No. 15 Baylor Bears faced TCU in a close match with multiple lead changes. Baylor led at halftime 25-23, with Jalen Bridges scoring 12 points. In the second half, Baylor dominated with a 10-0 run, extending their lead to 50-33. Ja'Kobe Walter led the Bears with 16 points. Despite TCU's efforts, Baylor secured a 62-54 victory with strong zone defense. Yves Missi and Jalen Bridges also contributed significantly to Baylor's win.
Mid 9 | #TCU 7, Washington State 7 The Cougars put up a four spot to tie the game. Due up for the Frogs: Robinson, Myers, Chatagnier
No. 15 Baylor’s zone defense shuts down TCU in ugly defeat, 62-54 https://t.co/pwOweU8A6Q
Baylor beats TCU on the road! 🐻 https://t.co/cQZlUfoqZH
FINAL | Baylor 62, TCU 54 The Frogs shoot a rough 33.3% from the floor while losing the rebounding battle 41-29. TCU is now 19-9, 8-7 on the season with three games to play.
Baylor MBB with nice/much needed win on road at TCU...but what are they thinking last 3-5 possessions on both sides of court, Dennis dribbles off his foot, had another unforced turnover just before that...Walter misses FT, Bears fouling TCU on multiple occasions to stop clock?
FINAL: No. 15 Baylor 62, TCU 54. Bears gave Frogs fits with their zone defense. Ja'Kobe Walter and Yves Missi had 16 points apiece, Jalen Bridges added 15. Bears (20-8, 9-6) will return home to face Kansas on Saturday.
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Bears getting sloppy late in the game again. TCU going to the line to possibly cut it to 12 with 2:04 to go. Nunn fouls out, bit loss of a strong ball handler.
After Yves Missi's last dunk, a mass exodus of Frogs headed to the exits. Baylor leads 59-43.
7:47 | Baylor 51, #TCU 38 Peavy is on a personal 5-0 scoring run for the Frogs. Refs reviewing a foul on Baylor for a possible flagrant.
Man, Baylor is really putting it ON TCU right now. Even though the Bears didn't complete the win over Houston, I sensed that could gain a lot of confidence from their second half comeback. If they learn to defend with a purpose, they will be really really dangerous.
Ja’Kobe Walter up to 13 points this half, outscoring TCU all by himself 13-10 so far in the second half.
Wow. Baylor's lead is 50-33, and some of the Frog fans have decided they've seen enough, even with 11:25 left in the game. The BU zone defense is giving TCU fits. Ja'Kobe Walter is up to 16 points for the Bears, has three 3-pointers.
ALL Baylor right now. 50-33 as the Bears are rolling on a 18-2 run.
Dixon calls timeout as Baylor stretches their lead to double-digits for the first time tonight, 42-31. 13:42 to go in the game. TCU's offense has not been able to solve Baylor's defense at all tonight. Frogs are shooting just 29.7% from the floor.
Ja'Kobe Walter's corner 3 -- with the TCU fans crying "Air ball! Air ball!" thanks to a Walter miss moments earlier -- gives the Bears a 42-31 lead. Bears on a 10-0 run (and counting).
A 10-0 Baylor run and the Bears lead by 11. Big time defensive effort tonight so far on the road in Fort Worth.
Bears have opened up a 39-31 at the 15:39 mark of the second half. Frogs made a costly mistake on RayJ Dennis's 3-point fling to try to beat the shot clock buzzer, as they were whistled for a goaltend.
TCU with an awful mistake to goaltend a missed 3. Something you don’t see often. Bears up 38-31 while they review that call. Bears attacking the rim and getting to the line.
Peavy has picked up three fouls in the first 3:06 of this half and he'll sit for a while. Frogs trail 36-31.
Starting the second half, Baylor leads 25-23. They waved off that Coles shot at the end of the first half by TCU as after the buzzer.
Check that, the refs reviewed the shot and waived it off. Frogs trail 25-23 at the break. https://t.co/O4Mngu4enB
TCU and Baylor combined for 18 turnovers in first half. They combined for 17 made baskets. Stinky.
HALF | #TCU 25, Baylor 25 JaKobe Coles hits a jumper at the buzzer to tie the game going into the break. He's got eight points to lead TCU. Jalen Bridges has 12 for Baylor.
This has been incredibly sloppy by both teams. Baylor hasn't scored in more than four minutes, yet still leads 25-23.
With 31.9 seconds left in the half, Baylor still leads TCU 25-23. The Frogs are on a 5:40 scoreless streak. The Bears are on a 4:27 one.
Jalen Bridges has become especially adept at jumping the opponents' passes when Baylor is in its zone defense. Bridges has three steals to go with his 12 points and five rebounds.
These teams could probably play 20 games and they'd all be decided by two or three points. Baylor up 25-23 with 3:43 left in the half.
Baylor up 17-16 with 11:21 left in the half. Bridges is balling, already has 12 points (4 of 4 from 3) and 3 rebounds.
Looks like a typical back-and-forth Baylor-TCU game. Bears lead 9-8 courtesy of three 3-pointers from Jalen Bridges.
We're anthemed up at Schollmaier Arena and almost ready for tipoff between the No. 15 Bears and Frogs. A bit of a Metroplex homecoming for Baylor freshman Ja'Kobe Walter in this one.