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No. 12 West Virginia escapes with win at TCU

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports / Reuters

FORT WORTH, Texas - Daxter Miles Jr. made a free throw with 4.8 seconds left and No. 12 West Virginia pulled out a 61-60 win at TCU on Saturday to stay in second place in the Big 12 Conference.

Miles went to the free throw line after a questionable foul against Jaylen Fisher, who never left the ground and appeared to make only slight incidental contact with Miles.

TCU (17-12, 6-10), which had tied the game on Alex Robinson's free throw with 9.1 seconds left, had one more chance but Desmond Bane's 3-pointer at the buzzer was short.

Jevon Carter had 15 points for West Virginia (23-6, 11-5), while Nathan Adrian added 13.

The Mountaineers started the day in a three-way tie with No. 9 Baylor and Iowa State, who played each other later Saturday. The winner of that game will stay even with West Virginia in the standings.

Bane hit a 3-pointer at the end of the first half to give TCU its first lead at 30-27, snapping only the second tie in the process.

There were 11 lead changes after halftime, after West Virginia had built as much as a nine-point lead before that.

Fisher had 18 points to lead TCU, which lost its fifth straight game. Robinson and Vlad Brodziansky each had 11 points, while Kenrich Williams had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

BIG PICTURE

West Virginia: The Mountaineers are 11-0 all-time against TCU, all of those games since the Horned Frogs joined the Big 12 four years ago. ... Coach Bob Huggins got his 814th career victory.

TCU: Before the current losing streak, they seemed like they had a pretty good chance of finishing coach Jamie Dixon's first season with their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1998. Now, maybe not so much. ... The Frogs were without starting guard JD Miller, who was out with what Dixon said was a groin injury. Miller was 16-of-31 shooting on 3-pointers the previous seven games.

UP NEXT

West Virginia: Travels about 90 miles south on I-35 to play Monday night at No. 9 Baylor.

TCU: Home finale Wednesday night against Kansas State.

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