GAME 20 • vs. ECU • 7 p.m. • JAN. 23, 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 #17/17 HOUSTON COUGARS (18-1 • 5-1 American) ECU PIRATES (8-9 • 1-4 American) SETTING the SCENE Nov. 1 DALLAS BAPTIST (Ex.) W, 89-60 Men Against Breast Cancer Cougar Cup at #17/17 HOUSTON COUGARS (18-1 • 5-1 American) Television: ESPN3 Dave Raymond (PxP) Nov. 10 ALABAMA A&M (H&PE) ESPN3 W, 101-54 7 p.m. • Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019 Reid Gettys (analyst) Nov. 14 RICE (H&PE) ESPN3 W, 79-68 Nov. 19 NORTHWESTERN STATE (H&PE) W, 82-55 Fertitta Center (7,035) • Houston Radio: 950 AM KPRC Nov. 24 at BYU BYUtv W, 76-62 ESPN3 • KPRC 950 AM Jeremy Branham (PxP) Nov. 28 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY (H&PE) W, 58-53 Elvin Hayes (analyst) COUGARS RETURN to FERTITTA CENTER to HOST ECU on WEDNESDAY Pregame show begins at 6:45 p.m. Inaugural Game in Fertitta Center (Houston) • After winning a pair of road games last week, the Cougars return to the friendly Dec. 1 #18/21 OREGON ESPN2 W, 65-61 confines of the Fertitta Center to host ECU at 7 p.m., Wednesday. Series vs. ECU: Houston leads 15-5 Dec. 4 LAMAR ESPN3 W, 79-56 • Houston enters this week’s home encounter following a 69-58 win at SMU (Jan. 16) Houston won last six Dec. 8 at Oklahoma State FS Oklahoma W, 63-53 and a 69-60 win at USF (Jan. 19)... With those wins, the Cougars improved to 18-1 and First of two meetings in 2018-19 maintained its first-place lead in the American Athletic Conference at 5-1. 6 p.m. (CST) • Feb. 27 • Minges Coliseum • Greenville, N.C. Dec. 12 LSU ESPN2 W, 82-76 • Senior point guard Galen Robinson Jr. needs six assists to become the sixth Houston won last, 109-58 Dec. 16 SAINT LOUIS ESPNU W, 68-64 player in Houston history with 500 assists and nine assists to move into sole of fourth place in assists in Houston career history. With his first assist in Saturday’s win at USF, H&PE Arena (Houston) • Feb. 25, 2018 Dec. 20 UTAH STATE ESPN3 W, 60-50 Robinson joined Derrick Daniels (1988-92) as the only players in Houston history Houston leads 8-5 in Greenville Dec. 23 COPPIN STATE W, 75-44 woth four 100+ assist seasons during their careers. Houston won last three in Greenville Dec. 29 rv/- NJIT ESPN3 W, 80-59 Houston won last in Greenville, 65-49 HEADLINES and STORYLINES Minges Coliseum • Jan. 14, 2018 For this week’s games, Head Coach Kelvin Jan. 2 * TULSA ESPN3 W, 74-56 Sampson and his staff will sneakers with their Jan. 6 * MEMPHIS ESPNews W, 90-77 suits on the sidelines to raise awareness for Coach- Houston Head Coach: Kelvin Sampson Jan. 9 * at Temple ESPNews L, 69-73 es vs. Cancer and the fight against cancer. (UNC Pembroke ‘78) Jan. 12 * WICHITA STATE CBSSN W, 79-70 • Cougars stand at No. 17 in the most recent USA Career Record: 601-319 (30th year) TODAY Coaches’ and Associated Press polls and at Houston Record: 101-49 (5th year) Jan. 16 * at SMU ESPNews W, 69-58 No. 7 in the NCAA NET rankings (through Jan. 20).... vs. ECU: 6-1 (6-1 with Houston) Jan. 19 * at USF ESPNU W, 69-60 Seventh straight week Cougars have been ranked in vs. Joe Dooley: First meeting Jan. 23 * ECU ESPN3 7 p.m. both national polls this season Jan. 27 * at Tulsa ESPNews 1 p.m. • Through games of Jan. 20, Houston ranks among nation’s Top-8 leaders in winning percentage (.947, t-1st); field goal percentage defense (.364, 2nd); 3-point field goal ECU Head Coach: Joe Dooley Jan. 31 * TEMPLE TBA 6 p.m. percentage defense (26.7, 3rd) and scoring defense (60.5, 8th). (George Washington ‘88) • Houston has won 29 consecutive home games... Streak is the nation’s longest active Career Record: 179-119 (10th yr.) Feb. 7 * at-/rv UCF CBSSN 6 p.m. streak... Last Houston home loss was a 78-75 setback to Akron in the NIT First Round in ECU Record: 65-61 (5th yr.) Feb. 10 * rv/rv CINCINNATI ESPN 3 p.m. H&PE Arena on March 15, 2017. vs. Houston: First meeting • Houston has posted a 56-8 (.875) home record while competing in three different vs. Kelvin Sampson: First meeting Feb. 14 * at UConn TBA 6 p.m. arenas in Houston during the last 3+ seasons. Feb. 17 * at Tulane CBSSN 1 p.m. • With Houston’s win at SMU on Jan. 16, Head Coach Kelvin Sampson reached Up Next *at Tulsa Feb. 23 * USF TBA 5 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 for Houston: 1 p.m. • Sunday, Jan. 27 Feb. 27 * at ECU ESPN3 6 p.m. each won their 100th game at UH in their 159th games. Reynolds Center • Tulsa, Okla. • Junior guard Armoni Brooks is one of only three players to rank among the ESPNews • KPRC 950 AM March 2 * -/rv UCF TBA 3 p.m. American Athletic Conference Top-15 leaders in both scoring (14.3 ppg, 15th) and re- March 7 * SMU TBA 8 p.m. bounding (6.5 rpg, 11th). March 10 * at rv/rv Cincinnati CBS 11 a.m. UP NEXT American Athletic Conference Championship (Memphis, Tenn.) • Following Wednesday’s game, the Cougars return to the road to take on Tulsa at March 14-17 TBA TBA TBA 1 p.m., Sunday, inside the Reynolds Center in Tulsa, Okla... Cougars look to sweep the Golden Hurricane after taking a 74-56 win over Tulsa on Jan. 2 inside the Fertitta Center in the American Athletic Conference opener for both teams. @UHCOUGARMBK Home Games in BOLD CAPS • Game will be shown on ESPNews and can be heard on KPRC 950 AM. Home games played inside Fertitta Center unless noted (H&PE) • From there, Houston closes out the month of January when it takes on Temple at 6 #ForTheCity Times are Central and subject to change p.m., Jan. 31, inside the Fertitta Center... Houston looks to avenge a 73-69 loss to the Rankings – AP/USA TODAY Coaches’ Owls in Philadelphia on Jan. 9. #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 19-19 8.5 3.5 5.3 apg 7-8 p.m. • Mondays 5 Corey Davis Jr. G 6-1 190 Sr.-1L Lafayette, La. 19-18 15.2 3.4 91.8 FT% Head Coach Kelvin Sampson 3 Armoni Brooks G 6-3 195 Jr.-2L Round Rock, Texas 19-19 14.3 6.5 3.4 3FGpg holds weekly radio show at Fud- 35 Fabian White Jr. F 6-7 230 So.-1L Atascocita, Texas 14-3 6.4 3.5 0.8 bpg druckers (3929 Southwest 24 Breaon Brady F 6-8 260 Sr.-1L Akron, Ohio 19-18 7.3 4.7 63.7 FG% Freeway). Hosted by Jer- RESERVES Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown G-GS PPG RPG Other emy Branham, the show 13 DeJon Jarreau G 6-5 185 r-So.-TR New Orleans, La. 12-0 8.1 3.1 3.1 apg airs from 7 to 8 p.m., on most 23 Cedrick Alley, Jr. F 6-5 230 r-Fr.-RS Houston, Texas 19-18 5.6 3.9 1.1 apg Mondays during the American 11 Nate Hinton G 6-4 210 Fr.-HS Gastonia, N.C. 19-1 7.3 4.3 85.4 FT% Athletic Conference season. 55 Brison Gresham F/C 6-8 225 r-So.-TR New Orleans, La. 19-1 3.8 4.9 2.2 orpg Fans can join the show at the restaurant, tune in to KPRC 950 AM or 1 Chris Harris Jr. C 6-10 245 r-Jr.-1L Houston, Texas 10-0 2.9 0.6 1.0 bpg listen via Houston All-Access at uhcou- 2 Landon Goesling G 6-0 175 r-Sr.-TR Bakersfield, Calif. 10-0 2.9 0.6 0.3 apg Jan. 7 Feb. 11 gars.com/allaccess. 30 Caleb Broodo C 6-7 230 r-Fr.-RS Midland, Mich. 3-0 0.0 0.7 ––– 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. 4 March 11 @UHCougarMBK. * – will sit out as a redshirt in 2018-19 per NCAA transfer rules || ** –will sit out as a redshirt after joining team at semester break 2 NCAA National Championship Game Appearances • 5 NCAA Final Four Appearances • 20 NCAA Tournaments • 13 Conference Championships • 2 NBA Draft No.