HOUSTON – Coming off a championship run, the University of Houston Men’s Basketball program returns to the pleasant confines of the Fertitta Center when it performs host to Montana at 3 p.m., Friday.
#6/6 Houston enters Friday’s sport after successful 4 video games final week, together with 3 over a four-day stretch to seize the championship on the Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic in Charleston, S.C. The Cougars loved wins over Towson, Utah and Dayton to assert the name.
Senior guard LJ Cryer was once named the match’s Most Valuable Player after averaging 16.7 issues, 2.7 rebounds and a pair of.0 lend a hand in step with sport whilst hitting 45.8 p.c from at the back of the arc. Senior level guard Jamal Shead posted 13.0 issues and 5.3 rebounds in step with sport and led the Cougars with 5.7 assists in step with sport to earn a spot on the All-Tournament Team.
This season, Cryer leads the Cougars and ranks 9th within the Big 12 with 15.8 issues in step with sport and is 3rd within the league with 2.6 3-point box objectives in step with contest.
Shead leads Houston and stands fourth within the Big 12 with 6.2 assists in step with sport.
GAME PROMOTIONS
• Friday would be the Cougars’ annual Fight Hunger Game. Fans are inspired to convey and donate a canned meals or non-perishable merchandise on the Fertitta Center doorways as they input in make stronger of UH Peeps Pantry.
• Elizabeth Karkowsky will carry out the nationwide anthem sooner than the sport.
• Two lovers will play Cougar Chomp on the Fertitta Center courtroom at halftime.
MAJOR MILESTONES
• Senior level guard Jamal Shead and senior ahead J’Wan Roberts are last on spectacular milestones throughout their award-winning careers.
• Shead wishes simplest 3 extra assists to change into the 7th Cougar at school historical past with 500 assists throughout his profession.
• With a win towards the Grizzlies, Roberts will change into the primary Cougar at school historical past to experience 50 wins throughout the Fertitta Center. The St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, has posted a 49-3 profession report throughout the Cougars’ house facility in his profession and is recently tied for first with guard Marcus Sasser and ahead Fabian White Jr.
• Shead is an in depth 2d with a 48-3 report throughout the Fertitta Center.
TUNE IN
• Fans can watch Friday’s sport on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ with Matt Pedersen (play-by-play), Houston nice Reid Gettys (analyst) and Abby Christopherson (reporter) calling the motion.
• Fans can pay attention Friday’s sport on 950 AM KPRC and the Varsity Network app with Jeremy Branham (play-by-play) and Hall of Famer Elvin Hayes (analyst) calling the motion. The pregame display starts at 2:45 p.m., Friday.
• Fans can observe are living stats by means of visiting StatBroadcast.com and following the suitable hyperlinks or by clicking here.
ABOUT MONTANA
• Montana brings a 2-2 report into Friday’s sport within Fertitta Center.
• The Grizzlies are 0-1 in highway video games in 2023-24.
• In its most up-to-date motion, Montana dropped a 78-69 choice to North Dakota State in Missoula, Mont., on Nov. 16.
• Against North Dakota State, senior ahead Laolu Oke posted 11 issues with 11 rebounds to guide the Grizzlies. Graduate guard Aanen Moody completed with a team-high 18 issues whilst junior ahead Te’Jon Sawyer got here off the bench to attain 15 issues with 4 rebounds. Senior guard Brandon Whitney led the best way with a game-high 5 assists.
• This season, Moody leads Montana with 18.3 issues in step with sport. Freshman guard Money Williams stands 2d with 12.5 issues in step with sport whilst senior ahead Dischon Thomas is 3rd with 11.5 issues in step with contest. Oke leads the Grizzlies with 6.3 rebounds in step with sport and Whitney is tops with 3.0 assists in step with sport.
• Head Coach Travis DeCuire is in his tenth season at Montana and as a collegiate head trainer.
• DeCuire has posted a 179-114 report with Montana and throughout his profession.
• Friday’s sport would be the first time DeCuire has confronted Houston throughout his profession.
• Friday’s sport marks the primary time DeCuire has confronted Houston Head Coach Kelvin Sampson throughout their careers.
• 1994 graduate of Montana.
SERIES HISTORY vs. MONTANA
• Houston owns a 1-0 lead towards Montana within the collection
• Friday’s sport would be the first assembly between the 2 faculties since a 60-58 Houston win on the NAIB Tournament in Kansas City, Mo., on March 11, 1947.
• Friday’s sport would be the first time Houston has confronted the Grizzlies throughout the common season.
at Home: Friday’s sport would be the first time Houston has confronted Montana in Houston.
in Fertitta Center: Friday’s sport would be the first time Houston has confronted Montana in Fertitta Center.
UP NEXT
• Following Friday’s sport, Houston opens the month of December when it meets Xavier at 5:30 p.m. (CST), Friday within the BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle within Cintas Center in Cincinnati.
• That sport will air on FS1.
• Houston returns to Fertitta Center to play host to Rice at 7 p.m., Dec. 9, in a sport airing on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
• From there, the Cougars proceed their homestand after they meet Jackson State at 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 9, within Fertitta Center.
• That sport will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
• All Houston Men’s Basketball video games will also be heard on 950 AM KPRC and the Varsity Network app.
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