Houston 2/27 7:00 ESPN2

[leo from jersey]

Get DS out of there - even when the team is bad, his play is worse

[longtimefan]

Down 9, keep the hot shooters in the game…please?

[Bearcat9796]

Down 9, keep the hot shooters in the game…please?

was just gonna say will we see jizzle again?

[longtimefan]

Worst game of the year for Skillings and Newman.

[leo from jersey]

Worst game of the year for Skillings and Newman.

well DS may have had worse perhaps 2 worse.

[leo from jersey]

Good night folks

[Lobot]

We're about to lose this game but I"m encouraged for the most part that we stuck around and stayed in it at the end without getting blown away. Lots of things to pick at but I thought they hung in there pretty well tonight. I think that;s a good sign.

How about Viktor Lakhin tonight? Almost a double double off the bench.

[sedz]

All considered, we played pretty well tonight. We get a few of those good looks to go in the first 4 minutes and this could have turned out different. I was very happy with our fight on the glass, a complete turnaround from the first game. Way too many turnovers though. Can't do that when we're also not hitting shots.

[longtimefan]

Fell behind 7-0, the rest of the way a one point game. UC only the 2nd team to lose at Houston under 10 points. They also beat Iowa State by 8. Everybody else lost by double digits there. We may not make the tournament this year, but UC is ascending. We’ll get there soon, and coming out of the B12 we’ll be ready to make deep runs.

[London 'Cat]

The team did fight to the buzzer. Out rebounded UH. Played defense fairly well holding UH to 39% FGs. Fouled too much, permitting UH to make more FTs than UC attempted. And too many TOs by UC.

[steveedwards]

Wes pretty animated in postgame show.

[Bearcat9796]

Wes pretty animated in postgame show.

yeah, I like it, he sees what we see, wants people to stop attacking kids online, and he's right, tho we all vent here, hopefully players aren't on here, I'm not that bad, most of us aren't, but ima try to do better, there are bigger things
that being said, not giving up! nice time for a 5 game winning streak

[longtimefan]

Worst game of the year for Skillings and Newman.

And as soon as I said it, Dan kind of took over. John didn’t have his shot, but as usual played his butt off. I’m still optimistic about the last three games, and the league tournament.

[swilsonsp4]

The Cats couldn't pull it out but they put in 40 minutes of excellent effort. The Cougars generally force a lot of turnovers and tonight was no different (although 19 are way too many). This is the best game that Vik has played in a month.

This is the best I've felt after a loss all season. If they put in that sort of consistent effort Saturday night and take better care of the ball, they'll knock off K-State.

[sedz]

We were solid defensively, holding Houston to 1.03 points per possession on their home floor. It was Houston's second worst home output of the season (UCF held them to 0.9). They rebounded 29% of their misses, well below their season and conference averages. We held them under 50% at the rim. And once again we made Shead an inefficient scorer, as he only scored 4 points from the field on 9 shots. Cryer was hitting a lot of jump shots, going 4 of 10 from deep and even 3 of 5 from midrange. He was unsurprisingly the best player on the floor with 8.9 net points and a 20.5 box plus minus.

Offensively was a struggle, putting up only 0.91 points per possession. We got to the rim 21 times and only put up 13 midrange shots, so not bad in terms of shot selection. But we converted under 50% from two and only 26% from three. With those percentages we needed to put up a lot of shots, but 19 turnovers prevented that (15 were live ball steals). We turned it over on 29% of possessions, second only to the Iowa St loss.

Vik was our best player, which was good to see. He had positive 2.6 net points and an 11.8 box plus minus. He was a very efficient 5 of 6 from the field with 9 rebounds in just 22 minutes. He grabbed 27% of our misses when he was on the floor. Aziz was just behind with 2.2 net points. He led our team by far in defensive box plus minus at 12.2 (second was Skillings with 2.2). Aziz had 3 blocks and a steal in 20 minutes.

Jizzle was our worst player for the second game in a row, with negative 3.7 net points and a negative 6.3 box plus minus. He had 4 turnovers in only 21 minutes and put up 9 shots but only scored 7 points. Day Day also struggled shooting but had 6 assists to only 1 turnover. Newman also had a bad game with negative 2.9 net points.

Overall it was good to see us rise to the challenge on the boards. We've got to get more offensive talent. When our offensive scheme is getting rim looks and open threes, the players have to convert. And they've got to control unforced errors, especially in the backcourt.