Air Force Academy
TCU
Falcons Fall To Horned Frogs, 65-51
2/6/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 6, 2010
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) -TCU's one-two punch of Greg Hill and Ronnie Moss was too much for Air Force Saturday.
Hill came off the bench to score a career-high 23 points on 7-of-10 3-point shooting as Texas Christian ended a four-game skid with a 65-51 win over Air Force.
"As a shooter, if you get hot, you just keep shooting," Hill said. "Coach just told me to go out and play the way I can play, and Ronnie Moss said he wanted to see the old Greg Hill from prep school. So, that's what I've been trying to bring."
Moss added 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting and had eight assists as TCU (11-13, 3-6 Mountain West) beat the Falcons (9-13, 1-8) for the fourth consecutive time. Air Force has lost nine of its last 11 games.
"I thought today all of our 3-point attempts were good ones and were off penetration or the extra pass," TCU coach Jim Christian said. "Ronnie got in there and made some good decisions with the ball, and because of that, we got some good shots. When you go on the road, you've got to take good shots, especially against a team like Air Force."
The Horned Frogs shot 61 percent from the field for the game, including an 11-of-22 mark from 3-point range. TCU out-rebounded Air Force 27-20 and held the Falcons to 7-of-19 shooting from beyond the arc.
"We had no energy and couldn't defend," Air Force coach Jeff Reynolds said. "I've got to do a better job of getting them to play harder and having more energy. TCU did a nice job of defending us, and you're not going to win many games when the team shoots 61 percent on you."
Evan Washington and Grant Parker led the Falcons with 16 and 11 points, respectively.
"We didn't come ready to play today, and you could see that in the first five minutes of the game," Parker said. "They don't pressure us more than San Diego State or UNLV does. It was just a matter of us not taking care of the ball and playing sloppy."
The first half was a half of runs, with TCU opening the game with a 13-4 advantage. Air Force answered with a 15-4 run of its own and took a 19-17 lead on a Todd Fletcher 3-pointer with 7:47 remaining.
The Horned Frogs clamped down on the Falcons from that point on and took a 31-24 lead into the locker room thanks to a 14-5 run.
Air Force has recently been bitten by the flu bug, with starter Michael Lyons and reserve center Taylor Broekhuis receiving intravenous fluids before the game and starter Todd Fletcher also playing despite being under the weather. Parker's 11 points came despite being only 65 percent physically, according to Reynolds, due to lingering complications from a severe groin injury.
The Falcons host COlorado State on Tuesday, Feb. 9 beginning at 8 p.m.
