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No. 11 UH ‘came out ready to play’ in win over UCF

Just 155 seconds into the game on Sunday afternoon, the Houston men’s basketball team had forced UCF to start ringing all of its alarms.

It was only three possessions in and the Cougars had already built up a nine-point lead.

Senior guard DeJon Jarreau started the contest off with a 3-pointer. Then sophomore guard Marcus Sasser followed with one of his own, and lastly, junior guard Quentin Grimes came in and hit another one. Immediately, Knights coach Johnny Dawkins called a 30-second timeout.

“It’s hard to play better,” UH head coach Kelvin Sampson said. “You’re not going to play better than that.