FORT WORTH, Texas — Toronto’s Vasean Allette scored 22 factors and grabbed 11 rebounds and TCU beat West Virginia 65-60 on Wednesday evening to provide coach Jamie Dixon his five hundredth profession win.
Dixon, a TCU alum, has this system’s second-most wins at 172 since taking on in 2016 after 13 years at Pittsburgh.
Noah Reynolds scored 20 factors on 6-for-9 capturing for TCU (12-10, 5-6 Massive 12).
Javon Small scored 20 factors and dished out seven assists for West Virginia (14-8, 5-6). Joseph Yesufu scored 11 factors and fellow reserve Eduardo Andre 10.
Allette’s three-point play with 1:02 left broke a tie at 58 and he proceeded to shut out TCU’s scoring with a layup and a pair of foul photographs. Small’s layup off a steal introduced the Mountaineers right into a 58-all tie with 1:29 remaining.
In a sport of swings, Ernest Udeh Jr.’s three-point play with 8:20 left prolonged TCU’s result in 52-43 earlier than West Virginia outscored the Mountaineers 15-6 in seven minutes to tie it.
West Virginia constructed an early 10-2 lead within the first six-and-a-half minutes and reached its first double-digit lead at 23-12 with 7:28 earlier than halftime on a Small layup. However the Horned Frogs rallied and went on to outscore West Virginia 16-6 and reached the break down simply 29-28.
The Mountaineers host Utah on Saturday. TCU hits the street to face eighth-ranked Iowa State on Saturday.
