http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/teams/houston_cougars/927 Recent articles about Houston Cougars en-us TaShawn Thomas scored 16 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and Houston moved on to the second round of the Conference USA tournament with a 72-67 win over Rice on Wednesday. Danuel House had 14 points and eight rebounds, Joseph Young had 10 points and the sixth-seeded Cougars shot 51.9 percent from the field to win their fourth straight contest. Houston (19-11) led 17-14 midway through the first half before using a 19-4 run capped off by a Thomas jumper to make it 36-18 with 2:34 remaining before halftime. Tamir Jackson had 30 points and nine rebounds for Rice (5-26), which battled back in the second half to take a 54-51 lead off an Austin Ramljak 3-pointer with 10:30 to go. With his team down by two and 2:33 to play, House converted a three-point play to give Houston a 68-67 lead and the Cougars never trailed again. Houston will play third-seeded UTEP in quarterfinals of the C-USA tourney Thursday. Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:38:59 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_72_rice_67/13136089 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_72_rice_67/13136089 Houston 72, Rice 67 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/houston_72_rice_67/13136089 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Joseph Young scored a career-high 32 points, including the game-winner to lift Houston over Tulane 96-94 Saturday night in the regular-season finale for both teams. TaShawn Thomas, Leon Gibson and Jherrod Stiggers had 14 points each to help Houston (18-11, 7-9 Conference USA) win its third in a row. After Josh Davis converted a three-point play for Tulane to tie it 91-91, Young made two free throws with 54 seconds left to put Houston on top 93-91. Davis responded with a layup and Kendall Timmons made 1 of 2 from the foul line with 12 seconds remaining to put the Green Wave ahead 94-93. Young, with 2 seconds left, connected on a jumper while getting fouled. Young made the and-1 free throw to put Houston on top for good 96-94. Kendall Timmons led Tulane (18-13, 6-10) with 22 points and eight boards. The Green Wave has lost four straight. Sat, 09 Mar 2013 23:55:27 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_96_tulane_94/13099618 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_96_tulane_94/13099618 Houston 96, Tulane 94 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/houston_96_tulane_94/13099618 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Isaiah Sykes scored 22 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished out four assists to lead UCF past Houston in overtime Saturday night 79-75. Houston sprinted out of the gates, taking a 9-0 lead to begin the game sparked by Leon Gibson who scored the Cougars' first seven points. The Cougars were up 14-3 before UCF (12-5, 2-1 C-USA) answered back with a 20-7 run to tie it at 23 with 7:41 remaining in the half. Sykes hit a pair of free throws for UCF with 1:27 to go in the game to tie it at 72. Neither team would score the rest of the half. In overtime, a Calvin Newell lay-up gave the Knights a 74-72 lead with 2:54 to go and never trailed again. Keith Clanton had 19 points and pulled eight rebounds for UCF. Five players were in double figures for Houston (12-4, 1-2). Danuel House had 15 points, 11 rebounds and six assists. Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:12:26 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/ucf_79_houston_75/12704305 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/ucf_79_houston_75/12704305 UCF 79, Houston 75 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/ucf_79_houston_75/12704305 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png TaShawn Thomas had 23 points, nine rebounds and three blocks, and Joseph Young scored seven of his 21 points in overtime as Houston held off Texas Southern 78-75 on Saturday night. The Cougars (7-2) quickly opened a six-point lead in overtime on back-to-back three-point plays by Young and Thomas. A young jumper made the score 74-69 with 1:23 remaining, and Houston protected the lead at the free-throw line. Omar Strong had 29 points and made eight 3-pointers for the Tigers (1-8). J.J. Thompson had 10 points and six assists for Houston, which overcome a nine-point deficit in the final 3:49 of regulation to force overtime. Danuel House's 3-pointer with nine seconds to play tied the score at 66-all. Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:21:29 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_78_texas_southern_75/12394957 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_78_texas_southern_75/12394957 Houston 78, Texas Southern 75 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/houston_78_texas_southern_75/12394957 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png TaShawn Thomas scored 23 points Sunday and Houston held on to beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 77-75. The Cougars (5-0) also got 17 points from Jherrod Stiggers, and Danuel House and J.J. Thompson scored 10 apiece for Houston. Joseph Young's basket with 1:47 to play gave Houston a 75-73 lead and he scored again with 31 seconds as the Cougars won. Will Nelson led all scorers with 28 points for the Islanders (1-3). Joy Williamson added 13 points and Nate Maxey had 10 points and nine blocked shots for Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Johnathan Jordan had eight points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the Islanders. Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:45:54 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_77_texas_a_m_cc_75/12291670 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_77_texas_a_m_cc_75/12291670 Houston 77, Texas A&M-CC 75 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/houston_77_texas_a_m_cc_75/12291670 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png TaShawn Thomas had 22 points and 13 rebounds as Houston rolled past Louisiana College 106-59 Monday night. The Cougars, who are off to their first 4-0 start since 1997-98, also got 17 points from Jherrod Stiggers, 14 from Joseph Young, 12 from Danuel House and 10 each from Leon Gibson and Brandon Morris. Houston led 55-26 at halftime and hit the century mark when J.J. Thompson hit a jumper with 3:05 remaining. Louisiana College, a Division III school that considered this an exhibition game, committed 30 turnovers and shot just 32 percent from the floor. Romanaski Williams and Anthony Gaines Jr. each had 12 points for the Wildcats. Houston shot 51 percent from the floor and could have scored even more if not for a 21 for 39 shooting performance from the free-throw line. Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:18:47 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_106_louisiana_college_59/12254821 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_106_louisiana_college_59/12254821 Houston 106, Louisiana College 59 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/houston_106_louisiana_college_59/12254821 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Joseph Young scored 23 points and Houston coasted to an 87-47 win over Grambling State on Saturday night. Young was 6 of 10 from the field, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range, and had five assists. TaShawn Thomas added 14 points and a team-high eight rebounds. Danuel House added 10 points. Steven Dandridge shot a jumper to put Grambling State up by one. Seconds later, Brandon Morris scored on a layup and it was all Houston from that point on. Houston (3-0) led 46-22 at halftime, shooting 51.7 percent from the field in the first half. Grambling State (0-4) had 21 turnovers. Derron Dobbs had 12 points for the Tigers. Terry Rose had 9 points and Dandridge finished with 8. The Cougars have a 5-0 record in the series with Grambling State, which began during the 2004-05 season. Joseph Price is in his first year as Grambling State's head coach. Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:03:10 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_87_grambling_st_47/12239497 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_87_grambling_st_47/12239497 Houston 87, Grambling St. 47 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/houston_87_grambling_st_47/12239497 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png TaShawn Thomas and Joseph Young scored 17 points each, and Houston had clutch free-throw shooting down the stretch to hold off San Jose State for a 77-75 victory on Tuesday night. Danuel House had 11 points for the Cougars (2-0), who protected their late lead by going 8 for 10 from the line in the last 46 seconds. D.J. Brown scored 24 points and James Kinney had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Spartans (0-2). Houston led 44-26 at halftime, but a 17-6 run brought San Jose State to within 69-64 with 1:08 remaining. But with the Spartans forced to foul, the Cougars capitalized. Brandon Morris had 10 points, and Thomas added 10 rebounds for Houston. Chris Cunningham scored 15 points for San Jose State. Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:58:52 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_77_san_jose_st_75/12207571 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_77_san_jose_st_75/12207571 Houston 77, San Jose St. 75 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/houston_77_san_jose_st_75/12207571 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Leon Gibson scored 20 points and TaShawn Thomas added 11 points to go with his 20 rebounds as Houston beat Florida A&M 81-76 on Friday in the season opener for both teams. The Cougars were clinging to a 77-76 lead with under a minute to go when Gibson grabbed an offensive rebound and dunked to put Houston up by three with 49 seconds left. Florida A&M's Jamie Adams missed a 3-pointer, Thomas added one of his five blocks and J.J. Thompson sank two free throws after a steal to seal the win. Jherrod Stiggers added 19 points for the Cougars and Gibson also had 10 rebounds. Florida A&M led by one at the half and scored the first five points of the second half to go up 40-34. Instead, the Cougars climbed back into it behind Gibson and Thomas. Adams and Reggie Lewis led the Rattlers with 18 points each. Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:28:59 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_81_florida_a_m_76/12171499 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_81_florida_a_m_76/12171499 Houston 81, Florida A&M 76 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/houston_81_florida_a_m_76/12171499 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Welcome to The Sports Bank’s third annual college basketball season preview series.  Two years we looked at 99 teams in 99 days.  Last year, we were slightly more aggressive and expanded to 111 teams in 111 days and will do so again as we look ahead to the 2012-2013 season. We will rank the 75 power conference teams and top 36 mid-majors in reverse power ranking order.  We’ll break down rosters, transfers, incoming freshmen, non-conference schedules, and pick a player to watch for each team. With the exception of their unexpected run in the 2010 Conference USA Tournament which earned them the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament, the Houston Cougars have been absent on the national scene for the past twenty years.  James Dickey is hoping to turn that around and brings in a pair of major recruits this season. Click here for The Sports Bank’s Houston football preview HOUSTON COUGARS Last Season: T-8th, 7-9 in C-USA, 15-15 overall Predicted C-USA Finish: 3rd Projected Depth... Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:57:54 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/92_houston_cougars_college_basketball_111_in_111/11519671 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/92_houston_cougars_college_basketball_111_in_111/11519671 #92 Houston Cougars: College Basketball 111 in 111 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/92_houston_cougars_college_basketball_111_in_111/11519671 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png HOUSTON (AP) -- Joseph Young scored 27 points and Houston held off a second-half rally for a 62-59 victory over Southern Methodist on Saturday night. Young connected on four 3-pointers for the Cougars (13-14, 5-9 Conference USA). Jonathon Simmons scored 12 points and grabbed eight rebounds for Houston, and TaShawn Thomas scored 10 points. Jimmie Jones sparked the defense with four steals. Robert Nyakundi had 24 points and three steals for SMU (12-17, 3-11). Jeremiah Samarrippas had nine assists and Shawn Williams had seven rebounds. Houston had a 22-6 scoring advantage in the paint but SMU had a 21-16 scoring margin off turnovers and 15-5 off the bench. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:17:49 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/cougars_hold_off_smu_rally_in_victory/10121365 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/cougars_hold_off_smu_rally_in_victory/10121365 Cougars hold off SMU rally in victory http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/cougars_hold_off_smu_rally_in_victory/10121365 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Joseph Young's go-ahead 3-pointer with 36 seconds left propelled Houston to a 71-67 victory over North Carolina A&T on Wednesday. Darian Thibodeaux scored 13 points, including two free throws after Young's basket had put Houston up 69-67. Jonathon Simmons also scored 13 and Young 12 for the Cougars (7-5), who won their third in a row. TaShawn Thomas had 10 rebounds and six blocks. Marc Hill's 18 points and seven assists led the Aggies (4-11), who have lost eight straight. Nic Simpson hit all four of his 3-pointers and scored 14, Adrian Powell had 12 and DaMetrius Upchurch grabbed 10 rebounds. The Aggies sank 12 of 24 3-pointers but only 14 of 42 on the rest of their shots. Houston made 11 of 14 free throws to 3 of 6 for North Carolina A&T. The lead changed hands 13 times, and neither team ever led by more than seven points. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:07:11 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_71_nc_a_t_67/8992762 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_71_nc_a_t_67/8992762 Houston 71, NC A&T 67 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/houston_71_nc_a_t_67/8992762 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Jonathon Simmons scored 25 points and Joseph Young 22 to lead Houston to a 90-80 victory against Rogers State on Wednesday night. TaShawn Thomas added 14 points and Alandise Harris 10 for the Cougars (6-5). Justynn Hammond scored 21 points and Kendrell Thompson 14 for Rogers State, a NAIA school in Claremore, Okla., that classified the game as an exhibition. The Hillcats' record remained 11-0. Rogers State led 45-42 at the break, but Houston scored the first 10 points of the second half to take permanent control. Harris scored five points and Thomas four during the surge, and the Hillcats got no closer than four afterward. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:11:59 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_90_rogers_state_80/8882989 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_90_rogers_state_80/8882989 Houston 90, Rogers State 80 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/houston_90_rogers_state_80/8882989 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Jonathon Simmons scored 25 points and Joseph Young 22 to lead Houston to a 90-80 victory against Rogers State on Wednesday night. TaShawn Thomas added 14 points and Alandise Harris 10 for the Cougars (6-5). Justynn Hammond scored 21 points and Kendrell Thompson 14 for Rogers State, a NAIA school in Claremore, Okla., that classified the game as an exhibition. The Hillcats' record remained 11-0. Rogers State led 45-42 at the break, but Houston scored the first 10 points of the second half to take permanent control. Harris scored five points and Thomas four during the surge, and the Hillcats got no closer than four afterward. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:11:57 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/simmons_leads_houston_over_rogers_state_90_80/8882986 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/simmons_leads_houston_over_rogers_state_90_80/8882986 Simmons leads Houston over Rogers State 90-80 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/simmons_leads_houston_over_rogers_state_90_80/8882986 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png For much of the life in Conference USA the basketball story was essentially Memphis and all the other guys. Oh sure, every so often Houston or someone else made some noise, but Memphis was the big dog and usually the only conference rep making the NCAA field. Things are about to change for the Houston Cougars. They won't have to worry about just one team to overcome. The Cougars will have to beat a number of schools to reach the top. They are joining the Big East. Defending national champion Connecticut plays there. So does Louisville, Cincinnati, Marquette, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Depaul, Villanova and others schools perhaps not so basketball famous. All the attention about the school's move to the Big East revolves around getting the football program into a BCS automatic qualifying league. With the future defections of West Virginia to the Big 12 and both Pitt and Syracuse to the ACC there could be some question whether the Big East can hold onto its automatic football spot. There is no question Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:41:13 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/cougars_move_to_big_east_good_for_future/8813233 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/cougars_move_to_big_east_good_for_future/8813233 Cougars' move to Big East good for future http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/cougars_move_to_big_east_good_for_future/8813233 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Jonathon Simmons scored a game-high 22 points, including four 3-point baskets, to lead Houston to an 87-66 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday night. Houston (4-3) also dominated the glass 43-28 as TaShawn Thomas gathered 12 and Alandise Harris had 11. Thomas also blocked four shots. Houston had three other scorers in double figures -- Leon Gibson (16), Thomas (12) and Joseph Young (12). The Cougars had the game well under control in the first half, hitting 16 of their 30 field-goal attempts for a 50-33 lead at halftime. They also finished the game with 26 second-chance points. Hameed Ali led Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1-5) with 15 points, and Terence Jones scored 12. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:14:51 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/simmons_houston_coast_past_texas_a_m_cc_87_66/8495857 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/simmons_houston_coast_past_texas_a_m_cc_87_66/8495857 Simmons, Houston coast past Texas A&M-CC 87-66 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/simmons_houston_coast_past_texas_a_m_cc_87_66/8495857 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Jonathon Simmons scored a game-high 22 points, including four 3-point baskets, to lead Houston to an 87-66 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday night. Houston (4-3) also dominated the glass 43-28 as TaShawn Thomas gathered 12 and Alandise Harris had 11. Thomas also blocked four shots. Houston had three other scorers in double figures -- Leon Gibson (16), Thomas (12) and Joseph Young (12). The Cougars had the game well under control in the first half, hitting 16 of their 30 field-goal attempts for a 50-33 lead at halftime. They also finished the game with 26 second-chance points. Hameed Ali led Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1-5) with 15 points, and Terence Jones scored 12. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:14:50 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_87_texas_a_m_cc_66/8495851 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/houston_87_texas_a_m_cc_66/8495851 Houston 87, Texas A&M-CC 66 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/houston_87_texas_a_m_cc_66/8495851 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png HOUSTON (AP) -- Jonathon Simmons scored a game-high 22 points, including four 3-point baskets, to lead Houston to an 87-66 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday night. Houston (4-3) also dominated the glass 43-28 as TaShawn Thomas gathered 12 and Alandise Harris had 11. Thomas also blocked four shots. Houston had three other scorers in double figures -- Leon Gibson (16), Thomas (12) and Joseph Young (12). The Cougars had the game well under control in the first half, hitting 16 of their 30 field-goal attempts for a 50-33 lead at halftime. They also finished the game with 26 second-chance points. Hameed Ali led Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1-5) with 15 points, and Terence Jones scored 12. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:05:37 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/simmons_houston_coast_past_texas_a_m_cc/8495863 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/simmons_houston_coast_past_texas_a_m_cc/8495863 Simmons, Houston coast past Texas A&M-CC http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/simmons_houston_coast_past_texas_a_m_cc/8495863 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The newness has worn off, now, which means that theoretically speaking the University of Houston basketball team should be a more congealed one in year two under coach James Dickey. "Everybody's bought in this time," sophomore forward Alandise Harris said. When he says this, he is wearing a regular tie that he has looped into the form of a bowtie, which will prove itself a merry distraction for the assembled media at UH's basketball media day on Wednesday. But Harris was not being (intentionally) diversionary, he was explaining in concise terms why he thought the Cougars lost so many close games last season. In conference play, Houston lost both its overtime games and was 2-5 in games decided by five or fewer points. This was part of a 12-18 season that included a 4-12 Conference USA mark. Year one for Dickey was about establishing something, and year two is about building on it. Theoretically. "I'm not sure we established it," Dickey said. "Certainly not the way Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:07:07 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/cougs_feature_eight_new_players_into_season/7672315 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/cougs_feature_eight_new_players_into_season/7672315 Cougs feature eight new players into season http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/cougs_feature_eight_new_players_into_season/7672315 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png