2008–09 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

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2008–09 Houston Cougars women's basketball
Houston Cougars Logo (1999-2012).svg
ConferenceConference USA
2008–09 record19-10 (11-5 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Wade Scott
  • Amanda Barksdale
  • Elena Lovato
Home arenaHofheinz Pavilion
Seasons
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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 		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 W 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 W 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 W 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 W 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 W 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 W 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 W 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 W 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 W 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[]

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

[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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