FORT WORTH, Texas — No. 6 Kansas, which had hoped to go 3-0 this final week of the Big 12 regular season and claim an outright Big 12 championship, instead has started the pivotal stretch with a loss.
Mike Miles scored 19 points and Emanuel Miller and Damion Baugh added 11 apiece as the TCU Horned Frogs (19-9, 8-8), who have hovered at or near the .500 mark in conference play, defeated the Jayhawks, 74-64, on Tuesday night at Schollmaier Arena.
Eddie Lampkin grabbed nine rebounds and scored two points as TCU, which hit the boards hard in out-rebounding KU 47-35, won its second straight game against a top-25 team for the first time in school history.
TCU tripped then-No. 9 Texas Tech, 69-66, on Saturday in Fort Worth.
Jalen Wilson scored 13 points and David McCormack 11, while Ochai Agbaji had 13 points on dismal 4-of-17 shooting for KU (23-6, 12-4), which dropped its second straight game at an inopportune time. KU lost to Baylor, 80-70, on Saturday in Waco, Texas.
KU needs to win Thursday against TCU in a rematch at Allen Fieldhouse and Saturday against Texas, also in Lawrence, to stake claim to at least a share of the 2021-22 Big 12 regular-season crown.
KU, which has two games left to play, is 12-4 while Baylor, which defeated Texas, 68-61, on Monday night, is 13-4 and Texas Tech, which beat K-State on Monday, is 12-5.
Texas Tech will play Saturday at Oklahoma State and Baylor Saturday at home versus Iowa State.
Wilson scored nine points on 4-of-7 shooting and had five rebounds the first half, while Christian Braun had seven points and Agbaji six on 2-of-8 shooting as KU led 35-34 at halftime.
Miles had nine points and three assists and Francisco Farabello five for the Horned Frogs in the half. Nine TCU players scored in the half. Six Jayhawks scored.
TCU opened a five-point lead (45-41) with 14 minutes, 53 seconds to play following a jumper by Micah Peavy on the fast break and free throw by Miles. It was 50-43 TCU after a bucket by Miles at 13:20.
KU cut the gap to 50-47 thanks to a bucket by Agbaji and a goaltending call on a shot by Joseph Yesufu. However TCU made it 54-47 at 10:30 on a bucket by Baugh following an offensive rebound and bucket by Peavy.
A bucket by KU’s Remy Martin cut the gap to 54-49 at 8:58. At that point, TCU rattled off seven straight points to lead 61-49 at 7:10. And at that point, TCU had outrebounded KU 39-27.
It was 63-53 at the final TV timeout (3:51).
Agbaji hit a 3-pointer to cut the gap to 63-56. However Miles hit a bucket and made it 65-56 at 2:00. Jalen Coleman-Lands hit a 3, but TCU responded with a dunk and it was 67-59 at 1:26. Braun missed a shot at 1:12. Then Braun hit a 3 at 55 seconds left to cut the gap to 67-62.
It was 68-63 when Agbaji hit two free throws with 47 seconds left to make it 68-64 TCU.
Baugh went to the line and hit two free throws to make it 70-64 with 43 seconds left. The fans stormed the court after the final horn sounded in the 74-64 TCU win.
