Jan. 3, 2007
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – Brent Hackett scored a season-high 20 points and TCU overcame a first half deficit to beat New Mexico 64-52 on Wednesday night.
TCU (9-4, 1-0 Mountain West) trailed 33-28 at halftime, but took control by starting the second half with a 14-0 run.
The Horned Frogs improved from 38 percent field goal shooting in the first half to 57 percent in the second.
For its part, New Mexico (11-5, 0-1) started strong but went cold, making only six of 24 field goal attempts in the second half, or 25 percent.
Hackett shot 60 percent from the field, including four 3-pointers on seven attempts. Kevin Langford added 14 points and Alvarado Parker had 12. Hackett also led the Horned Frogs in rebounding with seven.
J.R. Giddens led the Lobos with 16 points and Darren Prentice had 12. Aaron Johnson had a game-high 10 rebounds.
TCU won the rebounding contest 37-25.
TCU shot 48 percent from the field for the game to 36 percent for New Mexico.