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Taylor and Button Garner Weekly Honors from Conference USA

Over the weekend, Taylor notched her 10th and 11th career double-doubles

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Nov. 17, 2008

HOUSTON - After an outstanding weekend that saw the University of Houston women's basketball team start 2-0 for the first time since the 2004-05 season, the Cougars received more good news on Monday as Courtney Taylor and Roxana Button were named Conference USA Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week, respectively.

Taylor averaged a double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds in Houston's season-opening wins over Southeast Louisiana, 73-58, and Gardner-Webb, 79-58. She also shot .500 (11-of-22) from the field and .714 (10-of-14) from the free throw line. Taylor added six steals, three blocks and two assists to her totals for the two games.

She had a game-high 17 points to go along with a team-leading 10 rebounds in the SLU victory for her 10th career double-double. Against Gardner-Webb, Taylor pulled down 14 rebounds, just one shy of her career high, and recorded 15 points to make it her second double-double of the season and 11th overall.

Roxana Button

Button averaged 14.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game, while shooting .526 percent (10-of-19) in her Cougar debut. She also registered five assists and four steals as well as hit eight of her 10 attempted free throws (.800).

Button tied Taylor with a game-high 17 points in the Cougars' season-opening victory over Southeastern Louisiana. In addition, she hit .727 percent (8-of-11) of her field goals and hauled down three rebounds. Less than 24 hours later, she helped UH defeat Gardner-Webb by scoring 12 points, including hitting 7-of-8 free throws (.875), grabbing five rebounds and dishing out four assists.

Taylor, Button and the rest of the Cougars face their first road test of the season this week when they travel to Corvallis, Ore., to face Oregon State on Wednesday. The team is back in action at Hofhienz Pavilion Friday when it hosts Miami in a 7 p.m. contest.

 

 

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