Tennessee Volunteers at TCU Horned Frogs

TCU rallies 75-63 over Tennessee in Big 12-SEC Challenge

Malique Trent scored 14 of his 15 points after halftime, when the Horned Frogs had a pair of 10-0 runs and rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat Tennessee 75-63 on Saturday in the Big 12-SEC Challenge.

"We felt like this was a need-win game. We all came in here and played that way," said Washburn, who had 14 points and nine rebound. "Just the way everything's been going, we'd lost three or four straight games. That's why I felt like we needed to win this game."

The Frogs (10-11), who get back into conference play next week at No. 1 Oklahoma and at home against No. 4 Kansas, had actually lost five in a row.

"It's a good win for us," said coach Trent Johnson, who before TCU coached in the SEC at LSU. "Any win's a good win for us, considering how we have been playing."

Tennessee (10-11) missed 15 of 16 shots in one stretch, including 10 in a row to fall behind by 12 until Kevin Punter's three-point play with 1:20 left.

Punter scored 24 points for the Volunteers (10-11), who shot only 33 percent (23 of 69) and blew a double-digit lead after halftime for the second game in a row.

The Vols led by 15 with 14 minutes left Wednesday night before losing 63-57. Tennessee is 1-9 on the road this season.

"It's been kind of the same thing the last couple of games when adversity starts coming a little bit," first-year Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said. "What happens when it starts swinging the wrong way for us, we have too many (players) that just go and hide and put everything on KP, and everybody's game-planning for him anyway. ... He needs some help."

Barnes had been in the Big 12 the previous 17 seasons as coach at Texas. He was 8-0 against the Frogs while with the Longhorns.

TCU scored 10 consecutive points to start the second half after trailing 41-27 at the break. Trent had a layup and a 3-pointer to start it, and the Frogs were within 41-37 on a 3 by Brandon Parrish with 17:21 left.

Parrish scored 14 points and Shepherd 13.

"At halftime I just told them, `Hey look, we've been here before.' We need to be aggressive. Everybody needs to do their job," Johnson said. "We showed some courage and we kept our poise, meaning we had every opportunity to fold our tents."

TIP-INS

Tennessee: The Volunteers were averaging 79.5 points in non-conference games. .... Tennessee is 0-6 in non-conference road games this season. ... Kyle Alexander had 11 rebounds.

TCU: The Frogs are 3-0 in the Big 12-SEC Challenge. They beat Mississippi State and Ole Miss the past two seasons. ... TCU is 4-3 since moving into Schollmaier Arena the week before Christmas.

TRIPLE TROUBLE: Tennessee made eight 3-pointers before halftime, including Admiral Schofield's just before the break for a 41-27 lead. The Vols then went 0-for-15 from beyond the arc in the second half, including Punter missing five. They shot 24 percent overall (8 of 34) after halftime.

MOORE FOR VOLS: Armani Moore finished with 10 points, and was part of nine consecutive points for Tennessee in the first half that put the Volunteers ahead. He had a steal and a breakaway layup that broke an 18-all tie, then had another layup before assisting on back-to-back baskets by Punter, the last a 3 that made it 25-18.

UP NEXT

Tennessee hosts No. 20 Kentucky on Tuesday night.

TCU at No. 1 Oklahoma on Tuesday night.

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