HOUSTON -- Brockeith Pane scored 20 points to lead Houston
to a 73-66 victory over Texas Southern on Wednesday night.
Houston (4-1) trailed 39-38 with 14:02 remaining after a Sollie
Norwood 3-pointer. But the Cougars went on a 16-2 run over the next
four minutes to take a 54-41 lead on a Pane layup. Pane had 10
points in the run.
The Tigers cut the lead to five with 2:20 remaining on a Matthew Robert McKiver added 15 points and six rebounds off the bench David Burrell led Texas Southern with 19 points. Norwood had 18 Houston led by as many as eight points, 18-10, with 10:59
Miller layup that capped a 9-1 run, but Texas Southern (1-3)
couldn
for the Cougars, and Zamal Nixon scored 10 points. Dion Dowell
added nine points and had 11 rebounds and six blocks.
points and eight rebounds.
remaining the first half on two Dowell free throws before Texas
Southern outscored the Cougars 17-5 over the next seven minutes to
take a 27-23 lead on an Anthony Ike jumper with 3:32 left in the
opening half. The Cougars answered with five straight points before
the half to go into halftime up 28-27.