Coogs Shut Down Beavers
HOUSTON, TX -- If you like physical basketball combined with low scoring, Hofheinz Pavilion was the place to be Thursday evening. The Houston Cougars and the Oregon State Beavers combined for 81 points; however, the Coogs scored the majority of those points and defeated the Beavers 49 to 32 in front of an announced crowd of 373 fans.
The 32 points were the fewest points allowed by the Coogs since December 5, 2001, when UH defeated Prairie View 68 to 30.
With the win, Houston improved to 3 and 0 this season as well as avenged last season's blowout loss (69 to 47) to Oregon State in Corvallis, OR.
That loss was motivation for the Cougars for tonight's game.
"Definitely.", said Houston's Porsche Landry. Landry scored a game 15 points (7 for 10) from the field; however, Landry did commit eight of Houston's 21 turnovers (seven came in the first half).
Courtney Taylor added, "Yea, after that game, I was pretty mad. I was more embarrassed than anything because we didn't come out playing well at all. This year, we feel like our goal is to win Conference and our goal is to put Houston on the map; so, we wanted to pay them back for last year."
UH head coach Joe Curl agreed with his players.
"Last year, the refs threw the ball up and they (OSU) beat the dog out of us for about 40 minutes; so, this (win) is very satisfying to see our program is coming back to where it was."
Defense was definitely at a premium. Neither team scored until OSU's Brittany Kennedy made a layup at the 16:56 mark of the first half. Houston didn't score until Landry connected on a layup at the 15:04 mark to trim the Coogs' deficit to 4 to 2.
Landry's quickness was a factor the entire game -- sometimes as a negative; however, she continued forcing the tempo because, as she said after the game, "We watched film of them and I saw that they were really slow."
Taylor picked up the 28th double-double (14 points and 19 rebounds) of her career to move her into a tie for third (with Sonya Watkins and Vickey Finch) in school history. Taylor's 19 boards set a personal career-high.
The Coogs closed out the first half with a 13 to 5 run (over the final 10 minutes) to lead the Beavers 23 to 15 at the break. Each team committed 14 turnovers in the opening 20 minutes. Oregon State shot a frigid 21.2% (7 for 33) from the field while Houston was practically on fire in comparison shooting 34.5% (10 for 29) from the field.
Oregon State took advantage of poor Houston defense to score the first eight points of the second half to tie the game at 23 with 17:54 remaining in the game. However, over the next 2:36, Landry scored five points and picked up one assist in a 11 to 0 run to blow the game open.
Houston (3-0) did not allow Oregon State (1-1) to get closer than eight points the rest of the game.
The Beavers shot just 27.3% (15 for 55) for the game. Talisa Rhea, Oregon State's leading scorer, was held to just four points on 2 for 12 shooting -- including three airballs.
"The bottom line is we played really physical," Coach Curl concluded. "For thirty-five minutes, I thought we played defense that we've played all year."
The 32 points were the fewest points allowed by the Coogs since December 5, 2001, when UH defeated Prairie View 68 to 30.
With the win, Houston improved to 3 and 0 this season as well as avenged last season's blowout loss (69 to 47) to Oregon State in Corvallis, OR.
That loss was motivation for the Cougars for tonight's game.
"Definitely.", said Houston's Porsche Landry. Landry scored a game 15 points (7 for 10) from the field; however, Landry did commit eight of Houston's 21 turnovers (seven came in the first half).
Courtney Taylor added, "Yea, after that game, I was pretty mad. I was more embarrassed than anything because we didn't come out playing well at all. This year, we feel like our goal is to win Conference and our goal is to put Houston on the map; so, we wanted to pay them back for last year."
UH head coach Joe Curl agreed with his players.
"Last year, the refs threw the ball up and they (OSU) beat the dog out of us for about 40 minutes; so, this (win) is very satisfying to see our program is coming back to where it was."
Defense was definitely at a premium. Neither team scored until OSU's Brittany Kennedy made a layup at the 16:56 mark of the first half. Houston didn't score until Landry connected on a layup at the 15:04 mark to trim the Coogs' deficit to 4 to 2.
Landry's quickness was a factor the entire game -- sometimes as a negative; however, she continued forcing the tempo because, as she said after the game, "We watched film of them and I saw that they were really slow."
Taylor picked up the 28th double-double (14 points and 19 rebounds) of her career to move her into a tie for third (with Sonya Watkins and Vickey Finch) in school history. Taylor's 19 boards set a personal career-high.
The Coogs closed out the first half with a 13 to 5 run (over the final 10 minutes) to lead the Beavers 23 to 15 at the break. Each team committed 14 turnovers in the opening 20 minutes. Oregon State shot a frigid 21.2% (7 for 33) from the field while Houston was practically on fire in comparison shooting 34.5% (10 for 29) from the field.
Oregon State took advantage of poor Houston defense to score the first eight points of the second half to tie the game at 23 with 17:54 remaining in the game. However, over the next 2:36, Landry scored five points and picked up one assist in a 11 to 0 run to blow the game open.
Houston (3-0) did not allow Oregon State (1-1) to get closer than eight points the rest of the game.
The Beavers shot just 27.3% (15 for 55) for the game. Talisa Rhea, Oregon State's leading scorer, was held to just four points on 2 for 12 shooting -- including three airballs.
"The bottom line is we played really physical," Coach Curl concluded. "For thirty-five minutes, I thought we played defense that we've played all year."
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