Houston (AP) – LJ Cryer scored 22 points and No. 3 Houston won his ninth consecutive match with a 65-59 victory against Kansas on Monday evening.
Emanuel Sharp added 12 points on the bench, including two free throws that pushed Houston’s advance to 63-59 with 20 seconds to do. The cougars (26-4, 18-1 Big 12) went 4 out of 4 of the fault line on the section.
Cryer collected 18 points out of 7 on 13 shots in the first half while Houston took a 30-27 lead in the break.
Milos Uzan finished with 10 points for the cougars, who had already won their second consecutive title of regular season of Big 12. Mylik Wilson collected 10 points, six assists and five rebounds.
Houston pulled 35% in the field and was 7 out of 20 out of 3 points.
Hunter Dickinson collected 17 points and 12 rebounds for erased Jayhawks (19-11, 10-9), which fired 45%. KJ Adams Jr. added 15 points and David Coit had 14 on the bench.
Take -out
Kansas: The Jayhawks fell to 3-3 against the TOP-10 and 4-3 teams against the 25 best EP teams this season.
Houston: The cougars won for the 22nd time in 23 games and continued to increase their CV for a seeded n ° 1 in the NCAA tournament, improving at 8-4 in Quad 1 clashes.
Key
After the two free throws of Sharp, the Kansas goalkeeper Dajuan Harris Jr. slipped while trying to take the inbound pass, and Cryer stolen. He was the victim of a fault and made two free throws to win the victory.
Key statistics
Houston forced 20 reversals and converted them into 18 points.
The next
Houston Visit Baylor on Saturday to close the regular season. The Kansas welcomes n ° 24 Arizona on the same day.
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