# 2008–09 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

The 2008–09 Houston Cougars women's basketball team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the college basketball 2008-09 season. It was their 65th year of season play. The head coach for the Cougars was Joe Curl, who served in his 11th year in that position. The team played its home games at Hofheinz Pavilion on-campus in Houston, Texas. The team finished the season with 19 wins. The Cougars were 12-2 at home, 6-6 on the road, and 1-2 in neutral site games.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 2008/11/10* | Houston Jaguars | W 70-61 | | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| Regular season ||||||
| 2008/11/14* 5:30PM | Southeastern Louisiana | W 73-58 | 1-0 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| 2008/11/15* 12:00PM | Gardner–Webb | W 79-58 | 2-0 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| 2008/11/19* 9:00PM | at Oregon State | L 47-69 | 2-1 | Gill Coliseum Corvallis, Oregon |
| 2008/11/21* 7:00PM | Miami (FL) | W 70-64 | 3-1 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| 2008/11/25* 7:00PM | at TCU | L 72-91 | 3-2 | Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas |
| 2008/12/02* 7:00PM | at North Texas | W 80-66 | 4-2 | UNT Coliseum Denton, Texas |
| 2008/12/05* 7:00PM | Texas Southern | W 64-44 | 5-2 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| 2008/12/14* 2:00PM | Cal Poly | W 68-57 | 6-2 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| St. John's-Chartwells Holiday Classic ||||||
| 2008/12/20* 12:00PM | vs. Boston College | L 56-62 | 6-3 | Carnesecca Arena Queens, New York |
| 2008/12/21* 12:00PM | vs. Buffalo | W 80-62 | 7-3 | Carnesecca Arena Queens, New York |
| Regular season ||||||
| 2008/12/28* 2:00PM | Akron | W 74-59 | 8-3 | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| 2008/12/31* 2:00PM | at Kansas | L 56-73 | 8-4 | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas |
| 2009/01/09 7:00PM | at Tulane | W 58-56 | 9-4 (1-0) | Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 2009/01/11 1:00PM, ESPN2 | at UTEP | L 67-74 | 9-5 (1-1) | Don Haskins Center El Paso, Texas |
| 2009/01/16 7:00PM | UAB | W 61-50 | 10-5 (2-1) | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| 2009/01/18 2:00PM | Memphis | W 83-65 | 11-5 (3-1) | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| 2009/01/22 7:00PM | at Southern Miss | L 65-74 | 11-6 (3-2) | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
| 2009/01/25 2:00PM, FS Houston, CBS CS | UCF | W 80-65 | 12-6 (4-2) | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| 2009/01/29 7:00PM | at SMU | L 56-59 | 12-7 (4-3) | Moody Coliseum Dallas, Texas |
| 2009/01/31 7:00PM | at Tulsa | W 68-46 | 13-7 (5-3) | Reynolds Center Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 2009/02/04 7:00PM | at Rice | W 66-56 | 14-7 (6-3) | Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas |
| 2009/02/07 5:00PM | Rice | W 70-30 | 15-7 (7-3) | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| 2009/02/12 7:00PM | Tulane | W 60-53 | 16-7 (8-3) | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| 2009/02/14 12:00PM, CBS CS | UTEP | L 72-75 | 16-8 (8-4) | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| 2009/02/20 7:00PM | SMU | W 75-73 | 17-8 (9-4) | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| 2009/02/22 2:00PM | Tulsa | L 55-59 | 17-9 (9-5) | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas |
| 2009/02/26 6:00PM | at Marshall | W 67-58 | 18-9 (10-5) | Cam Henderson Center Huntington, West Virginia |
| 2009/02/28 1:00PM | at East Carolina | W 66-65 | 19-9 (11-5) | Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum Greenville, North Carolina |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time. ||||||

### Conference USA tournament

March 6:Despite Courtney Taylor's team-high 19 points and nine rebounds, the University of Houston women's basketball team could not overcome a sluggish first half Friday, falling to UCF 79-66 in the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Championship at Fogelman Arena.

## Awards and honors

* Zane Jakobsone (Senior): Cougars Academic MVP
* Courtney Taylor (Sophomore): Cougars Athletic MVP.