GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Texas Christian 75, Texas 73
(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Sports Writer
FORT WORTH, Texas - Damion Baugh scored a career-high 24 points, Emanuel Miller had 20 and No. 22 TCU held on to beat Texas 75-73, denying the ninth-ranked Longhorns a chance to play for a share of the Big 12 title in their upcoming regular-season finale.
Baugh scored on a breakaway layup off the opening tip and the Horned Frogs (20-10, 9-8 Big 12) never trailed. It was the second loss in a row and third in five games for the Longhorns (22-8, 11-6), who haven't won a conference title since 2008.
Texas hosts third-ranked Kansas (25-5, 13-4) on Saturday. The Jayhawks had already clinched a share of their 21st Big 12 title with a home win over Texas Tech on Tuesday night, and now won't have to share it.
Baugh made two free throws with 19.7 seconds left to make it 73-68. After Brock Cunningham made a layup for Texas, Miller's breakaway two-handed slam sealed it for the Frogs.
Sir'Jabari Rice had 16 points for the Longhorns, and Tyrese Hunter had 15. Marcus Carr, their leading scorer at nearly 17 a game, had 10, but his 3-pointer off a TCU turnover with 1:02 left got them within 71-68.
TCU made nine consecutive shots over a span of nearly seven minutes in the first half and had its biggest lead at 42-28 with 2:45 left on Eddie Lampkin’s putback dunk of a miss by Miles that ended the shooting streak. Six different Frogs made shots during that stretch.
BIG PICTURE
Texas: The Longhorns are guaranteed a top-four finish in the Big 12 with interim coach Rodney Terry, who has a 15-7 record since taking over in mid-December after the suspension and eventual dismissal of second-year head coach Chris Beard. They have been in the top 10 in 15 consecutive polls, their longest stretch since their 2002-03 Final Four season.
TCU: The Frogs have won consecutive games for the first time since Jan. 21 and 24, blowout wins at Kansas and against Oklahoma. They were 2-5 in February, including their win at Texas Tech last Saturday. ... With another win over the Sooners in their regular-season finale, the Frogs would finish over .500 in conference play since a 9-7 record in WAC games 22 years ago.
March 1, 2023
| Texas | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| T. Allen | F | 28 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| D. Disu | F | 20 | 2-6 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| D. Mitchell | F | 10 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| M. Carr | G | 32 | 4-16 | 0-0 | 2-9 | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| T. Hunter | G | 30 | 5-10 | 3-3 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| S. Rice | 31 | 6-16 | 1-1 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | |
| B. Cunningham | 23 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 5-5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| C. Bishop | 21 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| A. Morris | 5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Totals | 200 | 25-64 (.391) |
15-19 (.789) |
8-22 (.364) |
11-28 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 73 | |
| TCU | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| E. Miller | F | 31 | 7-16 | 6-8 | 0-2 | 4-10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| X. Cork | F | 18 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| C. O'Bannon Jr. | F | 16 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| D. Baugh | G | 38 | 7-12 | 8-8 | 2-3 | 0-5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
| M. Miles Jr. | G | 36 | 0-8 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 0-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| M. Peavy | 21 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| J. Coles | 16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| E. Lampkin Jr. | 16 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| S. Wells | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| R. Walker | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 26-56 (.464) |
18-23 (.783) |
5-13 (.385) |
15-46 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 75 | |
