Frogs Fall to No. 2 Bears, 67-49

Saturday, January 9

Fort Worth, Texas

2 p.m.

TCU

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Baylor

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Baylor

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Frogs Fall to No. 2 Bears, 67-49

1/9/2021 5:16:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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TCU snaps three-game home winning streak to Baylor

FORT WORTH – TCU led at the half, but could not overcome turnovers and poor shooting in a 67-49 loss to No. 2 Baylor on Saturday inside Schollmaier Arena.

Freshman Mike Miles led TCU (9-4, 2-3 Big 12) with 17 points, 15 of which came in the first half. Junior RJ Nembhard recorded his 10th consecutive game scoring in double-figures with 14 points. Baylor (11-0, 4-0 Big 12) was led by Jared Butler's season-high 28 points and career-high five steals.

Both teams played stellar defense in the first half. TCU held Baylor to 40.7 percent shooting, including 1-of-10 from 3-point range, while the Bears held the Frogs to 33.3 percent shooting and forced 12 TCU turnovers. In the closing seconds of the first half, the TCU defense forced a Baylor turnover, and Miles hit a shot from 60-feet as time expired to give the Frogs a 28-27 lead over the Bears at the half. The buzzer-beater ended a field goal drought of almost seven minutes.

Baylor went on a 13-4 run over the first four minutes of the second half to take a 40-32 lead. The Frogs cut their deficit back down to three at 45-42 with 10:20 remaining, but the Bears responded with a 16-4 run to take a 61-46 with 4:48 remaining. The TCU offense struggled down the stretch, missing eight of its final 10 shots of the contest. The Horned Frogs were outscored 40-21 in the second half and totalled a season-high 22 turnovers for the game.

Up Next
TCU will travel to Norman, Okla., to face the Oklahoma Sooners (6-4, 2-3 Big 12) on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. The broadcast will be on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

Team Notes
- Today's game marked the first time in program history that TCU hosted top 10 teams in consecutive games. TCU hosted No. 6 Kansas in its previous game on Tuesday.
- The game also marked the second consecutive meeting between the schools in which Baylor was ranked No. 2.
- TCU moved to 85-101 all-time against the Bears, including a 45-42 record in Fort Worth.
- TCU snapped a three-game home winning streak to Baylor.
- The Frogs fell to 8-2 this season and 77-15 under Jamie Dixon when leading at the half.
- The Horned Frogs outrebounded the Bears 38-32, falling to 7-2 this season and 78-24 under Dixon when outrebounding their opponent.
- TCU's 49 points were a season-low.
- TCU's 22 turnovers were their most since Feb. 26, 2019, when the Frogs turned it over 24 times in a loss in three overtimes at West Virginia. It was the Horned Frogs' most turnovers in a home game since they recorded 23 turnovers against Prairie View A&M on Dec. 11, 2015.
- The TCU offense was held to 33.3 percent shooting from the floor, its lowest field goal percentage in a home game since Dec. 22, 2019 against Xavier when the Frogs shot 32.8 percent.
- The Frogs started with the lineup of Mike Miles, RJ Nembhard, PJ Fuller, Kevin Easley Jr. and Kevin Samuel for the fifth time this season (3-2).

Individual Notes
- Mike Miles led TCU with 17 points, including three 3-pointers and 8-of-8 shooting from the free throw line.
- Miles also dished out a team-high three assists. TCU fell to 4-1 this season when Miles leads the team in assists.
- RJ Nembhard, the Big 12's second leading scorer entering play today, scored 14 points. It was his 10th consecutive game scoring in double-figures.
- Kevin Samuel scored six points and hauled in a game-high 11 rebounds.
- Six of Samuel's 11 rebounds came on the offensive end. It was his ninth career game with at least six offensive rebounds, and no other Horned Frog has had as more than five such games in the Jamie Dixon era.
- On the defensive end, Samuel recorded two steals and two blocks. It was his sixth game this season and 18th game of his career in which he recorded multiple blocks and steals in a game.
- Kevin Easley Jr. recorded nine rebounds, his most in conference play this season.