HONOLULU, HI- The Houston Cougars took the 2019 Diamond Head Classic title with a 75-71 win over No. 21 Washington on Christmas Day.
Houston fell behind by five at the end of the first half, but took control as the game went on, outscoring UW 44-35.
Caleb Mills and Fabian White, Jr. scored 19 points apiece, and Kansas transfer Quentin Grimes added 14 points. The Cougars won the battle on the glass 37-31, hit 17/18 free throws and forced 15 turnovers.
Houston coach Kelvin Sampson: “We just kept chipping and chipping and chipping, but that’s a really good team.” “Early in the game they were hitting everything - easy shots, hard shots, medium shots - they were running it down our throat.” “I was really proud of our young guys. Caleb Mills is a freshman, Marcus Sasser is a freshman, Quentin Grimes is a sophomore and Fabian White is a junior, we only have one senior.” “Earlier in the year you could tell we were trying to figure out who we were, just searching for an identity, but we hung in there and kept working and this is the key to our program: today is December 25th. We’re a lot better on December 25th than we were on November 25th and we were a lot better on November 25th than we were on October 25th, but I do believe this, I think we’re going to be a lot better January 25th.”
Houston fell behind by five at the end of the first half, but took control as the game went on, outscoring UW 44-35.
Caleb Mills and Fabian White, Jr. scored 19 points apiece, and Kansas transfer Quentin Grimes added 14 points. The Cougars won the battle on the glass 37-31, hit 17/18 free throws and forced 15 turnovers.
Houston coach Kelvin Sampson: “We just kept chipping and chipping and chipping, but that’s a really good team.” “Early in the game they were hitting everything - easy shots, hard shots, medium shots - they were running it down our throat.” “I was really proud of our young guys. Caleb Mills is a freshman, Marcus Sasser is a freshman, Quentin Grimes is a sophomore and Fabian White is a junior, we only have one senior.” “Earlier in the year you could tell we were trying to figure out who we were, just searching for an identity, but we hung in there and kept working and this is the key to our program: today is December 25th. We’re a lot better on December 25th than we were on November 25th and we were a lot better on November 25th than we were on October 25th, but I do believe this, I think we’re going to be a lot better January 25th.”
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