LET'S GO COOGS! 🐾🏀🔥 Kyler Edwards scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half, and No. 14 Houston defeated Tulane 81-67 on Wednesday night. GoCoogs FortheCity UH HTX KPRC2
Tulane guard Jaylen Forbes dives for the ball in front of Houston guard Kyler Edwards during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in New Orleans, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. – Kyler Edwards scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half, and No. 14 Houston defeated Tulane 81-67 on Wednesday night.
J'Wan Roberts grabbed 11 rebounds and blocked two shots for Houston, which outrebounded the Green Wave 43-28. The intimate, 89-year-old Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse appeared to have virtually all of its 4,100 seats occupied, with a number of fans standing for what had the potential to be a benchmark matchup for the resurgent Green Wave, who came in with victories in five of their previous seven games.The crowd was engaged and often raucous in the first half, a tight opening 20 minutes in which there were eight lead changes and six ties, with neither team leading by more than five.