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Miles Leads TCU Comeback at No. 19 Baylor
1/4/2023 11:47:00 PM | Men's Basketball
O'Bannon hits game-winner as Frogs win 11th-straight game
WACO, Texas - Led by a career-high 33 points by Mike Miles Jr., No. 17 TCU came back from a 17-point deficit to win at No. 19 Baylor, 88-87, Wednesday at the Ferell Center.
It was the most points by a TCU player in three seasons, since Desmond Bane's 34 at Texas in 2019. Miles, who earlier in the day was one of 25 named to the midseason watch list for Wooden Award, was 12-of-21 from the field.
TCU (13-1, 3-0) trailed 48-31 with three minutes to play in the half before the Frogs cut it to 49-39 at halftime. Miles made a statement by scoring the first 13 points of the second half and 21 total for the period.
TCU took its first lead since the 14:55 mark of the first half on a layup by Damion Baugh to make it 76-74 with 4:23 to play.
Baylor (10-4, 0-2) led 87-83 with 48 seconds left after a pair of free throws from Keyonte George, who finished with 27 points. Miles came down to hit his third 3-pointer of the game to cut it to one point. After a miss by the Bears' Jalen Bridges, Chuck O'Bannon hit a long jumper in the corner to give TCU the lead by one point with 4.0 seconds remaining. The ensuing shot attempt by George was blocked at the rim by Xavier Cork and TCU extended its winning streak to 11 games.
The Horned Frogs will next host No. 25 Iowa State (11-2, 2-0) on Saturday at 1 p.m. on ESPNU.
Team Notes
Individual Notes
It was the most points by a TCU player in three seasons, since Desmond Bane's 34 at Texas in 2019. Miles, who earlier in the day was one of 25 named to the midseason watch list for Wooden Award, was 12-of-21 from the field.
TCU (13-1, 3-0) trailed 48-31 with three minutes to play in the half before the Frogs cut it to 49-39 at halftime. Miles made a statement by scoring the first 13 points of the second half and 21 total for the period.
TCU took its first lead since the 14:55 mark of the first half on a layup by Damion Baugh to make it 76-74 with 4:23 to play.
Baylor (10-4, 0-2) led 87-83 with 48 seconds left after a pair of free throws from Keyonte George, who finished with 27 points. Miles came down to hit his third 3-pointer of the game to cut it to one point. After a miss by the Bears' Jalen Bridges, Chuck O'Bannon hit a long jumper in the corner to give TCU the lead by one point with 4.0 seconds remaining. The ensuing shot attempt by George was blocked at the rim by Xavier Cork and TCU extended its winning streak to 11 games.
The Horned Frogs will next host No. 25 Iowa State (11-2, 2-0) on Saturday at 1 p.m. on ESPNU.
Team Notes
- TCU improved to 2-0 in conference play for the first time since 2020.
- TCU has 13 wins through 14 games for the third time in program history and the second time under Jamie Dixon. The Frogs were 13-1 in the 2017-18 season.
- The Horned Frogs snapped a three-game losing streak to Baylor. It was TCU's first win over the Bears in Waco since 2018.
- TCU and Baylor faced off as ranked teams for the first time ever.
- Dixon improved to 5-7 vs Baylor
- TCU trailed 49-39 at the half and improved to 3-0 on the season when trailing at halftime.
- TCU won its 11th-straight game, its most since winning 12 straight to open the 2017-18 season. TCU's 10-game streak was the fourth longest active streak entering the game.
- After shooting 69 percent (9-13) from three in the first half, TCU held Baylor to 18 percent (2-11) in the second half.
- The nation's leader in fastbreak points, TCU had 23 to Baylor's two.
- TCU tied a season low with seven turnovers and had just two in the second half.
- TCU trailed by as many as 17 points. It was the second-straight game that the Frogs have come back to win after being down by double digits. TCU trailed Texas Tech by 13 on Saturday. In the season-opener, TCU was down 20 to UAPB before winning 73-72.
- Of the 31 wins over AP Top 25 teams in its history, 15 have come in the seven seasons under Dixon.
- TCU shot 82.9 percent (19-23) from the free throw line. It was the Horned Frogs' fourth time eclipsing the 80 percent mark this season.
- TCU led for 2 minutes and 27 seconds.
Individual Notes
- Mike Miles Jr. scored a career high 33 points, 21 in the second half, including the first 13 TCU points of the second period. It was the seventh time this season he led the Frogs in scoring and the fifth time he scored 20 or more points.
- Miles' 33 points were the most points by a TCU player since Desmond Bane scored 34 points at Texas on March 9, 2019. The last TCU player to reach 30 points was RJ Nembhard who finished with 31 against Iowa State on Jan. 4, 2019.
- Miles scored in double-figures for the 16th-straight game, dating back to last season.
- Miles tied a career-high with 12 made field goals on 21 attempts.
- Emanuel Miller scored 13 points. It was his eighth-straight game scoring in double figures.
- Eddie Lampkin grabbed a team-best nine rebounds. It was the eighth time in 12 games this season that he led TCU in rebounds.
- Lampkin scored 15 points tonight it was his second game this season scoring 10 or more points and was one shy of his season high.
- Damion Baugh led TCU in assists for the fifth time this season with seven.
- Baugh tied a career high with nine free throws on 10 attempts.
- Chuck O'Bannon hit the game-winning shot with 4.0 seconds remaining. He finished with six points.
Team Stats
TCU
Baylor
FG%
.485
.444
3FG%
.214
.458
FT%
.826
.848
RB
30
37
TO
7
15
STL
7
3
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
33
FGM
12
3FGM
3
FTM
6
Pts
15
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
15
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
9
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
3
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