Texas-Arlington 59, at Houston 76

HOUSTON (Interstat) — The Houston Cougars used a dominant defensive performance and capitalized on a flurry of turnovers to defeat the Texas-Arlington Mavericks 76-59 in a non-conference women’s basketball game Tuesday night at Hofheinz Pavilion. In their season opener before a crowd of 1,025, the Cougars forced 33 Mavericks turnovers, converting them into 31 points. That pressure proved to be the difference in a game where both teams struggled from the floor and beyond the arc. Houston established control early, taking a 37-26 lead into halftime and maintained a double-digit advantage throughout the second half. The Cougars outscored the Mavericks… Read more...