National Basketball Association
Texas Christian 73, Texas A&M 55
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 12, 2020
Where: Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, Texas
Officials:
# Pat Adams, # Doug Sirmons, # Barry Pollard
Attendance:
N/A
By Field Level Media
RJ Nembhard led three players in double figures with 16 points and also had nine assists to lift TCU to a convincing 73-55 win over Texas A&M on Saturday at Fort Worth, Texas.
Mike Miles scored 15 points and PJ Fuller added 13 points for TCU (5-2), which snapped a two-game losing streak following losses to Oklahoma and Providence.
TCU shot 52 percent from the field (26 of 52) and 43.5 from 3-point range (10 of 23). The Horned Frogs forced 20 Texas A&M turnovers and held a 33-26 rebounding advantage.
Jay Jay Chandler scored 12 points, Quenton Jackson had 11 points and Emanuel Miller added 10 points and nine rebounds in defeat for Texas A&M, which suffered its first loss of the season and is now 3-1.
Texas A&M struggled from the field throughout, shooting 38.3 percent from the field (18 of 47) and 23.5 percent from 3-point range (4 of 17).
After trailing 10-8 early on, TCU dominated the rest of the first half.
The Horned Frogs first went on a 15-2 run to take a 23-12 lead with 7:03 left in the first half.
Leading 28-18, TCU then went on a 13-0 run to grab a 41-18 lead with three minutes to go until halftime.
TCU eventually took a 42-21 lead into the locker room at halftime.
The start of the second half didn't provide much relief for Texas A&M.
TCU continued its onslaught, scoring the first 10 points of the second half to take a 52-21 lead with 17:16 remaining in the game.
The TCU lead ballooned to as many as 33 points and Texas A&M couldn't make a serious dent in its deficit the rest of the way.
The Horned Frogs collected 22 assists to just 11 for Texas A&M.
This was the first time the two in-state schools played in basketball since 1996.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Texas Christian |
|
Texas A&M |
|
RJ Nembhard 16 |
Scoring |
Jay Jay Chandler 12 |
|
RJ Nembhard 9 |
Assists |
Hassan Diarra 3 |
|
Kevin Samuel 9 |
Rebounds |
Emanuel Miller 9 |
|
PJ Fuller 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Jay Jay Chandler 4 |
|
RJ Nembhard 3 |
Steals |
Hassan Diarra 3 |
|
Kevin Samuel 2 |
Blocks |
Savion Flagg 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Texas Christian
|
73 |
52.0 |
10-23 |
11-16 |
22 |
31 |
2 |
9 |
16 |
| Texas A&M
|
55 |
38.3 |
4-17 |
15-21 |
11 |
25 |
1 |
10 |
20 |
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