HOUSTON (AP) - Garlon Green scored a career-high 31 points to help TCU hold off Rice for a 65-63 victory Saturday night.
Green, a senior, played all 40 minutes, was 10 of 16 from the field and hit three 3-pointers. Oddly, Green's previous career high also came on Dec. 22 - he scored 24 points a year ago in a win over Grambling State.
TCU led the entire second half, but the Owls (3-8) pulled within 64-63 with 13 seconds left on a layup by Julian DeBose. But TCU's Kyan Anderson made a free throw before Tamir Jackson, who led Rice with 25 points, missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
Adrick McKinney added 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Horned Frogs (8-4), and Connell Crossland had nine points and 11 boards.
The loss snapped Rice's three-game home winning streak against TCU, its former rival from the Southwest and Western Athletic conferences.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| TCU (8-4) « | 34 | 31 | 65 |
| Rice (3-8) | 20 | 43 | 63 |
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| TCU Horned Frogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Green, F | 40 | 10-16 | 8-12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 31 |
| C. Crossland, F | 36 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| A. McKinney, F | 30 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| K. Anderson, G | 20 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| N. Butler Lind, G | 13 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Zurcher | 26 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| D. Abron | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Smith III | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Montigel | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Hill Jr. | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-45 | 15-24 | 38 | 11 | 23 | 65 | |
| 48.9% | 62.5% | ||||||
| Rice Owls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Gearhart, F | 35 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| R. Wilson, F | 17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| T. Jackson, G | 36 | 7-17 | 10-14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 25 |
| M. Guercy, G | 31 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| J. DeBose, G | 30 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Ramljak | 25 | 0-3 | 4-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| K. Washington | 18 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Peera | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Firozgary | 3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 20-44 | 17-22 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 63 | |
| 45.5% | 77.3% | ||||||
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