Trio guides TCU to 81-65 victory over West Virginia
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Jameer Nelson Jr., Emanuel Miller and Trevian Tennyson all finished with 14 points and TCU breezed to an 81-65 victory over West Virginia on Monday night.
Jamie Dixon notched his 156th victory as coach of the Horned Frogs (17-7, 6-5 Big 12 Conference), moving into a second-place tie with Billy Tubbs (1994-2002) on the school's all-time list. Buster Brennan won 205 games from 1948-67.
Nelson made 5 of 8 shots with a 3-pointer for TCU. He grabbed five rebounds, blocked four shots and had three steals. Miller sank half of his 10 shots, adding four rebounds and four assists. Tennyson hit 4 of 8 attempts from 3-point range. Jakobe Coles pitched in with 11 points and five rebounds off the bench.
Raequan Battle led the Mountaineers (8-16, 3-8) with 21 points. Quinn Slazinski totaled 15 points, five rebounds and five assists. Kerr Kriisa made three 3-pointers and scored 13. West Virginia, which falls to 0-6 on the road this season, turned the ball over 19 times and the Horned Frogs turned them into 26 points.
Nelson had 12 points and Miller scored 10 to help TCU take a 47-35 lead into halftime. West Virginia jumped out to a 10-5 lead, but Miller had a three-point play in a 9-0 run and the Horned Frogs led the rest of the way. Battle had 15 first-half points for the Mountaineers.
Slazinski sank a 3-pointer 4:30 into the second half to get West Virginia within 56-47. Miller answered with a basket and TCU led by double digits the rest of the way.
Dixon has a 156-104 record in his eighth season with TCU. Brannon went 205-259 during his tenure. Tubbs posted a 156-95 mark.
The Mountaineers lead the all-time series 18-6. They have split 12 games in Fort Worth.
TCU visits Kansas State on Saturday. West Virginia plays host to No. 12 Baylor on Saturday.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 |  | Â | Jesse Edwards vs. Ernest Udeh Jr. (Horned Frogs gains possession) | Â |
| 19:41 | | Â | Micah Peavy turnover (Kerr Kriisa steals) | Â |
| 19:17 |  | +3 | Quinn Slazinski makes three point jump shot (Kerr Kriisa assists) | 3-0 |
| 19:01 | | +3 | Jameer Nelson Jr. makes three point jump shot (Micah Peavy assists) | 3-3 |
| 18:46 | | Â | Ernest Udeh Jr. shooting foul (Jesse Edwards draws the foul) | Â |
| 18:46 | | +1 | Jesse Edwards makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 4-3 |
| 18:46 | | +1 | Jesse Edwards makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 5-3 |
| 18:25 | | Â | Jameer Nelson Jr. misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 18:23 | | Â | Kobe Johnson defensive rebound | Â |
| 18:17 | | Â | Jameer Nelson Jr. blocks Kobe Johnson's two point layup | Â |
| 18:15 | | Â | Mountaineers offensive rebound | Â |
| 18:12 | | Â | Quinn Slazinski turnover (bad pass) (Jameer Nelson Jr. steals) | Â |
| 18:02 | | +2 | Jameer Nelson Jr. makes two point layup | 5-5 |
| 17:54 | | +2 | RaeQuan Battle makes two point dunk (Quinn Slazinski assists) | 7-5 |
| 17:39 | | Â | Trevian Tennyson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 17:37 | | Â | Quinn Slazinski defensive rebound | Â |
| 17:24 | | +3 | Kerr Kriisa makes three point jump shot (Jesse Edwards assists) | 10-5 |
| 16:53 | | Â | Emanuel Miller misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 16:51 | | Â | RaeQuan Battle defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:42 | | Â | Quinn Slazinski misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 16:40 | | Â | Jameer Nelson Jr. defensive rebound | Â |
| 16:18 | | Â | Xavier Cork misses two point layup | Â |
| 16:16 | | Â | Xavier Cork offensive rebound | Â |
| 16:10 | | +2 | Xavier Cork makes two point layup | 10-7 |
| 15:58 | | Â | Kerr Kriisa turnover (bad pass) (Micah Peavy steals) | Â |
| 15:53 | | +2 | Emanuel Miller makes two point layup (Micah Peavy assists) | 10-9 |
| 15:53 | | Â | Quinn Slazinski shooting foul (Emanuel Miller draws the foul) | Â |
| 15:53 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 15:53 | | +1 | Emanuel Miller makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 10-10 |
| 15:27 | | Â | Micah Peavy personal foul | Â |
| 15:15 | | Â | Xavier Cork blocks Jesse Edwards's two point layup | Â |
| 15:13 | | Â | Mountaineers offensive rebound | Â |
| 15:13 | | Â | Kerr Kriisa turnover (Xavier Cork steals) | Â |
| 15:08 | | Â | Chuck O'Bannon Jr. offensive foul | Â |
| 15:08 | | Â | Chuck O'Bannon Jr. turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 14:49 | | Â | Jesse Edwards misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 14:47 | | Â | Micah Peavy defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:30 | | Â | Emanuel Miller misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 14:28 | | Â | Akok Akok defensive rebound | Â |
| 14:19 | | Â | Noah Farrakhan misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 14:17 | | Â | Horned Frogs defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:52 | | Â | Emanuel Miller misses two point layup | Â |
| 13:50 | | Â | Kerr Kriisa defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:45 | | Â | Noah Farrakhan turnover (bad pass) (Emanuel Miller steals) | Â |
| 13:36 | | Â | JaKobe Coles misses two point layup | Â |
| 13:34 | | Â | JaKobe Coles offensive rebound | Â |
| 13:32 | | +2 | Chuck O'Bannon Jr. makes two point layup (JaKobe Coles assists) | 10-12 |
| 13:32 | | Â | Akok Akok shooting foul (JaKobe Coles draws the foul) | Â |
| 13:32 | | Â | JaKobe Coles misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â |
| 13:32 | | Â | RaeQuan Battle defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:15 | | Â | RaeQuan Battle misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 13:13 | | Â | Micah Peavy defensive rebound | Â |
| 13:04 | | Â | Noah Farrakhan personal foul | Â |
| 13:02 | | Â | Trevian Tennyson misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 13:00 | | Â | Patrick Suemnick defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:46 | | Â | Noah Farrakhan misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 12:44 | | Â | Micah Peavy defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:34 | | +2 | JaKobe Coles makes two point layup | 10-14 |
| 12:14 | | Â | RaeQuan Battle misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 12:12 | | Â | Avery Anderson III defensive rebound | Â |
| 12:07 | | Â | Avery Anderson III offensive foul | Â |
| 12:07 | | Â | Avery Anderson III turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 11:43 | | Â | Noah Farrakhan turnover (out of bounds) | Â |
| 11:43 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 11:26 | | Â | JaKobe Coles misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 11:24 | | Â | Seth Wilson defensive rebound | Â |
| 11:04 | | +2 | Jesse Edwards makes two point layup (Quinn Slazinski assists) | 12-14 |
| 10:47 | | Â | Micah Peavy misses two point layup | Â |
| 10:45 | | Â | Seth Wilson defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:31 | | Â | Jesse Edwards flagrant 1 | Â |
| 10:31 | | Â | Jesse Edwards turnover | Â |
| 10:31 | | +1 | Emanuel Miller makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2 | 12-15 |
| 10:31 | | Â | Emanuel Miller misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2 | Â |
| 10:22 | | +2 | Ernest Udeh Jr. makes two point dunk (Jameer Nelson Jr. assists) | 12-17 |
| 10:01 | | Â | Kerr Kriisa turnover (lost ball) (Emanuel Miller steals) | Â |
| 9:53 | | +2 | JaKobe Coles makes two point layup (Emanuel Miller assists) | 12-19 |
| 9:47 | | +3 | Kerr Kriisa makes three point jump shot | 15-19 |
| 9:32 | | Â | Jesse Edwards shooting foul (Jameer Nelson Jr. draws the foul) | Â |
| 9:32 | | Â | Jameer Nelson Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 9:32 | | +1 | Jameer Nelson Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 15-20 |
| 9:09 | | Â | Kerr Kriisa turnover (traveling) | Â |
| 8:50 | | Â | Emanuel Miller turnover (traveling) | Â |
| 8:32 | | Â | Micah Peavy shooting foul (RaeQuan Battle draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:32 | | +1 | RaeQuan Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 16-20 |
| 8:32 | | +1 | RaeQuan Battle makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 17-20 |
| 8:07 | | +2 | Jameer Nelson Jr. makes two point layup | 17-22 |
| 7:55 | | Â | RaeQuan Battle offensive foul | Â |
| 7:55 | | Â | RaeQuan Battle turnover (offensive foul) | Â |
| 7:55 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 7:45 | | +2 | Emanuel Miller makes two point layup (Jameer Nelson Jr. assists) | 17-24 |
| 7:30 | | +2 | Quinn Slazinski makes two point layup (Akok Akok assists) | 19-24 |
| 7:14 | | +3 | Trevian Tennyson makes three point jump shot (Emanuel Miller assists) | 19-27 |
| 6:47 | | Â | Chuck O'Bannon Jr. personal foul | Â |
| 6:40 | | +2 | RaeQuan Battle makes two point jump shot | 21-27 |
| 6:24 | | Â | Trevian Tennyson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 6:22 | | Â | Quinn Slazinski defensive rebound | Â |
| 6:15 | | Â | Josiah Harris misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 6:13 | | Â | Mountaineers offensive rebound | Â |
| 6:11 | | Â | Trevian Tennyson personal foul (RaeQuan Battle draws the foul) | Â |
| 6:11 | | +1 | RaeQuan Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 22-27 |
| 6:11 | | +1 | RaeQuan Battle makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 23-27 |
| 5:58 | | Â | Xavier Cork misses two point layup | Â |
| 5:56 | | Â | Xavier Cork offensive rebound | Â |
| 5:40 | | Â | RaeQuan Battle blocks Xavier Cork's two point layup | Â |
| 5:38 | | Â | Kerr Kriisa defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:30 | | +2 | Kerr Kriisa makes two point jump shot | 25-27 |
| 5:18 | | +2 | Emanuel Miller makes two point layup (Avery Anderson III assists) | 25-29 |
| 5:00 | | +2 | RaeQuan Battle makes two point layup | 27-29 |
| 4:44 | | +3 | Trevian Tennyson makes three point jump shot (Emanuel Miller assists) | 27-32 |
| 4:41 | | Â | Mountaineers 30 second timeout | Â |
| 4:13 | | Â | Jameer Nelson Jr. blocks RaeQuan Battle's three point jump shot | Â |
| 4:11 | | Â | Avery Anderson III defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:02 | | +2 | Jameer Nelson Jr. makes two point layup (Avery Anderson III assists) | 27-34 |
| 3:49 | | Â | JaKobe Coles shooting foul (Patrick Suemnick draws the foul) | Â |
| 3:49 | | Â | TV timeout | Â |
| 3:49 | | Â | Patrick Suemnick misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 3:49 | | +1 | Patrick Suemnick makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 28-34 |
| 3:29 | | Â | Patrick Suemnick shooting foul (Avery Anderson III draws the foul) | Â |
| 3:29 | | Â | Avery Anderson III misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 3:29 | | +1 | Avery Anderson III makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 28-35 |
| 3:04 | | Â | Quinn Slazinski misses two point layup | Â |
| 3:02 | | Â | Emanuel Miller defensive rebound | Â |
| 2:40 | | Â | Patrick Suemnick shooting foul (JaKobe Coles draws the foul) | Â |
| 2:40 | | +1 | JaKobe Coles makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 28-36 |
| 2:40 | | +1 | JaKobe Coles makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 28-37 |
| 2:29 | | +3 | RaeQuan Battle makes three point jump shot (Kerr Kriisa assists) | 31-37 |
| 2:16 | | Â | Noah Farrakhan personal foul (Jameer Nelson Jr. draws the foul) | Â |
| 2:16 | | Â | Jameer Nelson Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â |
| 2:16 | | Â | RaeQuan Battle defensive rebound | Â |
| 2:07 | | Â | RaeQuan Battle turnover (Jameer Nelson Jr. steals) | Â |
| 1:57 | | +3 | JaKobe Coles makes three point jump shot (Trevian Tennyson assists) | 31-40 |
| 1:53 | | Â | Quinn Slazinski turnover | Â |
| 1:41 | | +3 | Trevian Tennyson makes three point jump shot (Avery Anderson III assists) | 31-43 |
| 1:14 | | +2 | Quinn Slazinski makes two point jump shot (Seth Wilson assists) | 33-43 |
| 0:58 | | Â | Kerr Kriisa personal foul (Emanuel Miller draws the foul) | Â |
| 0:58 | | +1 | Emanuel Miller makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 33-44 |
| 0:58 | | +1 | Emanuel Miller makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 33-45 |
| 0:46 | | +2 | RaeQuan Battle makes two point jump shot | 35-45 |
| 0:36 | | Â | Patrick Suemnick shooting foul (Jameer Nelson Jr. draws the foul) | Â |
| 0:36 | | +1 | Jameer Nelson Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 35-46 |
| 0:36 | | +1 | Jameer Nelson Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 35-47 |
| 0:10 | | Â | Kerr Kriisa misses two point jump shot | Â |
| 0:08 | | Â | JaKobe Coles defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:00 | | Â | End of period | Â |