2008–09 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

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

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.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	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.

Awards and honors

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

External links

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