HOUSTON HOUSTON POSTGAME NOTES (Jan. 6, 2021) #11/11 Houston 70, Wichita State 63 TEAM NOTES • Houston’s all-time record is 1,318-864. • Houston’s starting lineup was DeJon Jarreau (51st start of his career, 26th at Houston), Marcus Sasser (23rd start of his career), Quentin Grimes (66th start of his career, 30th at Houston), Justin Gorham (20th start of his career, ninth at Houston) and Brison Gresham (33rd start of his career, 20th at Houston). • Houston is 15-17 all-time against Wichita State, having won the last five contests against the Shockers. • Houston is 336-251 all-time in the month of January. • Houston is 13-2 all-time when competing as the No. 11 team in Associated Press poll. • Houston is 35-3 all-time inside the Fertitta , having won 16 consecutive games at its home venue. The Cougars have not lost in the since a 72-71 buzzer-beating loss to BYU on Nov. 15, 2019. • Since the start of the 2015-16 season, the Cougars have posted a 81-11 (.880) record in their three different home venues. This mark includes a 54-3 (.947) record since the start of the 2017-18 campaign. • A Houston win would give the Cougars more wins against Wichita State than any other school in the history of the Fertitta Center. • Houston has more wins (135) than any other school in the state of Texas since 2015-16. • Houston has held its opponent to 60 or less points for the seventh time this season. • Houston moves into fifth through Jan. 3, 2021 as the winningest Division I team since 2017-18 with 92 wins during that span. • Houston improves 8-1 on the year when scoring first. • Houston improves 2-1 on the year when trailing at halftime. • Houston improves 9-0 on the year when leading with 5:00 left in the game. • Houston held Wichita State to a season-low six assists. • Houston held Wichita State to a season-low 21 made field goals. • Houston has not lost rebounding battle in nine of their 10 games this season. • Houston won the battle nine times this season. • Houston has had at least three players reach the double-digit scoring mark in eight consecutive games. The Cougars have had four players in double-digits in three of its last five games. Quentin Grimes (22), Justin Gorham (14), DeJon Jarreau (13) and Marcus Sasser (12). • Houston scored 45 points in the second half, the most Wichita State has allowed in the second half this season. • With their double-doubles, Justin Gorham (14 points, 10 rebounds) and DeJon Jarreau (13 points, 10 rebounds) become the first two players to record a double-double in the same game since Nate Hinton (17points, 10 rebounds) and Brison Gresham (10 points, 12 rebounds) on Dec. 19, 2019 in the 77-57 win over UTEP. COACH • Houston Head Coach Kelvin Sampson is 648-331 in his career. His record with the Cougars is 148-61. • Sampson is the program’s career leader in winning percentage at .708 (148-61). • Sampson is 6-1 all-time against Wichita State. INDIVIDUAL NOTES DeJON JARREAU • Finished the game with 13 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. It’s the 18th time in his career and 11th at Houston with five points, five rebounds and five assists in a single game. • Now has 33 games in his career with five or more assists. He has 21 such games with the Cougars. • His 10 rebounds marks the fourth time in his career surpassing the double-digit scoring mark. • Tallied 13 points on the night., his 29th double-digit scoring performance in his career and third this season.

MARCUS SASSER • Finished the night with 12 points, his fourth consecutive ten- outing in a row and his sixth of the season.

JUSTIN GORHAM • Pulled down 10 rebounds, his fourth double-digit rebounding performance in last his six games. • Finished the game with 14 points and 10 rebounds, marking his second double-double in as many games and his third on the year. He is the first player since DeJon Jarreau to record back to back double-doubles. (Jan. 18, 2020; Jan. 23, 2020). This is his eighth double-double in his career. HOUSTON BASKETBALL HOUSTON POSTGAME NOTES (Jan. 6, 2021) #11/11 Houston 70, Wichita State 63

• Tied his Houston career-high with 14 points tonight.

QUENTIN GRIMES • Has recorded five or more rebounds in all ten games. • Has scored 10 or more points in nine consecutive games. • Finished the night with a team high 22 points, his fifth game this season surpassing the 20-point mark.

BRISON GRESHAM • Has more wins (35) inside the Fertitta Center than any other player. • Secured seven rebounds tonight, his fifth game with five or more rebounds this season.