Johnson, Bell lead West Virginia over No. 14 TCU 74-65

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Kedrian Johnson scored 20 factors and West Virginia constructed a giant early lead and outlasted No. 14 TCU 74-65 on Wednesday evening.

Jimmy Bell Jr. added 15 factors and 12 rebounds for West Virginia (11-7, 1-5 Huge 12), whose gamers slapped fingers with the scholar part after breaking a five-game shedding streak.

Mike Miles Jr. scored 21 factors whereas Emanuel Miller and Damion Baugh had 13 apiece for TCU (14-4, 3-3), which has misplaced three of its final 4 after beginning the season 13-1.

After a lackluster first half, the Horned Frogs made it fascinating towards the tip.

Down 17 with 11 minutes remaining, TCU sank eight free throws throughout a 13-2 run. Miles then hit a 3-pointer and an ensuing free throw after getting fouled, and Jakobe Coles made layups on back-to-back possessions to drag the Horned Frogs inside 62-60 with 5:17 left.

However TCU made simply two area targets over the ultimate 5 minutes and West Virginia by no means relinquished the lead.

The Mountaineers’ Erik Stevenson scored 9 factors within the first half however earned a seat on the bench for a lot of the second half and bought an earful from coach Bob Huggins for defensive lapses and 4 turnovers. After returning, Stevenson fed Bell for a dunk, then grabbed a defensive rebound that Joe Toussaint become a layup for a 68-60 lead with 3:07 left.

West Virginia began with considered one of its finest efforts all season, making 9 of its first 14 photographs and racing to a 28-12 lead. The Mountaineers, responsible too typically this season of one-pass possessions, made crisp passes on offense and clogged the paint on protection, whereas TCU was unable to get its transition offense on monitor till it was too late.

TCU trailed 39-24 at halftime, its lowest first-half scoring output of the season.

BIG PICTURE

TCU: The Horned Frogs fell to 0-11 all-time in Morgantown.

West Virginia: The Mountaineers performed like they have been fed up with their shedding streak, outrebounding TCU 31-18. After taking pictures 61% from the free-throw line over their final 5 video games, West Virginia went 20 of 26 (77%) on Wednesday.

UP NEXT

TCU performs at No. 2 Kansas on Saturday.

West Virginia hosts No. 7 Texas on Saturday.

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