FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Even when Kansas won games earlier this season against three Top 25 teams, the Jayhawks hadnt celebrated in the locker room like they did after an overtime victory at TCU.
They are a much different team now than when they beat Tennessee, Michigan State and Villanova. Coach Bill Self and the Jayhawks are now starting four freshmen.
Devon Dotson, one of those freshmen, scored a season-high 25 points with six free throws in the final 40 seconds of overtime and No. 14 Kansas won 82-77 on Monday night after blowing a 12-point lead in the second half.
Thats the best locker room weve had all year by far, Self said. That was a game in which we played really well for the most part, then we screwed it up, then somehow or another were able to pull it back. We were fortunate that it went overtime after we screwed it up, and then we played really well in OT.
The Jayhawks (19-6, 8-4 Big 12) never trailed in overtime. They broke the final tie on K.J. Lawsons jumper with 1:09 left before Dotson sealed it at the free-throw line.
Dotson also had 10 rebounds for one of the three double-doubles for Kansas. Ochai Agbaji had 20 points and 11 rebounds, while Dedric Lawson, a junior and the only non-freshman starter, had 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Devon was really tough, one of the toughest guys on the court, Agbagi said of the only player in the game for all 45 minutes.
You cant take him out, and he got tired, Self said.
TCU (17-7, 5-6), trying to win consecutive games against Top 25 teams for the first time in school history, had a 13-0 run late in regulation and took a 69-65 lead on JD Millers two free throws with 2:07 left. The Frogs didnt score again until overtime.
A game we should have won, Desmond Bane, who led TCU with 18 points, said before pausing. Should have won.
Dedric Lawson had a putback basket for the Jayhawks with 1:06 left, and they got the ball back after TCU freshman Kendric Davis lost it out of bounds. The ball was initially ruled off a Kansas player until a replay review.
K.J. Lawson tied the game on a floater with 24 seconds left, and Davis missed a contested shot at the buzzer that would have won it.
Had our opportunities, had our chances, coach Jamie Dixon said. Certainly in regulation, we were in position to win the game, but we didnt get it done. Defensively didnt finish it, two layups at the end to tie it up.
Davis finished with 16 points, while Kouat Noi had 14 and Alex Robinson scored 13 for the Frogs.
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