Quentin Grimes hit six three-pointers and scored a game-high 21 points in his major-college debut — Kansas’ season-opening victory over Michigan State at the Champions Classic in Indianapolis.
The 6-foot-5 McDonald’s All-American from The Woodlands, Texas, followed that by dishing 10 assists and scoring 10 points in Game Two — a home victory over Vermont.
Things inexplicably went sour for Rivals.com’ No. 8-rated player in the recruiting Class of 2018 after that, however. Grimes scored in single digits in eight of KU’s next nine games before re-awakening and scoring 30 points combined in the last two contests — wins over Eastern Michigan and Oklahoma.