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Women's Basketball Knocks Off Texas Southern 76-58 In Season Opener
Nov. 9, 2007
HOUSTON - The University of Houston women's basketball team got the 2007-08 campaign started with a 76-58 win over Texas Southern, Friday on Guy V. Lewis Court at Hofheinz Pavilion. Houston (1-0) moved its all-time record to 25-8 in season openers and earned its eighth-straight win over TSU (0-1). The Cougars found themselves in a fight early in the second half as TSU came out and took a 40-39 lead with 15:39 to go, erasing UH's three-point halftime advantage. The teams traded buckets over the next two minutes and a turnaround jumper by Tye Jackson (Houston, Texas/Westfield HS/Purdue) with 13:36 left started a 7:57, 27-7 run that put the game away for the Cougars. During that span, Houston held Texas Southern to just three field goals. TSU made only eight field goals in the second half and shot 32.1 percent (18-for-56) for the game. The Cougars won the game in transition with 16 steals that were converted into 12 fast-break points. It was UH's most steals in a game since Feb. 3, 2006, a 75-62 win over Rice. Jackson finished with 18, leading all players. The 2007 Conference USA Preseason Player of the Year has scored in double-figures in 24-consecutive games and played in a season opener for the first time in her UH career. Whitney James (Edmond, Okla./Edmond Memorial HS/North Oklahoma College) finished with 12 points and four rebounds. Ryan Meyers (Arlington, Texas/Arlington HS/Grayson County CC) showed no rust from her long layoff tallying 14 points and seven rebounds. Meyers missed all but the first nine games of the 2006-07 season due to injury. Also coming off a long layoff, 587 days to be exact, was Twiggy McIntyre (Sapulpa, Okla./Sapulpa HS/Kansas State). McIntyre, a senior transfer, last played on March 31, 2006 in the WNIT Championship game while with KState. She finished with nine points, six rebounds, five steals and four assists. Courtney Taylor (Crockett, Texas/Crockett HS) pulled down a game-high eight rebounds in her Houston debut. Jamelah Lewis and Camille Parks both found double figures for the Tigers, finishing with 18 and 11 points, respectively. UH led 33-30 at the break despite shooting 31.3 (10-for-32) in the first half. The Cougars trailed by as many as seven with five minutes to go, but an 8-1 run to close the half gave UH the three-point halftime advantage. The Cougars hit the road for a Tuesday matchup against Cal State Bakersfield at 9 p.m. CDT. UH closes out the two-game swing with a game against Cal Poly at 7 p.m. Thursday. Fans can listen to a free internet radio broadcast of all UH games this year by clicking on the Stretch Internet Broadcast link at UHCougars.com
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