Get to know the UH Cougars basketball team

HOUSTON — The College of Houston Cougars, a Last 4 staff final season, superior to the Candy Sixteen within the South Area of the NCAA Event with a 68-53 win Sunday over Illinois.

The fifth-seeded Cougars (31-5) are making one other severe run at a nationwide title regardless of shedding their two finest gamers to season-ending accidents. Now, with a trio of transfers and a protection with some severe enamel, they’re headed residence to Texas for the following spherical — in San Antonio, towards top-seeded Arizona.

Here is a take a look at the gamers who led the Cougars to this place.

#35 – Fabian White Jr. – ahead

White is listed at 230 kilos and is from Atascocita, Texas. He is a 6-foot-8-inch grad pupil who has received quite a few awards throughout his 5 seasons with the Cougars. Final yr, White Jr. was anticipated to take a seat out the season after tearing his ACL throughout a exercise, however he made an entire restoration slightly beneath 9 months and was in a position to return to assist propel the Cougars to a Last 4 look.

• 12 factors per sport
• 6 rebounds per sport
• 1.3 assists per sport

Shead is listed at 190 kilos and is from Manor, Texas. He is a 6-foot-1-inch tall sophomore who performed greater than 28 minutes per sport this season and almost 10 minutes per sport throughout his freshman season.

• 9.3 factors per sport
• 5.3 assists per sport
• 2.7 rebounds per sport

Moore is listed at 195 kilos and is from Southaven, Mississippi. He is a 6-foot-5-inch graduate pupil who has had plenty of surgical procedures on his leg. He transferred from the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners after main the staff in scoring within the 2020-21 season.

• 9 factors per sport
• 4.9 rebounds per sport
• 2.6 assists per sport

#11 – Kyler Edwards – guard

Edwards is listed at 205 kilos and is from Arlington, Texas. He is a 6-foot-4-inch senior who performed highschool basketball at a prep college in Nevada. Edwards performed his freshman, sophomore and junior years at Texas Tech earlier than transferring to UH. He selected the Cougars over UT and LSU.

• 13.8 factors per sport
• 5.7 rebounds per sport
• 2.7 assists per sport

#25 – Josh Carlton – ahead/middle

Carlton is listed at 245 kilos and is from Winterville, North Carolina. He is a 6-foot-10-inch graduate pupil who transferred to UH from UConn forward of the 2021-22 season. He was a three-year starter at UConn. He performed his highschool ball at DeMatha Catholic in Hyattsville, Maryland.

• 11.7 factors per sport
• 6.3 rebounds per sport
• 1 help per sport

#32 – Reggie Chaney – ahead

Chaney is listed at 230 kilos and is from Tulsa, Oklahoma.  He is a 6-foot-8-inch senior who performed two seasons with the Arkansas Razorbacks earlier than transferring to UH earlier than his junior season. He performed on the identical prep college in Nevada as Edwards.

• 4.2 factors per sport
• 2.5 rebounds per sport

#13 – J’Wan Roberts – ahead

Roberts is listed at 230 kilos and is from St. Thomas within the U.S. Virgin Islands. He is a 6-foot-7-inch redshirt sophomore. He was a three-star recruit who was additionally recruited by Oklahoma, Baylor, St. John’s, Sam Houston State, Texas A&M and Seton Corridor.

• 2.5 factors per sport
• 4.8 rebounds per sport

#3 – Ramon Walker Jr. – guard

Walker Jr. is listed at 210 kilos. He is a 6-foot-4-inch freshman from Pearland, Texas. He performed his highschool ball at Shadow Creek Excessive Faculty. As a senior in highschool, he acquired the Man V. Lewis Award as Houston’s high highschool participant.

• 3.3 factors per sport
• 2.5 rebounds per sport

Head coach – Kelvin Sampson

Sampson is from Pembroke, N.C. He took the helm at UH on April 3, 2014, changing into this system’s ninth head coach. Sampson is one in every of solely 15 coaches in NCAA historical past to guide 4 or extra faculties to the NCAA Event.

“In solely seven seasons at Houston, Sampson is the one coach at school historical past to guide the Cougars to 5, six consecutive 20-win seasons and have become the second-winningest coach in program historical past in the course of the 2020-21 season. He already ranks as the college’s profession chief with a .723 successful proportion,” in accordance with the UH web site.

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