National Basketball Association
Texas Christian 64, Wyoming 47
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Officials:
# Olandis Poole, # Michael Greenstein, # Brian O'Connell
Attendance:
N/A
By Field Level Media
Senior guard Desmond Bane scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as TCU cruised to a 64-47 victory over Wyoming on Tuesday night in the MGM Resorts Main Event consolation game in Las Vegas.
PJ Fuller added 11 points for TCU (5-1), which bounced back from a 62-60 overtime loss to Clemson in Sunday night's semifinals.
Senior guard Jake Hendricks scored 14 points, hitting 4 of 7 3-point attempts, and sophomore guard Hunter Maldonado finished with 13 points and a team-high seven rebounds for the Cowboys (3-5).
Wyoming, held to just 15 first-half points in a 56-41 loss to Colorado in the semifinals, managed just 14 points while falling behind 30-14 at intermission to the Horned Frogs. The Cowboys shot just 5 of 28 (17.9 percent) before the break and committed six turnovers.
Both teams started slowly, missing their first five shots, and a layup by Maldonado cut TCU's lead to 5-4 after five minutes. The Horned Frogs then went on a 13-0 run over the next five minutes with Bane leading the way with five points, including a 3-pointer.
The Horned Frogs, who sank six of their first 10 3-point tries, extended their lead to 28-11 on a rebound basket by Bane to cap a 23-7 run. TCU went into halftime with a 30-14 halftime lead.
TCU went on a 6-0 run early in the second half featuring another 3-pointer by Bane to boost its lead to 40-20 with 17:01 remaining. Wyoming answered with a 7-0 run capped by a steal and 3-pointer by Hendricks to cut the margin to 13, but TCU gradually pulled away after that and led by as many as 24 points after a 3-pointer by Fuller with 5:55 to go.
TCU, which entered the contest ranked 12th nationally with an average of 10.6 3-pointers per game, finished 9 of 26 behind the arc. The Horned Frogs outrebounded Wyoming 38-28 and also finished with a 28-18 edge in points in the paint.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Wyoming |
|
Texas Christian |
|
Jake Hendricks 14 |
Scoring |
Desmond Bane 22 |
|
Hunter Maldonado 4 |
Assists |
Francisco Farabello 5 |
|
Hunter Maldonado 7 |
Rebounds |
Desmond Bane 11 |
|
Hunter Maldonado 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Desmond Bane 2 |
|
Jake Hendricks 2 |
Steals |
Francisco Farabello 4 |
|
A.J. Banks 1 |
Blocks |
Kevin Samuel 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Wyoming
|
47 |
33.3 |
6-18 |
9-14 |
10 |
25 |
1 |
4 |
14 |
| Texas Christian
|
64 |
42.4 |
9-26 |
5-9 |
12 |
37 |
5 |
9 |
9 |
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