UH Women Ballers Fight For Comeback Win Against Rice

One of the things about playing your rival in any sport at any level of competition is that you throw the records of the two teams out.   If one of the rival teams is trying to accomplish something like make the playoffs, win a conference title or go unbeaten, they will play their hardest just to beat you. 

They want the smirking satisfaction of rubbing it in your face months and years later and reminding you that they were the team that denied you whatever goal you wanted to accomplish.

One of the goals the University of Houston women's team wanted to accomplish in addition to the already secured conference regular season championship was an undefeated C-USA season.  

The fact that we were playing our big rivals was one of the things that went through my mind as I awaited the tipoff of this game againt the Rice Owls at Tudor Fieldhouse. 

It was a team the Cougars spanked at Hofheinz 71-51 back on February 10 but the Owls let the Cougars know they were bringing the Senior Day pain with a 9-0 opening run   For much of the afternoon that UH goal of a perfect conference mark was in jeopardy as the number 25 ranked Cougars faced a 19 point deficit at one point during the first half and were in a 41-27 hole at halftime .           

Thanks to a 24 point effort from reigning C-USA Player of the Year Courtney Taylor and 18 from Porsche Landry the Owls and their alums won't get the satisfaction of rubbing that in our faces.


The Cougars started clawing their way back into the game with an initial 17-7 run that whittled the Owl lead down to 48-44 at the 14:38 mark.   After another Rice run boosted their shrinking lead a run of seven straight points from Courtney Taylor cut the deficit to just 63-60 with 7:17 left in the game.

Porsche Landry's turnaround jumper gave the Cougars their first lead at 69-68 with 1:50 remaining and the Cougars allowed one Owls basket over the final 3:38 of the game to head back to Cullen Boulevard with the  hard fought 74-70 win.

Eat 'em up!


The win extended the school record UH winning streak to 15 games, boosted their record to 24-4 and set them up with the opportunity to become the second C-USA women's team to go unbeaten in the regular season when they face off against Tulane on Saturday night.

Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit Rapidly Approaching

The Second Annual Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit is rapidly approaching.

It's underwritten by the Hollyfield Foundation and sponsored by the Texas A&M GLBT Resource Center, Starbucks, Transgender Foundation of America, Rice University, Frye and Associates, and Equality Texas.

The event is free and is being held on the campus of Rice University in Houston July 20-21. Both sessions in the Kyle Morrow Room of the Fondren Library start at 10:00 AM CDT and end at 4:00 PM CDT.

The registration deadline has passed, but I've been advised by the event organizers you can still register and are encouraged to come. If you do, be advised your food and parking are on your own dime.

The TTNS is a strategy sharing summit in which you can learn what works and what doesn't in terms of changing policies on campuses to protect transgender faculty, staff, and students.

It will also be an opportunity to make connections with persons already doing this work, learn about their successes and failures, and help you get up to speed and involved in the struggle to make Texas college campuses more trans friendly.

The TTNS Organizing Committee is pleased to note that 78 people are already registered to attend the summit from over 18 colleges and universities in Texas.

Here's the map for those of you driving. Rice University is accessible on the METRORail Red Line via the Hermann Park/Rice U station at Fannin and Sunset or the Memorial Hermann Hospital/Houston Zoo Stations.

The library's address is 6100 Main Street on the Rice University campus.

Looking forward to getting reconnected with and seeing many of my fellow Texas TBLG activists next week.