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Women's Basketball Runs Streak To Six, Beats Memphis 70-54
Feb. 1, 2008
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The University of Houston women's basketball team started the game on an 11-0 run and won its sixth-straight game, a 70-54 decision over Memphis, Friday in Conference USA action at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Houston (12-9, 6-1 C-USA) made its first seven shots and outrebounded Memphis by a 53-25 margin. Memphis (5-15, 2-5 C-USA) dropped its third straight and has lost five in-a-row to the Cougars. The six-game streak is the longest for UH since the 2004-05 Cougars opened the season with 10-consecutive wins. Twiggy McIntyre (Sapulpa, Okla./Sapulpa HS/Kansas State) scored a game-high 22 points including six three-pointers. The six triples ties a C-USA single-game high this season. She was 6-for-9 from behind the arc and also added four rebounds and four assists. Courtney Taylor (Crockett, Texas/Crockett HS) scored 10 points and grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds for he sixth double-double of the season. Memphis had only 25 rebounds as a team and Houston soundly won the rebounding battle 53-25. Thirty-two of UH's 70 points came in the paint. The Cougars turned an 11-point halftime lead into a 49-33 advantage with 15:49 left. Memphis used a 16-6 run, keyed by three triples from Jessica Hall, to pull within six at 55-49 with 7:20 left. A 7-0 Houston run, with five points coming from Tye Jackson (Houston, Texas/Westfield HS/Purdue) moved the lead back to double digits for good at 62-49 with 5:24 left. Jackson finished with 11 points, seven rebounds and six assists. UH ran the lead to as many as 18 and held Memphis without a field goal for the final 7:59 of the game. Cobilyn Hill (Houston, Texas/Eisenhower HS) was the fourth UH player to find double digits. She had 12 points, eight rebounds and three blocks. After knocking down seven-straight shots, UH led 23-11 five minutes into the game. The Cougars hit only 16 points for the final 15 minutes including three field-goal droughts of four minutes. UH was 7-for-9 from the charity stripe and got five three-pointers from McIntyre. Hall led Memphis with 20 points after knocking down four triples in the game. Alex Winchell added 11 along with four assists. Houston closes out a three-game road swing at UAB Sunday. The Cougars and Blazers square off in a battle for second place in the league standings at 2 p.m. CST in Bartow Arena. 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. Streaming video for all home games will also be made available through the All-Access package at UHCougars.com.
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