TCU Advances with 77-70 Win over Oklahoma

Wednesday, March 13

Kansas City, Mo.

2 p.m.

TCU

21-11,9-9Big 12

Oklahoma

20-12,8-10Big 12

Oklahoma

TCU

TCU Advances with 77-70 Win over Oklahoma

3/13/2024 7:03:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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The Horned Frogs will face Houston at 2 p.m. on Thursday

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – No. 8 seed TCU led for nearly the entire game in its 77-70 win over No. 9 seed Oklahoma Wednesday in the second round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship at T-Mobile Center.

Emanuel Miller scored a game-high 26 points on 9-of-13 shooting and added a team-best eight rebounds. It was the most points by a TCU player ever at the Big 12 Championship. The all-conference forward had 13 in the second half and hit several clutch shots as the Sooners (20-12) tried to close the gap as time dwindled down.

TCU (21-11) led by as many as 19 points in the second half until OU went on a 20-8 scoring run that cut the lead to seven, 75-68, with 1:05 to play. The Sooners made seven of their last eight shots of the game, while TCU didn't make a field goal for the final 6:46 of the contest.

The Horned Frogs came off the tip strong, hitting six of their seven field goals in the first half. TCU built a 45-31 lead at the half after a three-quarters court heave by Micah Peavy went in at the buzzer. The senior guard finished with eight points.

Jameer Nelson Jr. made all seven free throw attempts and finished with 14 points and a team-best five assists. As a team, TCU made 20-of-26 from the free throw line for 76.9 percent.

JaKobe Coles came off the bench to score 11 points for the Frogs who shot 47.2 percent from the field.

The Horned Frogs will face the top seed and No. 1 team in the country, Houston, at 2 p.m. on Thursday on ESPN. It is the third-straight season that TCU will play in the quarterfinals.

Team Notes

TCU moved to 9-28 all-time against Oklahoma and has won the five of the last six meetings.
The Frogs improved to 3-2 in neutral site games.
TCU improved to 8-11 all-time at the Big 12 Championship and 6-7 under Jamie Dixon.
TCU forced UCF into 18 turnovers. The Frogs have forced their opponents into 10 or more turnovers in all but four games this season.
TCU led for 39:05 and OU led for 19 seconds.
The nation's leader in fastbreak points, TCU finished with 10.

Individual Notes

Emanuel Miller scored 26 points, the third most in a game this season. It was his ninth game this season with 20 or more points. He scored in double figures for the 20th consecutive game.
Miller's 26 points were the most by a TCU player ever in a Big 12 Championship game. Mike Miles and Chuck O'Bannon Jr. had the record with 22 points each during last season's quarterfinal win over Kansas State.
Jameer Nelson Jr. scored 14 points. It was his fifth-straight game in double figures.
Nelson was 1-for-3 from 3-point range. He's made eight of his last 11 from three.
Nelson led the team with five assists. He's led TCU in assists in five-straight games.
JaKobe Coles scored in double-figures for the second-straight game with 11.
O'Bannon earned his first start of the season. He was 2-of-4 from 3-point range. It was his fourth-straight game with a made three.
Ernest Udeh Jr. had nine points and four rebounds. It was his most points in a game since Jan. 16 when he had 11 against Cincinnati.