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USF Women’s Basketball holds off late Houston rally for 59-49 win

USF continued its late-February hot streak on Wednesday, downimg Houston 59-49 to claim their fourth consecutive victory.

The Bulls (16-12, 7-7 AAC) traveled with only seven players including Sydni Harvey, who is coming off of concussion protocol and played for only three minutes.

Despite this, USF used an extremely hot start to pad a solid 22-10 lead over the Cougars (15-12, 9-5) after the first quarter and did most of their damage inside. Sophomore Shae Leverett continued her dominance On the glass by collecting 15 rebounds on the night and getting nine points, all of them coming within the paint.