Stephen Hawkins, AP basketball player

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kenny Cooper converted the theft to a breakaway stop that put Lipscomb ahead just after a number of seconds of a subsequent break in the No. 18 TCU.

Bison never lost the lead and won 73-64 on Tuesday evening, their 1st victory over the top 25 team .

"Our mindset at the beginning of the 2nd half was completely different than at the beginning of the game," said coach Casey Alexander. "Our kids were timid and passive early in the day, and it gave us a more sensual take-off than elementary someone who played perfectly."

Bison (4-1), who lost 14 points at the beginning of the game, moved forward by 12 after the break, before than Kuat Noi of TCU missed the probable tethering 3-pointer with the remaining 90 seconds. Harrison Matthews caught a ricochet and staged a game-sealing 3 on the other end.

Matthews scored 23 points, Cooper 17 and Rob Marberry 13 for the winners of the preseason Asun Conference, which have been 0-13 opposite ranked teams since 2006. All these costs were double-digit.

"This is a huge victory," said Alexander. "We talked about this before the game, we talked about this during the break-a chance to give Lipscomb a victory that he had never had before, in front of the rating team."

Alex Robinson had 17 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists per TCU (3-1), who lost the November game for the first time since 2015. The 18-game winning streak of horned frogs in the direction of the month was 2 in length between division I programs, second only to only 21 Virginia in order.

"We knew how good those kids were," TCU coach Jamie Dixon said. "When we counted, we knew, actually that all of them will become high school students, all of them returned, they were in tournament (NCAA) last year, it at the beginning of a season."

While TCU has played 7 beginners in preparation for the Big 12 schedule, Lipscomb contains 1 of the most skilled teams in the country, returning 92 percent of their own offense from a team that scored 82 points per game last season. Bison started 3 older and 2 younger.

"In these factors, as given, you will be able to see it," said Alexander.

THE RETURN IN THE FIRST HALF

Bison drove 22-8 halfway through the 1st half, before than tie the run 16-2, which included 10 points in order. Cooper started the spurt with styling and 3 pointers. TCU had superiority in halftime 30-29 only subsequently such as Robinson slashed off-balance 3 with the top of the key in order to win the shot clock in the last seconds of 1 fifty percent.

Giant View

Lipscomb: having entered the game, bison had 6385 career points in their own intense roster, most of all in the country. The second is Kansas ' biggest 12 team with 4,929.

TCU: point guard Jaylen Fisher has played his own first game since January. He made his debut in the season later arthroscopic surgery on the right knee. He missed a personal single throw and made 2 fouls just 7 minutes before the break. Noah still played his own first game afterwards lagging behind due to difficulty with the right knee.

HE Said IT

"As soon as we went down there and got into the game with one possession, they elementary elementary went to us from the inside, giant, and even their guards, and almost defeated us," said Dixon. "I was very surprised how they compared with us, and we elementary had what actually deserved."

Lipscomb TCU outscored 42-26 in the paint.

Giant SWING DFW

Lipscomb beat the SMU 79-73 just 3 days earlier, a journey that kicked off subsequently housing costs in order to rival Belmont last Thursday.

"We turned 2 days through, subsequently languid day of travel, paid, not Charter at the moment, and after that have had this trip, as we", - Alexander declared. "It's almost all talking about our team."

Farther

Lipscomb plays the third of 5 alternate road games on Saturday in Morehead state.

TCU gets an interval for Thanksgiving Day, before that than restore the final straight of 6 games in order to start the season. Frogs play in Eastern Michigan on the first day of the week in the evening.

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