National Basketball Association
Texas Christian 70, Oklahoma St. 55
When: 6:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 14, 2015
Where: Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, Fort Worth, Texas
Officials:
# Ray Natili, # Antonio Petty, # Doug Sirmons
Attendance:
4266
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TCU 70, No. 24 Oklahoma State 55: Kyan Anderson had 14 points and a game-high seven assists as the host Horned Frogs snapped a seven-game losing streak with the Big 12 win over the Cowboys.
Trey Zeigler scored 13 points on 5-of-5 shooting, Amric Field finished with 12 points and Karviar Shepherd added 10 to go along with two blocks for TCU (15-10, 2-10 Big 12). Kenrich Williams finished with eight points and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds for the Horned Frogs, who snapped a 21-game losing streak against ranked opponents.
Le'Bryan Nash scored 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds but also had seven turnovers for Oklahoma State (17-8, 7-6), which finished with 17 turnovers. Jeff Newberry was the only other Cowboy to finish in double figures with 10 points while Phil Forte III, who entered the game averaging 17 points per game, finished with seven points on 3-of-10 shooting.
The game was tied for the 10th time, 48-48, after a pair of free throws by Nash with a little more than eight minutes remaining before TCU went on a 6-0 run capped by a Anderson layup to take the lead for good. The Cowboys got as close as three points with about five minutes to go before TCU pulled away with a 10-0 run highlighted by a fast break dunk by Williams.
Oklahoma State, coming in off three consecutive wins over ranked opponents during the regular season for the first time in school history, needed a 9-4 run in the final 2 1/2 minutes to go into halftime with a 28-26 lead. Nash led the way with 10 points despite spending a large chunk of the half, which featured seven lead changes and five ties, on the bench after picking up his second foul.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Oklahoma State was given a technical foul for dunking in pregame warmups and Anderson sank both free throws to give TCU a 2-0 lead before a second ticked off the clock. ... TCU, which entered the game tied with Duquesne for the worst in the nation in free-throw shooting at 59.4 percent, sank 18-of-23 from the line. ... Nash has scored in double figures in 24 consecutive games.
Top Game Performances
Oklahoma St. |
|
Texas Christian |
Le'Bryan Nash 19 |
Scoring |
Kyan Anderson 14 |
Anthony Hickey 5 |
Assists |
Kyan Anderson 7 |
Le'Bryan Nash 7 |
Rebounds |
Kenrich Williams 8 |
Le'Bryan Nash 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Kyan Anderson 6 |
Phil Forte III 2 |
Steals |
Karviar Shepherd 2 |
Anthony Allen Jr. 1 |
Blocks |
Amric Fields 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Oklahoma St.
|
55 |
44.9 |
3-16 |
8-11 |
9 |
21 |
4 |
7 |
17 |
Texas Christian
|
70 |
52.0 |
0-9 |
18-23 |
15 |
28 |
8 |
8 |
12 |