Saturday, November 12, 2011

Houston men’s basketball opens season vs. Grambling State

GRAMBLING STATE TIGERS (0-0)
at HOUSTON COUGARS (0-0)
 Tickets Ticket Information
 Time 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011
 Location Hofheinz Pavilion (8,479) • Houston, Texas
 Radio Live Streaming
 SportsTalk 790 • Houston IMG Sports Network
 Tom Franklin, PxP; Elvin Hayes, analyst
 Broadcast begins at 6:45 p.m.
 Television Live Streaming
 Live Stats GameTracker
 Series History Houston leads 3-0
 Last Time Houston won 95-53 • Nov. 24, 2007
 Hofheinz Pavilion • Houston, Texas
 Game Notes Houston Notes Get Acrobat Reader
 Grambling State Notes Get Acrobat Reader
 Conference USA Notebook Get Acrobat Reader
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Houston, Texas - Fresh off a dominating exhibition win, the University of Houston men’s basketball team begins its 67th season of competition at 7 p.m., Saturday, when it plays host to Grambling State inside Hofheinz Pavilion.

In their lone exhibition contest of the season, the Cougars put on an offensive show for the hometown fans earlier this week. Houston connected on 62 percent of itsshots from the field and nailed at least 60 percent in each half on the way to a 118-70 win against Concordia.

In a game that featured 10 dunks, including eight in the first half alone, it was three Cougars making their collegiate debuts that led the team. Redshirt freshmanguard and nearby Yates High product Joseph Young led all players with 26 points and five 3-pointers.

Junior guard Jonathon Simmons did a little of everything for the Cougars and nearly finished with a quadruple-double. After energizing the Cougar fans with several thunderous dunks, the Houston native finished the night with 21 points, eight rebounds and game highs of nine assists and five steals in only 26 minutes.

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