The No. 1-ranked Houston Cougars opened up its run in the Big 12 Tournament with a dominant defensive performance against 8-seed TCU to advance to the semifinals with a 60-45 win.
Entering the game, TCU was the only Big 12 team that UH had not beaten this season, having lost to the Horned Frogs 68-67 in mid-January. Houston will face Texas Tech in the semifinals on Friday.
Despite thoroughly out-rebounding UH 55-39, including 30-9 on offensive boards, TCU scored just 17 second-chance points and an astonishing 11-36 on layups for the entire game. As a whole, the Horned Frogs shot a brutal 17-73 (23.