Seventh-ranked Houston no longer can clinch a share of the Big 12 regular-season title, but it has a good chance of finishing in second place.<\/p>\n
Coach Kelvin Sampson’s club will play its home finale Wednesday night against Baylor in the second meeting of the season between the Texas programs.<\/p>\n
The Cougars (24-5, 12-4) pummeled Colorado by a whopping 40 points Saturday to break a three-game losing streak, relying on Milos Uzan’s 26 points and all-around production from Kingston Flemings.<\/p>\n
Uzan was terrific shooting the ball, going 9 of 13 from the floor — including 5 of 7 from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n
Flemings produced 11 points, eight assists and six rebounds as the Cougars hit 34 of 57 shots from the floor (59.6%) and held Colorado to 23 of 50 (46.0%) shooting.<\/p>\n
Sampson said after the game that he had a man-to-man meeting with Uzan, who averages 11.5 points per game and is second on the squad with 4.1 assists.<\/p>\n
“I thought Milos was starting to drift a little bit,” Sampson said. “I needed to get him back centered. Remind him of how good he was. How special he is.”<\/p>\n
Flemings boasts team-best averages in points (16.4), assists (5.2) and steals (1.6), while Emanuel Sharp contributes 15.8 points. Chris Cenac Jr. produces 9.6 points and a team-high 7.6 rebounds.<\/p>\n
With Arizona clinching the Big 12 regular-season title outright on Monday, the Cougars will turn their attention to locking down second place in the conference. They share the same 12-4 conference record with No. 10 Texas Tech, which hosts TCU on Tuesday before its season finale at BYU on Saturday.<\/p>\n
In Joe Lunardi’s latest ESPN Bracketology predictions, the Cougars slot as a No. 3 seed in the South Region.<\/p>\n
Coming off its best win over a surging UCF squad on Saturday in Orlando, Fla., Baylor (15-14, 5-11) sits near the bottom of the Big 12 standings. The Bears are tied with Oklahoma State with five victories, three ahead of last-place Kansas State and Utah.<\/p>\n
Cameron Carr, who averages a team-best 19.2 points on the season, tallied 26 versus the Knights and Obi Agbim sealed the upset with a game-winning free throw with 1.3 seconds in the 87-86 victory.<\/p>\n
Coach Scott Drew’s group has won two of three games, however, after a pair of four-game losing streaks sent the Bears toward the Big 12’s basement.<\/p>\n
Drew likes the play of guard Isaac Williams, who averages 10.6 points per game.<\/p>\n
“(He) is so effective getting to the paint, and I think he’s really improved his ability to get to the paint and spray it around, get other guys shots,” Drew said.<\/p>\n
Sharp contributed 17 points as Houston saw five players score in double figures during its 77-55 victory over Baylor on Jan. 10.<\/p>\n
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