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Fort Worth, Texas
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Photo by: WVU Athletic Communications
TCU Rallies to Down West Virginia in Fort Worth on Saturday Night
February 21, 2026 07:42 PM | Men's Basketball
TCU proved on Saturday night that a team can shoot poorly and still win in its 60-54 victory over West Virginia at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Horned Frogs connected on just 34% of their 53 field goal attempts, including an anemic 12 of 37 from inside the 3-point arc, but they got them to go in when they needed them to down the stretch to pin a second straight loss on the Mountaineers.
West Virginia, looking to rebound from Wednesday night's defeat to last-place Utah, led the Horned Frogs by six with eight minutes remaining and had a 52-48 lead with 5:42 to go.Â
Then the Mountaineers went ice cold, getting only a Brenen Lorient layup, as TCU outscored West Virginia 12-2 over the final five minutes to close out its eighth victory in the last nine meetings here against WVU.
"For large stretches of the game, both teams it kind of felt like, 'Okay, who actually wants to win this game today?' I didn't think either team played very well for most of the night, but I think the other team deserves credit for making the other play poorly," West Virginia coach Ross Hodge said afterward. "Whichever team ultimately decided they wanted to win the game, I thought would."
As it did in Wednesday night's loss, West Virginia was outrebounded 39 to 28 and gave up 19 offensive rebounds, making it 31 offensive rebounds surrendered in its last two losses.
Xavier Edmonds and Liutauras Lelevicius led a balanced Horned Frog attack with 14 points each. David Punch contributed 12 and Brock Harding added 11.
"Down the stretch, they did a better job executing and they were able to get the ball close to the basket and finish it, and we were not," Hodge said.
The Mountaineers, which have failed to reach 60 points in a game for the eighth time in conference play this season, got a team-best 13 points from Honor Huff, while Lorient added 10.
West Virginia (16-11 overall and 7-7 in Big 12 play) turned the ball over 16 times, leading to 12 Horned Frogs points, and were once again doubled up at the free throw line 18 to nine.
The Mountaineers were 5 of 21 from 3-point distance today, making them 18 of 89 from behind the arc in their last four games for 20.2%.
"They were able to impose their will on us for the course of the 40 minutes," Hodge observed. "We had one little stretch when we made some shots, but over the course of the game, we knew the keys coming into it and ultimately you lose by turning the ball over 16 times on the road, get out-free throwed 27 to 12, and then our inability to rebound the basketball was the difference in the game."
Today's victory lifts TCU's overall record to 17-10 and evens its conference mark to 7-7.
West Virginia remains on the road to play at Oklahoma State on Tuesday night.
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The Horned Frogs connected on just 34% of their 53 field goal attempts, including an anemic 12 of 37 from inside the 3-point arc, but they got them to go in when they needed them to down the stretch to pin a second straight loss on the Mountaineers.
West Virginia, looking to rebound from Wednesday night's defeat to last-place Utah, led the Horned Frogs by six with eight minutes remaining and had a 52-48 lead with 5:42 to go.Â
Then the Mountaineers went ice cold, getting only a Brenen Lorient layup, as TCU outscored West Virginia 12-2 over the final five minutes to close out its eighth victory in the last nine meetings here against WVU.
"For large stretches of the game, both teams it kind of felt like, 'Okay, who actually wants to win this game today?' I didn't think either team played very well for most of the night, but I think the other team deserves credit for making the other play poorly," West Virginia coach Ross Hodge said afterward. "Whichever team ultimately decided they wanted to win the game, I thought would."
As it did in Wednesday night's loss, West Virginia was outrebounded 39 to 28 and gave up 19 offensive rebounds, making it 31 offensive rebounds surrendered in its last two losses.
Xavier Edmonds and Liutauras Lelevicius led a balanced Horned Frog attack with 14 points each. David Punch contributed 12 and Brock Harding added 11.
"Down the stretch, they did a better job executing and they were able to get the ball close to the basket and finish it, and we were not," Hodge said.
The Mountaineers, which have failed to reach 60 points in a game for the eighth time in conference play this season, got a team-best 13 points from Honor Huff, while Lorient added 10.
West Virginia (16-11 overall and 7-7 in Big 12 play) turned the ball over 16 times, leading to 12 Horned Frogs points, and were once again doubled up at the free throw line 18 to nine.
The Mountaineers were 5 of 21 from 3-point distance today, making them 18 of 89 from behind the arc in their last four games for 20.2%.
"They were able to impose their will on us for the course of the 40 minutes," Hodge observed. "We had one little stretch when we made some shots, but over the course of the game, we knew the keys coming into it and ultimately you lose by turning the ball over 16 times on the road, get out-free throwed 27 to 12, and then our inability to rebound the basketball was the difference in the game."
Today's victory lifts TCU's overall record to 17-10 and evens its conference mark to 7-7.
West Virginia remains on the road to play at Oklahoma State on Tuesday night.
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Team Stats
WVU
TCU
FG%
.408
.340
3FG%
.238
.375
FT%
.750
.667
RB
28
39
TO
16
12
STL
7
11
Game Leaders
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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