Houston Women's Basketball 2018 NIT Tournament Capsule

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