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Horned Frogs Stun No. 5 Kansas, 62-55
Garlon Green scored 20 points to lead TCU in front of a record sellout crowd of 7,412 fans
Feb. 6, 2013
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - TCU made its first Big 12 victory a memorable one, and left the fifth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks with their first losing streak in more than seven years.
The Horned Frogs finally won in their new conference, leading throughout against the Big 12's most dominant team in a 62-55 victory Wednesday night. It was their first-ever win over a top-five team.
"It means a lot. Obviously we've had some tough years," Frogs senior forward Garlon Green said. "We've had a tough year right now, but this is a big win. We need to carry this momentum."
Green scored 20 points for the Horned Frogs, including five in a row after a late 17-4 spurt by Kansas (19-3, 7-2 Big 12).
Naadir Tharpe scored nine points in a two-minute span, with a 3-pointer and six consecutive free throws, before a dunk by Jeff Withey with 6:49 left got the Jayhawks within 44-40 - the closest they got since TCU scored the game's first eight points.
After Tharpe missed a 3-pointer on a break, Adrick McKinney slung a pass inside to Green for layup. Kansas guard Ben McLemore, the Big 12's top freshman scorer, missed an open 3-pointer before Green had a three-point play to stretch the lead back to 49-40 for TCU (10-12, 1-8).
"I said this from day one, we need to focus on what's in the locker room," said first-year coach Trent Johnson, whose team has already had three season-ending injuries. "You're never as bad as people say you are."
On this night, they were good enough to beat the team that has won or shared 12 of the league's 16 titles.
The Jayhawks, coming off a loss four days earlier against Oklahoma State, had played 264 games in a row since January 2006 without consecutive losses, the longest active streak in NCAA Division I.
Against TCU, the Jayhawks looked nothing like the Big 12's best team.
"It was the worst team that Kansas ever put on the floor, since Dr. Naismith was there," coach Bill Self said. "I think he had some bad teams when he lost to Topeka YMCA and thinks like that in the first couple years. But for the first half, there hasn't been a team play worse than that offensively."
Kansas already had six turnovers and missed its first four shots before finally scoring 7:17 into the game, on Ben McLemore's bounce pass to Jamari Traylor for a layup that made it 8-2.
The Jayhawks didn't get closer before halftime, when they trailed 22-13. Even after scoring seven points in a row over a 2 1/2-minute span - one point more than they scored the rest of the half.
"We knew going in that we would have to play extremely well, offensively, defensively, extremely hard, and they were going to have to help us out," Johnson said. "When I said help us, obviously they missed a lot of shots they probably would make."
Kansas shot a season-low 30 percent from the field (18-of-61) and had its lowest-scoring game since also scoring 55 in an NCAA tournament loss to UCLA on March 24, 2007.
TCU kept the Jayhawks in the game making only 5-of-12 free throws in a nearly 2-minute span before Elijah Johnson's 3-pointer got Kansas within 56-50 with just under a minute left. Johnson added another one from long range with 34 seconds left but that wasn't enough.
Nate Butler Lind had 10 points for TCU. Connell Crossland had eight points and 15 rebounds.
McLemore led Kansas with 15 points, while Withey had 12 points and Tharpe 11.
There was a record sellout crowd of 7,412 fans in the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, a large portion of them loud Jayhawks fans cheering on their team coming off the 85-80 loss Saturday that ended their nation's-best 18-game winning streak and a 33-game winning streak at Allen Fieldhouse.
But when this game ended, they were filing out of the arena while TCU students stormed the court to celebrate the Frogs' first-ever win over a Top 5 team in 21 tries.
Green's 3-pointer made it 20-6 before the only Kansas spurt of the first half that could have been more if not for missed free throws.
McLemore made two free throws, and after Green missed another shot from long range, Kevin Young made a layup before Withey blocked a shot. But the Jayhawks then went to the free throw line on three consecutive possessions - Young twice, and Travis Releford once - and made only one of two freebies each time while getting within 20-13.
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POSTGAME QUOTES
TCU 62, #5/5 Kansas 55
Fort Worth, Texas (Daniel-Meyer Coliseum)
Feb. 6, 2013
Attendance: 7,412
TCU HEAD COACH Trent Johnson
On the low-scoring first half:
"Obviously for us, we knew going in that we were going to have to play extremely well, both offensively and defensively. They were going to have to help us, and when I say help us, they missed a lot of shots that they probably would (usually) make. The thing that I liked about the first five minutes, if we didn't get off to a good start, we have a tendency to struggle. (Kansas) was not a good team, this is a great team."
On the point of the game when he knew they were going to win:
"When there was eight seconds left on the clock and we were on the free throw line. I've been in this scenario before and seen both sides of it. A lot can happen in a minute. When there was eight seconds left on the clock and we were at the line, I said `Alright,' took a deep breath and there we go."
On his team's defensive performance:
"I think, without looking at the tape, one of the things we did defensively was when we were in position, we didn't let (Jeff) Withey get real deep. I thought we jammed (Ben) McLemore the best we could, took away his initial move."
TCU SENIOR GUARD/FORWARD Garlon Green
On his offensive success:
"I think we executed the offense well tonight. I was just the beneficiary of that."
On what the win meant to him:
"I'm not going to lie. It means a lot. We've had some tough years, and we've been having a tough year right now, but this is a big win. We're going to do what we need to do to carry on this momentum."
TCU SENIOR FORWARD Connell Crossland
On his success on the glass:
"I was just trying to play as hard as I could for my team, and it just seemed like I was in the right spot at the right time. I was really trying to help my team as best as I could."
On the mindset of the team late in the contest:
"We were just getting everyone together and telling them to stay on course. We still had a lot of time left, a lot of basketball left, and we just tried to stay together, be positive and keep playing hard."
On when he knew they were going to win the game:
"I think I knew when I saw it in everyone's eyes. I think everyone came to play today and knew that we needed everyone in order for us to get this win. I saw it in their eyes during warm-ups. I saw everyone was ready, and that's when I knew it was going to be a good game."
KANSAS HEAD COACH BILL SELF
On his team's performance:
"Well, I assess the whole game as futility. Would that be a word that you could use to describe it? I don't know; it was awful. But, even as a bad as it was, which it was horrendous, if we are sound defensively and can get shots at the end of the shot clock and things like that, we're probably going to be down 4 to 6 as opposed to 9. Then we couldn't guard (Garlon) Green, and then we had our best defenders on him. But, offensively, that's as bad as you can play. We actually got some decent looks, I think. I'd have to watch the tape. We obviously felt pressure and didn't make any of them. We got off to such a bad start and we got some open looks early but couldn't make them. But they played good defensively. We knew that coming in. They do guard you."
On assessing his team's mood after Saturday's loss to Oklahoma State:
"We were actually very competitive Monday and Tuesday and had a great shootaround today. It was probably the best, even the coaches say, that we've looked all year. I had no idea. We didn't anticipate it all."
On his halftime message to the team:
"'We can still win the game.' We are going to have to play a certain way. What happens is, in sports, when you give the other team the opportunity and the belief that they can beat you, they automatically play better. We actually played better the second half, but they did too, offensively. The message was just it's a long game. It's a long game and to stay the course. We just needed something good to happen early. Right there to start the second half, Elijiah (Johnson) has both hands on a loose ball, it goes through his hands and they make a 3. There were so many plays like that, from a loose ball standpoint and an extra possession standpoint they just whipped us on. They were better than us. They deserved it. They dominated from start to finish. They whipped us."
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POSTGAME NOTES
TCU 62, #5/5 Kansas 55
Fort Worth, Texas (Daniel-Meyer Coliseum)
Feb. 6, 2013
Attendance: 7,412
* TCU improved to 10-12 overall and 1-8 in Big 12 Conference play. The squad ended an eight-game losing streak and its worst start to a conference season since 1978-79, when the Frogs began Southwest Conference play 0-9.
* TCU defeated a top-5 ranked tam for the first time in school history. The Frogs entered the game 0-20 in all-time matchups against such squads, including 0-5 at home.
* TCU improved to 3-2 in its last five games against ranked squads dating back to last season. The Frogs downed No. 11 UNLV and No. 18 New Mexico last season. One of the two losses came in overtime last season to No. 21 San Diego State.
* The highest ranked squad TCU had previously defeated was No. 6 on two occasions: vs. No. 6 Arkansas on March 11, 1983 in Dallas (Southwest Conference tournament) and vs. No. 6 Oklahoma on Dec. 27, 1987 in Oklahoma City, Okla. (All-College Tournament).
* TCU coach Trent Johnson improved to 2-0 in his head-coaching career against Kansas. His only other meeting with the Jayhawks came with Nevada on Dec. 21, 2003, which ended in a 75-61 home Wolf Pack victory.
* Connell Crossland set a career high with 15 rebounds and added eight points. It marked his third game this season with double figures in rebounds and the fourth time in his career.
* Garlon Green led TCU in the scorebook with a game-high 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting. It marked his fifth game this season with 20 points or more and the eighth of his career.
* Green, who appeared in his 100th consecutive game for TCU, also moved into a tie for eighth place on the Frogs’ all-time games played list with Bingo Merriex (118; 2000-03).
* TCU’s 62 points marked its highest scoring figure in nine Big 12 games to date. It recorded its previous high during an 82-56 home loss to Baylor on Jan. 26.
* TCU set a new Daniel-Meyer Coliseum attendance record Wednesday with a figure of 7,412. The previous high for a Frog men’s game was 7,267 against Kansas on Dec. 1, 2003. The TCU women’s team set the overall facility record earlier this season during its Jan. 5 matchup against Baylor with 7,394 fans in attendance.
* TCU held Kansas to 13 points in the first half, the Jayhawks' lowest point total in a half since they began tracking records in 1988-89.
* TCU improved to 10-1 when outshooting the opponent. The squad is 0-11 when outshot.
Horned Frogs Stun No. 5 Kansas, 62-55
Garlon Green scored 20 points to lead TCU in front of a record sellout crowd of 7,412 fans
Feb. 6, 2013
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - TCU made its first Big 12 victory a memorable one, and left the fifth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks with their first losing streak in more than seven years.
The Horned Frogs finally won in their new conference, leading throughout against the Big 12's most dominant team in a 62-55 victory Wednesday night. It was their first-ever win over a top-five team.
"It means a lot. Obviously we've had some tough years," Frogs senior forward Garlon Green said. "We've had a tough year right now, but this is a big win. We need to carry this momentum."
Green scored 20 points for the Horned Frogs, including five in a row after a late 17-4 spurt by Kansas (19-3, 7-2 Big 12).
Naadir Tharpe scored nine points in a two-minute span, with a 3-pointer and six consecutive free throws, before a dunk by Jeff Withey with 6:49 left got the Jayhawks within 44-40 - the closest they got since TCU scored the game's first eight points.
After Tharpe missed a 3-pointer on a break, Adrick McKinney slung a pass inside to Green for layup. Kansas guard Ben McLemore, the Big 12's top freshman scorer, missed an open 3-pointer before Green had a three-point play to stretch the lead back to 49-40 for TCU (10-12, 1-8).
"I said this from day one, we need to focus on what's in the locker room," said first-year coach Trent Johnson, whose team has already had three season-ending injuries. "You're never as bad as people say you are."
On this night, they were good enough to beat the team that has won or shared 12 of the league's 16 titles.
The Jayhawks, coming off a loss four days earlier against Oklahoma State, had played 264 games in a row since January 2006 without consecutive losses, the longest active streak in NCAA Division I.
Against TCU, the Jayhawks looked nothing like the Big 12's best team.
"It was the worst team that Kansas ever put on the floor, since Dr. Naismith was there," coach Bill Self said. "I think he had some bad teams when he lost to Topeka YMCA and thinks like that in the first couple years. But for the first half, there hasn't been a team play worse than that offensively."
Kansas already had six turnovers and missed its first four shots before finally scoring 7:17 into the game, on Ben McLemore's bounce pass to Jamari Traylor for a layup that made it 8-2.
The Jayhawks didn't get closer before halftime, when they trailed 22-13. Even after scoring seven points in a row over a 2 1/2-minute span - one point more than they scored the rest of the half.
"We knew going in that we would have to play extremely well, offensively, defensively, extremely hard, and they were going to have to help us out," Johnson said. "When I said help us, obviously they missed a lot of shots they probably would make."
Kansas shot a season-low 30 percent from the field (18-of-61) and had its lowest-scoring game since also scoring 55 in an NCAA tournament loss to UCLA on March 24, 2007.
TCU kept the Jayhawks in the game making only 5-of-12 free throws in a nearly 2-minute span before Elijah Johnson's 3-pointer got Kansas within 56-50 with just under a minute left. Johnson added another one from long range with 34 seconds left but that wasn't enough.
Nate Butler Lind had 10 points for TCU. Connell Crossland had eight points and 15 rebounds.
McLemore led Kansas with 15 points, while Withey had 12 points and Tharpe 11.
There was a record sellout crowd of 7,412 fans in the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, a large portion of them loud Jayhawks fans cheering on their team coming off the 85-80 loss Saturday that ended their nation's-best 18-game winning streak and a 33-game winning streak at Allen Fieldhouse.
But when this game ended, they were filing out of the arena while TCU students stormed the court to celebrate the Frogs' first-ever win over a Top 5 team in 21 tries.
Green's 3-pointer made it 20-6 before the only Kansas spurt of the first half that could have been more if not for missed free throws.
McLemore made two free throws, and after Green missed another shot from long range, Kevin Young made a layup before Withey blocked a shot. But the Jayhawks then went to the free throw line on three consecutive possessions - Young twice, and Travis Releford once - and made only one of two freebies each time while getting within 20-13.
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POSTGAME QUOTES
TCU 62, #5/5 Kansas 55
Fort Worth, Texas (Daniel-Meyer Coliseum)
Feb. 6, 2013
Attendance: 7,412
TCU HEAD COACH Trent Johnson
On the low-scoring first half:
"Obviously for us, we knew going in that we were going to have to play extremely well, both offensively and defensively. They were going to have to help us, and when I say help us, they missed a lot of shots that they probably would (usually) make. The thing that I liked about the first five minutes, if we didn't get off to a good start, we have a tendency to struggle. (Kansas) was not a good team, this is a great team."
On the point of the game when he knew they were going to win:
"When there was eight seconds left on the clock and we were on the free throw line. I've been in this scenario before and seen both sides of it. A lot can happen in a minute. When there was eight seconds left on the clock and we were at the line, I said `Alright,' took a deep breath and there we go."
On his team's defensive performance:
"I think, without looking at the tape, one of the things we did defensively was when we were in position, we didn't let (Jeff) Withey get real deep. I thought we jammed (Ben) McLemore the best we could, took away his initial move."
TCU SENIOR GUARD/FORWARD Garlon Green
On his offensive success:
"I think we executed the offense well tonight. I was just the beneficiary of that."
On what the win meant to him:
"I'm not going to lie. It means a lot. We've had some tough years, and we've been having a tough year right now, but this is a big win. We're going to do what we need to do to carry on this momentum."
TCU SENIOR FORWARD Connell Crossland
On his success on the glass:
"I was just trying to play as hard as I could for my team, and it just seemed like I was in the right spot at the right time. I was really trying to help my team as best as I could."
On the mindset of the team late in the contest:
"We were just getting everyone together and telling them to stay on course. We still had a lot of time left, a lot of basketball left, and we just tried to stay together, be positive and keep playing hard."
On when he knew they were going to win the game:
"I think I knew when I saw it in everyone's eyes. I think everyone came to play today and knew that we needed everyone in order for us to get this win. I saw it in their eyes during warm-ups. I saw everyone was ready, and that's when I knew it was going to be a good game."
KANSAS HEAD COACH BILL SELF
On his team's performance:
"Well, I assess the whole game as futility. Would that be a word that you could use to describe it? I don't know; it was awful. But, even as a bad as it was, which it was horrendous, if we are sound defensively and can get shots at the end of the shot clock and things like that, we're probably going to be down 4 to 6 as opposed to 9. Then we couldn't guard (Garlon) Green, and then we had our best defenders on him. But, offensively, that's as bad as you can play. We actually got some decent looks, I think. I'd have to watch the tape. We obviously felt pressure and didn't make any of them. We got off to such a bad start and we got some open looks early but couldn't make them. But they played good defensively. We knew that coming in. They do guard you."
On assessing his team's mood after Saturday's loss to Oklahoma State:
"We were actually very competitive Monday and Tuesday and had a great shootaround today. It was probably the best, even the coaches say, that we've looked all year. I had no idea. We didn't anticipate it all."
On his halftime message to the team:
"'We can still win the game.' We are going to have to play a certain way. What happens is, in sports, when you give the other team the opportunity and the belief that they can beat you, they automatically play better. We actually played better the second half, but they did too, offensively. The message was just it's a long game. It's a long game and to stay the course. We just needed something good to happen early. Right there to start the second half, Elijiah (Johnson) has both hands on a loose ball, it goes through his hands and they make a 3. There were so many plays like that, from a loose ball standpoint and an extra possession standpoint they just whipped us on. They were better than us. They deserved it. They dominated from start to finish. They whipped us."
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POSTGAME NOTES
TCU 62, #5/5 Kansas 55
Fort Worth, Texas (Daniel-Meyer Coliseum)
Feb. 6, 2013
Attendance: 7,412
* TCU improved to 10-12 overall and 1-8 in Big 12 Conference play. The squad ended an eight-game losing streak and its worst start to a conference season since 1978-79, when the Frogs began Southwest Conference play 0-9.
* TCU defeated a top-5 ranked tam for the first time in school history. The Frogs entered the game 0-20 in all-time matchups against such squads, including 0-5 at home.
* TCU improved to 3-2 in its last five games against ranked squads dating back to last season. The Frogs downed No. 11 UNLV and No. 18 New Mexico last season. One of the two losses came in overtime last season to No. 21 San Diego State.
* The highest ranked squad TCU had previously defeated was No. 6 on two occasions: vs. No. 6 Arkansas on March 11, 1983 in Dallas (Southwest Conference tournament) and vs. No. 6 Oklahoma on Dec. 27, 1987 in Oklahoma City, Okla. (All-College Tournament).
* TCU coach Trent Johnson improved to 2-0 in his head-coaching career against Kansas. His only other meeting with the Jayhawks came with Nevada on Dec. 21, 2003, which ended in a 75-61 home Wolf Pack victory.
* Connell Crossland set a career high with 15 rebounds and added eight points. It marked his third game this season with double figures in rebounds and the fourth time in his career.
* Garlon Green led TCU in the scorebook with a game-high 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting. It marked his fifth game this season with 20 points or more and the eighth of his career.
* Green, who appeared in his 100th consecutive game for TCU, also moved into a tie for eighth place on the Frogs’ all-time games played list with Bingo Merriex (118; 2000-03).
* TCU’s 62 points marked its highest scoring figure in nine Big 12 games to date. It recorded its previous high during an 82-56 home loss to Baylor on Jan. 26.
* TCU set a new Daniel-Meyer Coliseum attendance record Wednesday with a figure of 7,412. The previous high for a Frog men’s game was 7,267 against Kansas on Dec. 1, 2003. The TCU women’s team set the overall facility record earlier this season during its Jan. 5 matchup against Baylor with 7,394 fans in attendance.
* TCU held Kansas to 13 points in the first half, the Jayhawks' lowest point total in a half since they began tracking records in 1988-89.
* TCU improved to 10-1 when outshooting the opponent. The squad is 0-11 when outshot.
