No. 3 Kansas gets 5th win in a row, 63-58 over No. 24 TCU

Updated Feb. 20, 2023 11:52 p.m. ET

Associated Press

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Gradey Dick scored 19 points, Kevin McCullar Jr. had 15 and third-ranked Kansas extended its winning streak to five games with a 63-58 win over No. 24 TCU on Monday night.

Jalen Wilson, the Big 12 scoring leader held to seven points, did have 13 rebounds for the Jayhawks (23-5, 11-4 Big 12), who began the night tied with idle eighth-ranked Texas for the conference lead. They have won seven of eight games since a three-game losing streak that included a 23-point home loss to the Horned Frogs.

Damion Baugh missed a potential tying 3-pointer with five seconds left for TCU (18-10, 7-8). Shahada Wells then missed a follow-up layup before McCullar was fouled and made two free throws.

Not even an appearance from Heisman Trophy runner-up Max Duggan could get the Horned Frogs over the hump. They were within 56-53 with 6:07 left when the four-year starting quarterback, still in his tuxedo after receiving the Davey O’Brien Award in a ceremony about four miles from campus, waved the crowd into a frenzy while going to a courtside seat.

The Frogs tied the game at 48 with 10:13 left when Jakobe Coles made a short leaner while being fouled, but missed the free throw that would have put them in the lead.

Mike Miles Jr. had 13 points for TCU, which has lost five of its last six games . The first four of those losses came when Miles was out injured. Coles added 12 points and Baugh had 11.

Neither team made a field goal in the final 4:19 of the game, with TCU missing their last six shots over that span, while the Jayhawks were 0-for-4 in the final 4:45.

It was only the second game Miles and big man Eddie Lampkin played in together for the Frogs since their 83-60 win at Allen Fieldhouse on Jan. 21. That was the second-worst home loss for Kansas in coach Bill Self’s 20 seasons.

With both of them starting again, TCU won 100-75 at home on Saturday against Oklahoma State to end a four-game losing streak while hitting the century mark in a Big 12 game for the first time. Lampkin had two points and eight rebounds against Kansas.

Lampkin sustained a high left ankle sprain in the first half of the first game against Kansas, then missed four of the next six games. That was a week before Miles hyperextended his right knee, and missed five games in a row before returning Saturday.

BIG PICTURE

Kansas: The Jayhawks reached 11 conference wins for the 29th consecutive season, a streak that began in 1994-95 and is the longest active in Division I.

TCU: After shooting a season-high 68.6% against Oklahoma State two days earlier, the Frogs were a season-low 30.3% (20 of 66) from the field against Kansas. They missed their first eight shots, until Emanuel Miller had two quick baskets more than 5 1/2 minutes into the game. TCU also missed its last six shots before the break, then nine of their last 10 in the game.

UP NEXT

Kansas is home Saturday to play West Virginia, who it beat 76-62 on Jan. 7.

TCU travels in search of a regular-season sweep of Texas Tech on Saturday. The Horned Frogs won 67-61 in the first meeting on New Year's Even in the Big 12 opener.

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