Boxscore
Texas Christian 83, New Mexico 64
Saturday, February 25, 2012 7:00 PM
Location - Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, Fort Worth, Texas
Officials - Eric Curry, Verne Harris, Chris Rastatter
Attendance - 6460

Final Scoring Summary

Final 1 2 T
New Mexico 38 26 64
Texas Christian 38 45 83

Recap


TEXAS CHRISTIAN 83, NEW MEXICO 64: J.R. Cadot had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Hank Thorns had 14 points and nine assists as the host Horned Frogs routed the No. 21 Lobos.

Garlon Green scored 13 points, Craig Williams had 12 on four 3-pointers and Amric Fields scored eight of his 11 points during the decisive run as TCU (17-11, 7-5 Mountain West) improved to 13-2 at home.

A.J. Hardeman scored 15 points for New Mexico (22-6, 8-4), which lost its second straight game after becoming ranked for the first time this season and fell back into a first-place tie.

The Horned Frogs snapped an eight-game losing skid to New Mexico by outscoring the Lobos 35-16 over the final 13 1/2 minutes.

The game was tied at 48 before TCU’s Connell Crossland started a 10-0 run with a leaping left-handed rebound dunk. Fields scored the next eight points to finish the surge.

A short time later, Thorns hit a 3-pointer and Cadot drained two free throws to give the Horned Frogs a 13-point lead with 7:23 remaining

Williams hit two 3-pointers in the first five minutes as TCU jumped out to a 13-4 lead. New Mexico’s first lead came at 19-18 on Hugh Greenwood’s free throw with 8:24 left in the half. The contest was tied 38-38 at halftime.

New Mexico star Drew Gordon had 12 rebounds but was limited to seven points.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Williams has made 15 3-pointers in the past five games after having four all season entering the stretch. … The Lobos shot 30.8 percent in the second half after making 51.7 percent in the first. … Thorns moved into sixth place on TCU’s all-time career assists list with 358. … New Mexico committed 16 turnovers.

New Mexico Lobos

  REBOUNDS  
PLAYER MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OFF DEF TOT A PF STL TO BLK PTS
Drew Gordon 28:00 3-6 0-0 1-1 2 10 12 1 4 1 2 0 7
Hugh Greenwood 21:00 2-3 1-1 1-2 0 3 3 2 2 0 4 0 6
A.J. Hardeman 29:00 5-7 0-0 5-8 4 2 6 1 3 0 3 0 15
Tony Snell 25:00 2-8 2-7 0-0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 6
Kendall Williams 29:00 5-12 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 10
Phillip McDonald 9:00 1-4 0-2 0-0 3 0 3 1 1 0 3 0 2
Jamal Fenton 19:00 0-4 0-2 3-5 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 3
Demetrius Walker 18:00 3-7 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 7
Cameron Bairstow 17:00 2-4 0-0 2-3 1 2 3 0 2 1 1 1 6
Chad Adams 5:00 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
TOTAL 200 23-55 4-17 14-21 11 23 34 15 20 4 16 2 64
  41.8% 23.5% 66.7% Team Rebs: 1   Total TO: 16

Texas Christian Horned Frogs

  REBOUNDS  
PLAYER MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OFF DEF TOT A PF STL TO BLK PTS
J.R. Cadot 35:00 6-10 1-2 2-2 6 4 10 1 1 2 3 1 15
Hank Thorns 39:00 3-6 2-4 6-7 0 3 3 9 0 1 3 0 14
Kyan Anderson 34:00 3-6 2-3 2-2 0 1 1 4 4 2 2 0 10
Connell Crossland 12:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 0 3 1 0 0 2
Adrick McKinney 10:00 2-4 0-0 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 6
Craig Williams 19:00 4-11 4-10 0-0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 12
Garlon Green 18:00 4-7 1-1 4-5 2 2 4 2 3 0 1 1 13
Amric Fields 26:00 3-12 1-6 4-6 1 5 6 1 2 1 0 1 11
Nate Butler 7:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 0
TOTAL 200 26-57 11-26 20-25 10 25 35 17 21 8 11 3 83
  45.6% 42.3% 80.0% Team Rebs: 0   Total TO: 11
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