The Houston women’s basketball team dropped its final road non-conference matchup as it fell 68-61 to Middle Tennessee on Wednesday.
The Cougars now move to 2-9 on the season with American Athletic Conference play sitting on the horizon at the end of December.
Middle Tennessee opened the game with a 5-0 run before jumping out to a 10-4 lead in the early going. UH responded with a dominant 12-0 run led by back-to-back 3-pointers off turnovers to take the lead at 16-10. The Blue Raiders ended the first quarter with a second 5-0 run to close the gap and trail 16-15 heading into the second quarter.