First Quarter

The Cougars connected on five of their first six shots to take a 12-5 lead with 7:07 to go in the opening frame. Marya Hudgins opened the scoring with a pull-up jumper in the paint, followed by a Gibb left-wing triple and a Cannon free-throw line jumper. After a miss, Benally connected on a kick-out three off an offensive board by Rohkohl.

BYU pushed the lead to 17-7 with a three from Hudgins and a Rohkohl layup set up by a Gibb assist. At the first-quarter media timeout, the Cougars had recorded three offensive rebounds and six assists on seven made field goals.

A 9-2 Houston run trimmed the BYU lead to 21-16 before back-to-back buckets from Bolanle Yussuf, assisted by Halin and Benally, respectively. A right corner triple from Gibb capped a 7-0 run to take a 12-point lead at 28-16 after the first.

Second Quarter

BYU opened the second frame with a made three-pointer by Olivia Hamlin, assisted by Benally. The Cougars in red went on a 12-2 run over 2:47 to trim the once 15-point BYU lead to five at 33-28. Gibb snapped the Houston run with a top-of-the-key three and Cannon knocked down a jumper, but five Houston points left BYU’s lead at 38-33 at the break.

Third Quarter

Houston opened the third quarter with six quick points to pull within two at 41-39. BYU responded with five consecutive points to retake a seven-point advantage. Rohkohl split a pair at the line before Hamlin swiped the ball from the Houston ballhandler and took it the distance for a score off the window. Cannon drove into the lane and scored off the glass to cap the run.

The hometown Coogs wouldn’t go easy as they rattled off another 7-2 run to again pull within two at 48-46. A 1-for-2 trip to the stripe for Hudgins followed by a corner triple for Hamlin pushed the lead to seven again. After a Houston score in transition, Hamlin hit a late-shot clock three to extend the lead to eight, the largest lead since the second quarter for BYU. After four-straight points for the home team, BYU finished the quarter on a 5-0 run to take a 10-point advantage with 10 minutes to play.

Fourth Quarter

The Cougars opened the fourth with six-straight points to extend the lead to 16 with 7:24 to play. BYU and Houston traded baskets over the duration of the quarter, with the lead never dipping below 11. BYU finished with five players with 10 or more points for the third time this season and moved to 3-0 when doing so in the win over Houston.

Up Next

After a week off, the Cougars return to the Marriott Center to host the No. 16 Baylor Bears on Jan. 17. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. MT with the game streamed on ESPN+. Fans can also tune in to live play-by-play with Jason Shepherd on BYU Radio 107.9, byuradio.org and the BYU Radio App.Â