In front of their largest crowd in 7 years, the UH Cougars defeat the LSU Tigers 105-98 in a nail-biting overtime. Rob Gray Jr. led the Coogs with 31 points, and they held Ben Simmons to only 13 points, but he had 14 rebounds. Photos by Matt Flora and Andre …

A crowd of 7,918 witnessed the Houston Cougars host and defeat the LSU Tigers on Sunday, their largest attendance since they hosted Memphis in 2008. Houston prepared to host a much-anticipated team and freshman star Ben Simmons, who is widely considered the front-runner for the first pick of the NBA …