Johnson scores career-high 33 points, UCF holds off TCU 79-77
UCF Knights vs. TCU Horned Frogs: Game Highlights
UCF Knights vs. TCU Horned Frogs: Game Highlights
FORT WORTH, Texas -- — Darius Johnson scored a career-high 33 points and UCF held off TCU for a 79-77 victory on Saturday night.
Johnson scored four points and Jaylin Sellers converted a three-point play to give UCF a 66-65 lead with 4:15 to play. Johnson then shot 6 of 6 from the line to stretch the Knights’ lead to 78-74 with 15 seconds left. Emanuel Miller's pull-up jumper for TCU was off at the buzzer.
UCF (16-14, 7-11), which entered having lost two straight at home against ranked opponents, collected it third Big 12 road win.
Johnson made five 3-pointers, was 9-of-13 shooting overall and made all 10 of his free-throw attempts to go with a career-best nine rebounds. Sellers added 14 points and Ibrahima Diallo had 12 for the Knights, who shot 54% (13 of 24) and 15 of 17 from the line in the second half.
Jameer Nelson Jr. scored 15 points and JaKobe Coles added 14 to lead TCU (20-11, 9-9). Miller finished with 13 points and Chuck O’Bannon chipped in with 11.
It was tied 36-all at the break. Johnson scored 13 first-half points for UCF and O’Bannon had nine for TCU. The Horned Frogs led 64-59 with 5:41 to play.
UCF will play a first-round game on Tuesday in the Big 12 Conference Championship at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
TCU plays in the second round on Wednesday.
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Game Information
- Referees:
- Steve Devine
- Marques Pettigrew
- Gary Maxwell
2023-24 Big 12 Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Houston | 15-3 | - | 32-5 |
Iowa State | 13-5 | 2 | 29-8 |
Baylor | 11-7 | 4 | 24-11 |
Texas Tech | 11-7 | 4 | 23-11 |
BYU | 10-8 | 5 | 23-11 |
Kansas | 10-8 | 5 | 23-11 |
Texas | 9-9 | 6 | 21-13 |
TCU | 9-9 | 6 | 21-13 |
Oklahoma | 8-10 | 7 | 20-12 |
Kansas State | 8-10 | 7 | 19-15 |
Cincinnati | 7-11 | 8 | 22-15 |
UCF | 7-11 | 8 | 17-16 |
Oklahoma State | 4-14 | 11 | 12-20 |
West Virginia | 4-14 | 11 | 9-23 |