Houston Cougars
American (20-11, 9-7)
Big Wins: 11/24 vs Liberty (75-68), 1/31 Tulane (72-48), 2/3 at Wichita State (73-62)
Bad Losses: 11/22 at Boston College (74-79), 1/20 at East Carolina (78-80), 2/10 at Tulsa (77-83)
Coach: Ronald Hughey
Probable Starters:
Jasmyne Harris, Sophomore, Guard, 19.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 3.7 apg
Angela Harris, Sophomore, Guard, 14.9 ppg, 3.6 apg
Serithia Hawkins, Junior, Guard, 11.8 ppg, 7.9 rpg
Dorian Branch, Sophomore, Forward, 9.8 ppg, 2.7 apg
Myyah West, Junior, Forward, 5.3 ppg, 4.1 rpg
Key Role Players:
Octavia Barnes, Junior, Forward, 7.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg
Julia Blackshell-Fair, Freshman, Guard, 4.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 74.3 (46th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 70.2 (287, 11)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.4 (119, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.3 (254, 9)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.9 (53, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.3 (80, 3)
Free-Throw Percentage: 65.5 (291, 11)
Rebound Margin: -5.0 (299, 12)
Assists Per Game: 14.4 (112, 5)
Turnovers Per Game: 18.1 (293, 10)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2017 NIT First Round loss to Akron
2011 NCAA Round of 64 loss to West Virginia
2010 NIT Round of 64 loss to Texas Tech
2005 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Boston College
2004 NCAA Round of 64 win over Green Bay
2004 NCAA Round of 32 loss to UC-Santa Barbara
2002 NIT First Round win over Rice
2002 NIT Second Round win over Miami
2002 NIT Third Round win over Valparaiso
2002 NIT Semifinal win over Virginia Tech
2002 NIT Final loss to Oregon
*all team stats through 3/1