TCU vs UAB

Wednesday, March 12th, at Daniel Meyer Coliseum
First Round of the NIT Tournament

UAB2636 -62
TCU4045-85

Alabama Birmingham 62

                       fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
C Williams      37  7-23   2-2  7-11  5  3   16
Cobb            20   2-9   4-5   2-3  2  4    9
N Williams      22   2-5   0-1   3-8  0  3    4
Dixon           38  5-15   2-2   0-5  1  3   16
Bailey          23   1-6   1-2   0-1  2  3    3
Ward            22   3-6   0-2   1-4  1  4    7
Lee              1   0-0   0-0   0-1  0  0    0
Jones           17   0-5   0-0   1-2  1  1    0
Lewis            5   0-2   0-0   1-1  0  0    0
Albritton       11   3-8   0-0   3-3  0  1    7
Ike              1   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  1    0
Okam             3   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
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TOTALS         200 23-79  9-14 18-39 12 23   62
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Percentages: FG-.291, FT-.643. 3-Point Goals: 7-22, .318 (C Williams 0-1, Cobb 1-5, Dixon 4-11, Bailey 0-1, Ward 1-1, Jones 0-1, Albritton 1-2). Team rebounds: 11. Blocked shots: None. Turnovers: 24 (Dixon 6, C Williams 5, Bailey 3, N Williams 3, Lee 2, Ward 2, Albritton, Jones, Lewis). Steals: 9 (Bailey 5, Albritton 2, Jones, N Williams).


TCU 85

                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Johnson         36  7-13   1-2   1-6  3  2   16
Davis           17   2-2   3-4   0-6  1  2    7
Walker          22   3-7   3-5   0-5  0  4    9
Fowler          24   2-7   0-0   1-4  4  2    4
Jones           38  7-13   3-3   2-4  7  0   18
Burks           10   0-2   3-4   0-2  2  2    3
Allan            1   0-0   0-0   0-1  0  0    0
Jacobs           9   2-4   0-0   0-0  0  0    5
Penny           20  8-11   0-1   3-4  2  2   17
Tuialii         22   2-3   2-3   1-9  0  1    6
Barrett          1   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
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TOTALS         200 33-62 15-22  8-41 19 15   85

Percentages: FG-.532, FT-.682. 3-Point Goals: 4-15, .267 (Johnson 1-5, Fowler 0-2, Jones 1-3, Burks 0-1, Jacobs 1-3, Penny 1-1). Team rebounds: 3. Blocked shots: 9 (Penny 7, Walker 2). Turnovers: 23 (Tuialii 4, Burks 3, Penny 3, Walker 3, Fowler 2, Jacobs 2, Johnson 2, Jones 2, Allan, Davis). Steals: 18 (Fowler 5, Johnson 3, Penny 3, Tuialii 2, Burks, Davis, Jacobs, Jones, Walker).


Mike Jones scored 18 points and James Penny added 17 as Texas Christian coasted to an 85-62 win over Alabama Birmingham in the opening round of the National Invitation Tournament.

TCU (22-12) won for the fifth time in six games and will face Notre Dame, which defeated Oral Roberts, in the second round.

The Horned Frogs went on a 24-10 run over the final 12 minutes of the first half and led, 40-26, at halftime. TCU had a double-digit lead throughout the second half.

Cedric Dixon scored 16 points for Alabama Birmingham, which finished its season at 18-14.


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