Down two critical players with PJ Fuller (ankle), Francisco Farabello (COVID protocols), and with Kevin Samuel on the floor for just seven minutes in the first half, the Horned Frogs got out-scored, out-rebounded, and out-hustled through the first twenty minutes of play.
Coaches will tell you that fouls happen on the defensive end when you don’t play hard enough and on the offensive end when you play too hard. Well, things got so bad in that department for TCU that former walk-on Owen Aschieris had to play two minutes in the first half, and the Friars wisely turned up the heat, going to a full court press that led to a slough of TCU turnovers with two of the top three ball handlers on the bench.