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Houston senior forward Brison Gresham (55) is blocked by SMU’s Tyson Jolly on Jan. 31 inside of the Fertitta Center. On Wednesday, No. 5 UH lost to ECU 82-73. | Andy Yanez/The Cougar No. 5 Houston was supposed to steamroll through East Carolina, a team on a five-game losing streak dating back to December, on Wednesday evening. The Cougars, who have been atop the American Athletic Conference all season long, entered the game with an eight-game winning streak and a three-game lead over second-place Wichita State, and they were supposed to be a lock to win. The Pirates, however, had different ...

DeJon Jarreau, senior guard for No. 8 Houston, draws the attention of two Tulsa defenders in a game on Jan. 20 inside of the Fertitta Center. | Andy Yanez/The Cougar No. 8 Houston left little room for doubt when it took on Temple on Saturday morning. The Cougars scored first, a hook shot by senior forward Brison Gresham in the first 11 seconds of the game, and never looked back. UH quickly expanded that lead to seven before the first media timeout, and by the next pause in the action, the team led by double-digits. “Credit to coach and credit to us for going hard in practice every day,” U...

Houston senior forward Brison Gresham battles with Emmanuel Ugboh in the paint for a rebound. | Andy Yanez/The Cougar Just five minutes into its rematch against Tulsa last Wednesday, Houston had already built up a six-point lead and had five offensive boards that had led to seven second-chance points. By halftime, the Cougars had raised that to 13 offensive rebounds. They ended the game with 54 total rebounds. For UH, however, that eye-popping mark was not all that special. Instead, it is more of the standard. “Everybody is expected to rebound on this team, even our guards are expected to ...

Print AP Tulsa's Elijah Joiner is guarded by Houston's Marcus Sasser during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Tulsa, Okla., Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Dave Crenshaw) Credit: The Associated Press TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Frank Haith has coached various teams to some huge wins over the years, and he wanted everyone to know how much Tulsa's gritty performance against unbeaten No. 5 Houston meant to his team. “This one was special,” Haith said of Tulsa's 65-64 win on ...

UH ‘fighting uphill all night’ in loss to Tulsa, Kelvin Sampson says UH guard DeJon Jarreau challenges Wichita State guard Jamarius Burton during a 2019-20 season game at Fertitta Center. Kelvin Sampson and his Cougars suffered their first loss of 2020-21 against Tulsa on Tuesday. | Mikol Kindle Jr./The Cougar After sophomore guard Caleb Mills hit a go-ahead midrange jumper with only six seconds left on the game clock, No. 5 Houston seemed like it was going to escape the hard-fought battle with Tulsa with a last-second victory. Instead, Golden Hurricane senior guard Brandon Rachal got the...