Tuesday, February 23
Fort Worth, Texas
6 p.m.
TCU
11-10,4-8Big 12
66
vs
74
West Virginia
16-6,9-4Big 12
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2
F
West Virginia
37
37
74
TCU
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35
66
TCU Drops Game to No. 10 West Virginia
2/23/2021 9:15:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Kevin Samuel recorded his 20th career double-double
FORT WORTH – RJ Nembhard had 17 points and tied a career-high with nine assists in a 74-66 loss to No. 10 West Virginia Tuesday evening in Schollmaier Arena.
Kevin Samuel added 11 points and 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season. West Virginia (16-6, 9-4 Big 12) was led by Taz Sherman's 23 points off the bench.
The Horned Frogs (11-10, 4-8 Big 12) made four of their first six shots to jump out to an early 9-5 lead. However, TCU made just one of its next eight from the floor to allow West Virginia to lead by as many as eight points through the first 12 minutes of play. The Frogs cut their deficit to two on multiple occasions, but the Mountaineers scored the final two buckets of the first half to lead 37-31 at halftime.
West Virginia opened the second half with seven-straight points to extend its lead to 13 at 44-31 with 17:54 remaining. Nembhard then provided a spark on offense for the Frogs, scoring TCU's next seven points as part of a 13-5 TCU run to cut the Frogs' deficit back to five with 14:05 to play. The Mountaineers responded with a 13-2 run to take their largest lead of the game of 16 with 11:15 to play. TCU trimmed its deficit to eight multiple times down the stretch, but the Frogs were unable to complete the comeback.
Up Next
TCU will play at Iowa State on Saturday at 5 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPNU.
Team Notes
- TCU snapped a three-game home winning streak against West Virginia and fell to 3-15 all-time against the Mountaineers.
- After recording a season-low six assists in the previous two games, TCU recorded 19 assists, its most in a Big 12 Conference game since it recorded 21 against Oklahoma on March 7, 2020.
- TCU outshot WVU 49.0 to 43.9 percent, moving to 9-2 this season and 83-18 under Jamie Dixon when outshooting its opponent.
- Additionally, the Frogs' 49.0 field goal percentage was just shy of its best ever shooting percentage in a game against the Mountaineers. TCU shot 49.1 percent against WVU on Jan. 24, 2015.
- TCU started with the lineup of Mike Miles, RJ Nembhard, PJ Fuller, Chuck O'Bannon Jr. and Kevin Samuel for the fourth time this season (1-3).
Individual Notes
- The game was Senior Night, and senior guard Owen Aschieris was honored before the game.
- RJ Nembhard scored 17 points, his 18th consecutive game scoring in double-figures, and tied a career high with nine assists.
- RJ Nembhard joined Alex Robinson as the only Horned Frogs in the Jamie Dixon era to record at least 17 points and nine assists in a game.
- Kevin Samuel scored 11 points and hauled in 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season and 20th for his career.
- PJ Fuller scored nine points on 3-of-5 shooting, all from 3-point range. His three 3-pointers tied a career high.
- Taryn Todd scored eight points and tied his season high for the second consecutive game with two steals.
- Mike Miles scored seven points to move him into a tie with Jeff Jacobs (1993-94) for 10th place on the TCU all-time freshman scoring leaderboard with 282 points.
- Miles added five assists to move into 10th place on the TCU all-time freshman assists leaderboard.
- Defensively, Miles tied his season high with three steals.
Kevin Samuel added 11 points and 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season. West Virginia (16-6, 9-4 Big 12) was led by Taz Sherman's 23 points off the bench.
The Horned Frogs (11-10, 4-8 Big 12) made four of their first six shots to jump out to an early 9-5 lead. However, TCU made just one of its next eight from the floor to allow West Virginia to lead by as many as eight points through the first 12 minutes of play. The Frogs cut their deficit to two on multiple occasions, but the Mountaineers scored the final two buckets of the first half to lead 37-31 at halftime.
West Virginia opened the second half with seven-straight points to extend its lead to 13 at 44-31 with 17:54 remaining. Nembhard then provided a spark on offense for the Frogs, scoring TCU's next seven points as part of a 13-5 TCU run to cut the Frogs' deficit back to five with 14:05 to play. The Mountaineers responded with a 13-2 run to take their largest lead of the game of 16 with 11:15 to play. TCU trimmed its deficit to eight multiple times down the stretch, but the Frogs were unable to complete the comeback.
Up Next
TCU will play at Iowa State on Saturday at 5 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPNU.
Team Notes
- TCU snapped a three-game home winning streak against West Virginia and fell to 3-15 all-time against the Mountaineers.
- After recording a season-low six assists in the previous two games, TCU recorded 19 assists, its most in a Big 12 Conference game since it recorded 21 against Oklahoma on March 7, 2020.
- TCU outshot WVU 49.0 to 43.9 percent, moving to 9-2 this season and 83-18 under Jamie Dixon when outshooting its opponent.
- Additionally, the Frogs' 49.0 field goal percentage was just shy of its best ever shooting percentage in a game against the Mountaineers. TCU shot 49.1 percent against WVU on Jan. 24, 2015.
- TCU started with the lineup of Mike Miles, RJ Nembhard, PJ Fuller, Chuck O'Bannon Jr. and Kevin Samuel for the fourth time this season (1-3).
Individual Notes
- The game was Senior Night, and senior guard Owen Aschieris was honored before the game.
- RJ Nembhard scored 17 points, his 18th consecutive game scoring in double-figures, and tied a career high with nine assists.
- RJ Nembhard joined Alex Robinson as the only Horned Frogs in the Jamie Dixon era to record at least 17 points and nine assists in a game.
- Kevin Samuel scored 11 points and hauled in 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season and 20th for his career.
- PJ Fuller scored nine points on 3-of-5 shooting, all from 3-point range. His three 3-pointers tied a career high.
- Taryn Todd scored eight points and tied his season high for the second consecutive game with two steals.
- Mike Miles scored seven points to move him into a tie with Jeff Jacobs (1993-94) for 10th place on the TCU all-time freshman scoring leaderboard with 282 points.
- Miles added five assists to move into 10th place on the TCU all-time freshman assists leaderboard.
- Defensively, Miles tied his season high with three steals.
Team Stats
WVU
TCU
FG%
.439
.490
3FG%
.238
.348
FT%
.576
.588
RB
38
30
TO
9
13
STL
9
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
17
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
5
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
1
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