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GAME 25 • at UCONN • 7 p.m. (EST) • FEB. 14, 2019 @UHCougarMBK 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 #9/9 HOUSTON COUGARS (23-1 • 10-1 American) #9/9 HOUSTON COUGARS (23-1 • 10-1 American) SETTING the SCENE Nov. 1 DALLAS BAPTIST (Ex.) W, 89-60 Men Against Breast Cancer Cougar Cup at UCONN HUSKIES (13-11 • 4-7 American) Television: ESPN Kevin Brown (PxP) Nov. 10 ALABAMA A&M (H&PE) ESPN3 W, 101-54 7 p.m. (EST) • Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 John Thompson III (analyst) Nov. 14 RICE (H&PE) ESPN3 W, 79-68 Nov. 19 NORTHWESTERN STATE (H&PE) W, 82-55 XL Center (16,294) • Hartford, Conn. Radio: 950 AM KPRC Nov. 24 at BYU BYUtv W, 76-62 ESPN • KPRC 950 AM Jeremy Branham (PxP) Nov. 28 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY (H&PE) W, 58-53 Elvin Hayes (analyst) COUGARS RETURN to ROAD to FACE UCONN on THURSDAY Pregame show begins at 6:45 p.m. (EST) Inaugural Game in Fertitta Center (Houston) • Following its second win over a ranked opponent this season, the Cougars return to Dec. 1 #18/21 OREGON ESPN2 W, 65-61 action when they face American Athletic Conference rival UConn at 7 p.m. (EST) Thurs- Series vs. UConn: Houston leads 6-5 Dec. 4 LAMAR ESPN3 W, 79-56 day, inside the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. Houston won last, four of last five Dec. 8 at Oklahoma State FS Oklahoma W, 63-53 • Will be the only time the Cougars face the Huskies during the 2018-19 regular sea- Lone meeting in 2018-19 regular season son. UConn leads 3-2 in Connecticut Dec. 12 LSU ESPN2 W, 82-76 • Winners of its last eight games, Cougars are fresh off a 65-58 win over No. 25/23 Series tied 1-1 in Hartford, Conn. Dec. 16 SAINT LOUIS ESPNU W, 68-64 Cincinnati on Sunday inside the Fertitta Center... With that victory, Houston moved into UConn won last in Connecticut, 74-65 Dec. 20 UTAH STATE ESPN3 W, 60-50 sole possession of first place in the latest American standings and won its 32nd straight home game, the nation’s longest active streak. The American Championship Quarterfinals Dec. 23 COPPIN STATE W, 75-44 • Houston enters this weekend’s game at No. 9 in both the Associated Press and USA XL Center • March 10, 2017 Dec. 29 rv/- NJIT ESPN3 W, 80-59 TODAY Coaches’ polls... That is the highest Cougars have been ranked since 1983-84 • Thursday’s game is the start of a stretch, which sees Houston compete in three road Houston Head Coach: Kelvin Sampson Jan. 2 * TULSA ESPN3 W, 74-56 games in its next four outings... Following UConn, Cougars take on Tulane (Sunday) (UNC Pembroke ‘78) in New Orleans and ECU (Feb. 27) with a Feb. 23 home game against USF inside the Career Record: 605-319 (30th year) Jan. 6 * MEMPHIS ESPNews W, 90-77 Fertitta Center. Jan. 9 * at Temple ESPNews L, 69-73 Houston Record: 105-49 (5th year) vs. UConn: 9-4 (5-2 with Houston) Jan. 12 * WICHITA STATE CBSSN W, 79-70 HEADLINES and STORYLINES vs. Dan Hurley: 1-1 (1-1 with Houston) Jan. 16 * at SMU ESPNews W, 69-58 • Cougars stand at No. 9 in the most recent USA TODAY Coaches’ and Associated Press polls and at No. 7 in the NCAA NET rankings (through Feb. 10).... 10th straight week Jan. 19 * at USF ESPNU W, 69-60 Cougars have been ranked in both national polls this season and the highest ranking in UConn Head Coach: Dan Hurley Jan. 23 * ECU ESPN3 W, 94-50 the AP poll since standing at No. 5 in the final 1983-84 poll. (Seton Hall ‘96) Jan. 27 * at Tulsa ESPNews W, 77-65 • Through games of Feb. 10, Houston is tied with Nevada for the national lead in win- Career Record: 164-116 (9th yr.) Jan. 31 * TEMPLE ESPN2 W, 73-66 ning percentage (.958) and was the first team to reach 20 wins in 2018-19... Cougars UConn Record: 13-11 (1st yr.) also rank second in field goal percentage defense (36.4) third in 3-point field goal per- vs. Houston: 1-1 (0-0 with UConn) centage defense (27.0, 2nd) and sixth in scoring defense (60.7). vs. Kelvin Sampson: 1-1 (0-0 with UConn) Feb. 7 * at UCF CBSSN W, 77-68 • Houston has won 32 consecutive home games for the nation’s longest active Feb. 10 * #25/23 CINCINNATI ESPN W, 65-58 streak... Last Houston home loss was a 78-75 setback to Akron in the NIT First Round in Feb. 14 * at UConn ESPN 6 p.m. H&PE Arena on March 15, 2017. Up Next * at Tulane for Houston: 1 p.m. • Sunday, Feb. 17 Feb. 17 * at Tulane CBSSN 1 p.m. • Houston has posted a 59-8 (.881) home record while competing in three different arenas in Houston during the last 3+ seasons. Devlin Fieldhouse • New Orleans Feb. 23 * USF TBA 5 p.m. • With Houston’s win at SMU on Jan. 16, Head Coach Kelvin Sampson reached CBS Sports Network • KPRC 950 AM Feb. 27 * at ECU ESPN3 6 p.m. 100 victories in his 149th game as a Cougar, faster than any other coach in program history... He moved past Tom Penders (2004-10) and Pat Foster (1986-93), who March 2 * UCF TBA 3 p.m. each won their 100th game at UH in their 159th games. • Senior point guard Galen Robinson Jr. ranks third in Houston history with 93 March 7 * SMU TBA 8 p.m. victories during his career and recently broke out of tie with Alvin Franklin (1982-86) March 10 * at #25/23 Cincinnati CBS 11 a.m. for second with 48 conference victories during his career. American Athletic Conference Championship (Memphis, Tenn.) March 14-17 TBA TBA TBA UP NEXT • Following Thursday’s game, the Cougars face Tulane at 1 p.m., Sunday, inside Dev- lin Fieldhouse in New Orleans in the lone regular-season meeting against the Green @UHCOUGARMBK Home Games in BOLD CAPS Wave... That game can be seen on CBS Sports Network and heard on KPRC 950 AM. Home games played inside Fertitta Center unless noted (H&PE) • From there, Houston returns to the Fertitta Center to play host to USF at 5 p.m., Feb. #ForTheCity Times are Central and subject to change 23... Broadcasting network for that game is TBA with game heard on KPRC 950 AM... Rankings – AP/USA TODAY Coaches’ Cougars enjoyed a 69-60 win over USF on Jan. 19 in Tampa, Fla. #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 25 Galen Robinson Jr. G 6-1 190 Sr.-3L Houston, Texas 24-24 8.3 3.3 5.3 apg 7-8 p.m. • Mondays 5 Corey Davis Jr. G 6-1 190 Sr.-1L Lafayette, La. 24-23 15.5 3.4 88.8 FT% Head Coach Kelvin Sampson 3 Armoni Brooks G 6-3 195 Jr.-2L Round Rock, Texas 24-24 13.8 6.4 3.3 3FGpg holds weekly radio show at Fud- 35 Fabian White Jr. F 6-7 230 So.-1L Atascocita, Texas 19-8 6.2 3.4 0.7 bpg druckers (3929 Southwest 24 Breaon Brady F 6-8 260 Sr.-1L Akron, Ohio 24-23 6.8 4.7 61.8 FG% Freeway). Hosted by Jer- RESERVES Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown G-GS PPG RPG Other emy Branham, the show 11 Nate Hinton G 6-4 210 Fr.-HS Gastonia, N.C. 24-1 7.5 4.4 84.5 FT% airs from 7 to 8 p.m., on most 13 DeJon Jarreau G 6-5 185 r-So.-TR New Orleans, La. 17-0 8.2 3.8 2.6 apg Mondays during the American 23 Cedrick Alley, Jr. F 6-5 230 r-Fr.-RS Houston, Texas 24-18 5.9 3.8 1.0 apg Athletic Conference season. 1 Chris Harris Jr. C 6-10 245 r-Jr.-1L Houston, Texas 15-0 2.9 3.1 1.0 bpg Fans can join the show at the restaurant, tune in to KPRC 950 AM or 55 Brison Gresham F/C 6-8 225 r-So.-TR New Orleans, La. 24-1 3.3 4.1 2.0 orpg listen via Houston All-Access at uhcou- 2 Landon Goesling G 6-0 175 r-Sr.-TR Bakersfield, Calif. 11-0 3.4 0.5 0.4 apg Jan. 7 Feb. 11 gars.com/allaccess. 30 Caleb Broodo C 6-7 230 r-Fr.-RS Midland, Mich. 4-0 0.0 1.3 ––– Jan. 14 Feb. 18 Fans can participate in the show 15 Neil VanBeck G 6-4 200 Fr.-HS Houston, Texas Walk-on guard, brother of letterman Wes VanBeck Jan. 21 Feb. 25 by asking questions in person at the 4 * Justin Gorham F 6-7 225 Jr.-TR Columbia, Md. 9.8 ppg, 6.7 rpg at Towson in 2017-18 Jan. 28 March 4 restaurant or by tweeting questions to 20 ** Caleb Mills G 6-3 165 Fr.-HS Arden, N.C. Joined team at semester break Feb.