2008–09 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

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]

2008–09 Houston Cougars women's basketball
ConferenceConference USA
2008–09 record19-10 (11-5 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Wade Scott
  • Amanda Barksdale
  • Elena Lovato
Home arenaHofheinz Pavilion

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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