Saturday, February 9
Fort Worth, Texas
7:05 PM CT
TCU
-1312, 38 CUSA
87
vs
69
Houston
-1211, 55 CUSA
1
2
F
Houston
29
40
69
TCU
33
54
87
Men's Basketball Beats Houston, 87-69
2/9/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb 9, 2002
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Junior Blount and Bingo Merriex each scored 19 points, leading TCU to an 87-69 win over Houston on Saturday night.
TCU (13-12, 3-8 Conference USA) scored 26 points off 18 Houston turnovers, and outrebounded the Cougars 55-42.
Houston (12-11, 5-5) was never able to get on track, shooting just 29.5 percent from the field in the first half.
Merriex added 13 rebounds, and Marlon Dumont had seven points and 12 rebounds for the Horned Frogs. Corey Santee added 13 points and Corey Valsin had 11.
The Cougars were led by Dominic Smith's 24 points, and Patrick Okafor chipped in 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Team Stats
HOU
TCU
FG%
.403
.349
3FG%
.267
.280
FT%
.579
.846
RB
45
56
TO
18
10
STL
5
8
Game Leaders
Pts
19
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
8
Pts
19
FGM
7
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
11
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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