No. 14 Houston held off the second half surge by Louisiana to get the 71-56 win Tuesday night at the Fertitta Center, despite not having Marcus Sasser, Tramon Mark and Reggie Chaney.
The Cougars got off to a solid start early in the first half, forcing four turnovers in the first five minutes of the game that included two shot clock violations as they jumped out to a 6-0 lead early.
Louisiana didn’t find the basket until the 15:20 mark in the first half, which is when the Ragin’ Cajuns came back with a pair of threes to tie things up early after the first timeout.