HOUSTON – The University of Houston women’s basketball team returns home to Fertitta Center on Thursday at 7 p.m. CT to host UT Arlington as the Cougars look to snap a skid.
THE GAME
- Senior Tiara Young has scored 20-plus in three of the last four games, including a career-high 23 points against Florida on Saturday.
- UT Arlington curbed a four-game losing streak on Tuesday with a win vs North Texas.
- Both teams are in the top two in their league in steals per game.
LAST TIME OUT
- Houston and Florida State went to overtime, the second time the Cougars had gone to overtime with a Power 5 school from Florida in the last three games.
- Young scored a career-high 23 points off the bench.
- Houston shot a season-best from the field (.380).
- Young accounted for 23 of the team’s 34 points off the bench.
- The Cougars scored just eight points on second chance opportunities.
- Houston was outrebounded on the offensive glass for the first time all season against Florida.
THE TIP
- Houston ranks third nationally in steals per game (15.8) and turnovers forced per game (27.5).
- The Cougars rank third nationally in offensive rebounds per game (20.0).
- Houston’s +16.0 turnover margin is 16th-best in the nation.
- Graduate Tatyana Hill ranks fifth nationally in offensive rebounds per game (5.0).
- Junior Laila Blair was a unanimous Preseason All-Conference First Team selection by The American coaches.
- The Cougars were picked to finish second in the league and received two first place votes in the Coaches Poll.
- Blair was one of three players in The American in 2021-22 to make six 3-pointers in one game and the only player in the conference with two games of six-plus 3-pointers made.
- Blair finished eighth in the league in scoring in 2021-22 (13.3 ppg).
- Graduate Tatyana Hill finished seventh in the league in rebounding in 2021-22 (7.3 rpg).
SERIES HISTORY
Houston record vs UT Arlington 10-2
home / away / neutral 5-1 / 4-1 / 1-0
Last meeting L, 69-66 OT, 11/17/21, Arlington, Texas
Streak UT Arlington, 2
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