National Basketball Association
Houston 77, Texas-Pan American 65
When: 8:00 PM ET, Monday, November 11, 2013
Where: UTPA Fieldhouse, Edinburg, Texas
Officials:
# Mike Eades, # Darron George, # Rick Hartzell
Attendance:
1432
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Houston 77, Texas-Pan American 65: TaShawn Thomas scored 19 points and grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds to lead the visiting Cougars over the Broncs.
L.J. Rose added a career-high 16 points and led all players with six assists and three steals for Houston, which improved to 2-0 for the fourth straight season. Danuel House pitched in 15 points for the Cougars, who shot 51.9 percent from the floor.
Javorn Farrell led the offense for Texas-Pan American, scoring 16 points. Shaquille Boga contributed 15 and Justin Leathers added 10, including 2-for-2 from 3-point range for the Broncs, who went just 4-of-17 from beyond the arc overall.
Houston, which led by as many as 12 points in the first half, took a 46-38 lead into halftime. The Broncs showed plenty of fight, starting the second stanza on a 15-5 run to to take a 53-51 lead with 13:21 remaining.
With the game tied at 59-59, Thomas' layup sparked an 11-2 run that featured six points from Jherrod Stiggers to help the Cougars take control of the game for good. Texas-Pan American managed to pull within 71-65 with 5:18 to play before .
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Cougars improved to 9-0 all-time over the Texas-Pan American. ... The status of Houston C Danrad Knowles, who sat for a second straight game after academic ineligibility forced him to miss all of last season, remained up in the air as the Cougars await word on a waiver request submitted to the NCAA on his behalf. ... Houston is looking for Stiggers, who shot 1-of-6 in the opener and started 1-of-6 again against the Broncs, to help fill the void left by last year's leading scorer, SG Joseph Young, who transferred to Oregon.
Top Game Performances
| Houston |
|
Texas-Pan American |
|
TaShawn Thomas 19 |
Scoring |
Javorn Farrell 16 |
|
L.J. Rose 6 |
Assists |
Shaquille Boga 3 |
|
TaShawn Thomas 14 |
Rebounds |
Shaquille Hines 7 |
|
L.J. Rose 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Javorn Farrell 6 |
|
L.J. Rose 3 |
Steals |
Shaquille Boga 1 |
|
Valentine Izundu 1 |
Blocks |
Justin Leathers 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Houston
|
77 |
51.9 |
3-13 |
20-30 |
17 |
34 |
2 |
9 |
16 |
| Texas-Pan American
|
65 |
43.1 |
4-17 |
17-27 |
10 |
27 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
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