The UH women’s basketball team got exactly what it wanted out of Friday’s season-opening 86-64 win over Gardner-Webb.
The Cougars went into a hostile environment and used a 21-8 second-half run to put away the Bulldogs and start the season 1-0.
UH was led by junior guard Brittney Scott’s 27 points and junior forward Courtney Taylor’s 26th career double-double. Taylor finished with 12 points and 16 rebounds and is now nine double-doubles short of Sancho Lyttle’s school record of 35.
Scott’s presence was especially felt during the Cougars’ second-half run, as she scored 19 points after the break.
The Cougars return to the court when they travel to Arlington to take on UT-Arlington at 7 p.m. today before facing Oregon State at 7 p.m. Thursday at Hofheinz Pavilion in the team’s home opener.
The Mavericks enter today’s contest with a 1-0 record after defeating Rice, 81-64, on Friday at home.
Cross Country
The UH cross country teams concluded their respective seasons at Saturday’s NCAA South Central Regional in Wach, and’ each improved on last season’s finishes.
Nate Pineda’a 58th-place finish’ led the men’s squad, which finished 13th overall – three places better than its 2008 result. Pineda finished the 10K event in 33 minutes, 26.5 seconds.
Stephanie Aldea followed her trend of pacing the women’s team as well, which also improved three spots from last season’s result by placing seventh. Aldea ran the 6K race in 21:43.3, earning 16th place overall and narrowly missing her second consecutive NCAA Championships at-large bid.
