UH knocks off Tulane on the road 81-67

UH men’s basketball senior guard Kyler Edwards led the team with 21 points on the night. | Sean Thomas/The CougarThe UH men’s basketball team pulled away late and knocked off Tulane with an 81-67 road victory on Wednesday.

The Cougars now improve to 23-4 on the year with a 12-2 record in conference play, keeping them atop the American Athletic Conference standings.

Both teams had a slow start to the game as graduate forward Fabian White Jr. scored the first seven points of the game for the Cougars.

Two fouls in the first 1:49 of the game by graduate forward Josh Carlton pushed him into early foul trouble and kept him out of the rest of the first half.

UH struggled to get any rhythm going early…