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Reynolds’ Layup Gives TCU 63-62 win over K-State
1/4/2025 7:26:00 PM | Men's Basketball
TCU closes game on 7-0 run
FORT WORTH – A Noah Reynolds layup with 12.8 seconds remaining gave TCU a 63-62 win over Kansas State on Saturday at Schollmaier Arena.
Reynolds, who earlier in the game went over 1,000 career points, helped finish off a 7-0 Horned Frogs run to start the new year with a win. The senior guard scored 18 points, including 12 in the second half.
Trailing by one, KSU's Dug McDaniel missed a layup and as the ball was tipped around, the clock expired.
The seven unanswered points came when TCU (8-5, 1-1) had its largest deficit of the game, 62-56 with 3:14 to play. Vasean Allette cut it to four with just over two minutes to play, part of a 14-point game for the sophomore guard. Playing in his first game since Dec. 5, Brendan Wenzel made his only field goal, a 3-pointer, to cut it to one with 1:17 to play to set up the Reynolds layup.
KSU (7-6, 1-1) missed its final four field goals and two free throw attempts. The Wildcats outrebounded the Horned Frogs, 47-36, behind 17 by David N'Guessan. Despite 18 offensive rebounds, KSU was only able to score 13 second change points.
TCU continues Big 12 play at No. 14 Houston on Monday at 8 p.m. on ESPN2.
TEAM NOTES
- TCU improved to 14-21 all-time against Kansas State and has won the past three meetings. It was the second-straight game to be decided with a game-winning shot. Jameer Nelson Jr.'s 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds left gave TCU a 75-72 win in Manhattan, Kan., last season.
- Jamie Dixon's record moved to 496-238 as a head coach.
- Dixon improved to 11-11 all-time against the Wildcats
- TCU improved to 110-38 overall and 40-32 in Big 12 games in Schollmaier Arena under Dixon.
- TCU improved to 8-0 at home this season.
- TCU had six turnovers, its fewest since five in the opening game of the season. The Frogs have had four games with eight or fewer turnovers this season.
- KSU's 47 rebounds were the second-most by a TCU opponent this season (Santa Clara – 49).
- KSU had 18 offensive rebounds to TCU's 10, but TCU had more second chance points with 19 to KSU's 13.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
- Noah Reynolds led the team in scoring for the fourth time this season with 18 points, 12 of which came in the second half.
- With his first bucket of the game, Reynolds eclipsed 1,000 career points. His previous stops were Green Bay and Wyoming.
- Ernest Udeh Jr led the team in rebounding with 12 and assists with four. It was his fifth game this season to lead in rebounding and first leading in assists.
- Vasean Allette scored 14 points. It was his sixth game this season scoring in double-figures.
- Trazarien White was 3-of-4 from 3-point range. It was his seventh-straight game with a made 3-pointer.
- White scored 14 points for his ninth game in double figures this season.
