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WAC LOSS By Victor Drabicky Despite Derrick Davenport’s team-high 21 points, the TCU men’s basketball team lost its second conference game of the season Wednesday, 82-66 to Tulsa. Davenport, a senior center, added 13 rebounds, but could not contain Tulsa’s Kevin Johnson, who scored 30 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked eight shots. TCU is now 3-2 in Western Athletic Conference play and 13-5 overall, while Tulsa is 2-2, 11-6. “I got frustrated (after making just 2 of 9 shots in the first half),” Johnson said. “I was getting open, but the shots weren’t falling.”
Tulsa led by seven points at halftime, and the Golden Hurricane outscored the Frogs by nine in the second half. TCU closed to within one early in the second half before Tulsa began to pull away. Johnson hit a pair of free throws and two key shots late in the half to extend the Tulsa lead to 17. “They just outplayed us,” TCU head coach Billy Tubbs said. “We have no alibis.” The Golden Hurricane got double-digit scoring from three players. Johnson; David Shelton, who netted 14; and Marcus Hill, who added 12, led the Tulsa offense, which shot better than 41 percent from the field. More impressive than the Tulsa offense may have been its defense, which limited the Frogs to 35.9 percent shooting and disallowed TCU senior forward Myron Anthony to get involved in the offense. After compiling 32 points and eight rebounds against Nevada Saturday, Anthony was held to just seven points and four rebounds Wednesday. Senior forward Ryan Carroll was held to nine points and six rebounds. He entered the game as the Frogs’ leading scorer, averaging more than 19 points a game. The loss is TCU’s sixth straight to Tulsa. The Frogs return to action 7 p.m. Saturday when they play Rice at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. Victor Drabicky |
