TCU forced 19 West Virginia turnovers in a 81-65 win over the Mountaineers Monday at Schollmaier Arena.
The Horned Frogs (17-7, 6-5) turned up the defense in the second half, holding the Mountaineers (8-16, 3-8) to 30 percent shooting after allowing 50 percent in the first half.
TCU never trailed after the opening five minutes of play. The lead was pushed to double-figures on one of four 3-pointers by Trevian Tennyson with 1:43 to go in the first. The Frogs eased into a 47-35 halftime lead thanks to 55.2 percent shooting from the field.
On a ferocious Chuck O'Bannon Jr. dunk, the Horned Frogs reached their largest lead of the game, 77-55, with 5:02 to play.
Tennyson tied Emanuel Miller and Jameer Nelson Jr. for the team lead with 14 points. Nelson added three steals and a career-high four blocked shots.
Micah Peavy finished with nine points, a team-high seven rebounds and five assists.
Raequan Battle led WVU with 21 points and five rebounds.
The Horned Frogs (17-7, 6-5) turned up the defense in the second half, holding the Mountaineers (8-16, 3-8) to 30 percent shooting after allowing 50 percent in the first half.
TCU never trailed after the opening five minutes of play. The lead was pushed to double-figures on one of four 3-pointers by Trevian Tennyson with 1:43 to go in the first. The Frogs eased into a 47-35 halftime lead thanks to 55.2 percent shooting from the field.
On a ferocious Chuck O'Bannon Jr. dunk, the Horned Frogs reached their largest lead of the game, 77-55, with 5:02 to play.
Tennyson tied Emanuel Miller and Jameer Nelson Jr. for the team lead with 14 points. Nelson added three steals and a career-high four blocked shots.
Micah Peavy finished with nine points, a team-high seven rebounds and five assists.
Raequan Battle led WVU with 21 points and five rebounds.
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00:00 The TCU Horned Frogs and the West Virginia Mountaineers went head to head here tonight
00:08 at Shulmai Arena and the Frogs were able to come away with a much needed win with a final
00:12 score of 81-65.
00:14 The team was led by Jameer Nelson with 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists.
00:19 The Horned Frogs went into the half up by 12 and credit to their defense for forcing
00:23 11 turnovers.
00:24 TCU came out and continued to extend that lead leaving the Mountaineers 16 points behind.
00:29 Jacoby Cole says this was a much needed win after two consecutive losses against Texas
00:33 and Iowa State.
00:34 Every game is a must win, but this one especially just because coming off two losses is pretty
00:39 tough and that bounce back game is tough to deal with.
00:43 I think we had to practice good, I think we had to walk throughs, I thought we were a
00:47 lot more focused coming into the game.
00:49 I thought we stuck more to the game plan.
00:51 The TCU Horned Frogs, now 17-7, will head back on the road to face the 15-9 Kansas State
00:56 Wildcats on Saturday.
00:58 Tip off is at 11am.
00:59 For all things TCU basketball, tune into Spectrum Cable Channel 15 every Wednesday and Thursday
01:04 night.
01:05 I'm Delaina Zepeda and you've just been Connected.
01:07 Thanks for watching.
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