Grimes helps No. 2 seed Houston rally past Rutgers, 63-60
Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS — Houston coach Kelvin Sampson wasn’t about to apologize for an ugly win over Rutgers on Sunday night. “On nights we shoot well, we look good, but there’s not a lot of teams that can play as poorly as we did and still win, and we’ve done that a lot.” Quentin Grimes led the Cougars’ comeback with 22 points, and DeJon Jarreau overcame a severely bruised hip to score 17 with a key bucket down the stretch, as Houston marched on to play No. “Just will to win, will not to go home.” The 10th-seeded Scarlet Knights still had a chance after Mark’s free throws, but Geo Baker turned the ball over and Marcus Sasser made two more foul shots to extend Houston’s lead. This team made history,” said coach Steve Pikiell, who also had to tell his team afterward that beloved Rutgers announcer Joe Boylan had died earlier Sunday following complications from a stroke suffered last week. “They were being physical,” Sampson said, “and Rutgers is just so big.” When Chaney took a seat with his fourth foul with 15:45 left, the Scarlet Knights went on the attack.
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