It's a tie.

UH head coach Riley Wallace said he expects Jason Carter and Logan Lee to share the position the rest of the year, starting with tonight's game against Texas Southern in the adidas Festival at the Stan Sheriff Center.

"One might play more than the other depending on the flow of the game," Wallace said. "But one's not going to separate from the other. I said at the start (of the season) that we have a two-headed point guard and that's how it's going to be the rest of the way."

Both have displayed glimpses of brilliance, but neither has done it consistently.

Carter, a 5-foot-10 senior, is averaging 1.6 points and 2.4 assists per game, and leads the team with eight steals in five games.

Lee, a 6-2 sophomore, is averaging 2.8 points and 4.0 assists per game. He is expected to start tonight, but Wallace said he considers both players starters.

In effect, Lee is the calm before Carter's storm off the bench.

"Logan is steady Eddie; JC is fast Eddie," Wallace said. "It's actually a good situation to have because we can plug in either one to match what the other team is doing."

Carter opened the season as the starter, but has been in a shooting slump. He played his best game of the season in Monday's victory over Oregon State, with six points, four rebounds, three assists and five steals.

"As long as I get to play, I'm OK with it," Carter said. "I don't want to be a bench player to tell you the truth. I want to play more. But if this is the system that works, then I'm cool."

As Lee put it: "In the long run, it's going to benefit the team because we have two different looks."

Actually, they have more. Against Oregon State, Wallace used Lee and Carter in the same backcourt.

"No matter which one of us is out there, we have to learn from each other," Lee said. "As long as we keep that in mind, and pick each other up, it'll work."

TSU head coach Ronnie Courtney is not so much concerned about the UH backcourt.

"They're big and they're good," Courtney said of the 'Bows. "To have a front line of 6-8, 6-9, 6-10, that's a lineup you don't see in our league."

Among the 10 players in the Tigers' normal rotation, the tallest is 6-8. TSU played in the NCAA Tournament last season, but is off to a 3-4 start this season.

"We're taking a long time, but we're coming together slowly," said leading scorer Allan Lovett.