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J’Wan Roberts had 17 factors and 9 rebounds, L.J. Cryer added 15 factors, and No. 7 Houston defeated Texas A&MCorpus Christi 8250 Saturday.
HOUSTON: J’Wan Roberts had 17 factors and 9 rebounds, L.J. Cryer added 15 factors, and No. 7 Houston defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 82-50 Saturday.
Cryer had 12 factors within the first half, and Roberts scored 11 first-half factors to drive Houston to a 14-level halftime lead.
“The thing about this team is I don’t know what their ceiling is,” Houston coach Kelvin Sampson stated. “I’ve had some teams that I knew they had a lower ceiling. This team has a higher ceiling.”
Ja’Vier Francis scored 13 factors and Emanuel Sharp had 11 factors for Houston (2-0), which shot 42%, together with 6 of twenty-two on 3-pointers. Houston pressured 17 Islanders turnovers, which they transformed into 19 factors.
“We’re still growing, but I like the potential of this team,” Sampson stated. “I think this team can be really good. I really like this team. We have great player leadership.”
Lance-Amir Paul scored 10 factors and Jordan Roberts added 9 for the Islanders (1-1). Texas A&M-Corpus Christi shot 30%, however the workforce was 5 of 21 on 3-pointers.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi coach Jim Shaw pointed to Houston’s 54-41 rebounding edge, particularly the Cougars’ 19-13 benefit in offensive rebounds, as a key issue.
“Unbelievable toughness on their part as far as rebounding the ball,” Shaw stated. “I’m sure they beat us on the boards quite a bit. The game honors toughness, and they were – at this point – a little tougher than we were.”
Trailing 12-7 with 14 minutes remaining within the first half, Houston reeled off 12 straight factors to open up a seven-level lead on a 3-pointer by Ramon Walker Jr. three minutes later.
The Islanders closed inside 25-21 on an Owen Dease free throw with seven minutes left within the first half. But the Cougars completed the half on a 16-6 run to take a 41-27 lead into halftime on a 3-pointer by Cryer.
BIG PICTURE
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi: The Islanders, who’re of their twenty fifth season enjoying basketball, have by no means crushed a ranked workforce in program historical past. … The Islanders, who’ve 11 new gamers this season, have been in a position to cling with Houston for many of the first half, however Houston’s dimension and velocity was an excessive amount of.
Houston: The Cougars struggled to begin, capturing 2 for 12, however they heated up, hitting 11 of 23 to finish the primary half. … Houston leaned on the workforce’s protection and athleticism to create turnovers and second probabilities.
FOUL TROUBLE
The groups mixed to commit 40 fouls, however Houston was 20 of 34 from the free-throw line and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi was 7 of 12.
UP NEXT
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi: Hosts Dallas Christian Monday
Houston: Hosts Stetson Monday to finish the workforce’s season-opening three-sport homestand.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – Associated Press)
