‘All programs have an identity’: For Houston, it’s the rebounding guards

Nate Hinton (left), Quentin Grimes (center), and Dejon Jarreau (right) huddled up during a game. All three guards have at least one game with nine rebounds in the 2019-20 season. | Mikol Kindle Jr./The CougarThe Cougars are having a strong season with a 16-4 record seven games into the American Athletic Conference play, and the biggest asset of the team up to this point has been rebounding.

“All good programs have an identity,” head coach Kelvin Sampson said. “We pound the rock every day with rebounding and (we make sure to have) multiple rebounders.”

Houston is third in the nation when it comes to rebounds per game, averaging 42.6 a contest, and are first in The American when it comes to…