National Basketball Association
Texas Christian 67, Kansas St. 65
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Where: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Officials:
# Doug Sirmons, # Mike Stuart, # Mark Whitehead
Attendance:
18972
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TCU 67, Kansas State 65: Kyan Anderson had 16 points and six assists while Chris Washburn added 16 points and eight rebounds as the ninth-seeded Horned Frogs knocked off the eighth-seeded Wildcats in the opening round of the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City.
Trey Zeigler scored 15 points for TCU (18-14), which faces top-seeded Kansas in Thursday’s quarterfinals. Anderson made all four of the Horned Frogs’ 3-pointers while Karviar Shepherd contributed nine points and nine rebounds.
Thomas Gipson had 16 points and seven rebounds for Kansas State (15-17), which finished with a losing record for the first time since the 2002-03 campaign. Nino Williams had 13 points and 10 rebounds while Malek Harris and Wesley Iwundu scored 10 points apiece.
The Horned Frogs saw a double-digit lead trimmed to two early in the second half and Kansas State was within 47-44 just past the midway point before Anderson scored five points during a 7-0 run to make it a 10-point margin and Ziegler’s basket made it 58-46 with 6:36 to go. The Wildcats answered with a 12-3 burst to move within three with three minutes left and Williams’ three-point play moved them within 64-62 before two free throws by Zeigler made it a two-possession game with 32 seconds left and TCU prevailed.
Kansas State led 16-12 eight-plus minutes into the game before the Horned Frogs rolled off the next 10 points for a six-point lead. TCU’s advantage reached 10 on Shepherd’s jumper with 5:42 remaining and later was 33-21 on Ziegler’s dunk before the Wildcats scored the final six of the half to trail by six at the break.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Wildcats were 18-of-24 from the free-throw line while TCU was 9-of-19. … The victory was the first in the Big 12 tourney for the Horned Frogs in three seasons in the conference. … Kansas State leading scorer Marcus Foster went scoreless and missed all five of his field-goal attempts.
Top Game Performances
| Texas Christian |
|
Kansas St. |
|
Kyan Anderson 16 |
Scoring |
Thomas Gipson 16 |
|
Kyan Anderson 6 |
Assists |
Jevon Thomas 4 |
|
Karviar Shepherd 9 |
Rebounds |
Nino Williams 10 |
|
Trey Zeigler 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Nigel Johnson 5 |
|
Brandon Parrish 2 |
Steals |
Wesley Iwundu 3 |
|
Kenrich Williams 3 |
Blocks |
Thomas Gipson 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Texas Christian
|
67 |
47.4 |
4-10 |
9-19 |
13 |
29 |
5 |
8 |
12 |
| Kansas St.
|
65 |
39.7 |
1-6 |
18-24 |
11 |
38 |
4 |
7 |
13 |
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