Frogs Down Longhorns, 65-61

Wednesday, January 23

Fort Worth, Texas

6 PM

TCU

14-4 (3-3)

Texas

11-8 (3-4)

Texas

TCU

Frogs Down Longhorns, 65-61

1/23/2019 9:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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TCU wins seventh straight home game

FORT WORTH, Texas - Sophomore Kouat Noi recorded his first career double-double and junior Desmond Bane scored a game-high 17 points to lead TCU to a 65-61 victory over Texas Wednesday.

TCU (14-4, Big 12 3-3) and Texas (11-8, 3-4) grappled for the entirety of the first half with neither team leading by more than five. Texas had the advantage, 27-26, with four minutes left in the half but TCU went on an 11-4 run to take the upper hand going to the break.

The Frogs began the second half on a 13-5 run, to take their largest lead of the game, 48-36 with 14:50 remaining, but the Longhorns responded with seven unanswered points of their own to keep the game tight. The game remained close and was a four-point game with 4:22 to play until Bane made two acrobatic layups to bring the season-best 7,099 fans at Schollmaier Arena to their feet.

Kevin Samuel led the Frogs in rebounding, tying a career high with 13 boards. He also had eight points on 4-of-6 shooting. Noi had 15 points and 11 rebounds. JD Miller added 11 points.

Up Next
TCU will host Florida Saturday at 11 a.m. in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. The game will be televised on ESPN2.

Team Notes
- TCU won its fourth-straight game at home over Texas, the longest streak by TCU in the series since winning seven straight from 1981-87.
- TCU won its seventh-straight Big 12 Conference home game. That matches the streak of seven consecutive home conference games won over the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 seasons in the Western Athletic Conference.
- TCU improved to 67-108 all-time against Texas and 45-39 in Fort Worth.
- TCU has won four of the last five contests against the Longhorns, while Jamie Dixon is 5-2 all-time against Texas.
- TCU improved to 38-10 overall, and 13-8 in the Big 12 under Dixon at home.
- Under Dixon, TCU improved to 18-24 all-time in Big 12 games.
- TCU outrebounded Texas 42-33 and improved to 11-3 this season, 53-15 under Dixon, 61-16 over the last three seasons when outrebounding its opponent.
- TCU's 42 rebounds is tied for second most this season for the Horned Frogs.
- For the first time this season TCU had multiple players with double-digit rebounds (Samuel - 13, Noi - 11). The last time the Frogs did that was March 3, 2018 in a 79-75 loss at Texas Tech.
- The 65 points scored by TCU is the fewest scored in a Frogs' victory since Feb. 7, 2017 when they beat Texas Tech 62-61.
- The crowd of 7,099 in Schollmaier Arena is the largest of the season.

Individual Notes
- Kouat Noi connected on a 3-pointer for the 17th consecutive game. He entered the game one of 12 major conference players with over 16 consecutive games with a made three. Noi was 1-for-4 from deep.
- Noi scored 15 points and added a career-high 11 rebounds, earning his first career double-double.
- Desmond Bane finished with 17 points, his 13th game this season with double-digit points.
- JD Miller played in his 121st game tying Blake Adams and Reggie Smith for ninth on TCU's all-time games played list. Brandon Parrish holds the record at 136.
- Miller scored 11 points in the contest, the 13th time this season he has scored in double figures.
- Robinson finished with seven assists and now has 560 for his career, 15 away from matching Corey Santee's school record of 575.
- Kevin Samuel tied his career high, pulling down 13 rebounds.