Northwestern St. Demons vs Texas Christian Horned Frogs Match Player Stats On Dec 03, 2020

RJ Nembhard scored 10 of his team's first 14 points and finished with 23 as host TCU remained undefeated with a 74-68 victory over pesky Northwestern State on Thursday night in Fort Worth, Texas.

Nembhard also pulled down eight rebounds and came through with some key second-half buckets to help the Horned Frogs improve to 4-0 for a second consecutive season. PJ Fuller had 13 points and Kevin Samuel added 12 with 15 rebounds for TCU, which trailed by one early in the second half before using a 13-4 spurt and 9-0 run to regain control of the contest.

Trenton Massner scored a team-high 21 for Northwestern State (0-4). The Demons held tough and stuck with the Horned Frogs all night despite shooting 38.5 percent and being outrebounded 44-35.

Nembhard set the pace for TCU, opening the game with an old-fashioned 3-point play. The Horned Frogs used a 9-0 run, capped by Fuller's 3-pointer with roughly eight minutes to play in the first half, to take a 30-19 lead. TCU led 35-23 on another Nembhard basket, but Northwestern State put forth an 8-0 to get within 35-31 and Jairus Roberson's 3-pointer put the visitors down 37-34 with just under 4 minutes to go in the first half. They trailed 40-34 at the break.

The Demons used a 9-2 run to open the second half and took a 43-42 lead on CJ Jones' layup with 17:37 left in the game. TCU, though, regrouped and took the lead back, beginning with a Nembhard basket. Five points from Fuller helped push the Horned Frogs lead to 55-47 with 13 minutes to play.

Northwestern State, though, still would not go away and scored six straight points to get within 55-53. However, Nembhard and Chuck O'Bannon combined to score the game's next nine points as the hosts pushed their advantage to 64-53, then kept the Demons' at arms' length.

--Field Level Media