite to March 12 Championship TBD TBD visit pledgeit.org/cvc-houston and make a pledge for every 3-pointer the Cougars make Home Games in BOLD CAPS; Times are Central and subject to change from Feb. 1 to March 5. Television networks in parenthesis • funds raised will help the American Cancer Society continue its mission to improving and @UHCOUGARMBK Rankings – AP/ESPN USA Today Coaches saving lives by doing the most to help people with cancer today and working tirelessly to find #ForTheCity cures for the disease tomorrow. #GoCoogs THE KELVIN SAMPSON RADIO SHOW HOUSTON COUGARS at a GLANCE (starters based on last game) FUDDRUCKERS • 3929 Southwest Freeway PROBABLE STARTERS Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown G-GS PPG RPG Other 7-8 p.m. • Mondays, beginning Jan. 2 32 Rob Gray G 6-2 185 r-Jr.-1L Forest City, N.C. 21-20 20.5 3.5 3.3 apg 3 Armoni Brooks G 6-4 180 Fr.-HS Round Rock, Texas 21-2 4.8 2.4 0.4 spg Head Coach Kelvin Sampson 21 Damyean Dotson G 6-5 210 r-Sr.-1L Houston, Texas 22-22 15.5 7.4 1.3 spg begins his weekly radio show 0 Danrad Knowles F 6-10 200 Sr.-3L Nassau, Bahamas 22-20 9.0 4.0 1.1 bpg on Monday, Jan. 2, at Fud- druckers. Hosted by Jeremy 13 Bertrand Nkali F 6-9 235 r-Sr.-1L Bertoua, Cameroon 20-3 1.5 2.3 1.4 bpg Branham, the show will air from 7 to 8 p.m., on Monday RESERVES during the American Athletic 25 Galen Robinson, Jr. G 6-1 190 So.-1L Houston, Texas 22-20 6.3 3.2 4.5 apg Conference season. 12 Wes Van Beck G 6-2 190 Jr.-2L Houston, Texas 22-5 8.6 3.0 1.9 apg Fans can join the show at the restaurant, tune in to KPRC 950 AM or lis- 33 Kyle Meyer C 6-10 230 r-Sr.-1L Atlanta, Ga. 22-9 2.2 3.0 0.5 bpg ten via Cougar All-Access at UHCougars.com. Jan. 2 Feb. 6 5 Morris Dunnigan G 6-3 195 Jr.-JC Joliet, Ill. 16-0 2.4 0.8 0.3 spg Fans can participate in the show by ask- 1 Xavier Dupree F 6-9 210 Sr.-1L Houston, Texas 14-1 1.1 1.4 0.4 apg Jan. 9 Feb. 13 ing questions in person at the restaurant, by Jan. 16 Feb. 20 tweeting questions to @UHCougarMBK or 30 Mateen Hirbod G 6-2 185 Fr.-HS Danville, Calif. 8-0 0.9 0.1 0.1 apg Jan. 23 Feb. 27 by leaving questions on the UHCougarMBK 15 Devin Davis F 6-7 230 r-Jr.-JC Indianapolis, Ind. 9-8 10.1 6.2 1.2 apg Jan. 30 March 6 Facebook page. 20 Valentine Sangoyomi C 6-9 250 Jr.-JC Lagos, Nigeria ––– ––– ––– ––– 2 NCAA National Championship Game Appearances • 5 NCAA Final Four Appearances • 19 NCAA Tournaments • 13 Conference Championships • 2 NBA Draft No. 1 Overall Picks • 11 NBA Draft First-Round Selections GAME 23 • vs. UCF FEB. 1, 2017 HOUSTON’S RECORD ... 2016-17 HOUSTON COUGARS Sampson Category Record Pct. Era Pct No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown-High School (Last School) All Games 15-7 .681 50-36 .581 0 Danrad Knowles F 6-10 200 r-Sr.-3L Nassau, Bahamas-HCYA [Houston, Texas] American Games 6-4 .600 22-24 .478 Non-Conference Games 9-3 .750 27-12 .692 1 Xavier Dupree F 6-9 210 Sr.-1L Houston, Texas-Trent Internationale/Alief Taylor (Paris JC) 3 Armoni Brooks G 6-4 180 Fr.-HS Round Rock, Texas-McNeil Home Games 9-3 .750 33-14 .702 5 Morris Dunnigan G 6-3 195 Jr.-JC Joliet, Ill.-Joliet West (Blinn JC) Away Games 3-4 .429 11-18 .379 Neutral Site Games 3-0 1.000 6-4 .600 12 Wes VanBeck G 6-2 190 Jr.-2L Houston, Texas-Westside 13 Bertrand Nkali C 6-9 235 r-Sr.-1L Bertoua, Cameroon-Arlington Country Day [Jacksonville, Fla.] (Lee JC) in Televised Games 14-5 .737 46-33 .582 15 Devin Davis F 6-7 230 r-Jr.-JC Indianapolis, Ind.-Warren Central (Odessa JC) vs.