Penders Challenges Seniors to be more Vocal

Saturday's eight point road loss by the Houston Cougars to the UTEP Miners bothered Cougars' head coach Tom Penders. The loss was not as bothersome to Coach Penders as the lack of effort given by his team in the ball game.

Today, at his weekly media press conference / luncheon, Coach Penders was very candid with his comments regarding the play of the team in Saturday's game; the lack of vocal leadership being provided by his seniors; and a potential change to the team's starting line-up as early as this Wednesday versus SMU.

Take a listen to what he had to say:

"...didn't give the effort..."

"...hunch and your heart..."

"...don't have the depth..."

"...most disappointing..."

Senior forward Jahmar Thorpe: "...Coach is challenging us..."