By Brenda June Temple
12/30/2023
Cougars open Big 12 Conference play against West Virginia on Jan. 6
University of Houston senior guard L.J. Cryer scored 16 points, senior point guard Jamal Shead added 14 points, and #3/3 Houston stayed unbeaten with an 81-42 win over Penn inside Fertitta Center on Saturday night.
Cryer scored 12 points in the first half as Houston (13-0) jumped to an 18-0 lead and led 39-17 at the half. Cryer scored his 1,000th career collegiate point between Baylor and Houston on a 3-pointer with 14:15 left in the first half.
Houston has won 13 straight home games and improved to 13-0 for the third time in school history, joining the 2018-19 and 1967-68 Cougar teams.
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