TCU holds on to beat MVSU 67-64

Adrick McKinney scored the tiebreaking basket with 34 seconds left and the Horned Frogs held on to beat the winless Delta Devils 67-64 in TCU's final nonconference game before its first Big 12 season begins Saturday night against Texas Tech.

"With the exception of the first five minutes where I thought we did a decent job of executing and playing together, I thought the last 35 minutes weren't very good," Johnson said. "Very disappointing. Mississippi Valley State's energy was a lot better than ours, their ability to get to loose balls, rebound the ball, their ability to play together was a lot better than ours."

Matt Smith's uncontested layup started an 8-3 run for MVSU, and that run ended with Blake Ralling's uncontested layup with 3:43 left that drew the Delta Devils (0-10) even at 60.

Darryl Marshall scored to give MVSU its only lead of the game just over a minute later, but McKinney tied the score with 1:40 left and gave TCU the lead for good with his putback.

After McKinney's go-ahead score, Mississippi Valley State threw the ball away with 10.9 seconds left. Garlon Green made a pair of free throws and Kyan Anderson made another one for TCU (9-4) following Marshall's basket that cut the lead to 66-64. Marshall missed a tying 3-point attempt before the buzzer.

"A lot of times, kids get caught up in looking at a won-loss record . that's not how you play this game," Johnson said. "It's a respect for competition, and you play to the level of how good you are. We didn't do that.