2008–09 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

2008–09 Houston Cougars women's basketball
2008–09 Houston Cougars women's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	19-10 (11-5 C-USA)
Head coach	Joe Curl;
Assistant coaches	Wade Scott; Amanda Barksdale; Elena Lovato;
Home arena	Hofheinz Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Houston Cougars women's basketball team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 2008-09 season. It was their 65th year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars was Joe Curl, who served in his 11th year in that position. The team played 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	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
2008/11/10*	Houston Jaguars	W 70-61		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 47-69	2-1	Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon
2008/11/21* 7:00PM	Miami (FL)	W 70-64	3-1	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
2008/11/25* 7:00PM	at TCU	L 72-91	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 56-62	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 56-73	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 67-74	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 65-74	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 56-59	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 72-75	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 55-59	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

Zane Jakobsone (Senior): Cougars Academic MVP
Courtney Taylor (Sophomore): Cougars Athletic MVP.

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References

^ "Stats 2008-2009". Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
^ "UCF Ends Women's Basketball's Run at C-USA Championship - University of Houston Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
^ "Women's Basketball Announces MVPS - University of Houston Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2009.

External links

Official Site Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Stats 2008-2009". Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2009.

[2] "UCF Ends Women's Basketball's Run at C-USA Championship - University of Houston Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2009.

[3] "Women's Basketball Announces MVPS - University of Houston Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2009.

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