A red-hot start to the second half for No. 1 Houston was negated by an ice-cold finish, as the No. 8-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide came into the Fertitta Center on Saturday afternoon and left with a 71-65 win.
The Cougars began red-hot in Saturday’s non-conference matchup at TDECU Stadium against Kansas, but the Jayhawks answered back emphatically and Houston couldn’t catch up in a 48-30 loss.
The Houston Cougars beat the Cincinnati Bearcats to secure the American Athletic Conference regular-season title on Tuesday night at home.
The University of Houston Cougars dominated the Texas State Bobcats in an 80-47 win Wednesday night at the Fertitta Center.
Raines has been Howard College’s head coach since 2005. She helped the Hawks complete 16 years of 30 or more wins in a season, won seven regional championships, nine conference championships and took fourth place in the 2015 national tournament.
The Houston Cougars defeated the Memphis Tigers on Friday night to remain undefeated in conference play.
The 15th-ranked Houston Cougars defeated the 25th-ranked Virginia Cavaliers 67-47 on Tuesday night in front of a sold out crowd at the Fertitta Center in Houston.
It was a close game by halftime, and the Tulane Green Wave (1-5, 0-2 AAC) even took an early 22-17 lead over the Houston Cougars (5-1, 3-0) in third quarter, but the Cougars pulled together a furious rally of 24-straight unanswered points to knock off Tulane 40-22 to earn their fifth straight victory Thursday.
Despite heading onto the road as an underdog even with a better record, it didn’t faze the Houston Cougars (4-1, 2-0 AAC) when they thrashed the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes (1-4, 0-1 AAC) all over the place with true freshman Alton McCaskill running for three touchdowns in a 45-10 blowout victory Friday night.
The Houston Cougars battled from behind in the second half to beat the Navy Midshipmen 28-20 on Saturday night at TDECU Stadium.
The Texas Tech Red Raiders came from behind to beat the Houston Cougars 38-21 in the Texas Kickoff at NRG Stadium on Saturday.
Sports Editor James LaCombe picked No. 1 seed Gonzaga to win the 2021 men’s basketball tournament, and sports reporter Keenan Betz picked No. 2 seed Houston to win it all.
Bebe Galloway, a freshman from Galveston, led the Cardinals to a 2-0 week as the Big Red secured the fourth seed in the 2021 Southland Conference Basketball Tournament in Katy.
The Houston Cougars defeated the Memphis Tigers 67-64 in their final home game Sunday afternoon on a buzzer-beater by Dickinson graduate Tramon Mark. The win secures the second seed in the upcoming American Athletic Conference tournament.
The Houston Cougars started slow before working to a dominating 90-52 victory over the Cincinnati Bearcats on Sunday in the Fertitta Center.
The University of Houston Cougars started hot, jumping to an early lead they would never relinquish, as they avenged their only loss of the season with a 86-59 win over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Wednesday night at the Fertitta Center.
The University of Houston Cougars dominated the UCF Knights from the opening tipoff on their way to a 75-58 win at home in the Fertitta Center on Sunday afternoon.
The Houston Cougars returned home Wednesday night for a hard-fought 70-63 victory over the Wichita State Shockers in the Fertitta Center.
The Houston Cougars opened American Athletic Conference play on Tuesday night with a 76-50 win over the Temple Owls inside the Fertitta Center.
The University of Houston dominated the University of South Florida in a 56-21 victory on Saturday.
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