UH’s Fabian White returns to action after ACL injury Senior forward Fabian White Jr. in a game against South Florida on Jan. 26, 2020 at Fertitta Center. White had not played in a game all season until Thursday. | Kathryn Lenihan/The Cougar UPDATE: Houston senior forward Fabian White Jr. scored three points and had a rebound in nine minutes of action against Wichita State on Thursday evening. “He made a couple of nice plays and he’ll get better as he goes,” Sampson said. “I was encouraged by what I saw from Fabian tonight.” Sampson added that the original plan was to play White against East Carolina, which was scheduled to take place on Wednesday at Fertitta Center, but the game was postponed due to COVID-19 issues within the Pirates’ program.