Frogs Comeback, Win Big 12 Opener, 67-61

Saturday, December 31

Fort Worth, Texas

11 a.m.

TCU

12-1,1-0Big 12

Texas Tech

10-3,0-1Big 12

Texas Tech

TCU

Frogs Comeback, Win Big 12 Opener, 67-61

12/31/2022 3:02:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Miles scores 23 points and goes over 1,000 for his career

FORT WORTH - Trailing by as many as 13, No. 18 TCU clawed its way back into the game with help of 23 points from junior guard Mike Miles Jr., to win its Big12 Conference opener, 67-61, to Texas Tech Saturday afternoon in Schollmaier Arena.

The Horned Frogs (12-1, 1-0), trailed 37-24 with 1:15 to play in the first half. The Red Raiders (10-3, 0-1) shot 46.7 percent from the field and made four 3-pointers to the Frogs' one in the first half to lead 37-26 at halftime.

TCU, which scored 18 of its 21 fastbreak points in the second half, scored the first 10 points of the period to get within one point of Tech, 37-36.

The Red Raiders expanded their lead to nine, 53-44, with 10:36 to play. Damion Baugh scored eight straight TCU points to tie the game, 53-53, with 7:09 to play. The junior guard finished with 14 points.

TCU forced Texas Tech into a season-high 23 turnovers and eight of those came over a six-minute period late in the game to set up a 12-3 TCU run to close out the game. Miles' layup with 3:37 to play gave TCU its first lead since it was 7-6 three minutes into the game.

The Horned Frogs will hit the road on Wednesday for a game at No. 12 Baylor. Tip time is set for 8 p.m. and will be on ESPN2.

Team Notes

TCU improved to 54-86 all-time against Texas Tech and 34-33 in games played in Fort Worth.
TCU has won the last two in the series, both at home.
TCU won its 10th-straight game, the most since winning 12 straight to open the 2017-18 season.
TCU has 12 wins through 13 games for the fifth time in program history and the third time under Jamie Dixon.
TCU tied a season-high with 14 steals and has at least 10 steals in each of the last four games.
The nation's leader in fastbreak points, TCU had 21, 18 coming in the second half.
TCU outrebounded Tech, 37-35. The Frogs improved to 9-1 this season and 109-35 under Dixon when outrebounding their opponent.
Under Dixon, TCU has gone 71-11 in November and December combined.
Under Dixon in Schollmaier Arena, TCU is 85-30 overall and 29-25 in Big 12 games.

Individual Notes

Mike Miles Jr. scored a game-high 23 points, 15 in the second half. It was the sixth time this season he led the Frogs in scoring and the fourth time he scored 20 or more points.
Miles scored in double-figures for the 15th-straight game, dating back to last season.
Miles became the 39th player in TCU history to reach 1,000 career points. He's at 1,001 points.
Miles took his team-leading seventh charge of the season.
Emanuel Miller scored 16 points. It was his seventh-straight game scoring in double figures.
Eddie Lampkin grabbed a team-best eight rebounds. It was the eighth time in 12 games this season that he led TCU in rebounds.
Damion Baugh led TCU in assists for the fifth time this season with six.
Baugh tied a season-high four steals. He also had four in the previous game against Central Arkansas.
Chuck O'Bannon Jr. was 0-of-1 from 3-point range ending his 13-game streak with at least one made three.