Houston 62-46 UConn (28 Dec, 2016) Play-by-Play

Houston Cougars

10-3, 1-0 Conference

	1	2	T
HOU	36	26	62
CONN	12	34	46

UConn Huskies

5-7, 0-1 Conference

Rodney Purvis made Jumper.
Kentan Facey missed Jumper.
Amida Brimah missed Layup.
Juwan Durham missed Jumper.
Kentan Facey missed Jumper.
Rodney Purvis missed Jumper.
Christian Vital missed Three Point Jumper.
Rodney Purvis missed Layup.
Vance Jackson missed Jumper.
Amida Brimah missed Jumper.
Christian Vital made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rodney Purvis.
Rodney Purvis missed Jumper.
Amida Brimah missed Jumper.
Rodney Purvis made Layup.
Christian Vital missed Three Point Jumper.
Rodney Purvis missed Three Point Jumper.
Vance Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
Kentan Facey missed Jumper.
Rodney Purvis missed Layup.
Steven Enoch missed Jumper.
Rodney Purvis missed Three Point Jumper.
Kentan Facey missed Jumper.
Amida Brimah made Jumper. Assisted by Vance Jackson.
Christian Vital missed Jumper.
Vance Jackson made Layup.
Rodney Purvis made Dunk. Assisted by Christian Vital.
Rodney Purvis missed Three Point Jumper.
Christian Vital made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Vance Jackson.
Vance Jackson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rodney Purvis.
Kentan Facey missed Jumper.
Rodney Purvis missed Three Point Jumper.
Kentan Facey missed Jumper.
Rodney Purvis made Jumper. Assisted by Christian Vital.
Christian Vital made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Vance Jackson.
Rodney Purvis missed Three Point Jumper.
Vance Jackson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Christian Vital.
Christian Vital missed Layup.
Rodney Purvis missed Jumper.
Christian Vital made Jumper. Assisted by Vance Jackson.
Rodney Purvis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Vance Jackson.
Vance Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
Vance Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
Vance Jackson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rodney Purvis.
Rodney Purvis missed Three Point Jumper.
Christian Vital made Three Point Jumper.
Christian Vital missed Three Point Jumper.
Kentan Facey made Dunk. Assisted by Christian Vital.
Christian Vital missed Three Point Jumper.
Danrad Knowles made Jumper. Assisted by Galen Robinson Jr..
Damyean Dotson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rob Gray Jr..
Damyean Dotson missed Three Point Jumper.
Rob Gray Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Danrad Knowles missed Layup.
Damyean Dotson made Jumper.
Damyean Dotson missed Three Point Jumper.
Galen Robinson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Damyean Dotson made Layup.
Danrad Knowles made Jumper.
Danrad Knowles missed Three Point Jumper.
Rob Gray Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Danrad Knowles.
Wes VanBeck made Layup.
Rob Gray Jr. missed Jumper.
Damyean Dotson missed Three Point Jumper.
Galen Robinson Jr. missed Layup.
Rob Gray Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Wes VanBeck missed Jumper.
Wes VanBeck missed Three Point Jumper.
Wes VanBeck made Layup.
Galen Robinson Jr. made Jumper.
Rob Gray Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
Rob Gray Jr. made Jumper.
Rob Gray Jr. made Dunk. Assisted by Wes VanBeck.
Danrad Knowles made Dunk. Assisted by Galen Robinson Jr..
Galen Robinson Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Damyean Dotson.
Galen Robinson Jr. made Layup.
Rob Gray Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Rob Gray Jr. made Jumper.
Damyean Dotson missed Three Point Jumper.
Rob Gray Jr. made Layup.
Rob Gray Jr. made Jumper.
Rob Gray Jr. missed Jumper.
Danrad Knowles made Jumper.
Galen Robinson Jr. made Jumper.
Rob Gray Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Galen Robinson Jr..
Rob Gray Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Wes VanBeck missed Jumper.
Galen Robinson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Kyle Meyer made Jumper. Assisted by Damyean Dotson.
Wes VanBeck missed Three Point Jumper.
Danrad Knowles missed Three Point Jumper.
Rob Gray Jr. made Layup.
Armoni Brooks missed Three Point Jumper.
Xavier Dupree missed Jumper.
Wes VanBeck made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Dupree.

HOUSTON

UCONN

TIME		HOU	CONN
20:00	Jump Ball won by Houston	0	0
19:34	Danrad Knowles made Jumper. Assisted by Galen Robinson Jr..	2	0
19:05	Foul on Danrad Knowles.	2	0
19:05	Amida Brimah missed Free Throw.	2	0
19:05	Connecticut Deadball Team Rebound.	2	0
19:05	Amida Brimah made Free Throw.	2	1
18:39	Damyean Dotson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rob Gray Jr..	5	1
18:20	Rodney Purvis made Jumper.	5	3
17:49	Damyean Dotson missed Three Point Jumper.	5	3
17:49	Kentan Facey Defensive Rebound.	5	3
17:30	Kentan Facey missed Jumper.	5	3
17:30	Amida Brimah Offensive Rebound.	5	3
17:25	Amida Brimah missed Layup.	5	3
17:25	Kyle Meyer Block.	5	3
17:25	Kentan Facey Offensive Rebound.	5	3
17:22	Foul on Kyle Meyer.	5	3
17:22	Kentan Facey made Free Throw.	5	4
17:22	Kentan Facey made Free Throw.	5	5
17:07	Foul on Rodney Purvis.	5	5
16:55	Rob Gray Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	5	5
16:55	Houston Offensive Rebound.	5	5
16:45	Danrad Knowles missed Layup.	5	5
16:45	Kentan Facey Defensive Rebound.	5	5
16:34	Amida Brimah Turnover.	5	5
16:34	Kyle Meyer Steal.	5	5
16:10	Damyean Dotson made Jumper.	7	5
15:53	Vance Jackson Turnover.	7	5
15:53	Rob Gray Jr. Steal.	7	5
15:45	Damyean Dotson missed Three Point Jumper.	7	5
15:45	Kentan Facey Defensive Rebound.	7	5
15:27	Vance Jackson Turnover.	7	5
15:27	Damyean Dotson Steal.	7	5
15:27	Foul on Vance Jackson.	7	5
15:27	Official TV Timeout	7	5
15:05	Galen Robinson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	7	5
15:05	Damyean Dotson Offensive Rebound.	7	5
15:00	Damyean Dotson made Layup.	9	5
14:34	Foul on Kyle Meyer.	9	5
14:16	Juwan Durham missed Jumper.	9	5
14:16	Houston Defensive Rebound.	9	5
13:54	Danrad Knowles made Jumper.	11	5
13:26	Kentan Facey missed Jumper.	11	5
13:26	Rob Gray Jr. Defensive Rebound.	11	5
12:57	Danrad Knowles missed Three Point Jumper.	11	5
12:57	Rodney Purvis Defensive Rebound.	11	5
12:29	Rodney Purvis missed Jumper.	11	5
12:29	Kentan Facey Offensive Rebound.	11	5
12:16	Rodney Purvis Turnover.	11	5
12:08	Rob Gray Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Danrad Knowles.	14	5
11:42	Official TV Timeout	14	5
11:40	Christian Vital missed Three Point Jumper.	14	5
11:40	Rob Gray Jr. Defensive Rebound.	14	5
11:22	Wes VanBeck made Layup.	16	5
10:57	Rodney Purvis missed Layup.	16	5
10:57	Kentan Facey Offensive Rebound.	16	5
10:52	Kentan Facey Turnover.	16	5
10:52	Bertrand Nkali Steal.	16	5
10:38	Rob Gray Jr. missed Jumper.	16	5
10:38	Steven Enoch Defensive Rebound.	16	5
10:03	Vance Jackson missed Jumper.	16	5
10:03	Connecticut Offensive Rebound.	16	5
10:03	Jump Ball won by Connecticut	16	5
9:56	Foul on Bertrand Nkali.	16	5
9:42	Amida Brimah missed Jumper.	16	5
9:42	Damyean Dotson Defensive Rebound.	16	5
9:36	Damyean Dotson missed Three Point Jumper.	16	5
9:36	Rodney Purvis Defensive Rebound.	16	5
9:25	Christian Vital made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rodney Purvis.	16	8
8:49	Foul on Amida Brimah.	16	8
8:49	Bertrand Nkali made Free Throw.	17	8
8:49	Bertrand Nkali made Free Throw.	18	8
8:34	Christian Vital Turnover.	18	8
8:34	Kyle Meyer Steal.	18	8
8:05	Galen Robinson Jr. missed Layup.	18	8
8:05	Vance Jackson Defensive Rebound.	18	8
7:38	Rodney Purvis missed Jumper.	18	8
7:38	Kyle Meyer Defensive Rebound.	18	8
7:09	Rob Gray Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	18	8
7:09	Connecticut Defensive Rebound.	18	8
7:02	Official TV Timeout	18	8
6:49	Amida Brimah missed Jumper.	18	8
6:49	Damyean Dotson Defensive Rebound.	18	8
6:33	Wes VanBeck missed Jumper.	18	8
6:33	Amida Brimah Defensive Rebound.	18	8
6:11	Christian Vital Turnover.	18	8
6:11	Damyean Dotson Steal.	18	8
6:06	Wes VanBeck missed Three Point Jumper.	18	8
6:06	Amida Brimah Defensive Rebound.	18	8
5:55	Rodney Purvis made Layup.	18	10
5:55	Foul on Rob Gray Jr..	18	10
5:55	Rodney Purvis made Free Throw.	18	11
5:35	Wes VanBeck made Layup.	20	11
5:19	Christian Vital missed Three Point Jumper.	20	11
5:19	Damyean Dotson Defensive Rebound.	20	11
5:03	Galen Robinson Jr. made Jumper.	22	11
4:38	Rodney Purvis missed Three Point Jumper.	22	11
4:38	Houston Defensive Rebound.	22	11
4:31	Foul on Amida Brimah.	22	11
4:18	Rob Gray Jr. made Three Point Jumper.	25	11
4:03	Vance Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.	25	11
4:03	Galen Robinson Jr. Defensive Rebound.	25	11
3:39	Rob Gray Jr. made Jumper.	27	11
3:17	Kentan Facey missed Jumper.	27	11
3:17	Danrad Knowles Block.	27	11
3:17	Galen Robinson Jr. Defensive Rebound.	27	11
3:11	Rob Gray Jr. Turnover.	27	11
3:11	Official TV Timeout	27	11
2:58	Christian Vital Turnover.	27	11
2:50	Foul on Kentan Facey.	27	11
2:37	Rob Gray Jr. made Dunk. Assisted by Wes VanBeck.	29	11
2:17	Rodney Purvis missed Layup.	29	11
2:17	Kyle Meyer Defensive Rebound.	29	11
2:05	Danrad Knowles made Dunk. Assisted by Galen Robinson Jr..	31	11
2:01	Connecticut Timeout	31	11
1:47	Foul on Rob Gray Jr..	31	11
1:44	Foul on Steven Enoch.	31	11
1:44	Steven Enoch Turnover.	31	11
1:20	Danrad Knowles Turnover.	31	11
1:04	Steven Enoch missed Jumper.	31	11
1:04	Houston Defensive Rebound.	31	11
0:59	Foul on Kentan Facey.	31	11
0:59	Damyean Dotson made Free Throw.	32	11
0:59	Damyean Dotson made Free Throw.	33	11
0:38	Foul on Wes VanBeck.	33	11
0:38	Christian Vital made Free Throw.	33	12
0:38	Christian Vital missed Free Throw.	33	12
0:38	Danrad Knowles Defensive Rebound.	33	12
0:36	Houston Timeout	33	12
0:14	Galen Robinson Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Damyean Dotson.	36	12
0:01	Rodney Purvis missed Three Point Jumper.	36	12
0:01	Connecticut Deadball Team Rebound.	36	12
0:00	End of 1st half	36	12

XL Center

8:00 PM, 28 December 2016

Hartford, CT

Referees:
Rick Crawford
Bill Jacobson
Olandis Poole

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Iowa State	3-0	-	13-1
Houston	3-0	-	11-3
Arizona	3-0	-	9-5
West Virginia	2-1	1	11-3
Kansas	2-1	1	11-3
UCF	2-1	1	11-3
Texas Tech	2-1	1	11-3
Baylor	2-1	1	10-4
BYU	1-2	2	10-4
Arizona State	1-2	2	10-4
Oklahoma State	1-2	2	9-5
TCU	1-2	2	8-6
Kansas State	1-2	2	7-7
Cincinnati	0-3	3	10-4
Colorado	0-3	3	9-5
Utah	0-3	3	8-6

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Marquette	5-0	-	14-2
St. John's	4-1	1	13-3
UConn	4-1	1	12-4
Villanova	4-1	1	11-5
Georgetown	3-1	1.5	12-3
Creighton	2-2	2.5	9-6
Providence	2-3	3	8-8
Seton Hall	1-3	3.5	6-9
Xavier	1-4	4	9-7
DePaul	0-5	5	9-7
Butler	0-5	5	7-9

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