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Frogs Fall to No. 15 Bears, 62-54 - TCU Athletics
FORT WORTH - In a low scoring affair, No. 15 Baylor topped TCU, 62-54, Monday night at Schollmaier Arena.
GoFrogs: Frogs Fall to No. 15 Bears, 62-54
FORT WORTH - In a low scoring affair, No. 15 Baylor topped TCU, 62-54, Monday night at Schollmaier Arena.
Offense was hard to come by as both teams shot under 40 percent from the field and had 14 or more turnovers. There were four ties and nine lead changes, but all in the first half.
The Horned Frogs (19-9, 8-7) started the game with two impressive dunks by Xavier Cork and Jameer Nelson Jr. in the first three minutes of play. Baylor (20-8, 9-6) led 25-23 at halftime after a JaKobe Coles shot was waived off at the buzzer.
Baylor never surrendered the lead in the second half. TCU cut it to one-point, three times in the first three minutes of the half, but Baylor's zone defense caused problems for the Horned Frogs who shot 33.3 percent from the field, which included several scoring droughts. Baylor didn't fare much better at 37.7 percent.
The Bears led by as many as 18 points with 9:53 to play. The Horned Frogs scored the last eight points of the game to trim the final deficit to eight.
Nelson led the Frogs with 11 points and four assists. Emanuel Miller added 10 points and five rebounds.
TCU will next play at BYU on Saturday at 8 p.m. CT on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
Team Notes
- TCU fell to 87-105 all-time against Baylor.
- TCU dropped to 4-6 against the top 25.
- The Frogs fell to 12-3 at home.
- TCU's 54 points were its fewest this season.
- The nation's leader in fastbreak points, TCU had seven, its fewest in Big 12 play this season.
- TCU held Baylor to 62 points. The Frogs have held their last three opponents at home to 65 or fewer points.
- The Frogs were 15-of-18 from the free throw line for 83.3 percent. It was the second-straight game that TCU shot over 80 percent from the line.
- Jameer Nelson had a team-high 11 points, on 3-of-8 shooting from the field. It was his fifth time leading the team in scoring.
- Emanuel Miller scored 10 points, his 16th consecutive game in double-figures.
- Xavier Cork tied a season-high with nine points on 4-of-4 shooting from the field.
- Micah Peavy was 2-of-4 from 3-point range and finished with nine points. He has made 22 3-pointers this season, one more than his previous three seasons combined.
- TCU was without Ernest Udeh Jr. with a lower left leg injury.
