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UH women’s basketball knocks off Tulane on the road

The UH women’s basketball team picked up a second consecutive victory after narrowly defeating Tulane 59-56 on the road on Thursday.

The Cougars have taken a sharp turn to their season, winning back-to-back games for the first time this season to improve to 5-10, rising to 2-0 in the American Athletic Conference.

The first quarter was relatively even from the start, as Tulane went out to an early.

Despite Tulane leading for the entire quarter, the Cougars were never trailing by more than five points.

UH opened the second quarter with a 7-0 run that saw the Cougars take their first lead of the game and then extend it to five points.