Down 19 points to Wichita State at halftime, Houston head coach Ronald Hughey and his staff gave their team a few second-half adjustments to what seemed to be all but the final 20 minutes of the season when junior guard Julia Blackshell-Fair spoke up.
She said the problem wasn’t with the gameplan and asked to speak with just her teammates; the coaches obliged.
“It was incredible for her to do that,” Hughey said.
While the Cougars were unable to complete the comeback win, they did not let their season end quietly. Houston scored 44 second-half points, and at one point cut Wichita State’s lead to only four before the Shockers sealed the first-round American Athletic Conference Tournament win.