Big 12 Men’s Basketball Midweek Rundown: Kansas’ Road Woes Continue

In this week’s midweek games, Texas Tech destroyed Kansas, Iowa State made a statement, and UCF almost pulled off a miracle comeback.

This week’s midweek Big 12 men’s basketball games provided entertainment and intrigue unless you are a Jayhawks fan.

No. 6 Kansas traveled to Lubbock on Monday night. And they were just walloped, losing to Texas Tech 79-50. Also, on Monday, TCU got a much-needed bounce-back win and ended its two-game losing streak. The Horned Frogs beat West Virginia 81-65.

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Road wins in this league are hard to get. On Tuesday, No. 10 Iowa State got one when they took down Cincinnati in the Queen City. The 68-59 win marked the third time this season that the Cyclones won a conference road game.

In a battle of ranked teams, No. 12 Baylor easily took care of business at home over No. 25 Oklahoma with a 79-62 win over the Sooners.

Probably the most exciting midweek game was in Provo. No. 19 BYU had to hold off a late rally by UCF to get a 2-point win. The Cougars established a 19-point lead early in the second half, but the Knights just chipped away at it. UCF scored four 3-pointers in the final minute of the game to cut the margin to two points. BYU’s Jaxson Robinson scored eight free throws in the final minute to allow BYU to hold onto the lead. The final score was 90-88.

The conference’s NET ranking of 45.9 is the lowest of all leagues. The next lowest are the Big Ten at 62.3 and the SEC at 67.5

Big 12 Men’s Basketball – February 12-13 Results

TCU (17-7, 6-5) vs. West Virginia (8-16, 3-8)

TCU wins 81-65

Game leaders:

• Jameer Nelson Jr., Trevian Tennyson, and Emanuel Miller (TCU) 14 points each; Raequan Battle (WVU) 21 points
• Micah Peavy (TCU) 7 rebounds; Raequan Battle (WVU) 5 rebounds
• Micah Peavy (TCU) 5 assists; Quinn Slazinski (WVU) 5 assists

Texas Tech (18-6, 7-4) vs. #6 Kansas (19-6, 7-5)

Texas Tech wins 79-50

Game leaders:

• Darrion Williams (TTU) 30 points each; Nicolas Timberlake (KU) 13 points
• Darrion Williams (TTU) 11 rebounds; Johnny Furphy (KU) 7 rebounds
• Pop Isaacs (TTU) 5 assists; Dajuan Harris Jr. (KU) 3 assists

Cincinnati (15-9, 4-7) vs. #10 Iowa State (19-5, 8-3)

Iowa State wins 68-59

Game leaders:

• Curtis Jones (ISU) 15 points each; Jizzle James (UC) 16 points
• Robert Jones (ISU) 6 rebounds; Dan Skillings Jr. (UC) 11 rebounds
• Tamin Lipsey (ISU) 4 assists; Jizzle James (UC) 3 assists

#12 Baylor (18-6, 7-4) vs. #25 Oklahoma (18-7, 6-6)

Baylor wins 79-62

Game leaders:

• Jayden Nunn (BU) 27 points each; Rivaldo Soares (OU) 17 points
• Ja’Kobe Walter (BU) 6 rebounds; Rivaldo Soares (OU) 6 rebounds
• Rayj Dennis (BU) 8 assists; Javian McCollum (OU) 4 assists

#19 BYU (18-6, 6-5) vs. UCF (13-10, 4-7)

BYU wins 90-88

Game leaders:

• Jaxson Robinson (BYU) 21 points each; Darius Johnson (UCF) 20 points
• Noah Waterman (BYU) 9 rebounds; Omar Payne (UCF) 6 rebounds
• Dallin Hall (BYU) 5 assists; Darius Johnson (UCF) 3 assists

Midweek Byes

• #3 Houston (21-3, 8-3)
• Kansas State (15-9, 5-6)
• Oklahoma State (10-14, 2-9)
• Texas (16-8, 5-6)

Upcoming Big 12 Men’s Basketball Games:

(All times listed are Central Time)

Saturday, February 17

• Kansas State vs. TCU – 11 a.m.
• #10 Iowa State vs. Texas Tech – 11 a.m.
• #3 Houston vs. Texas – 12 p.m.
• Oklahoma State vs. #19 BYU – 1 p.m.
• #25 Oklahoma vs. #6 Kansas – 3 p.m.
• UCF vs. Cincinnati – 3 p.m.
• West Virginia vs. #12 Baylor – 5 p.m.

Big 12 Men’s Basketball Standings

Big 12 Standings	Conference	Overall
Houston	8-3	21-3
Iowa State	8-3	19-5
Baylor	7-4	18-6
Texas Tech	7-4	18-6
Kansas	7-5	19-6
BYU	6-5	18-6
TCU	6-5	17-7
Oklahoma	6-6	18-7
Texas	5-6	16-8
Kansas State	5-6	15-9
Cincinnati	4-7	15-9
UCF	4-7	13-10
West Virginia	3-8	8-16
Oklahoma State	2-9	10-14

TCU Men's Basketball Bounces Back with Win over West Virginia

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