Houston followed up Sunday’s lackluster first-half performance against Oklahoma State with a strong, aggressive showing in a victory over UTEP.
“The team is learning to play with each other and it is going to take a while,” said head coach Kelvin Sampson. “That’s why it’s disappointing when you lose a game, because we know how much we put into it, but we also know that we got to keep fighting and getting better and we did that.”
Even though the Cougars came out victorious against the Miners, and the performance on Thursday night was clear-cut better than the one against the Cowboys, the game was anything but smooth.