TCU
17-11, 6-9
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Kansas
25-3, 13-2
Frogs Fall At No. 3 Kansas, 87-68
2/22/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Sophomore Alex Robinson scored a team-high 15 points in an 87-68 TCU loss at No. 3 Kansas Wednesday in Allen Fieldhouse.
Frank Mason III led the Jayhawks (25-3, 13-2) with 20 points. Devonte Graham had 17 points and seven assists, Jackson had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Carlton Bragg Jr. scored 15 points off the bench as Kansas clinched the Big 12 Conference Championship, its NCAA-leading 60th conference title.
Robinson also had a team-high four assists for the Horned Frogs (17-11, 6-9), who have lost four straight and have never won in Allen Fieldhouse. Jaylen Fisher added 11 points and JD Miller had 10.
Just like in their first meeting in Fort Worth, when the Horned Frogs gave Kansas everything it could handle most of the way, this one was a nip-and-tuck matchup well into the second half.
The Jayhawks' superior guard play eventually opened a gap.
It began after TCU had closed to 49-47 on a basket by Miller with about 16 minutes left. The Jayhawks answered moments later when Mason lobbed a pass to Jackson as he finished with a dunk.
The play touched off eight straight points that allowed Kansas to pry open a game in which nobody had led by more than five. The Jayhawks ripped off another run a few minutes later.
''They seemed to get every loose ball, deflection, rebound in the second half,'' TCU coach Jamie Dixon lamented, ''and that's where it got away from us.''
Svi Mykhailiuk curled in a 3-pointer from the corner with just over 3 minutes left to give Kansas a 78-64 lead.
BIG PICTURE
TCU had won three straight before its current skid.
''We can't hide from it. We're a bubble team that's lost four in a row,'' Dixon said. ''We played ourselves onto the bubble and now we're here.''
UP NEXT
TCU heads plays No. 12 West Virginia at home Saturday.
