National Basketball Association
Texas Christian 98, Grambling State 75
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 19, 2013
Where: Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, Fort Worth, Texas
Officials:
# David Hall, # Paul Janssen, # Roland Simmons
Attendance:
4288
By SportsDirect Inc.
Texas Christian 98, Grambling State 75: Kyan Anderson scored 27 points as the host Horned Frogs cruised by the Tigers.
Freshman guard Michael Williams had a career-high 14 points and six assists in his first start for Texas Christian (7-3) and freshman center Karviar Shepherd added a career-high 12 points and eight rebounds. Brandon Parrish contributed 11 points for the Horned Frogs, who shot 53.4 percent from the field.
Antwan Scott led Grambling State (1-5) with 20 points and seven rebounds. A'Torri Shine added 16 points while Terry Rose had 15 points off the bench.
Anderson started the game 7-of-9 from the floor and scored 17 straight points for TCU in the first half. Jarvis Ray's fast-break dunk - off Anderson's steal - snapped his scoring spree and put the Horned Frogs ahead 31-18 with just over seven minutes left in the first half.
TCU led 45-31 at the break and used a 15-6 run out of the half to open a 23-point lead. Williams hit one of his three 3-pointers during the run and Parrish ended it with another 3.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Tigers have allowed an average of 100.4 points in their five losses. ... This was the most points scored by TCU since a 102-97 overtime win against UNLV on Feb. 14, 2012. ... Anderson (21) had more points than Grambling State (20) with 5:49 left in the first half.
Top Game Performances
Grambling State |
|
Texas Christian |
Antwan Scott 20 |
Scoring |
Kyan Anderson 27 |
Antwan Scott 6 |
Assists |
Michael Williams 6 |
Antwan Scott 7 |
Rebounds |
Karviar Shepherd 8 |
Antwan Scott 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Kyan Anderson 7 |
Chase Comier 1 |
Steals |
Kyan Anderson 3 |
N/A |
Blocks |
Karviar Shepherd 4 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Grambling State
|
75 |
32.4 |
10-29 |
21-28 |
13 |
35 |
0 |
4 |
14 |
Texas Christian
|
98 |
53.4 |
9-17 |
27-33 |
17 |
39 |
5 |
8 |
11 |