2008–09 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

2008-09 Houston Cougars women's basketball
Conference Conference USA
2008-09 record 19-10 (11-5 C-USA)
Head coach Joe Curl
Assistant coach Wade Scott
Assistant coach Amanda Barksdale
Assistant coach Elena Lovato
Home arena Hofheinz Pavilion

The 2008–09 Houston Cougars women's basketball team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represents the University of Houston in the college basketball 2008-09 season. It is their 65th year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars is Joe Curl, who is serving in his 11th year in that position. The team plays its home games at Hofheinz Pavilion on-campus in Houston, Texas. The team finished the season with 19 wins. The Cougars were 12-2 at home, 6-6 on the road, and 1-2 in neutral site games.[1]

Schedule

Date
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Exhibition
2008/11/10*
 Houston Jaguars W 70-61  0-0
 Hofheinz Pavilion
Houston, Texas
Regular season
2008/11/14*
5:30PM		 Southeastern Louisiana W 73-58  1-0
 Hofheinz Pavilion
Houston, Texas
2008/11/15*
12:00PM		 Gardner-Webb W 79-58  2-0
 Hofheinz Pavilion
Houston, Texas
2008/11/19*
9:00PM		 at Oregon State L 69-47  2-1
 Gill Coliseum
Corvallis, Oregon
2008/11/21*
7:00PM		 Miami W 70-64  3-1
 Hofheinz Pavilion
Houston, Texas
2008/11/25*
7:00PM		 at TCU L 91-72  3-2
 Daniel-Meyer Coliseum
Fort Worth, Texas
2008/12/02*
7:00PM		 at North Texas W 80-66  4-2
 UNT Coliseum
Denton, Texas
2008/12/05*
7:00PM		 Texas Southern W 64-44  5-2
 Hofheinz Pavilion
Houston, Texas
2008/12/14*
2:00PM		 Cal Poly W 68-57  6-2
 Hofheinz Pavilion
Houston, Texas
St. John's-Chartwells Holiday Classic
2008/12/20*
12:00PM		 vs. Boston College L 62-56  6-3
 Carnesecca Arena
Queens, New York
2008/12/21*
12:00PM		 vs. Buffalo W 80-62  7-3
 Carnesecca Arena
Queens, New York
Regular season
2008/12/28*
2:00PM		 Akron W 74-59  8-3
 Hofheinz Pavilion
Houston, Texas
2008/12/31*
2:00PM		 at Kansas L 73-56  8-4
 Allen Fieldhouse
Lawrence, Kansas
2009/01/09
7:00PM		 at Tulane W 58-56  9-4
(1-0)		 Avron B. Fogelman Arena
New Orleans, Louisiana
2009/01/11
1:00PM, ESPN2		 at UTEP L 74-67  9-5
(1-1)		 Don Haskins Center
El Paso, Texas
2009/01/16
7:00PM		 UAB W 61-50  10-5
(2-1)		 Hofheinz Pavilion
Houston, Texas
2009/01/18
2:00PM		 Memphis W 83-65  11-5
(3-1)		 Hofheinz Pavilion
Houston, Texas
2009/01/22
7:00PM		 at Southern Miss L 74-65  11-6
(3-2)		 Reed Green Coliseum
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
2009/01/25
2:00PM, FS Houston, CBS CS		 UCF W 80-65  12-6
(4-2)		 Hofheinz Pavilion
Houston, Texas
2009/01/29
7:00PM		 at SMU L 59-56  12-7
(4-3)		 Moody Coliseum
Dallas, Texas
2009/01/31
7:00PM		 at Tulsa W 68-46  13-7
(5-3)		 Reynolds Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
2009/02/04
7:00PM		 at Rice W 66-56  14-7
(6-3)		 Tudor Fieldhouse
Houston, Texas
2009/02/07
5:00PM		 Rice W 70-30  15-7
(7-3)		 Hofheinz Pavilion
Houston, Texas
2009/02/12
7:00PM		 Tulane W 60-53  16-7
(8-3)		 Hofheinz Pavilion
Houston, Texas
2009/02/14
12:00PM, CBS CS		 UTEP L 75-72  16-8 (8-4)
 Hofheinz Pavilion
Houston, Texas
2009/02/20
7:00PM		 SMU W 75-73  17-8 (9-4)
 Hofheinz Pavilion
Houston, Texas
2009/02/22
2:00PM		 Tulsa L 59-55  17-9 (9-5)
 Hofheinz Pavilion
Houston, Texas
2009/02/26
6:00PM		 at Marshall W 67-58  18-9 (10-5)
 Cam Henderson Center
Huntington, West Virginia
2009/02/28
1:00PM		 at East Carolina W 66-65  19-9 (11-5)
 Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum
Greenville, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Standard Time.

Conference USA tournament

March 6:Despite Courtney Taylor's team-high 19 points and nine rebounds, the University of Houston women's basketball team could not overcome a sluggish first half Friday, falling to UCF 79-66 in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Championship at Fogelman Arena.[2]

Awards and honors

[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/w-baskbl/stats/2008-2009/teamcume.html
  2. ↑ http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/030609aaa.html
  3. ↑ http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/052109aab.html

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