WACO, Texas — Jameer Nelson Jr. scored a season-high 30 points, including the go-ahead shot with 10 seconds left in the third overtime, and TCU rallied for a 105-102 victory over No. 15 Baylor in a Big 12 thriller Saturday.
Baylor freshman Ja'Kobe Walker hit a tying 3-pointer with 0.6 seconds left in the first overtime, but the Bears lost for the first time in four games at brand new Foster Pavilion. Baylor had a 10-point lead in the second half and a four-point edge in the third OT.
It was a third consecutive loss for the Bears (14-5, 3-3 Big 12), who couldn't hold late leads in road losses at Kansas State, also in overtime, and Texas.
Freshman Yves Missi scored a season-high 25 points, and RayJ Dennis had 24 points and 10 assists in the first three-OT game for the Bears since a 116-111 victory in five overtimes at Texas A&M on Jan. 23, 2008.
Emanuel Miller scored 21 points and Micah Peavy added 18 for TCU (15-5, 4-3) in the program's first game to go this long since a 104-96 loss in three OTs at West Virginia on Feb. 26, 2019.
Baylor had a 100-97 lead when Miller scored inside after a steal by Trevian Tennyson, and Nelson put TCU in front with free throws after Dennis missed a 3.
After Dennis scored for a 102-101 Baylor lead, Nelson, the son of former NBA All-Star guard Jameer Nelson, rebounded his own miss for the go-ahead bucket at the rim.
Walter’s tying 3 after a pump fake was his second, the other giving Baylor a 3-0 lead in the first minute. The freshman missed five 3s in between, with two more misses from inside the arc.
The Bears led by 10 midway through the second half, and the Horned Frogs were up five with 1:12 to go in the first overtime.
TCU got even in regulation on Chuck O’Bannon Jr.’s 3-pointer, the first of three ties in the final 2:49 before the extra sessions. Another 3 from O’Bannon for 76-all was the last bucket of regulation.
Last season, O’Bannon hit the game winner with four seconds remaining in an 88-87 TCU victory at the Ferrell Center, where the Bears played their final game Dec. 22.
Walter had a shot at the tying 3 in the first overtime because Miller twice missed one of two free throws in the final 22 seconds.
The second miss came after Missi couldn't convert a point-blank shot that would have pulled Baylor even in the final 10 seconds of the first overtime.
BIG PICTURE
TCU: After turnovers caused the the Frogs trouble in a loss at home to Iowa State, they protected the ball fairly well against the Bears. But TCU couldn’t create much of an advantage out of it. The Frogs had 13 turnovers to 17 for Baylor, with a 16-11 edge in points off turnovers.
Baylor: The Bears are one of the best teams in the country from 3-point range but couldn't get that part of their game going. Walter missed a 3 in the final minute of the second OT, and Dennis was off the mark at the buzzer in that extra period with a foot on the arc. Baylor finished 5 of 22 from 3-point range.
UP NEXT
TCU: No. 20 Texas Tech at home Tuesday.
Baylor: At UCF on Wednesday.
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