Frogs Complete Comback for 13-point Win over Colonels

Thursday, November 18

Fort Worth, Texas

7 p.m.

TCU

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Nicholls

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TCU

Frogs Complete Comback for 13-point Win over Colonels

11/18/2021 10:21:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Miles leads all players with 16 points

FORT WORTH - TCU erased a 13-point second-half deficit to defeat Nicholls, 63-50, Thursday night in Schollmaier Arena.

A 22-3 run sparked the comeback and moved the Horned Frogs to 3-0 for the sixth-straight season. Miles led the team with 16 points, 14 of which came in the second half. Micah Peavy joined Miles in double-figures with 10 points.

TCU's defense helped the Horned Frogs take a 10-2 lead just over seven minutes into the game as Nicholls made just one of its first 13 shot attempts. The Colonels (3-2) went on a 24-8 run to take their largest lead of the half, 26-18, with 2:09 to play and led 30-24 at halftime.

Nicholls' lead grew to 13 three minutes into the half before TCU went on a 13-0 run, capped by a JaKobe Coles 3-pointer to tie the game 38-38 with 12:54 to play. The run extended to 22-3 as the Frogs made several 3-point plays to take a 47-41 lead with 6:55 to play. Francisco Farabello nailed a 3-pointer to give TCU a 57-47 lead with 2:39 remaining as the Frogs kept the momentum to win by 13.

TCU shot 48.1 percent from the field in the second half compared to 26.9 percent in the first half. The Frogs held the Colonels to just 32.1 percent from the field.

TCU will next travel to San Juan Capistrano, Calif., for the SoCal Challenge. The Frogs face Santa Clara on Nov. 22 and Pepperdine on Nov. 24.

Team Notes

TCU's 13-point deficit was the largest in a win since the Frogs trailed by 17 against Washington and won 86-71 on Nov. 30, 2016.
Nicholls' 50 points was the fewest by a TCU opponent since Houston Baptist scored 45 in last year's season-opener on Nov. 25, 2021.
TCU held Nicholls to just one made field goal in its first 13 attempts of the game.
The Frogs trailed by as many as 13 points in the second half, their largest deficit of the season.
TCU leads the series with Nicholls, 2-0.
The Frogs improved to 3-0 for the sixth-straight season.
Under Jamie Dixon, TCU improved to 62-10 against nonconference teams and 45-4 against nonconference opponents in Schollmaier Arena
Since 2014-15, the Frogs have gone 40-4 in the month of November
Under Dixon (since 2016-17), TCU has gone 54-9 in November and December.
TCU improves to 21-25 when scoring between 60-69 points under Dixon.
TCU is 62-9 all-time against current Southland Conference members.

Individual Notes

Chuck O'Bannon was 1-of-4 from 3-point range. It was his ninth-straight game with at least one made three, dating back to last season.
Mike Miles scored in double figures for the third game this season. He finished with 16 points, 14 of which came in the second half. He is 11-10 when scoring 10 or more points in his career.
Micah Peavy finished with 10 points for the second-consecutive game. It was his seventh-career game in double figures.
Jamie Dixon improved to 99-71 at TCU and is one victory away from becoming the fifth head coach with 100 wins at TCU.