The Daily Cougar · Jan 19, 2017
Rebounding dooms Cougars in clash with Owls
The Houston Cougars couldn’t win the uphill battle against Temple University falling 69-57 at Hofheinz Pavilion Wednesday night.
With the loss, the Cougars fall to 8-10 on the season and 1-4 in the American Athletic Conference play while extending their losing streak to four games. The Cougars and Owls fought back and forth, each going on impressive runs before turning the momentum over to the other team, as Houston was out-rebounded 49-31 leading to 14 -second chance points for Temple.
“We had tremendous effort in everything we did except for rebounding the ball,” head coach Ronald Hughey said. “We got out rebounded, and it was the one thing we didn’t continue to fight on like we needed to.”