GAME 24 • at TULANE FEB. 8, 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 (16-7 • 7-4 American) HOUSTON COUGARS (16-7 • 7-4 American) SETTING the SCENE Nov. 5 UNC PEMBROKE (exhibition) W, 94-67 Nov. 11 MORGAN STATE ESPN3 W, 93-52 at TULANE GREEN WAVE (4-19 • 1-10 American) Television: ESPNews Nov. 16 ANGELO STATE (exhibition) W, 84-72 7 p.m. • Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 Ted Emrich (PxP) Gulf Coast Showcase (Estero, Fla.) Malcolm Huckaby (analyst) Nov. 21 vs. George Mason W, 93-56 Devlin Fieldhouse (4,100) • New Orleans Nov. 22 vs. South Dakota W, 85-58 Radio: 950 AM KPRC Nov. 23 vs. Vermont W, 72-71 ESPNews • KPRC 950 AM Jeremy Branham (PxP) Nov. 26 CORNELL ESPN3 W, 83-53 Pregame show begins at 6:45 p.m. Nov. 29 at LSU SEC L, 65-84 COUGARS RETURN FROM BREAK • Fresh off a week-long break from their schedule, the Cougars return to action Series vs. Tulane : Houston leads 20-17 Dec. 3 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M ESPN3 W, 105-61 when they meet Tulane for the second time this season at 7 p.m., Wednesday, in- Third straight season teams play; side Fogleman Arena inside Devlin Fieldhouse in New Orleans. 20th in last 21 years Dec. 6 at nr/rv Arkansas SEC L, 72-84 • Tuesday’s game will be Cougars’ first action since 82-64 win over UCF on Feb. 1 Dec. 10 nr/rv RHODE ISLAND ESPNU W, 82-77 inside Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston. Houston has won five of last six Dec. 17 UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY ESPN3 W, 83-58 • Cougars will be looking to sweep the regular-season series against the Green Houston won last, 65-51 Dec. 21 LIBERTY ASN/ESPN3 W, 77-54 Wave after taking a 65-51 win in Hofheinz Pavilion on Jan. 24. Hofhienz Pavilion (Jan. 24, 2017) Dec. 23 HARVARD ESPN2 L,56-57 • Senior guard Damyean Dotson has scored 20+ points in each of his last four Tulane leads 9-7 in New Orleans games, including a career-high 31 in the Cougars’ 82-64 win over UCF on Feb. 1... Houston won last three in New Orleans Dec. 28 * at UConn (Hartford, Conn.) ESPN2 W, 62-46 Became 58th different Cougars to score 30+ points in game during his career. Dec. 31 * at USF ESPNU W, 70-56 Houston won last in New Orleans, 82-69 HEADLINES and STORYLINES Devlin Fieldhouse (Feb. 17, 2016) Jan. 4 * TULSA ESPNU W, 64-61 • Junior guard Rob Gray leads the Cougars and American Athletic Conference Jan. 7 * #22/22 CINCINNATI ESPNU L, 58-67 with 20.3 points per game... Senior guard Damyean Dotson ranks fifth with 16.2 Houston Head Coach: Kelvin Sampson Jan. 11 * at East Carolina ESPNews W, 74-58 points per contest... Houston is only team with two players among league’s top-five (UNC Pembroke ‘78) Jan. 14 * at UCF CBSSN L, 70-77 scoring leaders. Career Record: 551-306 (29th year) Jan. 19 * MEMPHIS CBSSN L, 67-70 (OT) • Cougars lead the American Athletic Conference and rank among the nation’s Houston Record: 51-36 (3rd year) top-16 leaders in fewest turnovers per game (10.3, 8th nationally) and turnover vs. Tulane: 6-2 (5-2 with Houston) Jan. 21 * at rv/rv SMU ESPNU L, 64-85 margin (+3.7, 16th nationally). Jan. 24 * TULANE CBSSN W, 65-51 • Gray leads the Cougars and the American Athletic Conference with 20.3 points vs. Mike Dunleavy : 1-0 (1-0 with Houston) Jan. 28 * TEMPLE ESPNU W, 79-66 per game... Houston has not had a conference scoring champion since guard Au- brey Coleman led UH, Conference USA and the nation with 25.6 points per game. Tulane Head Coach: Mike Dunleavy Feb. 1 * UCF ESPNU W, 82-64 • Dotson is one of only two players to rank among the American Athletic Con- (South Carolina ‘76) Feb. 8 * at Tulane ESPNews 7 p.m. ference’s top-10 leaders in both scoring (16.2 ppg, 5th) and rebounding (7.3 rpg, Career Record: 4-19 (1st yr.) Feb. 11 * at Tulsa ESPNU 5 p.m. 10th). Tulane Record: 4-19 (1st yr.) Feb. 18 * 25/rv SMU ESPN2 5 p.m. • Dotson has made at least one 3-pointer in all 23 games to date this season... vs. Houston: 0-1 Ties with Richard Hollis (1987-89) for the fifth-longest streak in Houston history. Feb. 22 * UCONN CBSSN 8 p.m. • Cougars lead or rank second in the American Athletic Conference in four statisti- vs. Kelvin Sampson: 0-1 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. Up Next * at Tulsa March 2 * at #11/11 Cincinnati ESPN/ESPN2 6 p.m. • Cougars are competing in Hofheinz Pavilion for the final time in 2016-17... Team for Houston: 5 p.m. • Saturday, Feb. 11 March 5 * EAST CAROLINA CBSSN 3 p.m. will play off campus in 2017-18 as Hofheinz Pavilion undergoes a $60 million reno- Reynolds Center • Tulsa, Okla. American Athletic Conference Championship (Hartford, Conn.) vation and becomes the Fertitta Center during the 2018-19 season. ESPNU • KPRC 950 AM 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. 22-21 20.3 3.5 3.3 apg 3 Armoni Brooks G 6-4 180 Fr.-HS Round Rock, Texas 23-3 4.5 2.3 0.4 spg Head Coach Kelvin Sampson 21 Damyean Dotson G 6-5 210 r-Sr.-1L Houston, Texas 23-23 16.2 7.3 1.3 apg begins his weekly radio show 0 Danrad Knowles F 6-10 200 Sr.-3L Nassau, Bahamas 23-21 8.7 3.9 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 21-4 1.6 2.3 1.5 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 23-20 6.6 3.3 4.6 apg Conference season. 15 Devin Davis F 6-7 230 r-Jr.-JC Indianapolis, Ind. 10-8 9.4 5.9 1.4 apg Fans can join the show at the restaurant, tune in to KPRC 950 AM or lis- 12 Wes Van Beck G 6-2 190 Jr.-2L Houston, Texas 23-5 8.6 3.0 1.9 apg ten via Cougar All-Access at UHCougars.com. Jan. 2 Feb. 6 33 Kyle Meyer C 6-10 230 r-Sr.-1L Atlanta, Ga. 23-9 2.2 3.0 0.4 bpg Fans can participate in the show by ask- 5 Morris Dunnigan G 6-3 195 Jr.-JC Joliet, Ill. 17-0 2.4 0.8 0.2 spg Jan. 9 Feb. 13 ing questions in person at the restaurant, by Jan. 16 Feb. 20 tweeting questions to @UHCougarMBK or 1 Xavier Dupree F 6-9 210 Sr.-1L Houston, Texas 15-1 1.1 1.3 0.4 apg Jan. 23 Feb. 27 by leaving questions on the UHCougarMBK 30 Mateen Hirbod G 6-2 185 Fr.-HS Danville, Calif. 9-0 0.9 0.1 0.1 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 24 • at TULANE FEB. 8, 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 16-7 .696 51-36 .586 0 Danrad Knowles F 6-10 200 r-Sr.-3L Nassau, Bahamas-HCYA [Houston, Texas] American Games 7-4 .636 23-24 .489 Non-Conference Games 9-3 .750 28-12 .700 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 10-3 .769 34-14 .708 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 15-5 .750 48-32 .600 15 Devin Davis F 6-7 230 r-Jr.-JC Indianapolis, Ind.-Warren Central (Odessa JC) vs.