Rice Owls @ Houston Cougars

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Rice RICE	29	39	68
Houston HOU	40	39	79

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Brooks leads Houston in 79-68 win over cross-town rival Rice

Nov 14, 2018, 10:39 pm

HOUSTON -- Armoni Brooks scored 20 points, Corey Davis Jr. added 18 with six assists and Houston held off cross-town rival Rice 79-69 Wednesday night in the 81st meeting.

Nate Hinton and Galen Robinson Jr. scored 15 apiece for the Cougars (2-0), who scored 26 points off of fast breaks and shot 45 percent from the field. It was Brooks' second straight 20-point game.

Houston took a 7-6 lead on Brooks' jumper and stayed ahead the rest of the way. The Cougars led 40-29 at halftime and by as many as 18 points in the second half.

The Owls closed to 74-66 on Ako Adams' 3 with 57 seconds left, but Houston stopped the rally with five straight free throws.

Adams scored 19 points with five assists and Jack Williams added 11 points for the Owls (2-2).

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NCAA Division I

American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
South Florida	15-3	-	25-9
Tulsa	13-5	2	30-8
Wichita State	13-5	2	24-12
UAB	11-7	4	20-12
North Texas	9-9	6	19-14
Florida Atlantic	9-9	6	18-15
Charlotte	9-9	6	17-17
Tulane	8-10	7	18-15
Temple	8-10	7	16-16
Memphis	8-10	7	13-19
Rice	7-11	8	13-18
East Carolina	6-12	9	11-20
UTSA	1-17	14	5-25

Big 12 Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Arizona	16-2	-	36-3
Houston	14-4	2	30-7
Iowa State	12-6	4	29-8
Kansas	12-6	4	24-11
Texas Tech	12-6	4	23-11
TCU	11-7	5	23-12
BYU	9-9	7	23-12
UCF	9-9	7	21-12
West Virginia	9-9	7	21-14
Cincinnati	9-9	7	18-15
Colorado	7-11	9	17-16
Arizona State	7-11	9	17-16
Oklahoma State	6-12	10	20-15
Baylor	6-12	10	17-17
Kansas State	3-15	13	12-20
Utah	2-16	14	10-22

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