Nov. 29, 2007

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HOUSTON -- The University of Houston women's basketball team suffered a 77-46 setback at the hands of No. 8/7 LSU, Thursday on Guy V. Lewis Court at Hofheinz Pavilion.

Houston (2-6) was held to a 33 percent shooting night (18-for-54) including a 3-for-12 (.250) effort from behind the line.

Brittney Scott (Orange, Texas/West Orange Stark HS) tallied a team-high 11 points and was the only UH player in double digits.

Scott and Ryan Meyers (Arlington, Texas/Arlington HS/Grayson County CC) tied for the team lead with six rebounds while Twiggy McIntyre (Sapulpa, Okla./Sapulpa HS/Kansas State) dished out a game-high six rebounds.

LSU (5-2) won its first game in Houston on in four tries on the strength of 19 points, seven rebounds and three blocks from Sylvia Fowles. Fowles was 8-for-9 from the field and moved past two players and into sixth place on the Southeastern Conference's all-time rebounds list with 1,275 career boards.

Lady Tigers' head coach Van Chancellor returned to the city where he led the WNBA's Houston Comets for 10 seasons. Chancellor took over Houston's WNBA franchise in 1997 and led the Comets to the first four league championships. He won 211 games, a league record, before taking the LSU job.

UH scored only six points in the first eight-plus minutes of the second half and trailed by 31 with 11:46 remaining. LSU led by as many as 35 before closing it out.

Quianna Chaney and Ashley Thomas scored 11 points apiece for LSU who scored 29 points off 25 UH turnovers.

Tye Jackson (Houston, Texas/Westfield HS/Purdue) missed her second-straight game due to a knee injury. Her status remains day-to-day.

The Cougars were in a 41-19 hole after a turnover-laden first half. UH turned it over 13 times and LSU converted those giveaways into 15 points.

Houston moved out to an 11-10 lead with 12:38 remaining, but failed to score over the next three minutes and was down 17-11 with 9:16 left. The Cougars pulled the lead down to two, 17-15, with 8:06 left but LSU pulled off a 13-2 run to move ahead by 15, 32-17, with 4:10 left.

Hill knocked down a jumper the next time down the floor, the last basket UH would tally in the opening 20 minutes. The Lady Tigers scored seven points in the final 3:30, leading to the 22-point deficit at the break.

UH was 8-for-22 (.364) from the field in the half and 2-for-8 (.250) from behind the line. LSU shot nearly 60 percent (.593) and scored 18 of its 41 points in the paint.

UH is back in action on Tuesday, Dec. 4 as the Cougars start a three-game road swing at Texas Tech. UH and the Lady Raiders are scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m. CST in the United Spirit Arena.

Fans can listen to a free internet radio broadcast of all UH games this year by clicking on the Stretch Internet Broadcast link at UHCougars.com. Streaming video for all home games will also be made available through the All-Access package at UHCougars.com.