For the third consecutive NCAA Tournament, the UH’s men basketball team is Sweet 16 bound. Graduate guard Taze Moore and sophomore guard Jamal Shead played the game of their lives to lift the Cougars past Illinois 68-53 on Sunday afternoon at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.
The UH defense caused all sorts of fits for the Illini from the start, including easy transition buckets for the Cougars.
UH turned nine first-half Illinois turnovers into 12 points.
The Cougars denied Illinois 7-foot center Kofi Cockburn any easy scoring opportunities, doubling the Illini big man and forcing him to get rid of the ball.