Kyler Edwards' mother Lori never watched him play as a college player until Thursday. He...
Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson enters the arena before the team’s NCAA South Regional men’s basketball semifinal game Thursday, March 24, 2022 in San Antonio.SAN ANTONIO — Lori Alexander doesn’t watch a lot of basketball games she attends.
Whether Alexander’s whistles were responsible for Edwards hot second-half shooting might be up for debate, but there is no doubt the treys were rather timely. By the time Edwards was starring in high school at Arlington Bowie, then Findlay Prep, Alexander said she could still watch the games. But after he went to college — he played three years at Texas Tech before transferring to Houston — the pressure got her out of her seat and onto the concourse.Her friend Nicole McKinney brought her out from the back near the end of the Cougars’ second-round win over Illinois a week ago in Pittsburgh, and convinced her to stay in the stands Thursday.
The Wildcats came in averaging 84.6 points per game, but had their second-worst scoring night of the season against the Cougars .
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