HOUSTON (AP) - Joseph Young scored 25 points, leading five players in double figures, to give Houston a 96-71 victory over Texas Pan-American on Thursday night.
Young was 7 of 9 from 3-point range. Danuel House and J.J. Thompson scored 12 points apiece. TaShawn Thomas and Jherrod Stiggers added 10 apiece. Leon Gibson had eight points and a team-high eight rebounds. Thompson also had six assists for the Cougars (11-2).
Houston led 42-36 at halftime and never trailed in the second half. Houston shot 54.8 percent from the field for the game, while the Broncos shot 50.9 percent. Houston won the rebound battle 37-24.
Aaron Urbanus led the Broncos (7-10) with 14 points. Jesus Delgado scored 12, and Justin Leathers and Brandon Provost had 10 points apiece. Leathers had seven rebounds.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas-Pan American (7-10) | 36 | 35 | 71 |
| Houston (11-2) « | 42 | 54 | 96 |
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| Texas-Pan American Broncs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Toivonen, F | 25 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Leathers, F | 21 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| A. Urbanus, G | 34 | 5-11 | 0-2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| B. Provost, G | 33 | 2-8 | 4-4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| J. Delgado, G | 30 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Cabrera | 14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| H. Johnson | 13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Cleveland | 11 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Dantzler | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| S. Hines | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-57 | 6-9 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 71 | |
| 50.9% | 66.7% | ||||||
| Houston Cougars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. House, F | 26 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| T. Thomas, F | 25 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| J. Young, G | 32 | 7-12 | 4-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| J. Thompson, G | 24 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| B. Morris, G | 17 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Stiggers | 18 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| L. Gibson | 17 | 1-4 | 5-6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| J. Richardson | 16 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| T. Womack | 16 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| J. Jones | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Brooks | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. Izundu | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Paye | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34-62 | 15-20 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 96 | |
| 54.8% | 75% | ||||||
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