In a thrilling basketball game, TCU and Baylor went into triple overtime, with TCU eventually winning 105-102. Baylor briefly held a 10-point lead, but TCU made a strong comeback, leading 86-83 with 25.0 seconds left in the first overtime. Jameer Nelson Jr. played a crucial role, scoring a season-high 30 points for TCU. The game marked Baylor's first triple-overtime since 2008. TCU's win puts them at 15-5, 4-3 in conference play, while Baylor suffered their third consecutive loss. In another game, No. 18 Baylor managed to defeat UCF 77-69, with Langston Love scoring a career-high 24 points.
#UCF couldn't hold off another second-half surge as No. 18 Baylor used a 12-2 late run to slip past the Knights, 77-69. The loss damages UCF's hopes for the postseason and a possible NCAA tourney bid. https://t.co/8vQG0hGIIS https://t.co/VLSCILx5sQ
Baylor stops a three-game slide with a road win; Bears now 4-3 in league, UCF falls to 3-5. https://t.co/srDTPuSZtc
FINAL: No. 18 Baylor 77, UCF 69. Langston Love hits for a career-high 24 points, including 5 of 7 from deep, and Bears (15-5, 4-3) snap a three-game losing streak. They'll host No. 12 Iowa State on Saturday.
Back to back 3s off of poor defense and rebounding by the Bears. Add in two missed FTs by Dennis. Just not closing the game well once again. 68-64 Bears with 1:27 to go.
Bears rolling, up 65-58 with 3:07 to go and the ball after a bad UCF turnover. Baylor has to keep the pressure on.
Bears in the midst of a 7-0 run, as Langston Love buries another trey. BU up to a 60-56 lead with 5:25 to go. This has definitely been Baylor's stretch of the game.
A 7-0 Baylor run and Bears up 60-56 with 5:25 to go. Timeout UCF.
UCF leads 56-55 with 6:44 to go.
Bears missing some wide open 3s to take over this game. Down 1 with 6:44 to go. Can Baylor finish this game out, something they have struggled to do?
Halftime: UCF 38, Baylor 32. Knights shooting 58%. Baylor has been led by 8 points apiece from Langston Love and Jalen Bridges (who had the first 8 of the game for BU).
UCF leads 25-21 with 7:30 to play in the first half. Bears hanging around despite six turnovers and some occasional defensive lapses (leaving their feet on shot fakes, etc.).
#UCF goes on a 9-0 run, jumping out to a 16-8 lead and forcing Baylor to call a timeout. Darius Johnson has been on 🔥🔥🔥 at the start with 10 points, 2 assists and a steal.
#UCF with a block and a steal in the opening minutes vs. Baylor. The Knights are showing their defense early.
3 takeaways from TCU’s win vs. Texas Tech: Micah Peavy, Trevian Tennyson jolt the Frogs https://t.co/Xqnc3LD97i
#TCU's 85-78 win over Texas Tech marked the Frogs' third straight Big 12 win, and fourth straight over the Red Raiders. Micah Peavy made a career-high four 3-pointers in the victory. #GoFrogs | @TCUBasketball READ | https://t.co/ic7joUSjz2 https://t.co/StaJGU74oK
NO. 25 TCU DOWNS NO. 15 TEXAS TECH 🔥 The Horned Frogs close out the Red Raiders for a second straight win against a 15th-ranked team 👀 https://t.co/dwCK3z5Kwe
FINAL | #TCU 85, Texas Tech 78 The Frogs get a good win over conference-leading Tech. They’re now 16-5 on the season and 5-3 in Big 12 play. JaKobe Coles and Emanuel Miller with clutch free throws late. Tennyson with 23 points.
Jameer Nelson with lockdown defense on one end, and a big time 3-pointer on the other. #TCU leads Tech 79-70 with 1:43 left.
#TCU hasn't made a basket in the last 4:36. They lead 75-70 with 4:07 to go.
7:04 | 2H | #TCU 72, Texas Tech 63 Nelson misses a jumper, but makes a heads up play to draw a charge on Toussaint. Frogs get the ball back after the under-8 timeout.
12:49 | 2H | #TCU 60, Texas Tech 51 A good seal on a screen by Cork frees up Coles for the jumper. TCU leads 60-51. Timeout Raiders.
15:55 | 2H | #TCU 50, Texas Tech 47 Peavy leads the Frogs with 15 points. Tennyson has 13.
Texas Tech uses a 7-0 run to pull even, but a Tennyson 3-pointer puts #TCU back ahead, 48-45.
HALF | #TCU 40, Tech 36 Tennyson leads the Frogs with 10 points. Peavy has 8 to go with 3 assists. Udeh with 6 rebounds in the half. The Frogs trailed by as many as 11 in the half.
0:31 | 1H | #TCU 40, Texas Tech 34 The Frogs have held the Red Raiders without a basket over the last 3:41 of game time. Much better defensive rotations over the past 10 minutes or so.
Peavy and Nelson hit back-to-back threes, and #TCU has stormed ahead 37-30.
#TCU has come all the way back from 11 down this half to lead, 31-30.
3:56 | 1H | Tech 30, #TCU 27 A McMillan 3-pointer puts the Red Raiders back in front, but the Frogs are heading to the free throw line.
5:28 | 1H | Texas Tech 27, #TCU 23 The Frogs are on a quick 7-0 run, sparked by a Peavy three, then a Peavy dunk in transition on a lob from Nelson. Timeout Tech.
Tech has made their last seven shots, and the Frogs trail 19-16. TCU needs to find an answer defensively.
14:45 | 1H | Tech 14, #TCU 12 Both teams finding their offense early in this one.
We're just a few minutes away from tip off between #TCU and Texas Tech. Frogs looking for their third straight conference win. Tech trying to stay alone atop the Big 12 standings.
Jameer Nelson Jr. notched a season-high 30 points as #TCU took down No. 15 Baylor in a triple-overtime thriller on Saturday night, 105-102. #GoFrogs | @TCUBasketball READ | https://t.co/0IamcNoDvd https://t.co/dS4mNHp5th
Jameer Nelson Jr. scored a season-high 30 points, and TCU rallied for a 105-102 victory over No. 15 Baylor in a Big 12 thriller Saturday. https://t.co/ZOCSpeZvFL
Baylor and TCU played a triple overtime time game, with the Horned Frogs winning 105-102. The Bears lost in large part because they forgot how to box out in the final seconds. Read: https://t.co/DuTRMzVhAx https://t.co/pVxFo68yLF
No. 15 Baylor Upset By Unranked TCU In Triple OT https://t.co/GMBueEdHrq
UCF lead down to 2 at 45-43. #Bearcats on an 8-0 run and John Newman will go to the line for 2 when play resumes. Already 7 team fouls for UCF, so Cincinnati is in the bonus the rest of the way.
Jameer Nelson Jr. leads TCU past No. 15 Baylor in triple OT https://t.co/CtyvVM2haF https://t.co/X5ixOzKXk6
THE HORNED FROGS (+160) WIN IN TRIPLE OVERTIME! 😅😮 ✅ TCU +3.5 ✅ O 149.5 https://t.co/fLiaXmgvmk
UCF 31-23 at the final media stop of the half. #Bearcats opened the game with a 13-4 leads. Knights have flat out dominated 27-10 since. A bad UCF offense is shooting 62% from the floor and 44% from three. Not great Bob dot gif
Jameer Nelson Jr. scores 30 with go-ahead shot in 3rd OT as TCU beats No. 15 Baylor 105-102. https://t.co/O284jqZkuM
Jameer Nelson lifts TCU to dramatic 3OT win at No. 15 Baylor https://t.co/lIjOxALfC8
#UCF’s next opponent Baylor suffers tough loss. https://t.co/vvYmz0Isuw
UCF leads 24-21 at the under 8 stop. Skillings with 8 and Newman 6 for the #Bearcats
Triple OT who pulls it out? Baylor or TCU
TCU TAKES DOWN NO. 15 BAYLOR IN TRIPLE OVERTIME 😱 https://t.co/8Pv7bOmK3k
TCU OUTLASTS NO. 15 BAYLOR IN A TRIPLE OT BATTLE ⚡️ https://t.co/W7bYZXZkWc
UCF leads 22-17 at the under 12 stop. #Bearcats have gone ice cold after scoring 13 in the first 2:48.
FINAL: TCU 105, No. 15 Baylor 102 (3 OT). Bears drop their first game in the Foster and their third in a row overall, despite double-doubles from Love and Dennis and a career-high 25 points from Yves Missi. Bears (14-5, 3-3) will play at UCF next Wednesday.
Just three overtimes? That's it? Was TCU's 105-102 win over Baylor the Big 12 Game of the Year or just a normal Saturday in this league?
#TCU comes away with the 105-102 triple OT win in Waco. Jameer Nelson finishes with a season high. Frogs are now 15-5, 4-3 in conference play.
BREAKING: TCU and Baylor have finally stopped playing basketball. Horned Frogs win 105-102 in triple OT. I love you college basketball.
Baylor has lost three in a row -- by a combined nine points in a combined four overtimes.
Another wild one -- this time in Waco. @TCUBasketball takes down @BaylorMBB in triple overtime. @Big12Conference basketball continues to be a brutal grind home or road.
FINAL: TCU 105, No. 15 Baylor 102. In Waco. In triple OT. One of the best games of the season. Jameer Nelson Jr. with 30 points -- including six in the final minute and the game-winner with 10 seconds left. Absolutely huge week on the road for TCU. Wins AT OK State and Baylor.
Jameer Nelson's putback put TCU up 103-102, then RayJ Dennis was blocked on a drive to the bucket and Ja'Kobe Walter was whistled out of bounds in the corner. Bears' failure to secure a defensive board looks like it may kill them again.
Nelson gets the put back with 11 seconds left to put TCU up 103-102. Frogs appear to get the stop on the other end with 1.4 seconds left. Refs reviewing whether Baylor stepped out.
34.1 to go, Bears up 102-101. TCU calls a timeout. Baylor needs a stop and hitting some FTs.
This is Baylor's first triple-overtime game since the five-overtime win at Texas A&M in College Station on Jan. 23, 2008. I think @JohnWernerTrib is still writing the game story on that one.
#TCU can’t secure a rebound off a missed free throw. Baylor calls timeout, leading 100-97 with 2:14 to go.
TRIPLE OT IN WACO Baylor and TCU tied at 94.
Triple OT who pulls it out? Baylor?
TRIPLE OVERTIME IN WACO
TRIPLE overtime in Waco!
Ray J Dennis misses the jumper at the buzzer, and we're going to a THIRD overtime. Baylor 94, TCU 94.
Shot clock D by Baylor, Bears get the ball back tied at 94 with 18.2 seconds to go. They'll hold for the last shot.
End of OT: Baylor 88, TCU 88. How about a double freebie on the Brazos? Going to second OT.
Ja'Kobe Watler for three!! Looks like Baylor and TCU are heading for a second overtime.
25-seconds, Bears down 86-85. Trap and foul coming. TCU is just 8-12 from the FT line today. Bears need them to keep missing.
#TCU leads Baylor 86-85 with 25.0 seconds left in OT.
Bears get the stop they needed, then a crazy-good scoop from RayJ Dennis, who has 19. TCU leads 86-85 with 25.0 seconds.
TCU leads 86-83 after a RayJ Dennis to Yves Missi find, Bears call timeout with 1:08 to go. Frogs have come up big down the stretch of regulation and overtime.
TCU and Baylor in overtime in Waco
Overtime as Bears miss a shot to win it and Miller misses an elbow jumper. Free basketball in game Baylor has been the better team. Frustrating.
End of regulation: Baylor 76, TCU 76. Free basketball on the Brazos.
Tough bucket by Langston Love gives the lead back to Baylor, 73-71. Timeout TCU with two minutes to go.
Chuck O'Bannon hits a corner three for #TCU, and the Frogs pull even 71-71. 2:44 left here in Waco.
3:40 | 2H | Baylor 67, #TCU 66 The Frogs have done a much better job defensively over the last several minutes, and it's allowed them to get out in transition.
TCU on a run, Baylor lead down to 64-63. Work left to do with 5:40 to go.
TCU's 7-0 run cuts the Baylor lead to 64-63 with 5:40 to go.
#TCU is on a 7-0 run, and they've cut the deficit to one, 64-63. Two strong defensive possessions after the timeout.
7:13 | 2H | Baylor 64, #TCU 56 Nelson will head to the line for two free throws after the under-8 timeout. He's done a solid job creating off the dribble this half. Up to 12 points tonight.
Bears briefly had a 10-point lead, but TCU has cut it back to six following a tough Jameer Nelson jumper and a runout dunk from Micah Peavy. BU leads 52-46 with 12:26 to go.