A couple of stellar individual offensive performances and a smothering defense led the way for the Cougars as the men’s basketball season opener ended with a 101-54 landslide win over the Alabama A&M Bulldogs.
The Cougars never trailed Alabama A&M, holding possession of the lead the entire way from its first bucket 43 seconds into the game.
UH’s shooting percentages have cooled off a bit since the exhibition win over Dallas Baptist University, as the team shot a hair over 40 percent from the field and 33 percent from the three-point line.
Defensively, the Cougars were smothering, running a man-to-man defensive scheme on the perimeter while often leaving a big like senior forward Breaon Brady in the paint for help-defense on the Bulldog’s drives to the basket.