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Olajuwon receives another honor

by // April 5, 2013 0 Comments
Hakeem Olajuwon averaged 15 points per game and 10 boards during his NCAA tournament career. | Courtesy of UH Athletics

Hakeem Olajuwon averaged 15 points per game and 10 boards during his NCAA tournament career. | Courtesy of UH Athletics

UH great, Hakeem Olajuwon, was named as a top 15 player on the NCAA’s All-Time 75th Players team. During Olajuwon’s tenure at UH, the team reached back-to-back national title games.

Though the Cougars lost to NC State on a last-second tip-in in 1983, he was still named the tournament’s most-outstanding player. Olajuwon is the last player on a team that did not win a title to pick up that award. In 1984, UH lost to  Georgetown in the title game.

Olajuwon averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds per game in his NCAA tournament career.

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Cougars change uniforms for a good cause

by // March 12, 2013 0 Comments

On Thursday, the UH softball team is adding a new purpose to its game.

At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, UH will host the seventh annual Striking Out Breast Cancer Game against Purdue. Not only does this game bring in the largest home crowd, but all proceeds benefit the fight for breast cancer through the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

“This game is something we started after we were recruiting a former student athlete whose mother had the disease,” said head coach Kyla Holas. “We wanted to do something to honor her. Now this keeps growing and growing, and it has turned into the big event it is today.”

To show its support on the field, the team will wear pink jerseys and helmets that will be auctioned off to help raise money. Along with the jerseys and helmets, there will be a Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler and Elvin Hayes autographed ball and a track spike autographed by Carl Lewis.

“This is a great way to recognize the important women and survivors in our lives and to show our girls that softball can be, and is, a lot more than wins and losses,” Holas said.

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Thomas, Young pick up Conference USA honors

by // March 11, 2013 0 Comments

UH has two players on the All-Conference USA team for the first time since 2008-09.

Sophomore forward TaShawn Thomas was named to the All-Conference USA  first team after averaging 16.9 points and 9.4 rebounds per game.  Thomas and Tulane junior forward Josh Davis are the only two C-USA players ranked in the top five in scoring and rebounding.

Head coach James Dickey said Thomas earned the honor.

“I’m certainly happy for TaShawn because of the way he’s been able to score and rebound and the double doubles that he’s had. It’s a nice compliment from the coaches around the league for him to be named to the first team,” Dickey said.

Redshirt sophomore guard Joseph Young earned a spot on the Third Team. He finished the season on a tear, scoring at least 20 points in each contest, to capture the C-USA individual scoring title at 18.54 points per game. Young scored 32 points, including the game-clinching three-point play with two seconds remaining, Sunday against Tulane. His play helped the Cougars enter the C-USA Championship tournament on a three-game winning streak.

“I feel like Joe has stepped up,” Thomas said.

 

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C-USA tournament bracket announced

by // March 10, 2013 0 Comments

After redshirt sophomore guard Joseph Young’s 32 points and nine assists lifts the Cougars to a 96-94 victory against Tulane on Saturday with a three-point play in the final minute, UH will head into the Conference USA tournament as the sixth seed.

They will face Rice. Here is the bracket:

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UH’s 2013 football schedule released

by // March 6, 2013 0 Comments

UH will play its first conference game Sept. 7 against temple in the soon-to-be-renamed Big East, and its first conference home game against Memphis on Oct. 12.

“It’s both an exciting and challenging schedule and one we are looking forward to. We know with a conference title in 2013, we’ll be playing in a BCS bowl. Both of those are goals of our team as I’m sure they are for every team in the league,” said head coach Tony Levine. “Right now we are focusing on getting better as a team in spring practice, but as soon as it ends we will turn our complete focus towards the opponents on our schedule.”

HOUSTON

Fri., Aug. 30        Southern

Sat., Sept. 7        at Temple *

Sat., Sept. 21     at Rice

Sat., Sept. 28     at Texas-San Antonio

Sat., Oct. 12        Memphis *

Sat., Oct. 19        Brigham Young

Sat., Oct.26         at Rutgers *

Thu., Oct. 31      USF * (ESPN)

Sat., Nov. 9          at UCF *

Sat., Nov. 16       at Louisville *

Sat., Nov. 23       Cincinnati *

Fri., Nov. 29        SMU * (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)

There is still uncertainty about where the Cougars will play their home games next season though. They won’t announce where games will be played until the NFL schedule is released, Athletics Director Mack Rhoades said to the Houston Chronicle.

“As you can imagine, there are several factors that dictate the location of our 2013 home games, most notably the 2013 NFL schedule,” Rhoades said. “We will announce locations of all home games following the release of the NFL schedule. We apologize for any inconveniences this may cause our fans and we look forward to returning to campus in 2014 with the opening of our new, state-of-the-art, 40,000 seat stadium.”

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